October 3, 2013

Your city, your stories. Since 1949.

National Seniors Day Celebrate Craft Beer October Hot TIckets

October 3 - 9, 2013 | WEVancouver.com

6

12-13 27-30

What’s next?

Erin Cebula, Global BC

FREE

Maria Leone and Carmen Ruiz y Laza

5-6

Leone co-owner Maria Leone with CarmenTV’s Carmen Ruiz y Laza. Rob Newell photo

for Early Bird ~ Aston Martin or $165,000 y ida Fr e lin ad De !

Hurry Don’t miss out... Cut off midnight Oct. 4th

Win 1 of 5 Grand Prize Choices GOTO GOTO bcchildren.com

Winner will choose 1 prize option; other prize options will not be awarded. Rules of Play: bcchildren.com Chances are 1 in 288,000 (total tickets for sale) to win a grand prize.

Chances are 1 in 482,600 (total tickets for sale) to win the 50/50 grand prize Problem Gambling Help Line 1-888-795-6111 www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca

Know your limit, play within it.

BC Gaming Event Licence #56178 BC Gaming Event Licence #56179

19+ to play!

r e v

FINAL DEADLINE FRIDAY for EARLY BIRD

0 0 t r 0 o , W 0 0 2 $ O h

Win a 2014 Aston MartinV8 Vantage Sportshift PLUS $20,000 vacation PLUS $5,000 Cash... OR

Erin Cebula, Global BC.

$165,000 CASH Cut off is midnight Oct. 4th!

What’s Your Lifestyle?

Dream Home, Retirement, Carefree Living...

Win 1of 5 Grand Prize Choices Choose Your Dream Home or Million Cash!

$2

HURRY, OVER

% 90 SOLD! GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE EXCITING EARLY BIRD WHILE YOU STILL CAN!

AND... Win a 50/50 Jackpot up to $2 Million

DON’T MISS OUT! bcchildren.com

(Winner takes half)

SAY YES TO

Or Phone 604-692-2333

OR... BC Children’s Hospital and the Grand Prize Homes

DREAM Tickets:

•3

for $100

• 6 for $175 • 9 for $250 • 20

for $500

Winner will choose 1 prize option; other prize options will not be awarded. Rules of Play: bcchildren.com Chances are 1 in 288,000 (total tickets for sale) to win a grand prize Chances are 1 in 482,600 (total tickets for sale) to win the 50/50 prize.

Problem Gambling Help Line: 1-888-795-6111 www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca

2

October 3 – 9, 2013

Know your limit, play within it.

BC Gaming Event Licence #56178 BC Gaming Event Licence #56179

19+ to play!

WEVancouver.com

Win 1of 5 Grand Prize Choices...

1 High Point Estates - South Langley - This is a gorgeous furnished 7,000 sq. ft. home on a half acre

with lake and mountain views. Master bedroom on main floor, large open concept kitchen, media room, gym and more. Includes an Audi Q5 and $5,000 cash. 20143-1st Avenue. Open daily 11am to 5pm.

OVE

R

ION L L I M 5 . $2 ALUE! V

OR

2

Ocean Park South Surrey

This brand new furnished 3,800 sq. ft. home tucked among the tall evergreens is the perfect family setting.

It features beautiful hardwood floors, high end kitchen and magnificent landscaping. Included is a Chevrolet Tahoe, Campion Sport Boat with trailer, family trip for 4 to Disneyland and $550,000 cash OVE

2102 - 128A Street.

Open daily 11am to 5pm.

R

ION L L I M 2 . $2 ALUE! V

Please Help BC Children’s Hospital Today WEVancouver.com

October 3 – 9, 2013

3

the week ahead

Oct. 3 - 9

Main line: 604-742-8686 Managing Director Gail Nugent gnugent@wevancouver.com Managing Editor Martha Perkins editor@wevancouver.com Display Advertising 604-742-8677 sales@wevancouver.com Classified Advertising 604-575-5555 classifieds@wevancouver.com Circulation 604.742.8676 • circulation@ wevancouver.com WE Vancouver #205-1525 W. 8th Ave., Vancouver, BC, V6J 1T5 Member of Black Press, B.C. Press Council, Canadian Community Newspapers Association. Published at Vancouver by the MetroValley Newspaper Group a Division of Black Press Group Ltd. Editorial submissions are welcome but unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned.

Submissions may be edited for brevity and legality. Opinions in columns are not necessarily shared by the publisher. Copyright and/or property rights subsist in all display advertising and other material appearing in WE. If, in the publisher’s judgment, an error is made that materially affects the value of the advertisement to the advertiser, a corrected advertisement will be inserted upon demand without further charge. “Make-good” insertions are not granted on minor errors which do not lessen the value of the advertisement.

Notice of error required before second insertion.

VERIFIED CIRCULATION

Vancouver Art/Book Fair Visitors to the Vancouver Art Gallery Annex on Oct. 5 and 6 can dive into artist publishing in all of its various forms at the second annual Vancouver Art/ Book Fair — the only international art book fair in Canada. Programs include a performance by award-winning Vancouver writer Amber Dawn, a talk by graphic designers and zine publishers Jon Hannan and Sarah Stapleton of OWT Creative (Manchester), a photobook workshop by Deniz Merdano of +90 (Montreal/Istanbul), a panel discussion led

by Andrew Bernardini of The Art Book Review (Los Angeles), an artist talk by Jesse Hlebo of Swill Children (Brooklyn), an introduction to Colombian

artist publishing by Juan Pablo Fajardos of la silueta ediciones (Bogotá), a discussion of Publication Studio by Antonia Pinter and Patricia No (Portland) and more. Visitors will also view a projection installation by Asli Serbest and Mona Mahall of artist magazine Junk Jet (Berlin) and three rooms of exhibiting publishers from such places as Vancouver, Victoria, Mayne Island, Calgary, Saskatoon, Toronto, Montreal, Portland, San Francisco, Boston, Mexico City, Düsseldorf and Stockholm. Local artist-run centres, publishers, curators and institutions will also be hosting their own events as part of the parallel event, Artists' Books Weekend, taking place from Oct. 3 to 6. VancouverArtBookFair.com Hikaru Hayashi photo

Martha, Martha, Martha The Winsor Gallery (258 E. 1st) is rolling out the welcome mat for Martha Sturdy. The acclaimed painter and sculptor and the artist-centric gallery are launching a new relationship (the Winsor Gallery will host a full exhibition of Sturdy’s new work next Spring), and they’re celebrating with an exhibit of new paintings and sculptures called Break-up.

The pieces are inspired by northern Canadian landscapes — and hint at what’s to come in 2014. “I have long been a fan of Martha’s work.

She shares a strong connection to the great Canadian landscape and skillfully uses minimalist clarity to evoke nature’s complexity and beauty, the result of which is stunning,” says Gallery owner Jennifer Winsor. On now. Image: #386 (Hay Bale), resin on steel, Martha Sturdy

The creeps are coming to town She may have been named one of the “5 People on Etsy Who Are Clearly Serial Killers” by Cracked.com, but Canadian photographer Pamela Klaffke’s Bestia Parvalus (Animal Child) series of children in masks doesn’t give everyone the heebies. (And if it does, just embrace the goose bumps, it’s almost Hallowe’en.) Shot with lofi plastic Holga cameras on expired and damaged film, her world evokes childhood nostalgia, dark fairy tales, whimsy, mischief and mystery. Who are these masked creatures? As part of the annual Capture Photography Festival, selected works from Klaffke’s Bestia photo series will be exhibited at Vancouver’s Foot of Main Gallery (119 Main) from Oct. 3 to Oct. 31. An opening reception with the artist in attendance will be held Thursday from 7 to 9pm. FootOfMain.com | CapturePhotoFest.com Image: Pamela Klaffke’s Canis Lupus

Love to bitch? Look for rant/rave on page 18.

Bringing you the finest smokeware...

AUTHORIZED DEALER:

Have you ever looked at your life and asked yourself if this is what you really want? Is this it?

Let’s eliminate the doubt so you can simply love your life!

Virginia Lundy

2013

Child $599 Toddler $299 great selection of high-quality glass, vaporizers, grinders, oil pens, E-Cigs and more..

GNITE

CCF, MSc, BA

778.874.0232 whatnowlifecoach@gmail.com www.whatnowlifecoach.com

$11

99

Life Coaching & Professional Development

Smoke Shop Light it up

109 W. Cordova St. (Abbott x Cordova) www.Ignitesmokeshop.ca

Smoke Shop 778-786-0977 Light it up

Ask about our medical discount!

4-10 yrs

3 & under

includes bottomless pop!

+HST

Y ANY TIME AVAILABLE ANY DA TER 3PM EXCEPT FRIDAY AF

1061 Denman Street (between Comox & Davie)

604.662.3444

Tell us your favourite restaurants & food stores and you could win an iPad!

VOTE NOW: Go to www.WEVancouver.com and click on CONTESTS or scan this code for a quick link to the ballot: 4

October 3 – 9, 2013

WEVancouver.com

cover

Route 66

Now in her sixties, Vancouver fashion icon Maria Leone is making a point of doing things she never had time for earlier in her career

By Kelsey Klassen

M

aria Leone spent decades building a Vancouver retail empire, and then, at age 50, she learned to swim.

The feeling of treading water must have been a figurative first for the woman who has been the public face of Leone for the past 27 years.

Leone — “Mrs. L” to the stylesavvy staff who greet her as her heels strike along the boutique’s central arcade — still casts her long slender shadow across the store’s mosaic tiles each morning.

Every single item that receives the lusty brush of a customer’s fingertips is personally picked by her and her head buyers.

But now, between international buying trips, Leone, 66, goes to Giants games (her eldest grandson is on the team), and bakes cheese scones with the kids on demand.

In fact, her five grandchildren come up in conversation well before the matriarch even begins talking about her other legacy: the 25,000-square-foot clothing

boutique she co-owns with her ex-husband, Alberto. The store’s 50 employees. The millions in annual sales. The fabulous outerwear...

She stands today surrounded by Carmen Ruiz y Laza’s JoyTV camera crew and the better part of the editorial team at WE. Ruiz y Laza is filming the first segment for her new show, CarmenTV; for the people who are about to go on camera, Leone graciously presents her store as if it were a wearable jungle gym: “Go play,” she shoos the growing entourage with a smile.

Like a fire brigade the women fan out, making sure there are no smouldering Versaces unaccounted for. Leone herself disappears briefly into an adjoining room, and comes back holding a black-on-black embossed jacket — nipped at the waist and with a bit of peplum.

She slips it onto the shoulders of WE editor Martha Perkins, and the jacket is to Perkins as a cork is to a bottle of Perrier-Jouët — a perfect fit.

Leone knew before she left the room what she was looking for, but she’s made a career of predicting what we are looking for.

Born in Italy, Leone immigrated

“I always wear sweaters and jackets, but I thought, ‘You know what? Let’s just make a point here,’” says a sleeveless-and-proud Maria Leone. Rob Newell photo to Montreal at age eight with her widowed mother. During a teenage stint in the cutting room of a garment factory, Leone found herself daydreaming about the buyers coming in. The foreshadowing was lost on her, though, as her life welcomed marriage to Alberto, a hair stylist, and their two children by the age of 20.

In 1970 the family moved to Vancouver. Alberto established a beauty salon and Maria managed the books. At the urging of customers, they expanded into women’s wear and opened Alberto Boutique.

By the time they were launching

their sixth location, Alberto could no longer keep up with stocking the stores, and turned the buying over to Maria. Terrified, she boarded planes to Paris and Milan.

Fast forward through the next 30 years: Leone would find herself in Europe twice a month, curating collections and discovering new designers while raising her children; Alberto Boutique would consolidate into one location at the newly built Pacific Centre in 1974 and then re-brand as Leone for the move to its current location Sinclair Centre, bringing luxury to the wilds of West Hastings in 1987.

Leone was the first retailer in Western Canada to open an instore Versace boutique. Now, you would just as likely walk out of the store with a McQueen dress, Dior biker jacket or Gianvito Rossi shoe.

Fashion moves fast, but for Maria Leone, time is moving faster: “I feel that my sixties are going by quickly, and I have to start doing things that really matter to me.”

She just recently ran her first 10K. (“It was so exhilarating, just the fact that I did it.”) As our photographer shouts instructions from behind a long lens to lean this way and tilt that way, she jokingly asks him what else he wants her to flex.

An inspiration, it’s no surprise Leone’s surrounded by equally inspirational older women, including her aging mother, whom she cares for: “My mother lives with me — talk about a sandwich generation.

She just turned 90 and is still amazing and supportive.”

She also feels empowered, not by success or satisfaction, but simply by her age. “I just feel more comfortable and I want to do things that I didn’t have time to do or a chance to do when I was young and handling the business.”

Despite enjoying her active grandmotherhood and enrolling in every lesson available, however, Leone is not exactly squeezing in weekday games of golf, nor is she succession planning. Yet. “I don’t think of my age. I work with 18-year-olds; some of them are younger than my grandchildren! It keeps me young and wanting to be better, every day.”

YALETOWN

3 DAY WEEKEND SAVINGS 100% BC Owned and Operated

Prices Effective October 4, 5, 6 (3 DAYS ONLY). Sale is for Yaletown store only.

We reserve the right to limit quantities. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.

Grocery Department Simply Natural Organic Pasta Sauce

Pastificio Di Martino Pasta selected varieties, excludes wholewheat and organic

2/3.00 453-454g

reg 1.99 each

assorted varieties

2/6.00

Produce Department

Deli Department

Organic Field Grown Peppers Yellow, Red or Orange From Porterfield Farms in Ashcroft, BC

Prosciutto Crudo di Parma

739ml

reg 5.29 each product of USA

assorted varieties

2/5.00

480ml • reg 3.99 each +deposit +eco fee product of USA

Que Pasa Organic Tortilla Chips

reg 5.49/100g

1.98lb/ 4.37kg product of Canada

product of Italy

GT's Organic Raw Kombucha Beverages

2.49/100g

Simply Natural Organic Salsa

Meat Department

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

2/5.00

Lean Ground Turkey

2/4.00

value pack

425g • reg 4.49 each product of Canada

470ml

reg from 3.79 each product of USA

4.49lb/ 9.90kg

reg 17.62/kg

Drive, Walk, or (Bike in the new Richards Bike Lane) your way to huge savings!

www.choicesmarkets.com Yaletown 1202 Richards St. Vancouver | 604-633-2392 WEVancouver.com

October 3 – 9, 2013

5

cover

Zoomers in the media

Baby boomers are increasingly the focus of mainstream media, leading to new opportunities and advocacy

By Kelsey Klassen

T

his is starting to sound familiar: daughter of immigrants overcomes social and economic barriers during youth, establishes highly successful career, and doesn’t weary of work, but, rather, maintains a healthy passion for it well into ‘Boomerism’ and beyond.

It could be Maria Leone (see story page 5), it could be Carmen Ruiz y Laza, it could be you.

For the sake of this story, let’s focus on Carmen: While something the PR maven had been pondering for the past few years, finding out she was going to have her own TV show at the age of 52 had the high-voltage, fast-talking Spaniard shaking and short for air.

Careers can be leveraged on the back of a brief conversation, an innocuous email reconnect or a well-timed good idea. In Ruiz y Laza’s case, it was a variation of all three: “When I met with Moses [Znaimer, former head of CityTV]

in the spring, we were having coffee and I said to him, ‘Okay, I’m ready to come and work for you now. And by the way... I want to be on camera someday.’”

As a producer, in 1999, Ruiz y Laza helped Znaimer bring CityTV out west.

Now 71, Znaimer is playing fast and loose with the concept of zoomers — Baby Boomers with zip. The media mogul is reaching out to zoomers in BC as president of CARP (Canadian Association of Retired Persons), with Zoomer magazine and through his Fraser Valley-based television station, JoyTV. “If I was ever going to ask, this was the time. He listens. And he makes people; he allows you the opportunity.”

So they began expanding her portfolio: introducing CARP BC, JoyTV, IdeaCity and the Zoomer Show to her vast network.

Still, it took perhaps a confidence that comes with age to put her pitch on the (coffee) table.

And now she has a TV show.

“I’m trying to digest what we’re embarking on. I’m really grateful: to be a baby boomer, starting a new career on camera, where most networks are looking to retire you after a certain age?

JoyTV has instead given me an opportunity to begin something; I’m in a job where aging is encouraged!” she jokes.

At age 13, Ruiz y Laza left

Carmen Ruiz y Laza on location at Leone for her new show, CarmenTV, launching this Fall on Joy TV. Rob Newell photo Spain and life in a convent, and landed in Canada unable to speak a word of English.

Determined to learn to communicate, she became fluent within a year and still credits this as the source of her drive.

Fans new to her flair will have to learn to keep up. CarmenTV — a “baby boomer lifestyle show” will follow Ruiz y Laza from to intimate chats with friends, to vacation getaways to posh soirées: “I want to concentrate on what it is to age well. You always age on the outside, not the inside.

I’m going talk to people like Maria [Leone], who runs a fashion

empire and is at the forefront of the business in the city. She’s still doing it. She knows what’s hip and happening and can pick clothes for you and for me.”

If the two women traded tips on longevity, they’d probably just repeat each other’s advice: “The harder I work the luckier I get. Remember that old saying?” she laughs. “Nothing comes easy, and don’t get fooled — I have a lot of vulnerabilities. And with this TV show, I have to get ready to expose myself. But I have learned to not take the criticisms too harshly, nor the compliments to heart.”

National Seniors Day honoured at City Hall

O

n Tuesday, Oct. 1, Vancouver commemorated National Seniors Day by raising the CARP (Canadian Association of Retired Persons) flag at City Hall.

Carmen Ruiz y Laza attended on behalf of CARP BC, alongside deputy mayor Heather Deal; councillor Tony Tang, liaison to the City of Vancouver Seniors Advisory Committee; Chris Morrissey, chair of the COV Seniors’ Advisory Committee; and Art Kube, president of the Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of BC. “It is the first time that the CARP flag will fly at Vancouver City Hall, and many city halls will do same across the country,” says Ruiz y Laza.

“It is a great step forward as CARP joins forces with the Mayor’s office and the Seniors Advisory Committee; this ceremony shows we are united in our advocacy for the rights and dignity of every individual, regardless of age.”

National Seniors Day was instituted by the federal government in 2011 to pay tribute to the seniors who have helped build our country and continue to make valuable contributions to communities and workplaces.

CARP is a national, non-partisan advocacy association that works to promote and protect the interests, rights and quality of life for Canadians as they age. It has more than 300,000 members and is represented in Ottawa by Susan Eng. Adds Ruiz y Laza: “CARP is one of the biggest voting blocks in Canada, which means Susan gets heard.”

THE CAR YOU CHOOSE FOR YOUR LIFESTYLE MAY END UP SAVING YOUR LIFE.

T H E 2 013 AW D

With a more powerful new Boxer engine and improved fuel efficiency, it’ll take you to the places you want to go.

2013 OUTBACK 2.5i TOURING SHOWN

Starting From

30,515*

$

DOCKSTEADER SUBARU 8530 Cambie Street Vancouver, BC V6P 6N6 Tel: 604.325.1000 | docksteadersubaruvancouver.ca *Pricing applies to a 2013 Outback 2.5i 6MT Convenience (DD1 CP) with MSRP of $30,515 including freight & PDI ($1,595), documentation fees ($395) and battery and tire tax ($30). License, taxes, insurance and registration extra. Model shown is a 2013 Outback 2.5i 6MT Touring (DD1 TP) with MSRP of $33,115 including freight & PDI ($1,595), documentation fees ($395) and battery and tire taxes ($30). Taxes, license, registration and insurance are extra. Vehicle shown solely for purposes of illustration, and may not be equipped exactly as shown. Dealers may sell for less or may have to order or trade. See Docksteader Subaru or visit www.docksteadersubaruvancouver.ca for complete program details. To earn a 2013 TOP SAFETY PICK+, a vehicle must receive a “Good” rating in at least four of the five tests and a “Good” or “Acceptable” rating in the fifth test.

6

October 3 – 9, 2013

WE_Subaru_outback_0913_Final.indd 1

WEVancouver.com 2013-09-23 3:57 PM

MANAGED BY

604 683 0900 900HASTINGS.COM

SEE IT TODAY!

NOW PREVIEWING 1320 RICHARDS ST (AT DRAKE) OPEN DAILY 12-5PM, CLOSED FRIDAYS

MARKETED BY

AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP FROM $233,900

PROUDLY STRATHCONA

THIS IS NOT AN OFFERING FOR SALE.

WEVancouver.com

October 3 – 9, 2013

7

seniors

moved to east of l commercia drive

wedding

custom designed &

engagment rings

made by hand in Vancouver

Affordable housing and the arts Performing Arts Lodge (PAL) offers income-based housing for retired artists

1795 Venables | East of Commercial Locally Designed & Hand Crafted www.eradesign.ca 604 688 2714

By Martha Perkins

Color Special $ 95 Root

touch up

39

with this coupon

Expires Nov. 15, 2013

1114 Davie at Thurlow

604-682-3340

julianoshairsalon.com

ROBSON MEDICAL Dr. Peter J. Marr, Family Physician & Associates

200-1525 Robson Street

604 669-5669 • www.robsonmedicalclinic.com

New Patients Welcome

Families, children, men, women, seniors & pre-natal.

APPOINTMENT PREFERRED OPEN MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9:00AM - 4:00PM

Discover the freedom that balance can bring!

T

he average income for a retired senior citizen in Canada is $30,000 a year, according to Stats Canada.

The average income for a retired senior citizen who worked in the arts or performing arts in Canada is $10,000 a year.

Now you know why the Performing Arts Lodge is not just a special place but an essential one.

Of the 111 units spread over eight floors in a mixed housing development on Cardero, 79 are one-bedroom apartments that offer rents geared to income. For some tenants the rent is $475; for others it ranges up to just under $900. The rule is that no one pays more than 33 per cent of their income on rent.

Then there are 20 suites which are rented out at just under market value, or, on average, $1,400 a month.

The last piece of the PAL housing puzzle are the 12 twobedroom life-lease units, where people pay a monthly fee similar to that in a condo building. In an area like Coal Harbour, where affordable housing is an oxymoron, they cost considerably less than neighbouring condos — an average of $300,000 compared to $900,000. But there’s a catch: at the end of the lease, when the owner moves or dies, PAL buys back the unit at the original cost.

The increase in value goes to PAL. Not surprisingly, there are about 200 people on the waiting list for units. “We could open two more buildings and fill them immediately,” says Gary Glacken, PAL’s executive director.

For the Vancouver arts world, which helped founders Joy Coghill and Jane Heyman raise a large chunk of money to build PAL, it’s a way of saying thanks for the memories — and the sacrifices.

All this is possible without any government funding for operating costs. Possible, but very challenging.

Every year PAL needs to raise between $250,000 and $300,000 for the rental assistance program. Some of the money comes from renting the eighth-floor theatre and garden space for performances or meetings. Some comes from special events PAL hosts — and if the residents know how to do something, it’s put on a good show — and donations are always gratefully received.

“We go back to the provincial government every year to see if we could fit in a funding program,” says Glacken. “The operating end is where the challenges come into play.” But because PAL is so innovative, it’s hard to fit into any funding model.

The province did kick in $386,000 to get PAL off the ground but it was the City of Vancouver that made it all possible as part of Blue Tree Group’s development of a 25-storey building adjacent to Westin Bayshore Hotel. The city not only donated PAL’s land as a 60-year lease for $10 as part of a social housing initiative, but it also provided a matching grant of $1 million.

In return, the Bayshore Garden Children’s Centre, operated by

At PAL, no one pays more than 33 per cent of their income on rent. Rob Newell photo Vancouver Society of Children’s Centres, is on the second floor and has a large outdoor play area.

Arts unions and associations were also a big supporter, contributing $735,000 to the capital campaign while personal philanthropy and foundations kicked in an additional $800,000. PAL started fulfilling its promise that “no person in the performing arts community will live in isolation, fear or want” in 2006.

With PAL suites taking up eight of the 24 floors, private condos take up the rest of the tower.

“There are always hiccups in any communal model but it’s worked out well,” says Glacken. “It’s still an incredibly innovative and workable project.”

There are many ways the Vancouver community can support PAL. The 150-seat black-box theatre, with its stunning worthy view and beautifully landscaped terrace, can be rented out for performances, exhibits and meetings. Online donations are always welcome at DonateToPALVancouver.org. There’s also a need for volunteers in what’s being called a “supporting cast” — people who can come in and help some residents with their day-to-day activities.

You’re also invited to attend and support the many activities at PAL, including: • Resident Richard Cook’s 50-year retrospective of his work as a set and costume designer for theatre and opera, as well as an art director in film and television. The compilation of nearly 200 colour drawings and production photographs is Oct. 5 from 5 to 10pm and Oct. 6 from 12 to 5pm.

• Art Unbound and Found, a juried art exhibit featuring residents’ art, on Oct. 19 and 20 from 11am to 4:30pm. Free, thanks to sponsorship by the Fromson Art Project.

Go to PALVancouver.org for details.

Offering treatment for: • Scoliosis and Sciatica • Pain relief and management • Stress reduction • More efficient movement • Better balance Rolfing is Manual Therapy which strengthens the body’s structural integrity and functional resources.

Rolfing can help you move again.

Ask me how I can help you achieve your optimal health.

STEPHEN G. INABA Advanced Certified Rolfer Registered Massage Practitioner

Persian Area and Pictorial Rugs

Repairs & Restoration Washing • Underlay 2427 Granville Street, Vancouver 604.559.5464 • gallery@ganjinehrug.ca

#730-1285 W. Broadway • tel: 604.738.1012

www.stepheninaba.com

8

October 3 – 9, 2013

W W W. G A N J I N E H RU G . C A WEVancouver.com

seniors

Are West End seniors facing a rental housing crisis?

• Are you aged 65 or older?

Gladys McNab, 87, makes a living acting her age. Rob Newell photo

You’re never too old to act Local actress discovered in her sixties; lands roles on X-Files, MacGyver

By Martha Perkins

T

here are times when Gladys McNab says it’s not hard acting as an old person. At 87, she’s got the role pretty down pat. But the other week, when she was cast as an old woman with Alzheimers for the new television series Almost Human, a bit of acting was required.

“It was in a beautiful mansion in Deep Cove and I spent the day watching the boats go by. I was having a ball,” she says with her trademark grin. “I tried to look like I had Alzheimers but the director said, ‘Gladys, you look like you could get

up and direct the scene.’”

Little wonder. For McNab, a surprising career as an extra in film and television has been like being paid to have fun. She was in her early sixties and working at Royal Columbian Hospital when a friend told her she’d read an ad in the paper calling for extras on a movie set. When the friend went to sign up, she also signed up McNab. “It was an absolute love affair,” she says of her first exposure to the film and television industry. “It was like being a child again and ‘let’s pretend.’”

Since then, she’s had numerous roles on television series including MacGyver, Stargate and The X-Files.

(MacGyver was her favourite until she was doted on by everyone on the Almost Human set; however, MacGyver actor Richard Dean Anderson remains “a sweetheart.”)

Continued next page

• Do you worry about how you are going to pay your rent? Are annual rent increases eating away your income or savings?

• Do you know another senior who has had to leave the West End because he or she could no longer afford to live in our neighbourhood?

Join WESN, SPARC BC and Gordon House for lunch (free of charge) on Wednesday, October 23rd at 12:30pm at Barclay Manor to share your stories. Your privacy will be assured.

Space is limited so pre-registration is required.

For more information or to register, please contact:

Eric Kowalski at 604.559.5051 • executivedirector@wesn.ca

“Now, my cup is half full.”

It can be surprising what happens when you feel ‘right where you should be.’ You feel free to live your life, to try new things.

At Pacific Arbour, that’s exactly what you can expect from independent living: the freedom to live your life.

Because rather than household chores and yard work, you can focus on what matters most: your healthy well-being, great food and good company.

It’s nothing like what you’ve imagined independent living to be, it’s so much better.

Call today for your complimentary lunch and personalized tour.

CEDAR SPRINGS | North Vancouver | 604.986.3633 THE SUMMERHILL | North Vancouver | 604.980.6525

WEVancouver.com

October 3 – 9, 2013

9

seniors

You always have a friend at PAL

By Martha Perkins

J

udy Ginn Walchuk has always lived life big. She sang at a private birthday party for Noel Coward at the behest of David Frost after he saw her perform at the Playboy Club in London. She recorded her first album for RCA in 1965 and she and her brother had their own variety program on CBC, the Judy and Jim Show. She’s had countless gigs at every club in Vancouver and five appearances on the Merv Griffin Show.

Walchuk and her brother, who will soon be getting a star on Granville Street, lived in the States for several years when their style of music wasn’t as popular with Canadian audiences — “we weren’t guitar-playing folksingers”. And when she didn’t want to work as many nights, she opened a store in Venice Beach called Shady Business, custom making lampshades for customers such as Goldie Hawn, Bernadette Peters and Ashley Judd.

But there is a price to living big — small bank accounts. The pay was good when you could get it but you never could bank on when you’d get it. And even then, she had to pay for

travelling, costumes, musicians and studio time.

In 1960, she got $150 for singing at Izzy’s nightclub for two nights. Four years ago, by the time she paid her musicians for a one-night show, her take-home pay was $80. “It’s absolutely horrible [how little the pay can be],” she says. “That’s why we are at PAL and are grateful for it.”

When she moved into the Performing Arts Lodge in 2006, it was the first time in her life she knew her rent would be paid.

And now, at 68, with a government pension covering her rent-geared-toincome housing costs, she no longer has the stress of worrying about her future. The future is now and she’s packing as much into it as she can.

Her apartment is a palace of whimsy, with every inch in wall space covered with things she’s made or traded for with things she’s made.

There’s a rococo mirror made with silver tea sets next to a candelabra with dangling forks next to a glass-beaded lampshade next to a cut glass mosaic next to... (“My brother comes in and gets the hives,” she laughs.)

She’s working on her piece for the

Artist Judy Ginn Walchuk with her Nancie Foreman mosiac and tea set mirror.

Rob Newell photo

away all of her punch bowls and serving trays in preparation for what she thought would be a move into something akin to an old folks home.

“I moved in and went, ‘Oh my god.’ I immediately put on a party and went to the Sally Ann to buy back some of my punch bowls,” she says from her one-bedroom apartment with a view of Coal Harbour.

“It’s a thrill to write and perform,” says Walchuk, who also released a CD of original songs, The Flying Walchuks... Without a Net, with the encouragement of her friends at PAL. “I thought it was all over for me but they inspired me to say, ‘Ya, I might still have something to say.’”

2013 Fromson Art Show at PAL, “Art Unbound & Found” in the communal workshop, where she can also spray paint her mosaics.

If she doesn’t have the tool she needs, someone else does. It’s share and share alike at PAL. On Monday nights, she gathers with 30 to 40 other residents for soup, a by-donation dinner of homemade soup, plus bread donated by Terra Breads.

“Because I live in PAL, I do not live alone,” she once said in a speech. “I’ve found friends, I’ve found joy, I’ve found purpose. I’ve found community which is often more like family.”

How different it is from what she had imagined. Before PAL, she rented a shared apartment above her lampshade store in Dunbar, Wally’s Folly, where she was constantly hosting parties. Thinking that part of her life would be over, she gave

The Flying Walchuks will be performing Oct. 19 at 3pm as part of the Unbound & Found juried art exhibit at

not problems

MOVING COMPANY

MOVING? Energy efficiency.

Good for smaller footprints.

Madden Solutions family owned and operated movers would like to take the opportunity to thank our many senior clients and their families that we have been able to assist with their transitions over the last years.

We will continue to provide specialist and experienced support in that process for years to come and work with you to make the transition as stress-free and smooth as possible.

We welcome any new clients and please mention this ad when you wish to make a booking.

• moving • labour • storage

www.maddensolutions.com• 604.831.7548

Employees meet employers here…

l

Install a programmable thermostat and save up to 15% on your natural gas heating bill.1 Tour our virtual Energy House to learn about your home’s carbon footprint and enter to win 1 of 10 $500 family prize packs2 at fortisbc.com/smallerfootprints.

When programmed to 20 °C when home and 17 °C for 14 hours per day (when out or asleep) in a natural gas heated single family home. Maximum savings achieved on colder days. 2Family prize pack consists of a home energy saving kit and $400 credit gift card. Full contest details are available at fortisbc.com/smallerfootprints.

FortisBC uses the FortisBC name and logo under license from Fortis Inc. (13-287.2 09/2013) 1

10

October 3 – 9, 2013

1-855-678-7833 blackpress.ca ◾ metroland.com

Too old to act

Continued from page 9

A few years ago, she was thrilled to be featured in a union commercial for the Royal Columbian Hospital, especially since she believes strongly in the union’s positive influence.

But McNab’s positive spin on life is a choice.

The two-time divorcee has experienced many hardships and had to start over in life a few times. “You have to make up your mind, this is what I’ve got and this is what I’ll do with it,” she says. In her family, “We don’t get down.

We reinvent ourselves.”

Which is why she wishes people in other professions could get the opportunity to live at someplace like the Performing Arts Lodge (PAL.) A member of ACTRA, she’s one of the founding tenants in one of the rent-geared-toincome apartments.

“I love PAL. I’m a country girl at heart, raised in Calgary when Calgary was a cowtown.

I lived in the Valley before I moved here.

My age was starting to get to me. I tried living in an apartment [in Langley] but I almost went crazy. I’m basically a private person and I couldn’t stand it.

Then, through another miracle, I bought a trailer in a trailer park [near Surrey.] When I heard about PAL, I thought, ‘that should be an answer for me.”

She had a hard time adjusting at first because she had left friends and family behind, but she says she picks up on people’s energies and there’s good energy at play at PAL. She volunteers on several projects and loves getting dressed up at Hallowe’en to give candy to the visiting children, including those from the Bayshore Garden Children’s Centre downstairs.

Three years ago she gave up her car and thought that would be the end of her TV and movie career. But then her agent arranged it that she’d get transported to her jobs. (At Almost Human she had her own dressing room where she a nap.)

She’ll always be grateful to the coworker who signed her up as an extra 25 years ago (and who never was on screen again). “There was a gift,” Gladys says of her friend’s act, and its results. “I never would have signed myself up and it’s been a delight.”

WEVancouver.com

style

Designer wash and wear

Shop Talk

by Kelsey Klassen

Urban Barn’s Next Top Designer The Home + Design Show (running Oct. 17-20 at BC Place) started searching for up-and-coming Vancouver designers in June. They picked three designing women (L-R: Lianna Armstrong, Penelope Sloan and Laura Borrelli) in August, and now they’ve been put to task to design a living room using a $5,000 budget and an assigned theme and colour palette. All three rooms will be displayed at the show.

The winners will compete for your vote at the Home + Design Show for the chance to see their living room design showcased at Urban Barn (2354 Granville). They will also get a free exhibit booth at the 2014 Vancouver Home + Design Show. Tix $12/$15.

VancouverHomeAndDesignshow.com.

Evan Ducharme’s Eco Fashion Week challenge The seventh season of Eco Fashion Week brings back old favourites and new faces. Fresh off sensational 2013 fashion weeks, young local designers Evan Ducharme and Dandi Wind are sure to draw crowds. On Monday, Oct. 7, Value Village presents a night for vintage lovers with the Thrift Chic Challenge, featuring stylists Kenneth Wyse, Dandi Wind and Claire Bouvier. Immediately following, Evan Ducharme (taking over the 68-lb Challenge from eco-champion Kim Cathers) reveals the results of getting his hands 68-lbs of gently-used clothes (the amount of clothing and textiles the average North American throws away each year) and turning them into a new collection. Nicole Bridger presents on Sunday, Oct. 6, and on Wednesday, Oct. 9, Main Street mainstays Twigg & Hottie celebrate their 10th anniversary.

But wait, there’s more: EcoFashion-Week.com.

L

aundry detergent and designer clothes tend to rub each other the wrong way. So leave it to the woman behind Canada’s figure-hugging fashion brand, Pink Tartan, to create readyto-wear luxury that can go in the wash.

Kimberley Newport-Mimran was in Vancouver Sept. 26 to launch her new washable collection in partnership with Tide Pods.

The capsule collection is comprised of three washable fabrics — a high twist viscose (similar to silk) for knit tops, $275; tech stretch for trousers, $295; and power stretch for dresses, $425 — and is available now at select Bay and Holt Renfrew stores.

But as creative director and president for one of Canada’s most successful women’s wear lines, and as a mom, NewportMimran also has some style secrets for looking great on the go: Timeless pieces are always in fashion By choosing pieces you can wear season after season, you’ll also increase the lifespan of your wardrobe.

Try out new trends through accessories Developing your own personal style comes with finding cuts that fit your body and colours that compliment your skin. Stick to it and don’t be swayed by the latest runway trend. To incorporate seasonal trends into your wardrobe, purchase smaller pieces like a bag, scarf or shoes. Accessories are great because they update your look without risk.

Simplicity is the secret to elegance I design pieces that look stylish and fit into a modern woman’s lifestyle. By focusing on the cut of the garment, the

quality of the fabric and small details like an exposed zipper, these pieces not only last but have wardrobe presence for years to come. Invest in great basics that can be paired with a variety of pieces to keep your look effortless and elegant.

Fit, fit, fit The correct fit of your clothing is essential to great style. Regardless of the cost of your clothing, finding a tailor that can make small adjustments to your pieces will make you look and feel better. If you find a piece you love but it’s not in your size, buy it in a larger size and take it to the tailors, they can do wonders.

Find inspiration in fashion-eras gone by My fashion inspiration comes from timeless icons like Audrey Hepburn, Jackie Onassis and my grandmother. I remember my well-dressed grandmother serving tea sandwiches in pearls and the perfect top coat. Finding inspiration on websites is a good way to expand your fashion mind and style.

Modern style is about care Sometimes being chic is as simple as keeping your clothes looking crisp and clean.

Imagine browsing your favourite shop if the clothing looked less than polished?

It would completely alter the way you looked at the garment. The same is true when you wear something that looks worn out. I believe we should care for our clothing, as you would other items you cherish.

prints in rich dark colours and super fine gauge cashmere. I also love a mid-length skirt, whether it is a full or pencil skirt.

Trending in my world Some trends that we will be seeing from Pink Tartan this fall are digital floral

For more information on the Pink Tartan Washable Collection for Tide Pods, visit TideFashion.ca.

Canadian fashion designer, Kimberley Newport-Mimran with husband Joe Mimran aka Joe Fresh. George Pimentel photo

TSTAND “AN OUELIGHT FIONG PRODUCTION.. RPRISE . SU D LLOW ON AND E AFTER ANOTHER”

WIN

— vancouver sun

GOHNUTCRACKER.COM

TICKETS

Once you pop, you just can’t stop

TO THE NUTCRACKER DEC 14–22

• The Cross at 1198 Homer is temporarily closed for renovations as of Oct. 1, but will be back in a few weeks bigger and better. In the meantime, their pop-up shop is open at 594 Davie.

• IZM, a high-end, modern-minimalist Alberta furniture company, has launched a pop-up store in Chinatown (434 Columbia), with hand-crafted wood furniture pieces, designed by Canadians, for Canadians. Open until Oct. 22.

Go to WEVancouver.com/ contests by 9 am Oct. 10

FALSE CREEK market

h es fr WEEKLY SPECIALS

CCLASSICAL, SSICA SSI CA MAGICAL, MAG CA A MUST-SEE S -S HO HOLIDAY TRADITION ON

DEC 14 – 22 MATINEES & EVENINGS

STRAWBERRIES

PRINCIPAL DANCERS FROM

THE ROYAL DANISH BALLET LIVE MUSIC PERFORMED BY

THE VANCOUVER OPERA ORCHESTRA

TICKETMASTER.CA 1.855.985.2787 2 for $5.00THE CENTRE IN VANCOUVER, 777 HOMER STREET 1 lb USA Clamshells PRODUCTION TITLE SPONSORS

BC Assorted Apples 99¢/lb

Thompson Green Grapes USA $1.49/lb

109-1500 HOWE AT BEACH • 604-620-9949

WEVancouver.com

Red Seedless Watermelon USA 49¢/lb

FalseCreekFreshMarkt@FCFreshMarket

Australian Navel Oranges 99¢/lb

BC Assorted Squash 69¢/lb

falsecreek freshmarket • We proudly support BC Farmers

October 3 – 9, 2013

11

craft beer month

EVENTS

D

uring October, craft beer lovers will have 31 days of special events, new releases, tastings, pairings and tappings — more than 500 events in total. Highlights:

BC Beer Awards In a month full of beer-centric programming, the signature event is the 4th Annual British Columbia Beer Awards on Saturday, October 19 at the Croatian Cultural Centre. One of the most focused beer events in Western Canada, the awards showcase and celebrate the very best of locally made product.

Tickets are $35; CraftBeerMonth.ca.

Steveston Beer Festival New this year is the Steveston Beer Festival (on October 5 at the historic Gulf of Georgia Cannery) and it sold out in a flash. Hosting approximately 40 booths and showcasing craft beer from BC and be-

HOME TO THE LARGEST CRAFT BEER SELECTION IN THE PROVINCE

yond, the line-up includes casks, draught beer and bottles as well as a pumpkin beer competition.

Beer Battle Royale III On October 3, four local breweries will battle it out in the Doolin’s ring for total beer glory. Whoever sells out their keg first will reign as a featured tap at the downtown Irish pub for the month of November, with associated bragging rights. The event kicks off at 6:30pm; tickets ($25) include four pints.

Pink Pints at Darby’s And to illustrate that beer is no longer a male dominated domain, there’s Pink Pints. The women’s beer group run by Lundy Dale will be co-hosting an event at Darby’s on October 21. “It’s a BC beer dinner for the ladies and with breweries that have strong female roles within.”

— Joe Leary

Proud to specialize in West Coast, Seasonal & Limited Edition Craft beers.

Our friendly staff are ready to help you at any of our 3 locations

1633 Manitoba Street | 604.331.7900 | legacyliquorstore.com |

LegacyLiquor

2401 Burrard St. 604-566-9244

Choose from over 16 CRAFT BEERS on tap every day!

LIVE LOCAL MUSIC & A UNIQUE CASK BEER EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT

• OCTOBER 3 • LIVE music by Ian Cromwell featuring a cask beer from Parallel 49

• OCTOBER 10 • LIVE music by Sloe Gin Sideshow featuring a cask beer from Coal Harbour

Corner of York & Yew – 1 block up from Kits Beach

www.sunsetgrillvancouver.com 604-732-3733

12

October 3 – 9, 2013

961 Denman St. 604-689-3100

568 Abbott St. 604-683-8438

myliquorstore.ca

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT WE COULDN’T FIT ANY MORE CRAFT BEER IN HERE...

We made it happen!

Come check out our new fridges, and more importantly, what’s in them!

Best local liquor store by CAMRA Vancouver 6 years running!

Open 11-11 EVERY DAY • 14th & Main • FREE PARKING AROUND BACK

www.brewerycreekliquorstore.com 604-872-3373

WEVancouver.com

craft beer month

Our own Oktoberfest

By Joe Leary

I

t was during a random discussion in 2011 that Lundy Dale — then-president of Campaign for Real Ale BC (CAMRA) — and CAMRA Vancouver president Martin Williams decided to put a greater focus on craft beer.

“With the abundance of great beers available in this province, from the rest of Canada and the US, we felt it was important to promote and support our own,” she says.

Spurred by the discussion, Dale got in touch with her contact at CAMRA Victoria — who reached out to the government. The result? The BC Minister of Agriculture proclaimed October as BC Craft Beer Month.

Now in its third year, microbrewers are gearing up for a variety of events around the province to celebrate their wares, and BC beer drinkers couldn’t be happier.

“The whole point behind BC Craft Beer month was about awareness, support and promotion of our great beers and the people behind them,” says Dale.

“Year one took off in Victoria and Vancouver with cask programs, dinners, beer launches and overall larger awareness of the BC industry and how much variety and passion we have.”

A lover of local craft beer since 1999, Dale has witnessed firsthand the explosion of the microbrew industry. Interest in those early days was low, and growth was slow, but since then, there’s been a sizable and steady increase.

“In the last five to six years and with more beers available, the interest to try more has happened.

“Given the growth of private liquor stores, people were wanting to learn more about beer, try and explore more as more single beers became available for purchase.”

And this makes sense to Dale, because few beverages are as versatile as beer. “When it comes

WEVancouver.com

Lundy Dale at the BC Craft Beer launch last year, with a cask she created (blueberry and cranberry bitter, aka BC Bitter) with R&B Brewing. Submitted photo to house parties and food pairings, beer is more economical than wine since you can buy three or four small single beers for the same price as a bottle of wine.”

Given the rising popularity of craft beer, it’s not surprising that everyone seemingly wants a piece of the action.

“It was inevitable that when the big brewers saw the popularity of the cottage beer industry among consumers, they too would want to protect their piece of the market,” she adds.

“The fact that Molson’s bought Granville Island and Creemore Springs, Labatts; Alexander Keith (a single hop series) and all the mainstream breweries are either trying to buy out microbreweries, making ‘faux’ craft beer or coming out with ‘craft’ lines is an indication that craft beer is exactly what people want.”

A full calendar of events can be found at CraftBeerMonth.ca/October-2013.

WE ARE GLOWING. 16th Annual

SILVER WINNER Readers’ Choice

2013

SPECIALTY BEER STORE

Best Cit y 14th ANNUAL

of the

Readers’ Choice 2011

WINE SELECTION

Thank you for making Firefly a winner in two categories!

• Extraordinary wines from $10 and up • Craft beers and ales from around the world

Stop by one of our stores and we’ll be happy to guide you along your way.

Present this ad to receive a 10% discount voucher toward your next purchase.

VANCOUVER

2857 Cambie Street at 12th Ave W 604 875 3325 twitter.com/fireflyvan MAPLE RIDGE

21755 Lougheed Hwy at East 216th Street 604 467 1956 twitter.com/fireflymridge

Open 7 days a week, 10 am to 11 pm

www.fireflyfinewinesandales.com

October 3 – 9, 2013

13

Pet blessing ceremony resumes This weekend, churches around the world will celebrate something that St. Francis of Assisi started almost 800 years ago: the blessing of animals. Coinciding with his feast day (the day that he died) on Oct. 4, animal blessing services typically take place on the nearest Sunday. Rekindling the tradition, St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church (1012 Nelson) will have a blessing of the animals at 6pm Oct. 6. The interdenominational service welcomes all creatures; if your pet has passed, you’re invited to bring a photo to be honoured. According to Rev. Kathryn Ransdell, lead minister for the blessing of the animals, “[The practice] still matters today. More and more we need these sacred places.”

Aarm Dental Group We’re in your neighborhood to make you smile…

0 9.0 *$ 9oom g Z in iten Wh

GRAND OPENING SPECIAL… FREE Cosmetic Consultation

Aarm Dental Group on Cambie 2180 Cambie St.

604-684-0224

(corner of 6th & Cambie beside Best Buy)

*Patients are required to have a new patient dental exam, xrays and cleaning.

You can receive a FREE Electronic Toothbrush or Zoom In-Office Whitening for $99.00.

Offer expires Oct 31, 2013.

Dr. Vineyard Choy NEW PATIENTS WELCOME

www.aarm-dental.com The Friendliest Dealers and Best Deals in Town

news

Police, health officers weigh in on booze review Reforms urged to help curb gangsters, alcoholism

By Jeff Nagel

B

C police chiefs are urging the provincial government to give their officers more power to haul gangsters out of bars and restaurants.

That’s one of the suggestions received so far by the government’s liquor policy review, which is expected to lead to significant reforms.

“The province has been dealing with a wave of gang violence with many shootings occurring in and around licensed premises,” Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich said in a submission to the review.

Rich, who chairs the legislative committee of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police, called for province-wide police power to unilaterally remove anyone they decide poses a risk to the public in a licensed establishment.

He said police already work with establishments through the Barwatch program to remove gang members, but staff can be intimidated by gangsters.

“It’s the licensed premises that primarily has the authority to have people leave its premises if it’s

WIN

Enter for your chance to

E C A F YOUR RS TICKETS!

FEA

AT WESTERN CANADA'S SCARIEST HAUNT

NOW OPEN

UNTIL NOVEMBER 2

6 12 |

ADMISSION INCLUDES UNLIMITED ACCESS TO

OCTOBER 1 - 31

OCTO OCT OBER 3 - 26

HAUNTED HOUSES

DRAWS EVERY

THURSDAY & SATURDAY 7PM • $250 8PM • $500 9PM • $1000

OCTOBER 31 GRAND PR PRIZ IZEE DRAAW W 9PM Win up to $7500

FREE 3 BONUS BALLOTS

Valid until October 4 at Guest Services

Across from BC Place • 750 Pacific Boulevard S., Vancouver • edgewatercasino.ca

Edgewater Casino, Vancouver

@CasinoEdgewater

October 3 – 9, 2013

RIDES

THE MONSTERS OF SCHLOCK GRUESOME COMEDY ACT

site: and click on contests to win!

To enter the contest, go to our web

Storm cut power, delayed ferries

wevancouver.com

Lower Mainland residents mopped up Monday after a weekend storm with strong wind gusts and heavy rain pounded the region. The high winds SAVINGS AND DETAILS AT FRIGHTNIGHTS.CA toppled trees and knocked out power to more than 3,000 homes in Delta and Richmond, and thousands more in smaller pockets throughout southwestern BC. Environment Canada meteorologist David Jones said 65mm of rain was measured from Friday through Sunday at Vancouver Airport.

The winds only hit the predicted 100 kms per hour plus on parts of Vancouver Island — the highest reading measured in Raincity Rap festival & conference offers Metro Vancouver was 90 free and all ages events at The Roundhouse km/h at West Vancouver’s Point Atkinson.

Ticketed 19 years + events at Events featuring The biggest impact Calabash Bistro & Fortune Maestro Fresh Wes, was on BC Ferries Sound Club including a Kinnie Starr & celebrity Jam Session & Urban passengers after the Music Contest for emerging cancellations of several Chin Injeti . rappers & singers sailings caused huge delays for travellers www.miscellaneousproductions.ca between Vancouver www.facebook.com/miscellaneousproductions Island and Vancouver.

Funded by Sponsored by Extra sailings were added Monday to clear the backlog.

October 4-5,2013

We acknowledge the financial assistance of the Province of British Columbia

14

|

C A S H G I V E A W AY

7PM & 8PM Win up to $1000

ON SELECT DATES

concerned, but that’s difficult with gang members,” Rich said.

The association also wants the definition of public drunkenness expanded to allow the arrest of people intoxicated by drugs, and not just liquor.

The submission also suggests the courts could order detoxification and treatment for the chronically intoxicated.

Another proposal would let police temporarily seize the guns of hunters they catch with open liquor.

Medical health officers are cautioning the government against letting liquor flow more freely.

They want the province to freeze or cut the number of private liquor retailers and ban online ordering and delivery. To combat disease from abuse of cheap high-alcohol drinks, they are seeking a minimum price of $3 per standard drink consumed on site and $1.50 for off sales.

They also want pricing tied to alcohol content, so youth and others aren’t encouraged to buy highstrength drinks.They oppose any decrease in the drinking age of 19.

The province has indicated it isn’t considering changes to pricing or taxation, which provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall said is unfortunate.

“Policy measures such as taxation are the most cost-effective public health response to the alcoholrelated disease burden in countries with moderate and high levels of alcohol consumption,” he said in own response to the review.

Kendall questioned the government’s top priority of increasing or maintaining government liquor revenue — ahead of the second principle of minimizing health and social harms — and argued health system and other costs of alcohol use far exceed government revenues.

Meanwhile, a group called Campaign for Culture is promoting a return of happy hours and also urges the province to okay the sale of craft liquor at farmers’ markets.

BC is the only province that bans bars and restaurants from offering happy hour discounts in the late afternoon and early evening.

While the group supports lifting the restriction, it argues for a province-wide price minimum to prevent irresponsible practices like two-for-one, allyou-can-drink or women-drink-free offers.

Richmond-Steveston MLA John Yap is leading the liquor policy review and is to table recommendations Nov. 25. For more information see Engage.gov.bc.ca/liquorpolicyreview.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters.

WEVancouver.com

movie reviews/viff

Zero gravity film convinces

Parkland is engaging but lacks cohesion

GRAVITY Starring Sandra Bullock, George Clooney Directed by Alfonso Cuarón In 2006, Alfonso Cuarón delivered the dystopian drama Children of Men which, in addition to exceptional world building, offered two of the most audacious, choreographed shots to have ever graced the big screen. Even if viewers weren’t cognisant of the technical bravura on display, they nevertheless felt its effect: without the benefit of a cut, tension was ratcheted up to almost unendurable levels.

Thankfully, a criminal seven years on the sidelines (blame the hoops Hollywood asks artists to jump through) hasn’t dulled the director’s skills in the least.

Gravity opens with an astonishing 17-minute shot that follows spacewalking astronauts Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) as they float around the Hubble Space Telescope, going about their business of repairing some minor damage. Making remarkable use of 3D visuals, Cuarón offers arguably one of the most convincing depictions of zero gravity ever committed to film. And yet, Ryan and Matt’s casual banter lends the scene the air of a blue collar workplace drama, grounding the proceedings and connecting us with the characters. Consequently, we’re shocked when a deluge of debris cuts them adrift from their shuttle and leaves them decidedly lost in space.

As the film shifts into a harrowing survival drama akin to 127 Hours, Cuarón continues to use every tool at his disposal to create one of the year’s most immersive and enthralling films.

You’d be inclined to gripe about the ludicrousness of some of the plot developments if the end result wasn’t so ridiculously entertaining. Its characters may be in freefall but Gravity soars.

— Curtis Woloschuk

WEVancouver.com

In Down River, Pearl (Helen Shaver, left) is the ballast in three women’s lives, including Aki (Jennifer Spence). The movie was written by director Ben Ratner as an ode to his friend and mentor, the late Babz Chula. Photo supplied

A journey together

By Martha Perkins

A

s memorial tributes go, this one is larger than life.

Down River, which screens at the Vancouver International Film Festival, is about three women and the friendship they each have with a neighbour, Pearl, “a charismatic and caring woman who inspires them to new heights.” For their own reasons and demons, they rely on Pearl for emotional stability.

And then, one day, she’s gone.

The movie was written by director Ben Ratner, who was inspired by his great friend and colleague Babz Chula. For years before her death in May 2010, he had helped rally Vancouver’s film, television and theatre community to raise money to help pay for her cancer treatments, never giving up hope until the very end.

He was with her friends and family at her bedside when she died at the age of 64.

Every person touched by Chula in life, and in the making of this movie, has had to take their own journey through love, loss, grief and acceptance.

“Down River is like a pilgrimage,” Ratner said in an interview with WE Vancouver at VIFF’s media launch last month. “All of these people are

together on the walk and it’s a final goodbye to Babz.”

Many of the people he cast were also close friends of the actress, a Leo and Gemini award-winning favourite with directors both on and off the screen. Helen Shaver plays Pearl, with (as described by VIFF), “Gabrielle Miller (Corner Gas, Sisters & Brothers) as Fawn, a talented but insecure actress; Colleen Rennison (DaVinci’s City Hall) as Harper, a gifted rock singer teetering between self-destruction and self-discovery; and Jennifer Spence (Stargate Universe, Continuum) as Aki, a scatological artist who emerges from under her paint-stained hoodie like a drunken butterfly.”

Asked how he learned how to create strong women characters, Ratner said inspiration came not just from Chula, but from all the women he’s worked with as an actor, director and coach. There’s also the life journeys he’s taken with his wife, Jennifer Spence, who he says plays the character that’s most like him in the movie.

“I’ve spent a lot of time hearing women’s stories and hearing what they go through,” he says.

Parkland Starring Zac Efron, James Badge Dale Directed by Peter Landesman

Forgoing the usual conspiracy theories surrounding the tragic story of the JFK assassination, director Peter Landesman strives for accuracy in Parkland but falls short in crafting a consistent narrative.

Still, credit must be given to the film’s gritty attention to detail and intriguing premise.

Parkland recounts the events, in painstaking detail, immediately following that fateful November day in Dallas from multiple perspectives including the U.S. Secret Service, the Parkland Hospital medical staff, who tried in vain to save Kennedy, and even clothing manufacturer Abraham Zapruder (Paul Giamatti), whose home video recording of the event proved to be indispensable evidence through the decades.

The main issue with the story is just how strong the first half is, giving it a top-heavy feeling.

Once the audience recovers from the unrelenting tension of doctors frantically trying to revive the man and all manner of authorities scrambling across town as lockdown ensues, it’s impossible to ever hit such notes again in the film.

Thankfully, Parkland is chock full of so many great actors, it’s easier to overlook the lopsided structure.

Giamatti’s Zapruder is downright brilliant while scene stealer James Badge Dale adds some emotional complexity to Robert Oswald Jr. (the infamous sniper’s brother).

Unfortunately the playing field becomes rather crowded and some heavy hitters like Marcia Gay Harden’s no nonsense head nurse and Jackie Earle Haley’s Thor Diakow stately priest get lost in the shuffle.

Parkland succeeds as an engaging depiction of a story told countless times before but never quite sustains its gripping early momentum.

The Summit (Ireland/UK, 100 min.)

Young & Beautiful (France, 95 min.)

In 2008, 18 climbers from a party of 24 reached the summit of the world’s second-highest mountain, the treacherous K2; 48 hours later 11 were either dead or had simply vanished. What happened?

Nick Ryan weaves together found footage, eerie reenactments and interviews with survivors to try and solve this tragic mystery.

Sun. Oct 6, 6:15 pm, Playhouse Fri. Oct 11, 4:15 pm, Centre for Arts

François Ozon’s controversial drama follows 17-year-old Isabelle (Marine Vacth), from a comfortable Parisian background, who chooses to become a high-class prostitute. Ozon’s refusal to judge coupled with Vacth’s amazing performance make for a disturbing and deeply affecting work.

Down River screens Oct. 5 at 6:30pm at the Vancouver Playhouse and Oct. 9 at 4:30pm at the Rio Theatre. Tickets at VIFF.org.

Fifth Avenue Cinemas

Park Theatre

NOW PLAYING

NOW PLAYING

VIFF THEATRES The Centre for the Performing Arts 777 Homer Street (between Georgia & Robson) The Cinematheque 1131 Howe Street (at Helmcken) Cineplex Odeon International Village 88 W Pender Street (3 Screens) Rio Theatre 1660 E Broadway (at Commercial) SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts 149 West Hastings Street (at Abbott) Vancity Theatre 1181 Seymour Street (at Davie) Vancouver Playhouse 600 Hamilton Street (at Dunsmuir)

VISIT CINEPLEX.COM FOR TICKETS AND SHOWTIMES ™/®

Cineplex Entertainment LP or used under license.

Sat. Oct 5, 9:15 pm, Playhouse Thu. Oct 10, 1:00 pm, Playhouse

INFORMATION VIFF.org FILM INFO LINE 604-683-FILM BOX OFFICE ONLINE at VIFF.org

IN-PERSON All of our theatres serve as Box Offices for every film in the Festival and open 30 mins before the first show of the day at the venue PLEASE CHECK AGE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE TICKET PURCHASE.

Moreis VIFF coverage there more online

www.WEVancouver.com on page 22 October 3 – 9, 2013

15

®

SPEND $100, EARN

®

100 BONUS

This Friday through Monday only!

AIR MILES® reward miles*

SPEND $100 AND EARN

*With coupon and a minimum $100 Safeway grocery purchase made in single transaction.

00000 53070

5

100 BONUS

Coupon valid from October 4 - 7, 2013 Limit one Bonus Offer per transaction.

Purchase must be made in a single transaction.

Coupon must be presented at time of purchase. AIR MILES® coupons cannot be combined with any other discount offer or AIR MILES® coupon offer including Customer Appreciation Day & Senior’s Day. Not valid at Safeway Liquor Stores. Coupon excludes prescriptions, diabetes merchandise, insulin pumps, insulin pump supplies, blood pressure monitors, tobacco, transit passes, gift cards, enviro levies, bottle deposits and sales tax. Other exclusions apply. Please see Customer Service for complete list of exclusions. Cashiers: Scan the coupon only once to activate the Bonus Offer. Do not scan more than once.

0

AIR MILES® reward miles*

®

Grade “A” Turkeys Under 7 kg. Frozen.

WEEKLY HOUSEHOLD LIMIT ONE with minimum $50.00 purchase October 4 through October 14, 2013

99

¢

lb 2.18/kg

CLUB PRICE

3

DALYE SA

Assorted varieties.

1.89 Litre.

HOUSEHOLD LIMIT FOUR Combined varieties.

.-SUN. FRI.-SAT FRIDAY

4

OCTOBER

SATURDAY

5

$ for

2

SUNDAY

6

OCTOBER

Red Seedless Grapes

Lucerne Ice Cream

Fluff Style.

LIMIT FOUR.

1

2

99

49

NLY!

YS O 3 DAPR ICE

lb 3.29/kg

lb 6.59/kg

NLY!

NLY!

YS O 3 DAPR ICE

YS O 3 DAPR ICE

CLUB

OCTOBER

Extra Lean Ground Beef

an!

Extra Le

Product of U.S.A. No. 1 Grade. LIMIT THREE BAGS.

5

SA F E WAY C L U B

CLUB

CLUB

e Deli From th

Bothwell Cheddar Cheese Value Pack. Assorted varieties.

Made in Manitoba.

7

99 ea.

S ONLY! 3 DAY PRICE

Artisan Select Quarter Cheesecake Sampler Or Chocolate Sampler.

340 g.

CLUB

3

99

S ONLY! 3 DAY PRICE CLUB

Bakery Counter Mini Croissants Package of 15.

$

5

S ONLY! 3 DAY PRICE CLUB

Cymbidium Orchid Plants Large 6”.

While supplies last.

29

99

S ONLY! 3 DAY PRICE CLUB

Prices effective at all British Columbia Safeway stores Friday, Oct. 4 through Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 only. We reserve the right to limit sales to retail quantities. Some items may not be available at all stores. All items while stocks last. Actual items may vary slig htly from illustrations. Some illustrations are serving suggestions only. Advertised prices do not include GST. ®™ Trademarks of AIR MILES International Trading B.V. Used under license by LoyaltyOne, Inc. and Canada Safeway Limited. Extreme Specials are prices that are so low they are limited to a one time purchase to Safeway Club Card Members within a household. Each household can purchase the limited items one time during the effective dates. A household is defined by all Safeway Club Cards that are linked by the same address and phone number. Each household can purchase the EXTREME SPECIALS during the specified advertisement dates. For purchases over the household limits, regular pricing applies to overlimit purchases. On BUY ONE GET ONE FREE items, both items must be purchased. Lowest priced item is then free. Online and in-store prices, discounts, and offers may differ.

16

October 3 – 9, 2013

BC LOWER MAINLAND RED WEEK 41

Herbal Essences Hair Care

BU Y 1 G E

T

1FREE

300 mL. Or Aussie Hair Care LUE 400 mL. Or Styling Products.

LESSER VA EQUAL OR Select varieties and sizes. !

LY N O LIMIT SIX FREE - Combined varieties. 3 DAYS E PRIC CLUB

OCTOBER 4 5 6

FRI

SAT SUN

Prices in this ad good until Oct.6th.

WEVancouver.com

50900_OCT 4_FRI_06

Stylish living at Woodbridge’s Salix in Surrey

By Kerry Vital

The Clayton Heights neighbourhood is one of Surrey’s most popular areas for families and first-time buyers alike, with its easy access to amenities, shopping, dining and recreation. Now Woodbridge Homes is offering beautiful homes at a great value with its condominium development Salix.

“Sales have been going very well here,” says sales manager Rob Carlsen. “We’re in the final stage of sales now, with a good

variety of homes left.”

The remaining plans are mostly two-bedroom and den plans, ranging from 850 to 1,000 square feet.

The five-storey Georgian-inspired building features a red brick exterior, lush landscaping and classic iron work, and every home includes a patio or balcony. Oversized windows let natural light pour in while the nine-foot ceilings (10 feet on the top and bottom floors) add an incredible sense of space to your new home. Most units feature beautiful views, so you may have

some trouble tearing yourself away from spending all your free time outside taking in the scenery, including Mount Baker.

“The location has been working really well for us,” Carlsen says. “You’re in a small, quiet building that really stands above the crowd.”

Homes start at $219,900. For more information, visit www. salixliving.com, call 604-530-0054 or visit the presentation centre at 6477 196th Street, Surrey, open daily except Friday between noon and 5 p.m.

NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT

Submitted photos

Polygon’s Canyon Springs is built in a West Coast style, and features spacious floorplans with gorgeous features such as rich laminate flooring, stainless-steel appliances and engineered stone countertops.

Natural beauty abounds at Canyon Springs

By Kerry Vital

The Lower Mainland is famous for its outdoor lifestyle and variety of recreational activities. Most residents think of the North Shore when they want to get outside. Now, Polygon is bringing outdoor living and gorgeous homes together with Canyon Springs, its new collection of apartment residences in North Vancouver.

“There are no other comparable new communities in Lynn Valley,” says sales manager Laura Cavanagh. “It’s been popular with local buyers especially since we are currently offering buyers a special financing

package.” Available until Oct. 14 only, Polygon is offering five-year, 2.95 per cent financing as part of their pre-construction sales program.

“This is a great opportunity to secure a home before we close our doors on Oct. 14,” says Cavanagh.

The curb appeal is readily apparent at Canyon Springs, with its contemporary West Coast architecture that fits perfectly with the surrounding natural beauty of the neighbourhood.

The one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment residences are spacious and inviting, ranging from about 630 to 1,100 square feet.

“These are really efficient floorplans,” Cavanagh says. “There’s no wasted space at all.”

Elegant laminate flooring throughout (with plush carpeting in the bedrooms) sets a modern tone for your new space, complemented by the nine-foot ceilings in the living and dining rooms. Buyers can choose between two colour schemes, Dark and

White.

The kitchens are particularly beautiful, with stainless-steel appliances and premium rift-cut, flat-panel cabinetry in oak or glossy white. The cabinets are complemented by engineered stone countertops, a handset tile backsplash and contemporary halogen track and under-cabinet lighting.

The bathrooms are relaxing and luxurious, with imported porcelain tile flooring, flatpanel laminate cabinetry and a modern tub with a ceramic tile tub and shower surround.

Your morning routine will be easy with the modern vanity mirror and lighting.

The ensuite also includes engineered stone countertops and Grohe polished chrome tub and shower faucets that lend a touch of elegance to the space.

The outdoors is all around you at Canyon Springs, and residents will easily be able to take advantage of this on their large deck or patio. Most ground-level homes will even have a private yard.

Homeowners at Canyon Springs will have

access to a fully equipped fitness studio overlooking an outdoor terrace, an on-site resident manager, a dog wash station and bike cleaning area and a spacious lounge with a fireplace. The landmark corner will also showcase a dramatic water feature and cast bronze art piece designed by local artist Marie Khouri.

Venturing off the property, you’ll find shopping, dining and schools all nearby, as well as the North Shore mountains and easy transit or car access to downtown Vancouver and the rest of the Lower Mainland. The close-knit community of Lynn Valley is like very few others in Metro Vancouver, where everyone from shoppers to yogis and freeriders to dog walkers enjoys an ideal balance between wild spaces and urban convenience.

Homes start at $359,900. For more information on the homes or the special financing package, visit www.polyhomes.com, call 604-973-0298 or drop by the presentation centre at 2517 Mountain Highway, open daily except Fridays between noon and 6 p.m.

Looking for a new home?

Start here.

WEVancouver.com

October 3 – 9, 2013

17

rant/rave Brought to you by:

Triple grande awesome

Smell ‘n’ tell 1

Are we all Canucks?

Smell rotten eggs?

It could be natural gas.

2

Go outside.

3

Call FortisBC’s 24-hour emergency line at 1-800-663-9911 or 911.

“We are all Canucks” is one of those truly awful tag lines so beloved of marketing people these days but which are, to most normal thinking people, pretty damned embarrassing. Are we all Canucks? Maybe a few of us... When the team is winning of course.

And as for the Whitecaps’ “Our all. Our honour.”

Really? Using the word “honour” in connection with soccer is a sick joke in view of all the cheating, diving and petty fouling by overpaid prima donnas that passes for what is still paradoxically called “the beautiful game”.

Roger

Smoked out

Natural gas is used safely in B.C. every day. But if you smell rotten eggs, go outside first, then call us.

Learn more at fortisbc.com/safety.

FortisBC uses the FortisBC name and logo under license from Fortis Inc. (13-048.22 06/2013)

13-048.22_GasOdourPrintAd_FOR583_4.3125x6.5_PRESS.indd 1

A big shout out to the three Starbucks along Robson in the West End! They supported SFU Student Teachers in their Lattes for Literacy book club. The donated coffee made a huge difference to the ambiance created, as these learners investigated Inquiry Approaches to Learning in their classrooms.

Janet, Faculty Associate, SFU

A warning to West End to residents and managers: A senior (A) has been forced to leave the apartment she has lived in and paid rent for reliably for eight years, because of grossly excessive amounts of smoke from the next apartment. A new tenant (B) moved next door at the beginning of September. The manager told A that B smoked a hookah, but smoked only “herbs”. B told A that he smoked cigarettes. It soon became clear that he smoked both. A’s apartment became unlivable; she had to tape her door closed and was restricted to her bed-

room which could be kept relatively smoke-free.

The manager said she would request that B smoke on the balcony. A informed B that smoke was filling her apartment. Nothing changed. Hookah smoking involves extended sessions of up to 90 minutes, producing a far greater volume of smoke than cigarettes. Tobacco or “herbs” smoked in a hookah are equally toxic and carcinogenic. A hookah, combined with cigarettes, smoked in a small West End studio is going to compromise the wellbeing of any neighbour. A had lived peaceably with several next door neighbours. The manager knew that A should avoid second hand smoke where possible. While this is not a reason to reject a smoking tenant for the next door apartment, a tenant who engages in long hookah sessions as well as smoking cigarettes will generate amounts of smoke far in excess of anything that would be considered usual, and over far longer periods of time. Managers, tenants and other residents in the West End need to be aware of these facts.

Catherine Asher

Show some R-E-S-P-E-C-T I know that there are many teenagers and students still living with their parents who have no choice but to work whether they use their income for post secondary tuition or not. However, I am sick and tired of these kids who give the worst customer service and who don’t listen to a word I say when I am a paying customer. I am not without compassion and I know how rude and entitled many customers can be. I don’t have the latest gadgets and gizmos nor do I even know how to use the online technology that is the primary source of communication and info for young people who’ve forgotten how to start a verbal conversation. Either wake up and pay attention or quit wasting good jobs on lazy asses like yourselves and make some room for people who need the money.

Leslie Benisz

email: rantrave@wevancouver.com All rants are the opinion of the individual and do not reflect the opinions of WE. The editor reserves the right to edit for clarity and brevity, so please keep it short and (bitter)sweet.

6/14/2013 10:27:03 AM

COQUITLAM

FROM $629,900

Luxurious Single Family Homes on Burke Mountain

INCLUDING GST!

DETACHED STRATA HOMES MINUTES FROM THE CITY

ve.

H a r p e r R d.

Highland Drive

Kingston St.

ee W a

Coquitlam Centre

PARTINGTON Dayton St.

Pinetr

N

David Ave.

y

18

Pine A

BURKE MOUNTAIN Johnson St.

Open noon to 6 p.m. (except Fridays) 1508 Dayton Street, Coquitlam 604-942-6370 mstarhomes.com

Scotch

Coast Meridian

312 CASEY ST., COQUITLAM 604.936.3210 MSTARHOMES.COM

VISIT OUR FULLY - FURNISHED SHOW HOMES TODAY!

Southview St.

FREE FIRST YEAR STRATA FEES!

October 3 – 9, 2013

WEVancouver.com Lou

ghe

ed

VANCOUVER

Last chance to celebrate movie magic at the Hollywood

V

ancouver Heritage Foundation is giving a final hurrah to the Hollywood — one of Vancouver’s last remaining movie venues — with Architecture & Design: Film Night.

It was recently announced that the current tenants, the Church at the Hollywood, need to vacate for a new fitness centre that will occupy the space at 3123 W. Broadway, so this may be one of the last chances to take in a movie in the historic 78-year-old venue.

Each night will explore themes of how architecture and design shape our world, while celebrating Vancouver’s small theatre glory days. The films examine architects

Supplied photo

tects, politicians and policy makers.

and the design process, social housing and city planning.

One evening is also dedicated to Vancouver, featuring four short films based in Vancouver between WWII and Expo 86.

•Nov 12 Vancouver Shorts: Vancouver Honeymoon (1960), To Build a Better City (1964), Rainbow War (1985), Sleeping Tigers: The Story of the Asahi (2003).

• Oct 1 Eames: The Architect and The Painter (2011). Follow the story of iconic husband-and-wife design team Charles and Ray Eames, once America’s most influential industrial designers.

•Nov 26 The Fountainhead (1949).

Based on the Ayn Rand novel, an uncompromising visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity despite pressure to conform.

• Oct 22 Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011) and celebration of the venue’s 78th anniversary. The Pruitt Igoe housing complex became a widespread symbol of failure amongst archi-

Entry and concession will be by donation. Proceeds will go towards producing a historic map guide of Kits. VancouverHeritageFoundation.org or call 604 264 9642.

The Mike and Will Team

Downtown Vancouver and Patio Property Specialists “The Mike and Will Team are not like other agents. We have worked with other agents before, but never again!” Todd. G West End, Vancouver

The Mike and Will Team Mike Wilcox 604 782 3545 Will Pratt 778 772 4252 STUNNING 270 DEGREE VIEWS!

PH3401 1255 Seymour

UNIQUE CUSTOM MASTERPIECE

2 bed 3 bath, 1360 SF City/mountain/English Bay views 2-level Yaletown penthouse 3 parking & a locker $1.438M

VP QUIET 3-LEVEL TOWNHOUSE

2601 Fromme Rd.

3057 W. 7th Ave.

LUXURY LIVING IN THE SKY

GREAT SPACE FOR THE FAMILY!

5495 Dominion St.

3501 833 Seymour St. 2 bed 2 bath den, 1010 SF City, water, and mountain views Premier Capitol Residences Extra-wide parking stall $799,000

3 bed 2.5 bath, 1900 SF Renovated contemporary luxury 50 ft private yard, huge patio Half duplex, 2 Parking $1.895M

5 bed 2 bath, 1964 SF Renovated/updated kitchen 3 levels, 2 decks & 2 balconies Car port & visitor/street parking $639,000

VP

Medallion Club Award Members and Top Team Royal LePage City Centre

SLEEK DOWNTOWN LOFT

213 1177 Hornby St.

3 bed 3 bath, 1353 SF 2-level front half duplex Updated kitchen, SS appliances Single car garage, street parking

1 bed 1 bath, 668 SF Completely renovated/redesigned Steps to Davie, Burrard, Granville 2 lockers, parking available

$589,000

$364,900

North Shore News Complete listing details online at mikeandwill.com. Search only properties with patios online at vancouverpatios.ca VP NorthVertical: Shore News 1/4 Page 5.0833 x 6.9167 North Shore News 1/4 Page Vertical: 5.0833 x 6.9167 1/4 Page Vertical: 5.0833 x 6.9167 # 1 in Office Top 3 in Company

A Completely Refreshing Real Estate Experience Unlike Any Other! Please Read Our Client Testimonials at www.MichaelDowling.ca

Crest Realtor 2012

• Company Rookie of the Year 2004 • Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist • Certified Elderly Client Specialist • Hundreds of Homes Sold

SHOWCASE OF FINE PROPERTIES

OVER 30 SALES THIS YEAR SO FAR! KITSILANO

ANMORE, PORT MOODY

CEDAR COTTAGE

2438 West 8th Avenue, $1,098,000

• Like new triplex in best part of Kits!

• 1 level living! 1500sf 3 beds, 3 baths • Luxury heritage conversion with rainscreen • Built 2011 offering 2-5-10 warranty • Unique design ground level suite • Viking and Fisher Paykel appliances • Stunning silver oak radiant heated floors • High ceilings and tons of light with french doors to south patio • 1 LCP double-gated parking stall and nice private patio off living room

OPEN SAT & SUN 2-4PM 183 Wollny Court, $2,188,000

• Stunning newly built 1.25 acre estate & guest house • “Castle-like home” – Perched atop an exclusive 7 lot, 1+ acre homes cul-de-sac • Forever views facing west down forested valleys • 5 min. drive to Newport Village • On the edge of “Heritage Woods” • Built 2012 - No GST! 2-5-10 New Home Warranty • Private greenbelt, 1 block to transit, schools and shopping close • 7 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 1 bedroom Nanny/Guest suite in main house • Heated driveway, Viking professional appliances - state of the art home • Whistler inspired sweeping ceilings, must see • 80 photos on my website!

SOLD FULL PRICE IN 4 DAYS! 3661 Commercial Street, $618,000 • Quiet, tree-lined Commercial “Street,” not “Drive!”

• 7 years young stunning Brix II 40 home gated community • 3 level 1208sf townhome, 3 beds, 2 full baths • West facing on quiet side of building • Private entrance opens to gated inner courtyard • Designer home with sleek lines and colours, light maple wood floor and granite counters, spa-like bathrooms, 2 large decks (rooftop deck) • Serene location, peaceful and sun filled home • Walk to gorgeous Trout Lake, many shops on vibrant Commercial Drive • Underground parking and elevator

WEST END

SOLD 99.8% OF ASKING 1ST WEEK!

3617 West 21st Avenue, $1,278,000

• Incredible price west of Dunbar!

• 102’ frontage x 33’ deep laneway RS-5 lot • Sunny south-facing –great fenced yard for gardening • 2 beds up and 2-3 beds down • Easily suitable downstairs with separate entrance = rental income!

• Partially renovated throughout, but needs work • Drive by property first please!

• Newer roof, windows, furnace, paint, lighting • Great for downsizers not wanting strata!

• Sold “as is, where is”

RECENT SOLDS

JUST SOLD ANOTHER! 806-1277 Nelson Street

• 730+ sf two bedroom on south west corner • Lovely water and mountain views • Georgie Award-winning designer building – best in the West End! • New gym equip., re-piping building, new landscaping – well cared for by owners.

• Best central location in the West End – near NElson Park!

• I am the “1277 Nelson Specialist!” – sold 6 of the last 8 units! ***Call me today for more upcoming properties in 1277 Nelson!***

Top 1.5% of All Realtors in Greater Vancouver for 2012

Crest Westside Ltd.

WEVancouver.com

THIS WEEK’S RATES

www.MichaelDowling.ca

DUNBAR

NEW PRICE!

OPEN SAT & SUN 2-4PM

MY EXPERIENCE...

YOUR BEST INTEREST

12 Years

1483 East 20th Avenue 806-1277 Nelson Street 114-2336 Whyte Avenue, PoCo 2006-2789 Shaughnessy Avenue, PoCo 312-1655 Nelson Street 201-1277 Nelson Street 506-1277 Nelson Street 506-1720 Barclay Street 301-1250 Burnaby Street 2348 Anora Drive 2501 & 2503 Burian Drive, Coquitlam 2605-2789 Shaughnessy Avenue, PoCo 3275 Marmion Avenue PH3-1503 West 65th Avenue 1603-821 Cambie Street 302-868 Kingsway

Call Us Today for a Free Market Evaluation

3YR Rate Special 5YR Rate Special 10YR Rate Special Variable Rate

3.19% 3.59% 4.39% Prime Less

.50%

Rates subject to change without notice. O.A.C.

MYETTE RAYNES

Accredited Mortgage Professional

604-307-7016 • myetteraynes.com

604-787-5568 October 3 – 9, 2013

19

homeVancouver

DEXTER ASSOCIATES REALTY 604-689-8226 604-263-1144

Kevin Skipworth Managing Broker

Layla Bamford

Kevin Skipworth 604-689-8226

skipworth@dexterrealty.com www.skipshomes.com

Sandi Fratino

www.dexterrealty.com

Tim Hiltz

Gaetan Kill

William Lew

Bob Moore

Kris Pope

Francoise Robertson

OPEN SUN 2 – 4PM

$759,000 2701 – 909 MAINLAND ST

Larry Traverence

Sarah Thompson 604-263-1144

$428,000 1901 – 928 RICHARDS ST

Yaletown Park II. One bedroom & den with great views. Close to all amenities. Rentals allowed.

Joyce Geisler 604-551-2996 geisler@dexterrealty.com

Check out our website, www.dexterrealty.com for current market condition updates.

$689,000 1313 – 1333 GEORGIA ST

Fantastic Investment opportunity in Coal Harbour. Nicely updated with paint, new lighting and window blinds.

Nice hardwood floors and great outlook located in one of Canada’s most exclusive real estate markets. Seawall is steps away aswell as world class shopping and restaurants.

www.robertmoore.ca NEW PRICE

$359,000 2804-1205 W. HASTINGS ST

Details & Photos of all lofts for sale in Vancouver

Ed Gramauskas & Reid Dewson Cell: 604-618-9727

commercial team will answer all of your questions and will help with all your commercial needs. Whether you need office space, somewhere to set up your business or retail store, or are looking to buy an investment property we can help you. Call us at 604-689-8226 today.

Working for you!

909-1177 Hornby St | $315,000

NE

@aaron _ jasper fb.com/aaronrealtor

• 1 bdrm & den 634 SF

W!

• features open floor plan • clean, immaculate condition • free laundry (per floor) • maint fee incl hot water, heat/AC

$574,900 “See how special living on the water can be.”

JUDY ROSS

604-878-0680 Royal LePage Westside

Details & Photos at: www.vancouveruniquehomes.com October 3 – 9, 2013

604.669.3131 aaronjasper.ca

• 2 yr old Spirit Trail Ocean Home • 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms • Dramatic vaulted ceilings • Spacious gourmet kitchen • Spectacular south view

20

City Center Vancouver

aaronjasper@royallepage.ca

Open Sun 1-3pm

Phase 2 is now open. Call for details.

$1,359,000

Unique and exclusive in Coal Harbour with great views, nice balcony, air con & 24/7 concierge. Your lovely 2 bed, 2 bath home in Cielo awaits. Live in Vancouver’s #1 waterfront neighborhood!

AARON JASPER

NEW! NORTH VANCOUVER 15-415 W. Esplanade

OCEAN HOMES

NEW LISTING

Commercial Real Estate Needs? Dexter Associates Realty’s

At HOME on the WATER

SPIRIT TRAIL

$335,000

NEW LISTING

OPEN SAT/SUN 2 – 4PM

Enjoy Life in one of the Best Buildings in the West End. The Westport is centrally located between Robson & Davie Street. Walk to all your favorite restaurants, coffee shops & shopping stores. Stroll down to the seawall & Stanly Park. Move in condition for this extra large 1 bedroom w/ walk in closet. 2 person soaker tub, enclosed solarium for either a home office or lounge area. 1 parking stall & storage locker. You will fall in love with this suite location. Pet & rental friendly building.

loftsvancouver.com

Laurel Wood

Bob Moore 604-506-8965

$319,600 310 – 1435 NELSON ST

LET’S MAKE A DEAL. BUY w/ confidence in a well established bldg. w/ a stellar maintenance record. Quiet, tree-lined street in most desirable pocket of the West. 1 ½ blks from the beach in one direction + restaurants, shops, transit in the other. SPACIOUS 1 bdrm (665 sq.ft) w/ 1 parking & NO RENTALS. But bring your PETS. Adult bldg. By appointment.

Barb Vogel

matt@mattmagee.ca

William Lew 604-263-1144 Live-Dream-Play

appleby@dexterrealty.com

Esther Twerdochlib

Matt Magee 604-790-6589

It doesn’t get any better than this! Custom designed, during construction, one of a kind suite with city, mountain and peek a boo water views. Luxuriously appointed throughout, with 9’ ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, slate w/granite inlaid floors. Gourmet kitchen with separate dining room. The master bedroom is truly a sanctuary with inlayed h/ w floors, fireplace, spacious walk in closet, and a decadent ensuite bath. Gas line for BBQ, full size w/d, 2 car private garage, and 2 storage lockers.

Marilou Appleby 604-318-9566

214 – 1355 HARWOOD ST

Fantastic T/H in the heart of Yaletown/Downtown with 1190 sq ft, 2 bed and den, 2 bedrooms, with 3 patios including a 130 sq ft patio facing a quiet lush courtyard. Stainless appliances, granite counters, laminate floors and more. Great space for city living.

Gurdeep Stephens

suejohnson@telus.net sarahthompson96@gmail.com The Power of Two www.sueandsarahhomes.com

cline@dexterrealty.com NEW LISTING

Sheila Sontz

Sue Johnson 604-263-1144

Cathie Cline 604-263-1144

TH2-1001 RICHARDS ST

Mike Rooney

E US HO PM EN - 4 OP AT 2 S

• gym, hot tub & lounge • insuite storage, 1 parking • pets ok, rentals w/restrictions

Thinking of Selling Your Home?

Call any of the agents in the Real Estate Section and your home could appear here.

WEVancouver.com

homeVancouver

Rob Joyce & Sales Associate Roger Ross

West End Specialists Nobody knows the West End better!

MLS Diamond Master Medallion Award 2012

w w

N N ee

ngg ttiin s s i i LL

New Listing 2015 Haro #303 West of Denman Views to Lost Lagoon and quality heritage upgrades at this 803 sf suite at Arniston Apts. Red oak hardwood, skylight & more on Lagoon Drive. $429,900.

D L SO

New Listing 1995 Beach #201 SOLD 1 DAY Classic renovations. Water views. $579,900.

WEST WEST COAST COAST

1850 Comox #302 West of Denman SE corner 651 sf suite at The El Cid. Indoor pool. $234,900.

604.623.5433

1345 Comox,1 bdrm, $339,800, Sun 2-4 1250 Burnaby St, $320,000, Sat 3-5

22

COAL HARBOUR 1313-1333 Georgia St, $335,000, Sat/Sun 2-4

20

DOWNTOWN

909-1177 Hornby, 1 bdrm+den, $315,000, Sat 2-4

2103-1438 Richards, 2 bdrm+den, $969,000, Sat/Sun 2-4 TH2-1001 Richards St, 2 bdrm+den, $759,000, Sun 2-4

15-415 W. Esplanade, 2 bdrm, $574,900, Sun 1-3

183 Wollny Court, 7 bdrm, $2,188,000, Sat/Sun 2-4

1879 Barclay #203 Studio West of Denman bright heritage suite with parking. $179,900.

robjoyce@telus.net

oPeN SuN 2-4, 1345 Comox 22

20

19

20

PORT MOODY WEVancouver.com

New Listing 1816 Haro #405 West of Denman Renovated West facing 1 bdrm + den. $329,000.

Walk The ReD CaRPeT You’ll want to make a good impression in this classic solid two bedroom in superbly maintained 1140 sf corner suite on second level of the Belmanor. Featuring gorgeous mahogany inlaid oak floors in the principal rooms, fir in the bedrooms and great light from newer wraparound double glazed windows. Super size rooms, great roof deck & one of only 14 homes in this super building steps to Stanley Park & Coal Harbour seawall. $339,800 DIReCToR’S CuT Concrete strata one bedroom corner suite in well maintained building steps to beach, downtown, Yaletown, English Bay & Granville Island ferry. Great opportunity for handyman, first time buyer or investor. Hot water heat, great garden, live in caretaker & locker included with u/g parking on a rental basis keeping maintenance costs low. Sought after building, rarely available in recent months. Coming soon.

NORTH VANCOUVER 20

D D L L O SO S

CARNEY’S CORNER

KITSILANO

2438 W. 8th Ave, 3 bdrm, $1,098,000, Sat/Sun 2-4

D L SO

West of Denman 1924 Comox #205 PETS OK Top quality renos, 9’ ceilings, 727 sf. $434,900.

VIFF SPeCIal Top floor end unit overlooking gorgeous trees, inner garden courtyard with mountains in the distance. Smart floorplan offers space for entertaining, square kitchen with good counter space, newer appliances & pass through, newer carpet (h/w with permission). spacious bedroom with w/in closet & large covered balcony for al fresco dining & urban gardeners. Great storarge,u/g parking included, pet & rental friendly, i/s laundry with permission. $339,800

YALETOWN

21

Patio! Patio! 1928 Nelson #104 PETS OK Luxurious renovated 1 + den, 780 sf $484,000.

www.robjoyce.ca

Real Estate Opens WEST END

Sales Associate Roger Ross

West End Specialist Rob Joyce

WEN

West End Neighbours

Check the website for current information on the community plan and how changes to development guidelines impact your community and your lifestyle. Stay informed, participate, volunteer to preserve the character of the neighbourhood. www.westendneighbours.ca.

TALK TO LIZ CARNEY 604 685-5951/603-3095

liz.carney@century21.ca • www.vancouvercondo.com Century 21 In Town Realty • 421 Pacific • 1030 Denman

In Town Realty

19

October 3 – 9, 2013

21

Vancouver ller’shome _ buyer’s agent specialist

ok

viff

urban residences_modern living | seller’s & buyer’s agent specialist urban residences _ modern

AnnLok

living I seller’s _ buyer’s agent specialist

AnnLok

cell 604.767.0959 | office 604.714.1700 www.annlok.com | ann@annlok.com604.767.0959 ann@annlok.com Medallion Club Award Member www.annlok.com

nnlok.com com Medallion Club Award Member rd Member p |rresales e s a |l investments e s I a s sspecialist ignments I resales I investments presales | assignments Sutton West Coast Realty | 301-1508 West Broadway

Over 10 years experience working for You.

901-1501 HOWE ST.

2201-1500 HOWE STREET THE DISCOVERY: $849,000

OCEAN I investm e TOWER n t s@ 888sBEACH: p e$4,567,890 cialist

Sprawling 1311sf NW corner 2 bdrm + 2bath in a waterfront seaside highly desirable location • Right on seawall, aquabus to Granville Island, mins. to beaches & parks • Generous rooms thruout, perfect for entertaining & house size furniture!

• Reno’d kitchen w/ new S/S Fisher Paykel, Miele & Bosch appliances, lovely kitchen island & windows in kitch., h/w flrs, gas f/p, king size bdrms, Master has 5pc. bath w/ sep. shower, jetted tub & W/I closet • Outdoor covered balcony for bbqs, real laundry room, 2 parking & storage locker • This is a jewel in the sky.

Clubhouse, guest suite, sauna, hottub & gym • Exterior paint & sealant completed 2011.

Unrivaled splendor. Vancouver’s premiere waterfront residences combining two suites and conceived over 2 years of design & construction • 270 degree views flr-ceiling views of marinas, False Crk, Granville Island & cityscapes • House size 3255 sqft complimented by a 360 degree elliptical flrplan centered around a glass wine room, 4 bdrms, 4 bathrms, 5 parking & 2 storage lckrs • Featuring: 12 piece Miele & Thermador S/S appliances, Capolavaro granite, Zebrano book-matched cabinetry, 2 home theatre systems, surround audio thruout, marble & onyx flooring thruout, T5 wired, video security system, Lutron one touch light & shades control, all rooms are a unique design & statement, Swarovski chandeliers, 6 piece master bath with 273 spray & steam shower, air jet tub, his/hers sinks; W/I closet, a ‘pink mosaic Bisazza’ bathroom, family room, great room, formal & informal dining areas, formal living room, dual entry, two balconies, two gas f/p, nanny quarters & much more • Simply spectacular!

542 SMITHE ST – THE MODE TOWNHOME: $648,000

NE TING LIS

Beautiful 1126 sqft 2 level Townhome boasts 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, large kitchen island, granite countertops, electric fireplace, outdoor patio & more. Just steps to Robson retail district, Granville street entertainment district, entertainment venues & just mins to the seawall & marine recreation.

2-5-10 warranty, Rainscreened – Completed 2008. Ultra modern, sleek & feels like a home in the city! 1 parking, Rentals & pets allowed. Great investment property too!

SUBPENTHOUSE – 270 degree views of N. Shore Mtns. as far as you can see • 3 bdrms/2bathrms, 1179sf, open & modern floorplan w/ flr to ceiling windows, only 3 years old • Oversized bedrooms, dream master bedroom w/ its own balcony, den , walk-in closet & 5pc. ensuite bath, granite countertops, S/S appliances, laminate flooring throughout, 100sqft+ outdoor balcony for bbqs w/ views, NE corner unit with sweeping views • Location Location Location – steps to Canada Line to YVR, downtown, across from Lansdowne Mall (new Target store), Kwantlen University & more • Guest suite, clubhouse, media rm.

THE MARK: $399,900

CONCORDIA II: $659,000

OPEN SAT. & SUN. OCT. 5 & 6, 2-4PM

al harbour I downtown 9E-139 DRAKE ST. 2707-1372 SEYMOUR STREET “Assignment” - Water & park views! Yaletown’s most exciting new luxury highrise, The Mark - Redefining elegance, cosmopolitan & luxury • Gold LEED certified, sophisticated interiors & 10,000 sqft Wellness Centre • Steps to waterfront parks, seawall, marinas, Urban Fare, seaside restaurants & central to downtown’s best entertainment & shopping districts • 460 sqft 1 bdrm exquisite finishings: granite & quartz countertops, wide-plank hrdwd, A/C, Nuheat elec. flrs in bathrm, softclose oak flat panel cabs., rollerblinds, S/S appl., gas stove, balcony, 1 prkg, 1 lckr & more • Rooftop O/D hottub & pool, gym, guest suite, media rm, clubhouse, yoga, boardrms & more • Move in November 2013!!

802-1455 HOWE STREET POMARIA: $509,000 Highly sought after – Pomaria, sleek European design by Robert Ledingham and developed by Qualek Landmark • Ultra modern high end luxury with open floorplan for the most discerning buyer, 703 sqft, 1 bdrm + den (windows) featuring high ceilings, Bosch Stainless Steel appliances w/ gas stove, black granite countertops, insuite storage (pantry), corner NE city views, balcony for bbq’s, 1 locker & prkg • Steps to seawall, Granville Island market aquabus, tranquil marine culture, marinas and parks • Geothermal heating / cooling (Air conditioning) • Guest suite, gym, concierge • Don’t miss this one!

T J U S L D! O S

GROUP WEST COAST REALTY

Mockumentary Leap 4 Your Life is among the BC films being screened at VIFF. Photo supplied

BC films on silver screens

VIFF celebrates the hard work 1201-8280 LANDSDOWNE RD. 2103-1438 RICHARDS STREET of BC’s filmmakers with two VERSANTE, RICHMOND: $599,000 AZURA I: $969,000 false creek north I yaletown I coalSpectacular harbour I downtown 180 degree views new awards and 13 movies of unobstructed water, park & W

GROUP WEST COAST REALTY

W NE TING LIS

specialist

as far as you can see in a luxury waterfront Masterplanned community • Steps to the seawall, million $ parks, Granville Island aquabus, seaside restaurants & marinas • SW Corner 1138 sqft 2bdrm+2bath+real den • Features hardwood flrs throughout, S/S appliances, gas stove, granite countertops, flr-ceiling windows, lots of natural light and views from every room! • TWO PARKING STALLS & storage locker • Mint condition and show suite quality • Resort amenities: Club Viva pool, hottub, concierge, squash courts, theatre, gym, guest suite & more.

SUB P/H: 1603-189 DAVIE ST. AQUARIUS III: $608,000

T J U S L D! O S

T J U S L D! O S

Beautiful floorplan N, E & S corner 1079sf 2 bdrm + 2bath + real den • Across the street from Elsie Roy Elementary, seawall, David Lam Park, Roundhouse Comm. Centre, Urban Fare, Canada Line & Yaletown • Generous rooms, master fits king bed, granite counters, window in kitchen, marble in bathrooms, H/W flrs & new carpet in bdrms, views of False Creek, city & courtyard, Iarge insuite storage, excellent for entertaining w/ spacious living/dining, den w/ windows. Solid building, best managed in Yaletown w/ onsite Mgr. I/D pool, hot tub, gym, bike room.

611-1500 HORNBY STREET 888 BEACH TOWERS: $438,000 PLE D LTI SOL MU RS – YS! FE DA OF IN 2

RARELY ON THE MARKET • Affordable 2 bdrms + 2 bath in the waterfront master planned Marinaside neighborhood • Everything at your doorstep: Urban Fare, seawall, Roundhouse Centre, Yaletown & marinas • NE Corner 787 sqft 2bdrm + 2 full baths w/ ensuite in master, beautiful views of marina from living /dining, overlooking lagoon & city views too • Fabulous floorplan, new stainless gas stove, granite countertops, marble in bathrooms, full 4pc. guest bathroom, large insuite storage, hardwood flrs throughout, balcony for bbq’s, 1 prkg, excellent condition! • 24/7 concierge, I/D pool, hot tub, sauna, lagoon, club house, theatre, gym & more • Don’t miss this one!

Waterfront seawall & marina location – a private peaceful seaside enclave of downtown • Steps to Aquabus to Granville Island Market, miles of seawall, 1st class restaurants & miles of beaches • SW corner with views of False Creek & Granville Island sprawling 771 sqft 1 bdrm recent renos & in MINT CONDITION – show suite quality • Gas f/p, granite counters, S/S appl, front loading W/D, marble tiled entrance, new light fixtures & paint thruout, beautiful floorplan w/ generous rooms for king size bed and house sized furniture • Ultimate quiet and tranquil home • British inspired gardens, 24/7 concierge, I/D pool & gym • 1 prkg & storage • James Cheng Award winning design & solid concrete construction.

RECENT SALES

308-1438 RICHARDS STREET AZURA I

2-2498 E 8TH AVENUE TOWNHOUSE

2916 E. 41ST AVENUE $729,000

2609-977 MAINLAND STREET YALETOWN PARK 3 - SOLD IN 1 DAY!

2301-969 RICHARDS STREET $399,000

803-2968 GLEN DRIVE $388,000

5999 OAK STREET $1,018,000

802-4333 CENTRAL BLVD PRESIDIA BY BOSA: $409,900

false creek north | yaletown | coal harbour | downtown

STEPHEN BURKE

By Sabrina Furminger

T

his past year has held some bleak moments for the BC film industry. For a while there, it seemed like every other production was pulling up stakes and touching down wherever the tax credits were friendlier (although — good news! — filming is slowly picking up again).

But even when the BC film industry was down, it wasn’t out. During the darkest moments, local filmmakers were hard at work producing quality cinematic fare.

It’s a powerful message that echoes through the Vancouver International Film Festival’s schedule, and it’s why VIFF is serving up a feast of BC-made films this year under its BC Spotlight banner.

This spotlight was no accident. VIFF’s Canadian Images programmer Terry McEvoy had been motivated by the Save BC Film campaign to take a closer look at what BC filmmakers were cooking up in the current climate. McEvoy’s original intent was to program six BC films, but the final tally — thirteen — represents the endurance of the film community.

“We’ve got extremely talented people in every department here, so these people, lacking the service production that softened a little bit in the last couple of years, have found ways to express themselves on low budget productions that are borne and bred in BC,” says McEvoy.

COMING SOON!

VIFF’s BC filmmakers might create their films in the same rainy province, but that’s about all that unites them. “It’s amazing to me that these people are breathing the same air and drinking the same water, because the range of things that we have, from sociopolitical documentaries to lighthearted comedies to gripping dramas, is huge,” says McEvoy.

And VIFF didn’t lower any bars in order to include the lucky thirteen, according to McEvoy. “We were more inclusive and looked at everything with a new light, but any one of these films will stand up across the country, in different ways.”

The BC Spotlight features 3 Days in Havana; Chi, Anne Wheeler’s documentary about the final stages of actress Babz Chula’s cancer battle; Cinemanovelist; The Dick Knost Show; Down River, a drama based on the impact of Chula’s death on her community; From Neurons to Nirvana; Hue; Lawrence and Holloman; teen dance competition mockumentary Leap 4 Your Life (which won a red carpet screening via VIFF’s #mustseeBC contest); Oil Sands Karaoke; Salmon Confidential; and That Burning Feeling, a romantic comedy revolving around a man who contracts an STD. Beyond the screenings, VIFF is celebrating BC filmmakers with two cash awards: $7,500 to an emerging filmmaker, and $10,000 to the producer of the best narrative film. The awards will be handed out at an industry gala on October 5. “My fondest hope is that two people get together [at that gala] that wouldn’t have otherwise met, and then they go on to make another great project in BC,” says McEvoy.

Find the complete festival schedule at VIFF.org.

LIVE ON ENGLISH

B AY

SUTTON GROUP - WEST COAST REALTY 301-1508 W BROADWAY

604-714-1700

www.stephenburke.com

604-551-4190

FIXER-UPPER SOUTH GRANVILLE

R PE 36 3 $ LY ON

SF

• Best deal on freehold West End 1 BR • 710 sq ft w/ windows on 3 sides • Original oak floors & pink Lucy bath • Huge LR, sep Dining area–begs for reno • Concrete Mid Century Modern Co-op

LD O S

October 3 – 9, 2013

LIVE IN OR RENT OUT INT MA O N

IST L ER V O

• Chapters, shops, art galleries, live theatre • 2 BR 2 Bath 1303 sf 2 balcs+2 SxS park • Windows 3 sides, x-breeze 2 suites per flr • Comp stone & laquer sub-zero kitchen • Fresh paint & new bleached oak HW flrs

1315 CARDERO $239,900 1633 W. 10TH 22

WEST END PENTHOUSE E1 FE

AR YE

• Rare SW corner oceanfront 1 block to Park • 2 BR 2 bath1246 sf Beach Townhouse Apts.

• Lovely view corridors to English Bay & Kits • House like feel right on the water.

• New engineered oak HW floors, new baths

• Grand 30’ living/dining room for entertaining • New kitchen w/stainless steel appls, granite counters • 2 king-size BR, formal entry, tons of closets • 1 secured indoor parking, large private storage • Jaw dropping common rooftop deck & BBQ area

• Fully furnished 625 sq. ft. designer apt • Rent for $2000+per month no restriction • Dazzling city lights & Beach in your view • New bath, vanity, sink, rainforest shower • Complete reno incl gourmet granite & wood kitchen • Lacquer kitch, Caesarstone, stainless steel • Loft style open plan 1 BR + sundrenched balcony • Close to Davie Village & Sunset Beach • Commercial glass doors thruout, spa bath

• HW floors, granite bar facing sandy Bay Beach • Granite FP, custom lighting, max storage • Adjacent to Stanley Park, pool, common roofdeck • Seawall, Beach, golf, tennis courts at your door

1949 BEACH

• West End bachelor w/sep sleep area • Leasehold to 2073 Rent for $900 • Green outlook over park & gardens • Steps to Bay, shops & Davie Village • Live in/Rent out. Balc+indoor pool. NP

EN OP

$995,000

-5 T3 A S

$780,000 1251 CARDERO $189,000 1250 BURNABY $320,000 2055 PENDRELL

SKY LOFT

$599,888

WEVancouver.com

RF TE A W

eat & drink

Local restauranteurs honoured

T

he 9th Annual BC Restaurant Hall of Fame Gala took place on September 30 at the Italian Cultural Centre, and 11 of BC’s restaurateurs, chefs, bartenders, pioneers, and industry leaders were inducted.

The awards recognize individuals making an impact on the culinary scene. Professional and personal accomplishments make them candidates for this prestigious award.

The inductees represent a range by of ages, industry professions, and experience (17-40+ years). It was an honour to be in the same room as the inductees — and their peers — who have worked hard to make BC a global culinary destination.

Although the awards cover all of BC, many of the inductees were from Metro Vancouver. Our city is lucky to have such talented individuals supporting the restaurant industry. I commend the inductees for their passion and hard work.

and source of support for future chefs at PICA. I encourage you to support their student run restaurant, Bistro 101, and take one of their culinary classes.

• Back of House: Ernst Dorfler – Owner and chef of Five Sails Restaurant in Pan Pacific Hotel. Dorfler has represented Canada at six international culinary competitions and has won 30 gold medals.

Follow Me Foodie

2013 inductees: The Industry Award • Julian Bond – Executive Chef, COO and Vice President, Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts. He is a mentor, instructor

Mijune Pak • Front of House: Jay Jones – Brand Ambassador and Executive Bartender, Donnelly Group. Jones is the first and youngest bartender to be inducted in the BC Hall of Fame.

He’s an excellent source for cocktail history and education.

Friend of the Industry • Joy Metcalfe – Journalist/society columnist, Joy’s Journal.

Joy was working long before social media, and with 40 years of experience, she’s a well-respected media icon.

• Christine Coletta – Owner, Okanagan Crush Pad. With her custom wine making facility, Coletta is a wine expert and major support for the BC wine industry.

• Caren McSherry – Owner, The Gourmet Warehouse. Not

only is she a cook, writer, and teacher, but she also supports 20 charities. Get tickets to her 2nd Annual Chocolate Challenge event on Oct. 10.

Coffee and Beverage • John Neate Jr. – Founder, JJ Bean Coffee Roasters. In 17 years, Neate has opened 14 cafes; the latest one can be found in False Creek (at 188 W. 1st).

Pioneer •Wally Shaw (tribute to Chef’s Association) – The late Shaw founded the BC Chefs’ Association in 1958. Since 1981, the association has donated more than $500,000 to culinary students and competitors.

Active Restaurateur • Paul Smolen – Owner, Hart House Restaurant. Located in a heritage house on a thirteen-acre estate, this is one of Burnaby’s top fine dining destinations.

• Sean Heather – Owner, Heather Hospitality Group.

Heather is the father of 14 (nine restaurants and five children). His restaurants include The Irish Heather, Salt Tasting Room, and Judas Goat Taberna.

• Jeff Donnelly – Founder and president, Donnelly Group.

Established in 1999, Donnelly runs a whopping 18 businesses, including public houses, cocktail clubs, nightclubs,

partner venues, and barbershops. Soon to be 19 with The Blackbird Public House & Oyster Bar opening early October.

Find Mijune judging The United Way Chili Cook-Off on Oct. 2 at Vancouver City Hall, at Crosstown’s newest local bar, The Bismarck launch party (526 Abbott) and at Donnelly Group’s new restaurant The Blackbird Public House & Oyster Bar (905 Dunsmuir) and Lucky Peach “Gender Issue Release” party on Oct. 3. She will also be at The Great Canadian Sausage Making Competition on Oct. 5 at the Fraser Valley Food Show, and at the “From Farm to Forks 4 – A Growing Chefs! Harvest Kitchen Party” at PICA on Granville Island Oct. 6 (FromFarmsToForks4. eventbrite.com) Find out more about Mijune at FollowMeFoodie.com or follow her on Twitter @followmefoodie.

(L-R) Back: Julian Bond, Jay Jones, John Neate Jr. Front: Hart House GM Edwyn Kumar (on behalf of Paul Smolen), Joy Metcalfe, Caren McSherry, Christine Coletta, Ernst Dorfler, Jeff Donnelly, Sean Heather, BC Chef Edgar Rahal (on behalf of Wally Shaw). Photo courtesy of Sophie Lui, co-host of Global BC Morning News.

Connie's Cook House

Join with us in celebrating our

50

th

Anniversary

The ORIGINAL

AUTHENTIC Thai Cuisine Flavoured with Chef Grace’s own

CREATIVITY.

SIMPLY THAI Join us for a great dining experience

Celebrating 13 years

1211 Hamilton St. • 604.642.0123 simplythairestaurant.com

Receive

WE

50% OFF

our stunning selection of authentic Italian pasta dishes on Sundays from 5pm until 9pm.

Limited time offer. Reservations recommended.

Coupon must be presented.

Healthy Chinese Cuisine NO MSG • We use 100% vegetable oil

FREE Fatburger with Cheese with the purchase of a Fatburger with Cheese (and a drink) available exclusively at

Fatburger Davie Street Cannot be combined with any other offer or discount.

Does not include specialty toppings or add-ons. Coupon must be presented at time of order. Valid at Fatburger Davie Street ONLY. 1067 Davie Street (at Thurlow).

Expires October 16, 2013

WEVancouver.com

10% off

pick up orders over $20

(Family Dinner not included)

• FAST and FREE delivery after 5pm on orders over $20 (within 5km radius) • Daily lunch specials from $750

Specializing in Szechuan, Cantonese and Malaysian Cuisine 2135 West 4th Avenue • connniescookhouse.com 604.738.0980 • 604.484.6289

604.685.7770

860 Burrard St. Vancouver • Across from Sutton Place Hotel info@donfrancesco.ca • www.donfrancesco.ca

October 3 – 9, 2013

23

Looking to dress up your home? eat & drink

Fresh Sheet

Local Food & Drink Happenings

All unique and one-of-a-kind in the world coffee tables, dining tables, wall hangings and floor ornaments, all made from slabbed wind fallen tree roots.

by Anya Levykh

www.RootWorkDesign.com Ph: 604-614-5750 Over 12 years experience

Vancouver’s favourite breakfast destination for over 10 years.

West Restaurant is continuing their Guest Chef series with another installment on October 21, this time with chef Martin Juneau of Pastaga Restaurant in Montreal. Pastaga was named one of enRoute Magazine’s Top New Restaurants in Canada in 2012.

He will be collaborating with West executive chef Quang Dang to create the five-course tasting menu. Cost is $100 per person, plus tax and gratuity (beverages not included). WestRestaurant.com The Earthwise Society is holding their annual Hundred Mile Banquet fundraiser at the Red Barn in Southlands on November 2. Five courses from chef Derek Bothwell are paired with wines

by Chill Winston. There will also be live entertainment and a silent auction. Early bird tickets for $100 must be purchased by October 12. EarthwiseSociety.bc.ca Inniskillin has released the 2012 Sparkling Cabernet Franc Ice Wine, the newest addition to their ice wine series. This is a limited edition collection, with only 1,300 cases, available at local wine stores for $120/375 mL. Iniskillin.com

Best Cit y of the

SILVER WINNER

Emad Yacoub, proprietor of The Glowbal Collection group of restaurants, has been named Restaurateur of the Year at the 2013 Pinnacle Awards, which recognize top Canadian culinary and hospitality professionals. GlowbalGroup.com

13th ANNUAL 2010

Breakfast & Lunch | Open Daily 7am – 3 pm 2211 Granville St. @ 6th Ave. 604-737-2857

West Oak Tomahawk Platter, a family-style dish with 48 oz. bone-in ribeye chop, Alberta rack of lamb, prawn & sablefish skewers, roasted potatoes, vegetables and peppercorn sauce.

West Oak in Yaletown is launching a monthly Social Brunch series. Based on New York’s famed “party brunches”, and taking place on the last Sunday of each month, guests can enjoy classic brunch favourites served family-style, with champagne and DJ, for $25 per person. WestOakRestaurant.com Beta 5 Chocolates has won Gold at the Canadian National Finals of the International Chocolate Awards for both their Fisherman’s Friend dark chocolate-mint truffle and their Black Olive Bar, consisting of candied black olive pieces suspended in white chocolate. They will be going on to compete at the world finals in London later this month. Beta5Chocolates.com Good Wolfe Kitchen & Bar has officially opened their doors and started lunch, dinner and brunch service. The exciting collaboration between chef Josh Wolfe and partner Richard Goodine has resulted in an eclectic and comfortable menu of tasty dishes like salmon “shawarma,” coq au vin with housemade späetzle, steelhead “pastrami” and some of the best hummus in town. Cocktails, thanks to Goodine’s passion for muddled beverages, are food-friendly and fantastic, like the Coronation cup with coronation grapes, gin and elderflower. GoodWolfe.ca

Serving Yaletown for over 10 years Voted into WE “Best of the City” and Georgia Straight “Best of Vancouver” 6 years in a row Call 604 801 6669 or come in to book your appointment and see why our service stands out!

1050 Hamilton Street | YaletownDentistry.com

Good Wolfe owner Josh Wolfe, right, with restaurant chef Jason Vallee.

Join us for an exclusive celebration of Sicilian wines and foods:

Flavours of Sicily – Wine and Food Tasting

EAT MEAT. REPEAT.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 — 6:30-9:30pm La Terrazza Restaurant and Lounge

Q4 Al Centro at 700 Richards Street has been reimagined as Tappo Restobar (“tappo” means “cork” in Italian), a casual wine bar focusing on small plates. Look for Mediterranean- and Pacific Northwest-inspired plates, pizza from the Forno oven, and revolving list of just under 40 labels available by bottle or glass.

TapRestobar.com.

1088 Cambie Street, Vancouver

Vancouver’s newest authentic barbecue is NOW OPEN on Denman and Robson.

Come and taste a great selection of fine Sicilian wines paired with a variety of exquisite Sicilian dishes!

Full kitchen until 2am, nightly drink features, weekend brunch.

Tickets are $45 ($35 for ICCC Members)

THE BUCKSTOP’S HERE.

and can be purchased by contacting: Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada - West 604.682.1410 alessandro@iccbc.com

Menu available online at www.buckstop.ca

Space is limited, please purchase your tickets early!

Anya Levykh has been writing about food, wine and restaurants for more than a decade for various media outlets. Hear her weekly food segment every Monday at 5:50pm on CBC Radio One’s “On the Coast”, follow her on Twitter @foodgirlfriday and catch up at FoodGirlFriday.com.

833 Denman (at Robson) • 604-428-2528 @buckstopdenman MONDAY-FRIDAY LUNCH: 11:30am-2:30pm DINNER: 4:30pm-2am SATURDAY 10:30am-2am • SUNDAY 10:30am-midnight 24

October 3 – 9, 2013

WEVancouver.com

eat & drink

It’s Cornucopia time!

City Cellar

by Kurtis Kolt

W

ell, it looks like summer’s over. Rather than lament its passing, I’m always keen to plunge into the rainy season head-first, embracing all that comes with it.

One of the big kick-offs to this side of the calendar is the Cornucopia Food and Wine Festival in Whistler, and this year it promises to be bigger and better than ever. That’s not an empty promise, as they’ve expanded the Festival this year to encompass two weekends and the stretch inbetween for an all-out jamboree of food, wine and cocktail culture running November 7-17.

Make your plans now, as it’ll come quicker than you think. You can bet I’ll be bouncing around the village making the most of it, presenting seminars, attending tastings, spreading cheer and nursing hangovers.

All of these can’t-miss events take place at the Whistler Conference Centre unless otherwise noted.

BC’s Past, Present & Future Saturday, November 9, $40 This is a pretty rare opportunity, so I’m glad I’ve nabbed myself a seat by being one of the presenters! The other presenter is winemaker David Enns of Narmata’s famed Laughing Stock Vineyards, who will be bringing a few back vintages of some wines (including their legendary ‘Portfolio’ Bordeaux blend), taste folks through the current releases of them, and then share tank and barrel samples of the yet-to-be-released vintages. A good overview of the evolution and ageability of BC wine.

Craft Beer for Wine Lovers Saturday, November 9, $40 This is another one of mine, this time tag-teaming with one of my favourite

people ever; legendary Vancouver wine educator, writer and competition judge, DJ Kearney. If you’re on your game with wines but are mystified by the brave new world of craft beer, we’ll guide you through the perfect pints to look for, whether you’re into Riesling, Pinots or big, juicy Cabernets. From pilsners to porters, we’ll hoist many a glass!

France 101 Sunday, November 10, $29 Michelle and Michaela, commonly known as the ‘House Wine Girls,’ are first on my list any time I have an obscure French wine query, so they’re definitely your best bet to demystify the classic wines of France. Tour through varieties and regions from Bordeaux to Burgundy and learn to decipher those labels, all while swirling and sipping away!

Crush Gala Tasting Saturday, November 8 & 9, $89 The flagship grand tasting event of the Festival occurs two nights in a row with hundreds of wines from all around the world, canapés a-plenty and a blizzard of cheer. Look for the ‘Top 25’ signs around the room, as Chief Judge DJ Kearney will have recently run the ‘Top 25 Wines of Cornucopia’ competition (with yours truly as one of the judges), highlighting the best drops of the Festival.

Nourish – Yoga November 7–17, $15 Yup, there’s yoga on offer every morning at the Fairmont. Tackle that hangover, recharge and refresh so you can do it all over again each day.

FROM ONLY $15.99 SELECT ONE OF OUR

DELICIOUS CHOICES BABY BACK RIBS & CAESAR SALAD

OR

BABY BACK RIBS & MARIO’S GELATI ®

Enjoy a half rack of our delicious, slow roasted baby back ribs, with your choice of Caesar salad or Hedgehog Gelato for only $15.99. But don’t wait, because this offer is only on for a limited time!

and baby back ribs

whitespot.ca

Offer valid until Oct 13, 2013. Valid after 11am at participating White Spot Restaurants. Not to be combined with any other promotional offer. Plus taxes.

GRANVILLE & DRAKE 718 Drake Street 604-605-0045

GEORGIA & CARDERO 1616 West Georgia Street 604-681-8034

CAMBIE & 13TH 2850 Cambie Street 604-873-1252

BROADWAY & LARCH 2518 West Broadway 604-731-2434

OAKRIDGE CENTRE 41st & Cambie 604-261-2820

Head over to WhistlerCornucopia. com for info on these and other tastings, dinners and events. See you on the mountain!

As always, if you’re having trouble tracking something down, find me at KurtisKolt.com or Tweet me @KurtisKolt.

8 craft beers locally brewed on site.

Join us on a beer tour and tasting.

Please call for tour times and details.

For more details go to www.docksidevancouver.com. Reservations 604-685-7070 In the Granville Island Hotel, 1253 Johnston St, Granville Island. Valet parking available.

WEVancouver.com

October 3 – 9, 2013

25

eat & drink

The future of fine dining

By Martha Perkins

W

hen Cathy Whims opened Nostrana restaurant in Portland in 2005, “it took me a while to understand why we weren’t making people happy.”

As a chef, she wondered if it was her food. But, no, it couldn’t be that — people were raving about her dishes.

And then, like other independent restaurant owners in the food-centric Oregon city, she came upon an important realization: “The level of food was really high but the level of service wasn’t.

There was a lack of attention to service and a disrespect to formality.”

Today, the five-time James Beard finalist says diners have to have ESP — experience, service and product — if the restaurant is going to be a success.

Join u1s

John Bishop, speaking here with a table at Bishop’s, was one of the first chefs to bring fine dining to Vancouver. Supplied photo

at the

Harvest Table

Beat the autumn rain at the Legacy Harvest Table Bittered Sling Bistro Part 1: Heavy Metal Monks October 15th 7-930pm Tickets $60 A Toast to Roast Birds October 28th 7-9pm Tickets $30 Bittered Sling Bistro Part 2: Heavy Metal Monks October 29th 7-930pm Tickets $60

For our calendar of tastings & events, visit us in-store or online

1633 Manitoba St. | 604.331.7900 | legacyliquorstore.com |

LegacyLiquor

“If they don’t have the first two, it doesn’t matter how good the food is.

If the server is proud of the food, it is a real game changer.”

Sitting next to Whims at a panel discussion called The Future of Fine Dining at the Distinguished Restaurants of North America conference, hosted this year by Cioppino’s Pino Posteraro at the Wall Centre, was Holly Smith, the chef/owner of Café Juanita in Kirkland, WA. “As a chef,” she said, nodding her head in agreement to Whims’ comments, “it kills me to say that if service isn’t good, they won’t come back.”

One of the conference goers said, “If your water glass is not filled, or you need to wave three times to get service, it ruins the experience.

There’s no front of house or back of house. There’s one house.”

“It’s all about the importance of the table,” said John Bishop, one of the first chefs to introduce fine dining to Vancouver. “The table is the centre. Even if people are having a not-so-great day, the role the restaurant can play is so powerful.”

Visitors to Vancouver, he says, “are blown away by the hospitality, the freshness of ingredients, the regionality of approach.”

There’s also a generational revolution going on. Some young diners get frightened off by the old notions of fine dining, worried they won’t know what fork to use or why there are eight wine glasses on the table.

Others simply reject white tablecloths or silver domes as standards of excellence.

“As informality enters our culture, people want to feel relaxed,” Whims added. But being relaxed does not mean turning the server/diner relationship into a friendship. Bishop, who feels slightly out of step with this trend, recalled an experience where the waiter shook his hand and said, “My name is Jack.”

“My waiters were known as princes in exile,” he said of the standards he set at Bishop’s. “Service has changed so much. Let me say I’m getting old.”

Posteraro obviously felt out of step with the notion of more relaxed levels of service. He bristled at the thought of lowering classic fine dining standards but he believes the pendulum will swing back.

David Hawksworth worked at Michelin-star restaurants in London before he opened Hawksworth to immediate acclaim. Today’s diners are sophisticated in their tastes and knowledgeable about their food. Although he balks at the idea of trying to introduce a Michelin-star restaurant in Vancouver, where even fine dining can be “tricky”, he believes that the pendulum will swing back from casual dining. “People will get fatigued with that and they’ll want something else. The future of fine dining is secure.”

Bishop’s advice? “Stick to your knitting but be mindful of the changes that are taking place.”

We’ve been neighbours for 100 years.

Some things just come naturally when you’ve been neighbours as long as we have. Trust, respect for our beautiful environment, and the fresh, pure taste of tradition.

Fresh is never far.™ 26

October 3 – 9, 2013

WEVancouver.com

hot tickets THEATRE THE ARTS CLUB 604.687.1644 / ARTSCLUB.COM OTHER DESERT CITIES: Pulitzer Prizefinalist Jon Robin Baitz’s new play about wealth, fame, and family secrets. Until October 20 at Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage (2750 Granville). $29-$70 VENUS IN FUR: The line between fantasy and reality is blurred in this kinky comedy about a theatrical adaptation of an infamous novel. October 3 to November 2 at Granville Island Stage (1585 Johnston). $29-$49 ARMSTRONG’S WAR: The world of 12-year-old Halley Armstrong is turned on its ear when she reads to a veteran of the Afghan war. October 17-November 9 at Revue Stage (1601 Johnstone). $25-$35 THE CULTCH 1895 VENABLES / 604.251.1363 / THECULTCH.COM PENELOPE: Canadian premiere of Irish playwright Enda Walsh’s savage and funny take on the classic Greek myth. September 25-October 13. $17.14-$38.10.

INSIDE THE SEED: In a reimagining of Oedipus Rex, the action is shifted to a present-day bio-tech firm where far more than the fate of ancient Athens is on the line. October 2-12. $29.52 THE RAP GUIDE TO EVOLUTION: Combining the wit, poetry, and charisma of a great rapper with the accuracy and rigor of a scientist, Baba Brinkman takes us on a hip-hop tour of modern biology.

October 29-November 10. $18.

FIREHALL ARTS CENTRE 280 EAST CORDOVA / 604.689.0926 $20-$30 / FIREHALLARTSCENTRE.CA YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME: Tommy Taylor’s personal and absurdly humourous account of the 2010 G20 protests in Toronto. Until October 5.

ASSASSINATING THOMSON: Art, politics, ambition, and murder collide when a legally blind painter uncovers the truth behind the mysterious death of an iconic artist. October 8-19.

PACIFIC THEATRE 1440 WEST 12TH / 604.731.5518 $19.99-$29.99 / PACIFICTHEATRE.ORG THE FOREIGNER: Hilarity ensues when a painfully shy English tourist attempts to decompress at a rural fishing lodge.

September 20-October 12.

COMMUNION: A crisis brings three women crashing together, exposing what they truly do, and do not, believe in.

October 25-November 9. *** A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: Shakespeare’s comedy about teenagers in love, fairies and labourers is given a vampire twist. Until October 20 at Studio 58 (100 West 49th). $12-$22 at www.

WEVancouver.com

ticketstonight.ca.

SPEECH & DEBATE: Dark comedy about three teenage misfits brought together by a sex scandal in their small town. October 2-12 at Studio 1398 (1398 Cartwright). $18-$22 at www.brownpapertickets.com.

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW: Kitschy rock ‘n’ roll sci-fi gothic musical about that “sweet transvestite” and his time-warping motley crew. October 4-26 at Jericho Arts Centre (1675 Discovery). $30-$35 at www.ticketstonight.ca.

OF MICE AND MEN: Based on the classic John Steinbeck novel about field hands in Depression-era California. October 9-26 at Little Mountain Gallery (195 East 26th). $23 at www.brownpapertickets.com.

ALL IN: Diversity wreaks havoc when six individuals come together for a workshop about belonging. October 15-17 at PAL Studio Theatre (581 Cardero). $20 at www. brownpapertickets.com.

A PARTICULAR CLASS OF WOMEN: Funny and touching play set in the dressing room of a 1980s strip club.

October 16-25 at Waterfront Theatre (1412 Cartwright). $20-$25 at www. neveryoumindproductions.com.

THE DRIVE-IN DOUBLE FEATURE: Comedy troupe Instant Theatre presents a blood-drenched parody of ‘70s and ‘80s slasher films, and a laugh-fest featuring teenage super-sleuths. October 17-19 at Havana Theatre (1212 Commercial). $15 at www.instanttheatre.com.

RELATIVELY SPEAKING: Alan Ayckbourn’s classic farce weaves a tangle of love, mischief, and mistaken identities. October 31-December 1 at PAL Theatre (581 Cardero). $25 at www. westerngoldtheatre.org.

OPERA TOSCA: A glorious, gritty drama about love, corruption, and evil by Giacomo Puccini. October 26-November 3 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre (630 Hamilton).

From $35 at www.vancouveropera.ca.

MUSIC VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ORPHEUM THEATRE (884 GRANVILLE) $21-$88 (UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)/ VANCOUVERSYMPHONY.CA THE WORLD OF ITALIAN OPERA: UBC Opera Ensemble performs selections

by Rossini, Verdi, Puccini and Ponchielli.

Hosted by Christopher Gaze. October 3.

A RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN CELEBRATION!: Conductor John Morris Russell and a cast of vocalists present music from The King and I, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, and more. October 4-5.

AMY GRANT WITH THE VSO: The multi-platinum sings her biggest pop and Christian hits backed by the VSO. October 7.

Continued pages 28 to 30

Barbara Bourget will dance with fibre art created by Kai Chan in Kokoro Dance’s Life. Chris Randle photo

The meaning of life Kokoro Dance explores the fragility of life through movement, music, and lots and lots of thread

By Sabrina Furminger

Y

ou can’t appreciate the beauty of life without confronting the inevitability of death— and Kokoro Dance’s latest work is fueled by both sides of the coin.

Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget —the married powerhouse behind the critically accl aimed butoh-driven dance company — have routinely confronted the circle of life over the last five years.

They mourned the deaths of Bourget’s mother and sister, and Hirabayashi’s parents; they welcomed five grandchildren into their family; they felt the impact of time’s passing on their busy bodies.

“All those kinds of experiences affect you and make you appreciate living more, or the time that you have left,” says Hirabayashi. “The older you get, the more you realize that the clock is ticking.”

Thus, Kokoro Dance’s latest work is the simply titled (but far from simple) Life, for which Bourget

and Hirabayashi collaborated with Vancouver composer Lee Pui Ming and Toronto-based fibre artist Kai Chan.

Lee composed a string quartet for Life (“She thought that a string quartet would be the best vehicle for her to express her emotions about life, and she sent us a score that is amazing and so moving “), while Chan contributed three, eight-foot by 10-foot walls of recycled threads. “He takes material, unravels it, ends up with long threads, and weaves it together,” says Hirabayashi.

The symbolism of weaving something tangible into something new isn’t lost on Hirabayashi. “Life is also this weaving of all kinds of different strands of experience,” he says.

Together with costumes by Tsuneko Kokubo and lighting by Gerald King, the score and elaborate set pieces will create a visual and aural canvas against which seven dancer s— including choreographers Bourget and Hirabayashi — will bob, weave, and otherwise invite audiences to consider life and its wonders right along with them. “[Life is] expressive of a lot of emotions, and we want people to feel the emotions as a transmission from our bodies to their bodies,” says Hirabayashi.

Life runs October 9 to 12 at the Roundhouse Community Centre.

Kokoro.ca

October 3 – 9, 2013

27

hot tickets

Library dives into digital age VPL makes digital literacy of its members a high priority

By Florence Hwang

I

f you’re sick of using Google as your search engine, if you’re wondering whether you can trust a website’s credibility, or you want to learn how to download the latest ebooks from the library or other online bookstores, the Vancouver Public Library offers courses that can address these questions.

Digital literacy doesn’t just mean how to surf the net or how to check your email; it also means having critical thinking skills in order to protect your online identity and to protect you from financial scams and other fraudulent schemes.

“Almost anyone can post anything online, but it may not be as thoroughly researched as professional sites. People make big decisions on what they read online,” says Sandra Singh, who is the Vancouver Public Library’s chief librarian.

The VPL offers computer courses that show people how to assess for bias, how to look for additional information, which requires a higher level of vigilance. Other courses talk about how to keep safe online and the “digital tattoo”. Singh points out that once information is up on the world wide web, it’s hard to take down.

If you recently got an eReader, don’t ditch the library card yet — chances are the Vancouver Public might have a copy you can borrow it.

The library also offers workshops on how to use specific eReaders, such as the Kobo and the Kindle. Ebook circulation grew 186.6 per cent from 2011 to 2012, from 46,558 to 133,453.

The library has already been listening to the public’s demand for more technology, from

including ebooks to increasing public computer usage and internet-related courses. They started including ebooks in their collection 15 years ago.

“What we’ve seen since 2005/2006 is a real explosion in digital technology, adoption, social media mainstreaming of communities,” says Singh. “It’s an exponential growth of readership.

We’ve been digital for some time trying to keeping changing patron demands around reading services, internet access.”

The digital age doesn’t take away from the library’s mandate to foster the culture of reading, but has increased the ways people can access information.

“Most people can’t afford to buy what they want to read, listen or watch… Formats change over the years, but we don’t get hung up on formats,” says Singh.

The library is a space where people can gather in a public space where research, learning and community is built.

“I think there’s nothing more powerful to promote learning and life long learning to see multigenerational use of books and programming,” says Singh.

“There’s so much research to support reading, reading for pleasure, reading in our household because it is so critical to building a broader world view, developing empathy for people in other’s circumstances — simply learning more stuff.

Reading is that core skill. I think that the role of the library is an enduring one — to continue to support a life-long love of reading and learning.”

Malcolm Levy, curator for Touch, the Vancouver Public Library Foundation’s first annual fundraiser, agrees.

“Reading is one place in today’s environment you can be by yourself. It can never be replaced.

Making sure this generation and the next one after that [has digital literacy] is essential for our culture, for humankind as a whole,” says Levy.

Ben Z. Cooper’s 50-foot-long electromechanical serpent machine will be displayed at the VPL’s TOUCH gala. Photo supplied

Party for the future

I

magine being greeted by a 50-foot computer controlled snake named Titanoboa as you enter the atrium of the Vancouver Public Library.

This isn’t science fiction. Titanoboa is just one of several installations that will be featured at Touch, a new fundraising event hosted by the VPL in support of its Inspiration Lab. Curated and produced by Hybridity, Touch takes place on October 4.

Installations will include: A Touch is Light Created by: Shahrzad Aghasha More: Gives attendees the opportunity to experience how touching braille brings light to blind people.

Babble-On Created by: Paula Shackleton More: An art sculpture built of books with multiplicity of sound incorporated.

Paperdude VR Created by: Ben Unsworth More: Pulls you into a virtual world.

Author’s Lounge Created by: Jen Sookfong Lee, Timothy Taylor, and Steve Burgess More: A collaborative story will be created by participants at the fundraiser through animation and a twitter blogger.

“TOUCH is about digital literacy.

It is one of the foremost tools that people are learning in this day and age,” says Malcolm Levy, curator for the artistic installations. “[We] wanted visitors to experience interactivity, movement, playfulness and accessibility.”

Tickets for Touch are $75. For details, visit VPL.ca/foundation.

— Florence Hwang

TSTAND “AN OUELIGHT FIONG PRODUCTION... RPRISE SU LLOW ON AND D E AFTER ANOTHER” — vancouver sun

GOHNUTCRACKER.COM

CCLASSICAL, SSICA SSI CA MAGICAL, MAG CA A MUST-SEE S -S HO HOLIDAY TRADITION ON

tickets vancouveropera.ca (604) 683-0222

DEC 14 – 22 MATINEES & EVENINGS

PRINCIPAL DANCERS FROM

THE ROYAL DANISH BALLET LIVE MUSIC PERFORMED BY

THE VANCOUVER OPERA ORCHESTRA

TICKETMASTER.CA 1.855.985.2787 THE CENTRE IN VANCOUVER, 777 HOMER STREET PRODUCTION TITLE SPONSORS

28VO-ToscaOctober 3 colour – 9, 2013 WE 1-3 page FINAL.indd

1

13-09-30 4:33 PM

WEVancouver.com

hot tickets OUT ON THE TOWN: THE MUSIC OF BERNSTEIN & TCHAIKOVSKY: Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott performs Tchaikovsky’s “other” Piano Concerto and the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. October 12.

FORBIDDEN MUSIC: Programme of works by composers whose music was banned by the Third Reich. October 27 at Goldcorp Centre for the Arts (149 West Hastings). $10-$35 at www.turningpointensemble.ca.

INSPECTOR TOVEY INVESTIGATES HARMONY: A kidscentric performance of Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals.

October 13.

JOE FAFARD AND FAFARD & SCHWARTZ: Order of Canada-winning sculptor and his Juno-nominated musician son present a concert and visual art show. October 28 at Heritage Hall (3102 Main). $25 at www.thefestival.bc.ca.

TCHAIKOVSKY: WINTER DREAMS: Violinist Augustin Hadelich plays Dvorak’s virtuosic Violin Concerto. Also on the program: a beautiful but rarely heard Tchaikovsky symphony. October 19 &21.

GLORIOUS! POULENC AND HAYDN: British conductor Simon Wright leads the VSO and the Vancouver Bach Choir in a performance of Poulenc’s stunning Gloria. October 25 & 26 at the Chan Centre (6265 Crescent). $26.75-$66.

CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 6265 CRESCENT ROAD, UBC TICKETMASTER.CA / CHANCENTRE.COM KRONOS AT 40: Grammy Award-winning ensemble celebrates its 40th anniversary with the world premiere performance of Philip Glass’ String Quartet No. 6. October 19. $40.75-$76.75 MARIZA: Portuguese-Mozambican recording artist Mariza returns to the Chan Centre to perform a stirring program of fado songs. October 27. $40.75-$76.75 *** SOFYA GULYAK: The first woman to win the prestigious Leeds Piano Competition performs work by Medtner, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev. October 4 at Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton). $30-$40 at www. chopinsociety.org.

ROSE COUSINS: Winner of 2013 Juno Awards for singersongwriter Album of the Year is joined by Scottish folk musician, Rachel Sermanni. October 4 at CBC Studio 700 (700 Hamilton). $20 at www.thefestival.bc.ca.

ROGUE FOLK CLUB: Performances by folk, roots, and Celtic musicians. October 4: Little Miss Higgins. October 5: Contra Dance with the Sybarites. October 9: Dar Williams.

October 12: Lend a Hand Music & Dance Benefit. October 18: Kat Danser & SONiA. October 25: Martha Scanlen + Cahalen Morrison & Eli West. October 27: Francey. St. James Hall (3214 West 10th). $16-$28 at www.roguefolk. bc.ca.

THE RITE OF SPRING: UBC Symphony Orchestra celebrates 100 years since the premiere of Stravinsky’s masterpiece. October 5 at Chan Centre (6265 Crescent).

HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF & SPIRIT FAMILY REUNION: Showcase of music from the American South.

With special guests The Deslondes. October 9 at Biltmore Cabaret (2755 Prince Edward). $20 at www.thefestival.bc.ca.

VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC RETROSPECTIVE: Four-night festival explores 40 years of VNM’s artistic approaches.

October 16: works for small ensemble and solos; October 17: electronic, electroacoustic, and new media works; October 18: opera excerpts in concert; October 19: works for large ensemble. October 16-17 in the Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour); October 18-19 at Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton). $10-$35 at www.newmusic.org.

The Silk Road Ensemble 15th Anniversary Year Yo-Yo Ma, Artistic Director

THE LITTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES THAT COULD: Innovative new music series returns after a decadelong hiatus with two concerts: Celebration Places at the Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse) on October 26, and Remembrance Places at Mountain View Cemetery (5455 Fraser) on October 31. $10-$20 at www. littlechambermusic.com.

DANCE TILT: World premieres by Emily Molnar and Jorma Elo, and a remount of Johan Inger’s Walking Mad. October 17-19 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre (649 Cambie). $22-70 at www. ticketmaster.ca.

GAIT TO THE SPIRIT FESTIVAL: Annual celebration of classical Indian dance spotlights odissi, bharata natyam, and kathak styles. October 18-21 at Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie). www.mandalarts.ca.

NEW ANIMAL: 605 Collective performs excerpt from new dance work, as well as commission from Theatre Replacement. October 20 at Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse). $5-$15 at www.newworks.ca.

BULLETINS FROM IMMORTALITY…FREEING EMILY DICKINSON: American acting icon Elizabeth Parrish and Canadian dance icon Margie Gillis combine forces to reveal the revolutionary, innovative, and modern in Emily Dickinson’s work. October 23-26 at The Cultch (1985 Venables). $18 at www.thecultch.com.

VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FLAMENO FESTIVAL: Local, national and international flamenco artists perform traditional and contemporary works. October 30-November 10 at various venues. Free-$60 at www. vancouverflamencofestival.org.

DISCOVER DANCE!: Popular noon series presents Vancouver Korean Dance Society. October 31 at Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie Street). $10-12 at www. ticketstonight.ca.

LIQUID LOFT: Award-winning Austrian company performs a provocative duet entitled Running Sushi, in which dance moves are randomly selected by the audience. October 31-November 2 at Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie). $22-$30 at www.ticketstonight.ca.

EVENTS INVISIBLE PORTRAITS: High-tech images of microbial life refashioned as metal sculpture, wood carvings and largescale portraiture. Until January 5, 2014 at Beaty Biodiversity Museum (2212 Main Mall, UBC).

VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: The largest film festival in the city screens 350 films from 70 countries. September 26-October 11 at various venues. $11$13 at www.viff.org.

MUSIC IN THE MORNING: Coffee, conversation, and a concert by Susanne Hou and Yuval Fichman. October 16-18 at Vancouver Academy of Music (1270 Chestnut). $16-$35 at www.musicinthemorning.org.

CAPTURE: Lens-based arts festival celebrating Metro Vancouver’s legendary photography scene. October 1-November 15 at various venues.

CANTI DI A TERRA: Montreal’s Constantinople and the Barbara Fortuna vocal quartet perform music from Corsica, Persia and Mediæval Europe. October 18 at Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard). $18-$36 at earlymusic.bc.ca.

H’ART FOR THE HOMELESS: Circus, music, stories, dance and art converge in a gala fundraiser for the Lookout Society. October 3 at Imperial (319 Main). $60 at www.2mevents.com.

FADING SPLENDOUR: Music by Howells, Wood, Stanford, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and others is performed in this programme of music from the end of the English empire.

October 19 at Christ Church Cathedral (690 Burrard). $10$30 at www.cantatasingers.com.

THE SUPERHERO BALL: Costume party fundraiser for BC Children’s Hospital. October 4 at Renaissance Vancouver

“To see the ensemble live is to see music-making the way it ought to be: collaborative, earnest, and above all, joyful. In a word: delectable.”

Tickets from

$

25

THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT

FRI NOV 1 | 8 PM Vancouver Playhouse

VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY VANRECITAL.COM 604.602.0363

Media Sponsor

Generously supported by

Season Sponsor

al

2nd Annu

R E V U O C VAN POLISH TIVAL S E F M L FI 2013

TH

TNERSHIP WI HOSTED IN PAR

-20, 2013

October 18

Cinema wafaghian Djavad M'so Goldcorp Centre at SFU r the Arts fo astings St. 149 Westr,HBC, Canada Vancouve

www.vpff.ca

THE ART OF TABLA: Performance by esteemed tabla player Pandit Yogesh Samsi. October 20 at Vancouver Community College (1155 East Broadway). $20.

MODULUS FESTIVAL: Four-day fest offers window into Vancouver’s post-classical music scene. October 21-24 at Heritage Hall (3102 Main) and Blusson Spinal Cord Centre (818 West 10th). Festival pass $49-$99 at www. ticketstonight.

MUSIC ON THE POINT: UBC School of Music personalities David Gilham and Mark Anderson perform and share glimpses of life inside the music. October 25 at Roy Barnett Recital Hall (6361 Memorial). $15-$25 at www.music.ubc.ca.

THIS LAND: musica intima vocal ensemble performs new commissions by Ed Henderson and Imant Raminsh based on Sto:lo Nation member Sonny McHalsie’s retellings of the Sepass Poems. October 26 at UBC Longhouse (1985 West Mall) and October 27 in the Orpheum Annex (823 Seymour).

VILDE FRANG & MIKHAIL LIFITS: Norwegian violin virtuoso performs with accomplished pianist. October 27 at Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton). www.vanrecital.com.

WEVancouver.com

TICKETS

General Admission $12 at the door $10 in advance* 1-Day Pass - $15 | 3-Day Pass - $40 with valid student ID qualify for 50% 50% OFF *Students discount on general admission tickets.

S P E C I A L S H O WS

Godfrey

All films are with English subtitles

18+

Film content may not be suitable for younger audience.

Parental discretion is advised.

October 17-19 Tickets on sale now, just $25

Wanna Yuk? Work Parties

Fundraisers Date Night Birthdays

yukyuks.com • 604-696-9857 2837 Cambie (at 12th)

DR. MARIANNA 16th Annual

GOLD WINNER Readers’ Choice

KLIMEK ADVERTISING SPACE PROVIDED

BY WE VANCOUVER WEEKLY

HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

2013

October 3 – 9, 2013

29

hot tickets Harbourside Hotel (1133 West Hastings). $30 at www.eventbrite.com.

RAW TALENT 2013: Exhibition of photographs shot during the 12x12 Vancouver Photo Marathon. October 12 at Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie).

ARTISTS IN THE ATRIUM: Traditional and contemporary performances by some of Vancouver’s finest Aboriginal dance and music artists. October 12: Git Hayetsk Dancers. October 13: Closing ceremonies.

At Woodward’s (149 W. Hastings).

TOAST TO THE COAST: After-hours foodie and wine event in support of the Vancouver Aquarium’s conservation and education programs. October 18 at Vancouver Aquarium (845 Avison). $95 at www. vanaqua.org.

10TH ANNUAL HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL: Twelve days of music, stories, cultural celebrations, films, theatre, dance, forums, workshops, and more. October 23-November 3 at various venues.

CIRCLE CRAFT CHRISTMAS MARKET PREVIEW: Canadian artisans hawk their wares in advance of the holiday season.

October 3-29 at Circle Craft Shop & Gallery (1666 Johnston).

YUK YUK’S: Hilarity a-plenty is always to be found at Yuk Yuk’s, where a steady stream of emerging and internationally acclaimed comedians incite laughter from the stage. Ongoing at 2837 Cambie.

O

BC BEER AWARDS & FESTIVAL: Fourth annual showcase of craft brewing includes hops master class, sampling, demonstrations, and awards ceremony.

October 19 at Croatian Cultural Centre (3250 Commercial). $35 at www.eventbrite. ca.

VANCOUVER WRITERS FESTIVAL: Annual celebration of story spotlights authors, poets, spoken word performers, and graphic novelists. October 22-27 at Granville Island.

CBC’s new season features hockey, George, hockey, and an avalanche of returning favourites (and then more hockey)

By Sabrina Furminger

INVESTED/40: Work from 31 contemporary craftspeople is on display in this celebration of BC crafts. October 18-November 9 at Pendulum Gallery (885 West Georgia).

BLIM INDOOR CRAFT MARKET: Indie artisans sell handmade crafts, accessories, apparel, paper goods, jewellery, and more.

October 20 at Heritage Hall (3102 Main).

Entry by donation.

Don’t touch that dial, Canada: CBC shows return for Fall

The Lighting Architecture Movement Project – also known as LAMP – is a site-specific installation that showcases light and form through the lens of architectural designers. Until October 5 in the Woodward’s Atrium.

PRESENTED BY

ROUND 2

ld-timey sleuths, headstrong crime fighters, business-savvy dragons and Canada’s borderhopping boyfriend are all returning this month to CBC stations across the nation.

It’s a line-up dominated by burgeoning hits (Cracked), longrunning favourites (Murdoch Mysteries; George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight), and the predominant national distraction (Hockey Night in Canada). And while there are few new outings on the schedule, the fact that so many series are coming back speaks to the national broadcaster’s overall good health, according to Sally Catto, CBC’s executive director of scripted and commissioned programming.

“To me it’s one of the greatest signs of success that we have Republic of Doyle in its fifth season, Heartland in its sixth season, and so many other returning series,” said Catto at a recent season preview event that was also attended by veteran interviewer Jian Ghomeshi, Vancouver-based actress Pascale Hutton, “dragon” David Chilton, and other CBC glitterati. “I’m excited about seeing where those shows continue to evolve this year, especially some of our newer series like Cracked because in Canada, we really develop on air, more so than in the US. We learn from the first season and then really get into it in the second.”

What new additions do exist fall into the event programming category: movies and mini-series that allow the CBC to, as Catto put it, “showcase new Canadian culture in a different way.” This includes Still Life, an atmospheric made-for-TV mystery set in Quebec’s Eastern Townships,

After a summer on CNN, George Stroumboulopoulos is back for a new season of his CBC talk show. Photo courtesy of CBC. and the crime drama acquisition Crossing Lines, a Donald Sutherland vehicle about a police unit specializing in cross-border crimes. Coming mid-season: an adaptation of Terry Fallis’ award-winning novel, The Best Laid Plans.

One thing that you won’t find on the CBC’s Fall schedule (besides its juggernaut hit Arctic Air, which returns for its third season in January) is any series set in the Lower Mainland — but if the Vancouver-based Catto has her way, we’ll be seeing something 604-centric sooner than later.

“I would like to see a show in Vancouver. We haven’t had that from the CBC in a long time, and it’s time,” said Catto.

To date, a major reason for the lack of Vancouver-shot series on CBC stations has been the CRTC’s strict regional requirements (which haven’t recognized Vancouver as a region).

Another barrier to shooting locally is the ongoing tax credit shortfall. “When the tax credits are more appealing elsewhere and we have limited money, it’s hard to fill that gap,” said Catto.

“We’d love to see better tax credits here for producers.”

But change is afoot. The CRTC’s regional requirements were lifted the day before the season preview event, and Catto — a recently transplanted Torontonian — is hopeful for the future. “Would I love to see a show that is Vancouver for Vancouver? Absolutely,” said Catto.

“We do have a number of shows right now in development set in Vancouver, and we’re very cognizant of the fact that we aren’t representing Vancouver, and we completely want to be.”

For the full Fall schedule, visit cbc.ca/television/index.html.

FLOATA SEAFOOD RESTAURANT 180 Keefer Street, Vancouver

GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY STARTING AT ONLY

30

October 3 – 9, 2013

WEVancouver.com

out after dark

Selection, Value & Trust

3

Before you go anywhere else, let us show you the

Dueck Difference

OUT AFTER DARK is a weekly feature highlighting social and cultural events around Vancouver. Got an upcoming event? Email us at outafterdark@wevancouver.com.

Brian Thomas 604.842.4560

1

Kurtis Lemon 604.505.0054

5 BILLS 500 SMACKERS

500 CLAMS 500 BUCKS No matter what you call it... we’ll take $500 OFF when you purchase any new or used vehicle! Just ask.

4

Proudly Serving the Lower Mainland Since 1926 2

LARGEST GM Dealership in Canada | 400+ Pre-Owned | FREE Shuttle

400 S. E. Marine Drive

Vancouver

exclusive offer by Dueck GM | valid only at Dueck on Marine | one coupon per customer per transaction only no cash value | may not necessarily be combined with all other offers or incentives (see dealer for details) valid only when a copy of this ad is presented to Brian Thomas or Kurtis Lemon | expires Oct 31, 2013

SHOP 24/7 @ DUECKGM.COM

Canna Clinic Medicinal Cannabis

Full VIFF photo gallery online at WEVancouver. com

5

6

Dispensary

7

ArE you EligiBlE? 604-558-2454 OPEN 7 DAYS PER WEEK

Mon-Fri 10am-8pm • Sat-Sun 10am-7pm 758 East Broadway • info@mycannaclinic.com

www.mycannaclinic.com

8 A fun fitness challenge

9

10

If you think conquering cancer is worth sweating over, JOIN US! Register for Workout to Conquer Cancer today.

1 Authors Daniel Kalla, Janie Chang and Mary Novik pose with their respective novels after powerful readings at the Word Vancouver literary festival, held inside the Vancouver Public Library Sept. 29. Monica Miller photo. 2 Burlesque dancers Sparkle Plenty and Scarlet Delirium flank RezErect co-curator Gwaai Edenshaw at opening of exhibit at Bill Reid Gallery. Robin Lovelace-Smith photo. 3 Terry Martens and son Peter Martens from Natural Wine and Spirit Imports pour Haarth Organic Wines at the Argentina wine event held at Jewel Ballroom on Sept. 25. 4 Will Forte hammed it up on the VIFF red carpet outside of the Centre for the Performing Arts on Sept. 26. The SNL alum (MacGruber, anyone?) was in the house for the opening gala screening of Nebraska, which co-stars Forte and Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, and Breaking Bad’s Saul Odenkirk. 5 Mayor Gregor Robertson and Shawn Williamson, president of Brightlight WEVancouver.com

Pictures, smile for the cameras at Brightlight’s 12th Annual Red Carpet Party at CinCin Sept. 26.

6 Actress Aliyah O’Brien (Rookie Blue) worked her radiant smile on the Brightlight Pictures red carpet. 7 Entertainment Tonight Canada’s Erin Cebula hosted the red carpet outside of the Centre for the Performing Arts. 8 Talented husband and wife duo Benjamin Ratner and Jennifer Spence (Continuum) at the Brightlight Pictures party. Ratner directed Spence in the highly anticipated drama Down River (read Martha Perkins’ article about the film on page 30). 9 The Dick Knost Show actors John Cassini and Tom Scholte at the CinCin party. Cassini also appears in two other VIFF flicks: Three Days in Havana and Leap 4 Your Life. 10 Another “attractive married couple” alert on the Brightlight red carpet: actor Warren Christie (Alphas) and Sonya Salomaa (The Killing). Sabrina Furminger photos

Conquering cancer isn’t easy, but that doesn’t mean supporting BC’s cancer researchers can’t be fun! Join us for the Workout to Conquer Cancer on March 8, 2014 at Richmond Olympic Oval for the most meaningful workout of your life. It’s a full day of upbeat workouts for people of all fitness levels. You’ll have a blast, get lots of great exercise, and be inspired by people like you who are ready to get sweaty for the sake of conquering cancer!

workouttoconquercancer.ca M E D I A PA R T N E R S :

October 3 – 9, 2013

31

32 WEVancouver.com

Thursday, October 3, 2013 WE Vancouver

Free Will Astrology

the intensity of your lust for life. (Sparks’ Tumblr page: InvisibleStories.tumblr.com.)

by Rob Brezsny r 8FFL PG 0DUPCFS

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger in the broken places,” wrote Cancerian writer Ernest Hemingway. By my estimation, my fellow Crabs, we are now entering a phase of our astrological cycle when we can make dramatic progress in healing the broken places in ourselves. But even better than that: As we deal dynamically with the touchy issues that caused our wounds, we will become stronger than we were before we got broken.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): Are you good at haggling? Do you maybe even enjoy the challenge of negotiating for a better price, of angling for a fairer deal? The coming week will be a favorable time to make extensive use of this skill. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will thrive on having friendly arguments with just about everyone, from your buddies to your significant other to your mommy to God Herself.

Everywhere you go, I encourage you to engage in lively discussions as you hammer out compromises that will serve you well. Be cheerful and adaptable and forceful.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): In David Markson’s experimental novel Wittgenstein’s Mistress, the protagonist fantasizes about the winter she lived at the Louvre Museum in Paris. She says that to keep warm she made big fires and burned some of the museum’s precious artifacts. I’m hoping you won’t do anything remotely resembling that mythic event in the coming week, Taurus. I understand that you may be going through a cold spell — a time when you’re longing for more heat and light. But I beg you not to sacrifice enduring beauty in order to ameliorate your temporary discomfort. This, too, shall pass.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): “Don’t say you want love,” writes San Francisco author Stephen Sparks. “Say you want the morning light through a paint-flecked window; say you want a gust of wind scraping leaves along the pavement and hills rolling toward the sea; say you want to notice, in a tree you walk past every day, the ruins of a nest exposed as the leaves fall away; a slow afternoon of conversation in a shadowy bar; the smell of bread baking.” That’s exactly the oracle I want to give you, Gemini. In my opinion, you can’t afford to be generic or blank in your requests for love. You must be highly specific. You’ve got to ask for the exact feelings and experiences that will boost

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS 7

OBITUARIES

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): Let’s hope you have given deep thought to understanding who you are at this moment of your life.

Let’s also hope that you have developed a clear vision of the person you would like to become in, say, three years. How do you feel about the gap between the current YOU and the future YOU? Does it oppress you? Does it motivate you? Maybe a little of both? I’ll offer you the perspective of actress Tracee Ellis Ross. “I am learning every day,” she told Uptown Magazine, “to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.”

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Do the words “purity” and “purify” have any useful purpose? Or have they been so twisted by religious fundamentalists and mocked by decadent cynics that they’re mostly just farcical? I propose that you take them seriously in the coming week. Give them your own spin. For instance, you could decide to purify yourself of petty attitudes and trivial desires that aren’t in alignment with your highest values. You might purify yourself of self-deceptions that have gotten you into trouble and purify yourself of resentments that have blocked your creative energy. At the very least, Virgo, cleanse your body with extra-healthy food, good sleep, massage, exercise, and sacred sex.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): I periodically hike alone into the serene hills north of San Fran-

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS 21

COMING EVENTS

CHILDREN 86

CHILDCARE WANTED

cisco and perform a set of my songs for the birds, insects, squirrels, and trees. Recently I discovered that British comedian Milton Jones tried a similar experiment. He did his stand-up act for a herd of cows on a farm in Hertfordshire. I can’t speak for Jones’ motivations, but one of the reasons I do my nature shows is because they bring out my wild, innocent, generous spirit. Now is a good time for you to do something similar for yourself, Libra. What adventures can you undertake that will fully activate your wild, innocent, generous spirit?

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): Are you anxious and agitated, afraid that you’re careening out of control? Is there a flustered voice in your head moaning, “Stop the insanity!”?

Well, relax, dear Scorpio. I promise you that you no longer have to worry about going cray-cray. Why? Because you have already gone cray-cray, my friend. You slipped over the threshold a few days ago, and have been living in Bonkersville ever since. And since you are obviously still alive and functioning, I think it’s obvious that the danger has passed. Here’s the new truth: If you surrender to the uproar, if you let it teach you all it has to teach you, you will find a lively and intriguing kind of peace.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): To give you the oracle that best matches your current astrological omens, I’ve borrowed from “Sweetness,” a poem by Stephen Dunn. I urge you to memorize it or write it on a piece of paper that you will carry around with you everywhere you go. Say Dunn’s words as if they were your own: “Often a sweetness comes / as if on loan, stays just long enough // to make sense of what it means to be alive, / then returns to its dark / source. As for me, I don’t care // where it’s been, or what bitter road / it’s traveled / to come so far, to taste so good.”

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): In her book Teaching a Stone to Talk, Annie Dillard apologizes to God and Santa Claus and a nice but eccentric older woman named Miss White, whom she knew as a child. “I am sorry I ran

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 114

LIVE-IN NANNY req by fam of 5.

F/T, min wage. Vancouver area.

Email, kdelarosa23@hotmail.com

DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION THE BARN FALL ANTIQUE SHOW OCTOBER 5 & 6 The Former ANTIQUE EXPO AT TRADEX HAS MOVED… CLOVERDALE RODEO & EXHIBITION GROUNDS 17763 62ND AVE. SURREY BC V3S 4L5 SATURDAY 9 AM - 5 PM SUNDAY 10 AM - 4 PM ANTIQUE APPRAISALS FOR SHOW INFO

604 316 1933

21

COMING EVENTS

A Great Janitorial Franchise Opportunity

• Annual Starting Revenue of $12,000 - $120,000 • Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts • Professional Training Provided • Financing Available • Ongoing Support • Low Down Payment required A Respected Worldwide Leader in Franchised Office Cleaning.

Coverall of BC 604.434.7744 info@coverallbc.com www.coverallbc.com

130

HELP WANTED

An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators, Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call (780)7235051Edson,Alta

CLASS 1 DRIVER W/ AIR To conduct deliveries for international lubricants co. in Vancouver area, Seattle-Tacoma, Prince George, Okanagan & Edmonton.

Pay $20/hour, mileage, bonus, profit-sharing & full benefits.

Apply with resume by emailing custservpacific@fuchs.com or faxing to 604-888-1145

EXP CLASS 1 TEAM DRIVERS Earn up to $6500/mo. Send resumes mj@synergytruckingltd.com Fax:604-598-3497

125

FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

GUARANTEED Job Placement: General Laborers and Tradesmen For Oil & Gas Industry. Call 24hr Free Recorded Message For Information 1-800-972-0209

ALL CASH Drink/Snack Vending Business Route. Complete Training. Small Investment Required. 1888-979-VEND (8363). www.healthydrinkvending.co

We are currently seeking a Tree Climber with a min. 5 years exp.

Also require a Groundsman with min 3 years chainsaw experience for tree service.

TRAVEL

**ATTENTION: JOB SEEKERS!** MAKE MONEY! Mailing Postcards! www.PostcardsToWealth.com NOW ACCEPTING! ZNZ Referral Agents! $20-$60/Hour! www.FreeJobPosition.com HOME WORKERS! Make Money Using Your PC! www.SuperCashDaily.com Earn Big Paychecks Paid Every Friday! www.LegitCashJobs.com

TREE WORKS Call: 604.787.5915

74

TIMESHARE

CANCEL YOUR TIMESHARE. NO Risk Program STOP Mortgage & Maintenance Payments Today.

100% Money Back Guarantee.

FREE Consultation. Call Us NOW. We Can Help! 1-888-356-5248

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): The Dragon Lives Again is a 1977 film that tells the story of martial arts legend Bruce Lee fighting bad guys in the underworld. Among the villains he defeats are Dracula, James Bond, the Godfather, Clint Eastwood, and the Exorcist.

I urge you to use this as inspiration, Aquarius. Create an imaginary movie in your mind’s eye. You’re the hero, of course. Give yourself a few superpowers, and assemble a cast of scoundrels from your past — anyone who has done you wrong. Then watch the epic tale unfold as you do with them what Bruce Lee did to Dracula and company. Yes, it’s only pretend. But you may be surprised at how much this helps you put your past behind you. Think of it as a purgative meditation that will free you to move in the direction of the best possible future.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): After studying the myths and stories of many cultures throughout history, Joseph Campbell arrived at a few conclusions about the nature of the human quest. Here’s one that’s apropos for you right now: “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” He came up with several variations on this idea, including this one: “The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for.” I urge you to consider making this your operative hypothesis for the coming weeks, Pisces.

HOMEWORK: Name 10 personal possessions that you’d put in a time capsule to be dug up by your descendants in 500 years. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 160

TRADES, TECHNICAL

AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing Inc. is looking for experienced welders. Competitive wages, profit sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus incentive.

Full insurance package 100% paid by company.

Good working environment. Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through in hole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or elevated work platform. Call Cindy for an appointment or send resume to: cindy@autotanks.ca. 780-846-2231 (Office); 780-846-2241 (Fax).

GROWING OKANAGAN KIA dealership looking for technicians and apprentices to fill full time positions.

Offering a competitive salary, commensurate with experience.

Please email resumes to: ron@kelownakia.com

TREE CLIMBER & GROUNDSMAN

www.antiquesbydesignshows.com

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

GROW MARIJUANA Commercially.

Canadian Commercial Production Licensing Convention October 26th & 27th. Toronto Airport, Marriott Hotel. www.greenlineacademy.com Tickets 1-855-860-8611 or 250870-1882.

108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

from you,” she writes to them. “I am still running from that knowledge, that eye, that love from which there is no refuge. For you meant only love, and love, and I felt only fear, and pain.” Judging from your current astrological omens, Capricorn, I’d say that now would be a good time for you to do something similar: Take an inventory of the beauty and love and power you have sought to escape and may still be trying to avoid.

You’re finally ready to stop running and embrace at least some of that good stuff.

160

TRADES, TECHNICAL

WE are looking for experienced erectors for pre-engineered steel buildings. fax to 250-717-5751, hr@mscsteel.com

Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanic

Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader is seeking an energetic, aggressive self starter for a full time position. Required immediately. Must have inspectors ticket and Red seal. Will have hydraulic experience and must be able to read electrical and hydraulic schematics.

BENEFIT PACKAGE!

Please contact Mike e-mail: mike@megacranes.com or fax 604.599.5250

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 160

TRADES, TECHNICAL

JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrysler Ltd. offers competitive wages from $30/hour, negotiable depending on experience. Bright, modern shop. Fulltime permanent with benefits.

Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban centres. More info at: hannachrylser.ca. Fax 403-854-2845; Email: chrysler@telusplanet.net.

JOURNEYMAN MACHINIST WANTED ACR Group located in south Richmond seeks a F/T worker to perform machining on rubber, urethane and some metal. Candidates should have exp. in operating various lathes and be able to read various measuring devises.

Candidates with a fourth class boiler ticket will be considered first. A forklift ticket or experience driving a forklift is also preferred.

As a F/T Machinist you will qualify for Health, Dental, Vision & More.

We also have a Company Paid RRSP Plan. You must be willing to join the union ( CEP).

Hours are 7:30am - 3:30pm Monday to Friday as well as some overtime. Wage will depend on qualifications.

Send your resume’ to gtasker@acrgroup-ca.com

WE Vancouver Thursday, October 3, 2013

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 160

TRADES, TECHNICAL

WEVancouver.com 33

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 260

ELECTRICAL

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 320

Lic. Electrician A+, BBB member Expert trouble shooter, All types of Electrical work 24/7 604-617-1774

Trailer Mechanic

Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader is seeking an energetic, aggressive self starter for a full time position.

Required Immediately.

PERSONAL SERVICES 182

•Licensed •Insured •WCB

DROWNING IN DEBT? Cut debts more than 50% & DEBT FREE in half the time! AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free Consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+ GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue.

1.800.587.2161.

$45/Hr

604-537-4140

Canuck Roofing All Roof Repairs Any job big or small. Free Est. *WCB *Insured *BBB 778-772-1969

AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

356

FLEETWOOD WASTE Bin Rentals 10-30 Yards.

Call Ken at 604-294-1393

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

bradsjunkremoval.com

PAINT SPECIAL

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

332

PAVING/SEAL COATING

.THOR CONSTRUCTION .Thor Construction 604-836-7102

TIMWOOD HOMES

188

LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 257

** SPECIALIZING IN RENO’S ** ~ Framing . Sundecks ~ ~ Stairs . Rooms . Garages ~ ~Sheds . Patios . Bsmts ~ ~ Interior/Exterior Painting ~ ~ Tiles . Laminate Floors ~ ~Vinyl Siding ~

CALL, 604-761-1743 320

MOVING & STORAGE 2guyswithatruck.ca Moving & Storage Visa OK. 604-628-7136

DRYWALL

THREE STAR DRYWALL LTD Boarding, Taping, & texture. Small jobs welcome! Kam 604-551-8047

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

125

125

FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

ASPHALT PAVING

Commercial & Residential • Parking Lots • Driveways • Garage Apron • Speed Bumps • Potholes • Patchwork • Tennis Courts • Repair & Resurface Over 10yrs of exp. Free Estimates Insured + Great Rates + WCB

www.jaconbrospaving.com

604-618-2949

ASPHALT PAVING • Brick Driveways • Retaining Walls • Foundation Repairs • Sealcoating 604-618-2304

338

But Dead Bodies!!

20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE We Load or You Load !

Serving Metro Vancouver Since 1988

DISPOSAL BINS

By Recycle-it 6 - 50 Yard Bins

Starting from $199.

00

Delivery & Pick-Up Included Residential & Commercial Service • Green Waste • Construction Debris • Renovations • House Clean Outs

604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

JUNK REMOVAL

By RECYCLE-IT!

• Furniture • Appliances • Electronics • Junk/Rubbish • Construction Debris • Drywall • Yard Waste • Concrete • Everything Else! **Estate Clean-Up Specialists**

BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com CRESCENT Plumbing & Heating Licensed Residential 24hr. Service

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

604.708.2628 caregiving@plea.bc.ca www.plea.ca

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

845

604.587.5865

www.recycleitcanada.ca

374

10% DISCOUNT. MG Roofing & Siding. CB. Re-roofing, New Roof Gutters.

604-812-9721

GL ROOFING. Cedar/Asphalt, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters - $80.

604-240-5362. info@glroofing.ca

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

The Scrapper

604.220.JUNK(5865)

604-787-5915/604-291-7778

www.treeworksonline.ca treeworkes@yahoo.ca

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

AUTO FINANCING

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 560

MISC. FOR SALE

DISCONNECTED PHONE? National Teleconnect Home Phone Service. No One Refused! Low Monthly Rate! Calling Features and Unlimited Long Distance Available.

Call National Teleconnect Today!

1-866-443-4408. www.nationalteleconnect.com.

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

REAL ESTATE

TREE & STUMP • Tree Trimming • Fully Insured • Best Rates

810

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

TREE SERVICES

removal done RIGHT!

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

TRANSPORTATION P/B blue males Ready to go. 1st shots & tails/dew claws done.

ULTIMATE FAMILY GUARDIAN $800. 604-308-5665

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005

Become a PLEA Family Caregiver.

LANGLEYAUTOLOANS.COM

NEW WESTMINSTER- 2 & 3 bdrm. pri. secluded, fenc’d property. Video surveillance. Gas F/P. Skylights, patio, deck & views. D/W & Fridge w/ ice maker. Counter top stove.

Cls. to 8th street skytrain. N/P N/S Now. Must See! 604.524.5494

Hauling Anything..

HOT TUBS NO PROB!

PLUMBING

• Hot water tanks • Furnaces • Broilers • Plugged Drains 778-862-0560

PLEA provides ongoing training and support.

A young person is waiting for an open door...make it yours.

APARTMENT/CONDO

ITALIAN MASTIFF (Cane Corso)

RUBBISH REMOVAL

www.paintspecial.com

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

287

706

reg., gd tempered, farm & family raised in country, good guard dog/family pet. born aug 9. $700.

604-796-3026, no sunday calls

Running this ad for 8yrs

AUTO FINANCING

RENTALS

German Shepherd pups, vet check, 1st shots, own both parents, father

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

Need CA$H Today? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000

GERMAN Shepherd Puppies For Your Consideration Evans Training Centre and Blacklion Kennels, produce dogs with powerful, athletic bodies with sound, stable minds.

No hype- Just good dogs honestly presented. Find us @ www.blacklionkennels.ca or call 250.989.4397 Inquiries invited and appreciated.

Ask about our Purchase - to - Train bonus.

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $180 or Well Rotted 10 yds - $200. 604-856-8877

810

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

ABBA MOVERS & DEL Res/comm 1-4 ton truck, 1 man $35/hr, 2 men from $45. Honest, bsmt clean up.

25yrs Exp. 24hrs/7days 604-506-7576

GARDENING

ALWAYS! GUTTER Cleaning & Roof Blowing, Moss Control,30 yrs exp., Reliable! Simon 604-230-0627

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

Airedale Terrier pups. P/b, ckc reg., micro, health guar, 604-8192115. email: lovethem@telus.net

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

BAJ EXCAVATING DEMO, Sewer, storm, drainage, remove concrete & blacktop, old house drainage.

Call 604-779-7816.

281

TRANSPORTATION

• DIFFICULTY SELLING? •

604-716-8528

FINANCIAL SERVICES

PETS

REAL ESTATE

Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Penalty? Expired Listing?

We Buy Homes! No Fees! No Risk! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

DEMOLITION EXCAVATING - DRAIN TILE Old Garage, Carport, House, Pool, Repair Main Waterline, Break Concrete & Removal Free Estimates!

477

www.affordablemovers.bc.com

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

Please contact Mike e-mail: mike@megacranes.com or Fax: 604.599.5250

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

PETS

AFFORDABLE MOVING

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

BENEFIT PACKAGE!

MOVING & STORAGE

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

627

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms!

CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

l Top local jobs! www.localwork.ca blackpress.ca ◾ metroland.com

OR

3

Pacific Point - Vancouver - This 1,072 sq. ft. two bedroom plus den oversized

condo in Yaletown provides a dream location for those who love the city life. Includes an Audi R8, trip for two to Paris including spending money and $1,050,000 cash.

Suite 2006 - 1323 Homer Street.

Open Sat & Sun 12 to 5 pm.

OVE

R

ION L L I M 2 . $2 ALUE! V

OR

4

Oak Bay Private Residence - Victoria - Elegant and extraordinary best

OR

5 $2

MILLION TAX FREE CASH!

describe the furnished private residence. Included is a BMW X-3, a BMW Z4 Roadster, a trip for 2 to London, England including spending money and $100,000 cash.

1175 Beach Drive Open Sat & Sun 11am to 4 pm.

OVE

R

LION L I M 3 .

2 $ VALUE!

AND...50/50 Plus Jackpot over $1.5 million and growing by the minute!

WOW! CAN GROW UP TO

$2,000,000

50/50 PLUS TICKETS:

• 1 for $10 • 5 for $25 • 15 for $50

(To be ordered in conjunction with your DREAM ticket order. Winner takes half)

YES TO

SAY

Erin Cebula, Global BC and BC Children’s Hospital Spokesperson

There are many reasons why you support Children’s Hospital...

THE KIDS... a CAUSE like no other.

5 Grand Prize CHOICES... including $2 MILLION. 50/50 Plus JACKPOT up to $2 MILLION. Winner takes half.

BC’s BIGGEST EARLY BIRD Prize Choices.

Over 4,050 Prizes to WIN worth over $3.59 MILLION. CASH options on ALL major prizes... and so much more!

It’s for

HOMES, CARS, TRIPS AND SO MUCH MORE... SEE IT ALL ONLINE NOW... BETTER HURRY!

DON’T MISS OUT! bcchildren.com Or Phone 604-692-2333 OR... BC Children’s Hospital and the Grand Prize Homes

DREAM Tickets:

•3

for $100

• 6 for $175 • 9 for $250 • 20

for $500

It’s a WIN ~ WIN! Winner will choose 1 prize option; other prize options will not be awarded. Rules of Play bcchildren.com 34

October 3 – 9, 2013

WEVancouver.com

Please Help BC Children’s Hospital Today.

Your ticket purchase helps the kids get back home where they belong.

You'll be helping save children's lives with your DREAM Lottery and 50/50 tickets.

Order tickets at bcchildren.com or by phone 604-692-2333

Or in person at several of our partner retail outlets, the show homes or BC Children’s Hospital.

YOU WIN, YOU CHOOSE with BC Children’s Hospital Lottery HELP THE KIDS The Numbers Add Up… You’ll be helping save Children’s lives more than ever…

Did You Know

•Last year more than 8,500 children in BC required surgery at

BC Children’s Hospital for potentially life threatening illness and injury.

•The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at BC Children’s Hospital cares for over 1,100 children every year.

•BC Children’s Hospital receives more than 44,000 children in our Emergency Room each year.

HURRY FINAL

DEADLINE

THIS FRIDAY TO GET IN ON EARLY BIRD PRIZE CHOICES!

2014 ASTON MARTIN PACKAGE

or $165,000 Cash

•More than 225 open heart surgeries are performed at BC Children’s Hospital every year.

CUT OFF MIDNIGHT OCT 4th

•52% of the 228 open heart surgeries performed at BC Children’s Hospital are on patients younger than one year old.

•BC Children’s Hospital provides expert care for more than 81,000 children every year.

•An average of 722 sick and injured children receive care every day at BC Children’s Hospital.

•More than 840 youngsters receive active treatment for cancer at BC Children’s Hospital every year.

•4,500 families are seen every year by the medical genetics team at BC Children’s Hospital.

Please Help BC Children’s Hospital and help yourself to the most exciting prizes ever!

TIME IS ALMOST UP! GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY Don’t Miss Out!

Winner will choose 1 prize option; other prize options will not be awarded. Rules of Play: bcchildren.com Chances are 1 in 288,000 (total tickets for sale) to win a grand prize Chances are 1 in 482,600 (total tickets for sale) to win the 50/50 prize.

Problem Gambling Help Line: 1-888-795-6111 www.bcresponsiblegambling.ca

WEVancouver.com

Know your limit, play within it.

BC Gaming Event Licence #56178 BC Gaming Event Licence #56179

19+ to play!

October 3 – 9, 2013

35

WEEKLY SPECIALS 100% BC Owned and Operated Prices Effective October 3 to October 9, 2013.

We reserve the right to limit quantities. We reserve the right to correct printing errors.

Grocery Department Rogers Porridge Oats

Meat Department Rebar Organic Energy Bars

assorted varieties

SAVE

23%

assorted varieties

3.29

1.35kg product of Canada

10.99lb/ 24.23kg

3/4.98

SAVE

50g product of Quebec

21%

Lean Ground Beef grass fed, forage finished value pack

Food Should Taste Good Tortilla Chips

Elias Honey

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

SAVE from

30%

from

5.99

4.29

from

25%

from

1.79

SAVE

330ml +deposit +eco fee product of USA

Rogers Granola

25%

27%

Eco Max Liquid Laundry Products

from

35%

1L • +deposit +eco fee product of Canada

10.99

25%

assorted varieties

original or spicy

5.49

4.79

3.99

Kuhne Sauerkraut

assorted varieties

regular or with wine

2.99

2.99

WOW!

Bulk Department Organic Slow Cooking Oats

20% off regular retail price

Health Care Department Alba Hair Care Products

assorted varieties

7.99

348-350ml

Alba Botanica natural skin and hair care products are made with ingredients from the earth and protect the environment.

reg 9.99

Kiss My Face Deodorant assorted varieties, assorted sizes

4.49

600g • reg 4.99

Enjoy effective all day protection with natural formulas. They have combined time tested botanicals like corriander, hops and rosemary with odor absorbing ingredients.

Avalon Organics CoQ10 Facial Cleansers or Toner

All 6 and 8” Pumpkin Pies or 6” No Egg or Dairy Pumpkin Pie

2.00 off regular

12.99

225-250ml

Their advanced skin care lines nurture and revitalize.

Designed with respect for your skin's special needs.

retail price

720-796ml • product of Germany

WOW!

Seminars & Events at Choices South Surrey, 3248 King George Blvd.

PRICING

Thursday, October 10, 7:00-8:30pm

Webinar: Everything You Need to Know About Hormones

Look for our Look for our

WOW! WOW! PRICING PRICING

with Lorna Vanderhaeghe. Cost $5. Register online or call 604-541-3902.

2010 - 2013 Awards.

Your loyalty has helped Choices achieve these awards.

Thank you!

3.98

3lb bag product of Canada

PRICING

Rice Bakery

227g • product of USA

Bahlsen Cookies

B.C. Grown

Sourdough Multiseed Bread

946ml product of USA

Flamous Falafel Organic Chips

100-125g • product of Germany

6.99

2.99

Mezzetta Olives

PRICING

made with real whipping cream

WOW!

SAVE

4.98

2lb product of Canada

WOW!

8” Pumpkin Pies

assorted varieties

3L product of Canada

398ml • product of USA

Bakery Department

PRICING

Kitchen Basics Stock

assorted varieties

SAVE

retail price

2/5.00

32%

Organic Himrod or Concord Grapes from Covert Farms in Oliver, BC

reg 10.49

1.00 off regular

assorted varieties

700-750g product of Canada

2/4.00

product of USA

bags or bins

150g product of Canada

SAVE

PRICING

7.99

Local Choices Cheese! Kootenay Meadows Farm Kootenay Alpine Cheese

Kiju Organic Juice

3.99

WOW!

PRICING

from 4.29

assorted varieties

SAVE

2/7.00

assorted varieties

WOW!

assorted varieties

227-340g product of USA

Raincoast Trading Albacore Tuna

Organic Pomegranates from Homegrown, California

MacIntosh Apples from Clapping Chimp

Tartine Enertaining! Savoury Tarts

SAVE

225ml product of France

regular or pineapple

31%

Deli Department

assorted varieties

Coco Libre Organic Cocout Water

SAVE

156g product of USA

from

24% Tofutti Spreads

assorted varieties

32%

4.49lb/ 9.90kg

2/7.00

SAVE

500g • product of Canada

St. Dalfour Jam

SAVE

Produce Department

Steelhead Fillets Skin On Pin Bone Removed

Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/ChoicesMarkets Best Organic Produce

Best Grocery Store

Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ChoicesMarkets

2010-2012

www.choicesmarkets.com Kitsilano 2627 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0009

Cambie

Kerrisdale

Yaletown

Rice Bakery

3493 Cambie St. Vancouver 604.875.0099

1888 W. 57th Ave. Vancouver 604.263.4600

1202 Richards St. Vancouver 604.633.2392

2595 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver 604.736.0301

South Surrey 3248 King George Blvd.

South Surrey 604.541.3902

Burnaby Crest 8683 10th Ave. Burnaby 604.522.0936

Kelowna

Floral Shop

1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna 250.862.4864

2615 W. 16th Vancouver 603-736-7522