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Burlesque dancers, rainbow-hued leis, an inflatable palmtree and umbrella drinks allappeared at a rally in sup-

port of the Waldorf outside city hallTuesday. But while rally participantssawcouncil’s120-dayprotectionorderon the hotel as a step in the right direc-tion, the Waldorf Productions teamsaw no future for themselves there.

Artist and musician Thomas An-selmi of Waldorf Productions said hedoesn’t know what the team will donext. He said Solterra Group, which ispoised to buy the Waldorf Hotel prop-erty, has refused to meet with them.

“Of course we’ll go elsewhere be-cause we care about this city,” he toldreporters.

Most of the approximately 80 peo-ple who gathered on the lawn of cityhall lauded council’s unanimous deci-siontoslapa120-dayprotectionorderon the hotel property so the heritageand cultural value of the hotel couldbe determined, but they also wantto see Waldorf Productions continueprogramming the site.

“It’s a lovely building and we needto protect as much of our heritage aswe possibly can… [but] the buildingis worthless unless it’s run by a goodgroup of people,” said musician Ste-phen Hamm of bands The Evapora-tors and Canned Hamm at the rallyorganized by the new group Vancou-ver Loves the Waldorf. “The peoplewho’ve been running that have beendoing a fantastic job. They’re friendsof mine and we’ve decided to stay inthis town to move ahead as opposed

to going to Toronto or Berlin or some-where. Let’s stay here and make surethat Vancouver has some culture be-cause we’re up against money andwhere there’s money, there seems tobe no room for art.”

Burlesque dancer “April O’Peel”echoed Hamm’s sentiments.

“This is not helping the city becomeany funner and I’m just becoming re-ally disillusioned seeing venue aftervenue where people are trying to cre-atesomethingawesome,W2,SpectralTheatre, Red Gate, The Playhouse, all

in the last year falling to the man, orwhatever it is, this greater power,” shesaid.

“The arts are important to ourcity because it creates a culture anda meaning,” she added. “We’re ableto express what we stand for and Iwould hope that it’s something morethan just condos.”

Leaseholder Waldorf ProductionsannouncedJan.9that itwouldvacatethe hotel Jan. 20 because the proper-ty is being sold to developer SolterraGroup and the production company

couldn’t operate on the offered week-to-week lease.

Vision Vancouver Mayor GregorRobertson requested a report fromcity manager Penny Ballem for theJan. 15 council meeting and forward-ed the motion for the temporary pro-tection order.

Former COPE Coun. EllenWoodsworth and former COPEchair and candidate Brent Granbysaid they don’t want to see Solter-ra use potential heritage status tosecure permission to build a larger

development on the site.Woodsworth noted cultural spaces

that include Richard’s on Richards,the Pantages Theatre and the Ridgebowling alley and movie theatre haveall been lost to condo development.She believes council should directstaff to complete a land use plan toaid the creation of affordable housingand cultural space.

“Artists are leaving this city indroves because there’s no place toperform and there’s no place to live,”Woodsworth said. “The Waldorf isthe tipping point for so many peoplein the arts community.”

The potential end of indepen-dent arts and culture programmingat the Waldorf Hotel has already af-fected one fledgling company. The30-hour soap-a-thon fundraiser forimprovised soap opera producersSin Peaks set to start Jan. 13 had tobe scaled back to two evening per-formances.

But Sin Peaks secured a regularMonday night spot at The Cellar onGranvilleStreetafter itposteditsneedfor a venue on Facebook. “It’s going tobe a whole new kind of audience andpossibilities just with the foot trafficaround there. It’s easier for people toget to,” said Aimee Beaudoin, artisticdirector of Sin Peaks. “But I definitelywillmisstheWaldorf. Ithasalotmorecharacter.”

A public relations company associ-ated with Solterra said the company’spurchase wouldn’t be complete un-til closer to the end of the year, so itwouldn’t comment on council’s deci-sion or its plans.

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At Tuesday’s council meeting, NPA Coun. GeorgeAffleck wanted to know what made the WaldorfHotel so different from other lost cultural spacesin Vancouver.

Why, he asked, did Vision Vancouver Mayor Gregor Rob-ertson recommend slapping a 120-day protection order onthe property?

“What makes it different than the Ridge or Pantages orW2, or etc.?” Affleck told the Courier Wednesday.

Successive Vision-dominated city councils put protec-tion orders on the Waldorf Hotel and York Theatre, both ofwhich are “in the heart of Vision country,” he noted.

“We had people from the bowling alley walking to city hallprotesting — for God’s sakes — in walkers, and the mayordidn’t even come out and speak to them,” Affleck added.

Affleck ultimately voted in favour of the motion thatwould prevent a demolition permit from being issued onthe Waldorf property and provide time for the cultural andhistorical significance of the hotel to be determined. He saidhe was assured councillors wouldn’t be placing themselves

in a precarious legal situation by introducing a protectionorder on a property that is the subject of a real estate deal.

“It’s a unique situation for sure. Clearly there’s a desire bythe community that this is something that they care about,”Affleck said. “This was new to me, to be honest, that this[protection order] process existed… It might have beensomething I suggested [for the Ridge], so lesson learned.

Affleck added council was told the Ridge wasn’t an issuethat would come before them. “There’s also that questionof what’s our role in the private sector, how involved we getand at what stage.”

Leaseholder Waldorf Productions announced Jan. 9 that itwould vacate the hotel Jan. 20 because the property is beingsold to developer Solterra Group and the production compa-ny couldn’t operate on the offered week-to-week lease.

Solterra Group has said it had no plans at this time to de-molish the hotel. It expects the sale to close in the fall.

Brian Jackson, the city’s general manager of planning anddevelopment services, said the Waldorf property at East Hast-ings Street just east of Clark Drive differs from the Ridge andPantages because it lies in an industrial area where a demoli-tion permit could be issued without a development permit.

He said a councillor could have introduced a protection

order motion on the Ridge and the Pantages before the de-velopment permit process started.

In 2008 council issued a 120-day protection order to savethe York Theatre on Commercial Drive near Venables Streetfrom the wrecking ball and a proposed townhouse develop-ment. It was saved when developer Bruno Wall bought andrestored the theatre in exchange for permission to build alarger building elsewhere.

Kitsilano-based community activist Mel Lehan hopes citycouncillors can belatedly save the Ridge complex.

“I’m an avid supporter of the Waldorf and I’m thrilledthat they’re working to save it,” he said. “The bowling al-ley is a centre of incredible importance to people, socially,culturally, recreationally, and I would now hope that theywould do the same thing for the Ridge bowling alley, andthe theatre if possible.”

The city’s development permit board approved a four-storey commercial and condo building to replace the Ridgecomplex in October.

Vision Vancouver Coun. Heather Deal did not return acall and email from the Courier.


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About 80 Waldorf supporters gathered on the lawn of city hall Tuesday after council voted in favour ofissuing a 120-day protection order on the hotel property.

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Spot quiz time, again.Tuesday, Jan. 15 was a significant day at

city hall because:a) Vision Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang

announced that he broke most of his NewYear’s resolutions.

b) It was the first council meeting of 2013.c) NPA Coun. George Affleck mistakenly

pointed out that Mayor Gregor Robertsonhad been a guest DJ at the Waldorf Hotel.

d) It was the first council meeting for cityhall manager Penny Ballem since her skiingaccident.

Answer: sadly, none of the above.The significance of Jan. 15 was that it was

deadline day for the mayor and his 10 coun-cillors to file their annual financial disclo-sure statements.

To be clear, these are not the same state-ments that show how much money develop-ers/unions/ individuals gave to your electedofficials to get them elected in 2011.

No, these are the disclosures they mustfile every January, pursuant to the provin-cial Financial Disclosure Act, that give usa little bit more information about suchthings as assets and liabilities, if any.

And it’s a good thing they all met the dead-line because the Act states very clearly thatfailing to file a disclosure is an offence and li-able on conviction of a fine of up to $10,000.

So let’s take a look at what they dis-closed.

Let’s start with Robertson.Under assets, he lists shares in Treedom

Ventures Ltd., Ohana Partners Ltd. and GlenValley Organic Farm Co-op. In last year’sstatement, he also listed shares in HappyPlanet Ventures but didn’t this year. HappyPlanet, of course, is the juice company heco-founded before getting into politics.

The shares in the farm co-op are relatedto Robertson’s days when he and his wifeowned a farm in the valley. Ohana, which

he also lists under corporate assets, is thelandholding company that owns Robert-son’s house in Vancouver. As I mentionedlast year, he pays a residential tax on theproperty, not a cheaper business tax.

Treedom — as you’ve read here before —is a company that holds a piece of propertyon Cortes Island, home to the Hollyhockretreat overseen by the mayor’s pal/money-man/adviser Joel Solomon.

Now to the councillors.Vision councillors Andrea Reimer, Heath-

er Deal, Geoff Meggs, Kerry Jang and GreenParty Coun. Adriane Carr had no assets orliabilities to declare.

Vision Coun. Tim Stevenson lists “Vancityrsvp’s.”

Vision Coun. Tony Tang holds one or moreshares in his own company, Annex Manage-ment Ltd., and lists himself as a director andshareholder of K. Tang Enterprises. He alsoowns property on Passage Island.

Vision Coun. Raymond Louie lists sharesin the Bank of Montreal, Crescent Point En-ergy Corp., CGI Group Inc., High Yield andMortgage Plus Trust, Manitoba Telecom,Marret, Nortel, Rainmaker Mining, RoyalBank, Nokia and Warrior Energy.

NPA Coun. Elizabeth Ball disclosed sharesin Ball Welch Holdings Ltd., LightsceneVentures Inc. and Eos Lightmedia Corp., ofwhich she is a part owner.

NPA Coun. George Affleck, owner ofCurve Communications Group Ltd., listsshares in his company, Optima MineralsInc., Yaletown Capital Corp., Citigroup, Fi-navera Wind Energy Inc. and the kids’ fa-vourite, Build-A-Bear Workshops.

Affleck lists no shares in research firms.Such an affiliation maybe could have savedhim the embarrassment Tuesday of falselystating the mayor spun discs at the Waldorf.

For the record, Robertson actually gavethe vinyl a workout at the Biltmore. Heplayed some Rush, Talking Heads — evensome Earth, Wind & Fire, which are report-edly nicknames given to three members ofcouncil.

Speculating on who they might be wouldonly get me in trouble.

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In their financial disclosure statements, Mayor Gregor Robertson (right) included hisshares in Treedom Ventures Ltd. while Coun. George Affleck again listed shares inBuilding-A-Bear-Workshops.


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While every-body knowsNDP leaderAdrian Dix

is taking on Premier ChristyClark in the upcoming springelection,nobodyyetknowsthename of the Liberal candidatehe will face in his own homeriding of Vancouver-Kingsway.

With the election less thanfive months away, the LiberalParty only has four confirmedcandidates from among thecity’s 11 different provincialelectoral districts after incum-bent MLAs such as Mary Mc-Neil (Vancouver-False Creek),former public safety ministerand solicitor general KashHeed (Vancouver-Fraserview)and former finance ministerColin Hansen (Vancouver-Quilchena) announced theywill not seek re-election.

According to Wikipedia— which appears to be theonly up-to-date website withinformation about the peoplehoping to run the provincesoon — health minister Mar-garet MacDiarmid (Vancou-ver-Fairview), social develop-ment minister Moira Stillwell(Vancouver-Langara), politicalnewcomer Gabby Kalaw (Van-couver-Kensington) and Clark

(Vancouver-Point Grey) arethe governing party’s only con-firmed candidates for the May14 general election.

Liberal communications of-ficer Sam Oliphant says theparty will be making the an-nouncements in the next fewweeks, although specific datesfor most have yet to be decid-ed. “In Fraserview, Hastings,Kingsway, Mount Pleasant andthe West End, we don’t haveany news right now,” he toldthe Courier.

Oliphant added the nomi-nation contest in the Vancou-ver-Quilchena riding betweenformer NPA mayoral candi-date Susan Anton and doctor/lawyer Andrew Wilkinson is

expected to be finalized with anomination vote Feb. 17, whilethe Vancouver-False Creek bidbetween former NPA mayorSam Sullivan and former MLALorne Mayencourt will be de-cided Feb. 20.

The NDP, meanwhile, have10 official candidates run-ning, with former union leaderGeorgeHeymantakingonMac-Diarmid, former Vision Van-couver city councillor GeorgeChow going up against Still-well, incumbent Mable Elmorerunning against Kalawandcivilrights activist David Eby againtaking on the premier. (Ebycame in a close second to Clarkin a May 2011 byelection for aseat in the legislature after for-mer premier Gordon Campbellstepped down.)

Jenny Kwan (Vancouver-

Mount Pleasant) and SpencerChandra Herbert (Vancouver-West End) are both hopingto keep their seats in Victoria,while digital media producerMatt Toner (Vancouver-FalseCreek) and writer/business-man Gabriel Yiu (Vancouver-Fraserview)arebothhopingtowin their first.

Oliphant suggested the NDPis further along in its nomina-tion process because it expect-ed an election to have beencalled earlier. “To be honestwithyou, it’snottooabnormal.The NDP were sort of thinkingthere would be an election inthe past fall, so they had a lotof nominations quite early. Westarted our process in termsof announcing our candidatesin July with Moira Stillwell inLangara, but now we are closeto 60 candidates nominated oracclaimed. It’s not too far fromthe finish line.”

The Green Party haveconfirmed six candidates inVancouver: Matthew Pedley(Vancouver-Fairview), Dan-iel Tseghay (Vancouver-FalseCreek),BrennanWauters(Van-couver-Hastings),ReganZhang(Vancouver-Langara),BarinderHans (Vancouver-Mount Pleas-ant) and Françoise Raunet(Vancouver-Point Grey). SalVetro is running as an indepen-dent for the B.C. First party inVancouver-False Creek.

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Premier Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberals have only fourconfirmed candidates out of the city’s 11 electoraldistricts. Confirmations are expected in February.


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How do you define a city? In Van-couver, we think rain, mountains,ocean views and yoga pants. Star-bucks everywhere. Chickens in

backyards. High-rise developments endanger-ing heritage. Off-leash dog wars. Traffic con-gestion. Entire blocks where English is the lastlanguage you hear. The seawall. Wall-to-wallfestivals and parades. A mayor who made hiscoin selling juice.

It’s also a city of neighbourhoods. When wesatdownasanewspaperlastyeartoredesignthephysical look of the Courier, we came up with anew tagline: the voice of Vancouver’s neighbour-hoods. It reflects our origins as a neighbourhoodnewspaper many decades ago. Itspeaks to the needs of our city’s di-verse but isolated neighbourhoodsto learn about one another and seethemselves better reflected in thiscity’s media. It was a promise toyou about our mission.

In this issue, we bring thatpromise up front with VancouverSpecial, which we’re calling a journey throughour city’s neighbourhoods. Every two weeks forthe next year (with time off to cover the provin-cial election), we’ll be focusing on a differentneighbourhood in Vancouver and telling storiesabout it with text, pictures and video.

We’re starting Vancouver Special with MountPleasant. As one of Vancouver’s oldest and mostcentral neighbourhoods, it’s an excellent jump-ing off point for our journey.

We have four feature pages about MountPleasantbeginningonpage23.Spreadthrough-out the paper are stories related to Mount Pleas-ant in news, entertainment and sports. All of

these stories will be on our website at vancou-rier.com.

It’s an evolving project and we’re open toideas. Let us know what you think.

Next up in two weeks: Kerrisdale, wherethe Courier began. If you have a story youthink we should tell about that neighbour-hood, contact us.

LAYAR ITThis issue we are trying out a new way forreaders to interact with the print version ofthe newspaper using an iPhone, iPad or An-droid phone or tablet. It’s called Layar and ituses your phone’s camera to trigger onlinecontent by simply scanning the newspaperpage.

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The heritage-designed“Welcome Mt Pleasantclock” erected on MainStreet where it meets

Kingsway is a physical reminderof the transformation of a oncetroubled community into one ofVancouver’s most sought-afterneighbourhoods.

The clock, designed by Ray-mond Saunders who also built theGastown steam clock, was part ofa beautification initiative in thelate 80s and intended to comple-ment the heritage buildings in thearea.

Saunders, who recently got thego-ahead from the city to replacethe clock’s worn-out fluorescentlighting with LED lighting, re-called being asked to design it.

“I’ve seen the whole area changeover the years. And when they didthe beautification and put the is-land in there and asked if I couldput a clock there — that was awonderful occasion. It’s probablyone of the most looked-at clocks inthe city besides my steam clock,”he said Thursday. “It’s almost be-come an icon as the Heritage Hall

tower clock is an icon for MountPleasant —it’s just a smaller icon.”

Saunders noted the city crestimprinted on the clock as well ashops plant leaves in honour of the

neighbourhood’s former moniker,Brewery Creek..

The clock was part of a largerbeautification project launchedby the Mount Pleasant Merchants’

Association, which pushed fornew sidewalks, banners, streettrees and street lighting. Businessowners paid about $3 a linear footfor 15 years, which was added totheir taxes, to cover costs and themunicipal and provincial govern-ments also contributed.

The beautification project’scompletion was celebrated at aribbon cutting at the clock site onJune 17, 1988.

Vacant, rundown and dilapidat-ed buildings, concern about pros-titution, drugs and other crimesparked the desire to revitalizeMount Pleasant.

Frances Warner, now a Ver-non resident, coordinated thebeautification project when shewas a community-planning con-sultant for Mount Pleasant inthe 1980s. She says “absolutely”when asked if the beautificationproject was worth it, calling ita physical expression of caringand a first step in revitalizing theneighbourhood and improvingits reputation.

“By taking the first action, thefledging business association com-menced an incremental processwhich later involved more market-ing and community involvement

and led to the formation of thecity’s first BIA,” she wrote in anemail. “As a result of these initia-tives, commercial vacancies werereduced and building maintenancewas improved. Elements such asthe clock, the streetcar sculpture[by Kingsgate Mall], flower bas-kets, and banners combined to en-hance the area’s ambiance.”

Other neighbourhood groups alsoformed around the same time in thelate 1980s, including a Mount Pleas-ant block neighbour associationaimed at developing “a communityatmosphere of friendship, caringand concern,” according to an articlein the Mid-Town/Mt. Pleasant Revue,as well as group called Mount Pleas-ant Residents Opposed to Street So-liciting.Warner says it’s difficult tosay whether Mount Pleasant wouldhave changed as quickly withoutinitial efforts such as the beautifica-tion project three decades ago, sinceVancouver’s pricey housing markethelped pushed more people east.But it was one of the contributingfactors.

“Yes, change is inevitable, butwho can tell in what ways it wouldhave changed without the beauti-fication,” she says.

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Clock erected to beautify Mt.PleasantMOUNT PLEASANT

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The Mount Pleasant welcome clock, designed by Ray Saunders, waserected in the late 1980s as part of a beautification project.


MIKEHOWELLStaff writer

There was a time when St. Patrick’sCatholic church and the elementaryschool it shares the grounds with at12th and Main would be teeming

with children and families of Irish descent.Same goes for the high school at 11th and

Quebec. There were the McDonald, Tonner andKelly families. The O’Tooles, the Clarkes andthe Phelans were others. The Italians also hada presence. Today, the church and the schoolscontinue to thrive in a Mount Pleasant neigh-bourhoodthathasseenatransformativechangesince the 1950s and 1960s. That change hasbeen led by a Filipino community that has flour-ished in Mount Pleasant and effectively kept thechurch and schools from a population dip.

The estimate from Father Vincent Hawk-swell, the church’s pastor, is that 75 per centof the 2,000 parishioners who attend Sundayservices are Filipino. The majority of students atthe schools are also Filipino, although it’s not ashighatthesecondaryschool,whichisaregionalschool that allows students from as far away asTsawwassen. “The Catholic church in Vancou-ver would be suffering drastically if there wasn’tthe Filipino population,” said Hawkswell, whenasked what the St. Patrick’s community wouldbe without the commitment from Filipinos. “Re-ally, it’s the equivalent to what the Irish did alittle over a century ago when they came acrossto North America.”

Like the Irish, he said, the Filipinos havelearned to adapt to their new communities,work hard and enliven an already rich multicul-turalcity.“Iwouldsaytheyintegratebeautifully,without losing their own culture,” Hawkswellsaid. “They’re not exclusive, not ghettoish.”

Segundo Padolina, 63, left the Philippines in1974 for Winnipeg. That city’s snowy wintersforced him to settle in Vancouver in 1980. Heand his wife Clarita have been parishioners at

St. Patrick’s since they arrived.Their two children, who are now adults, went

toschoolatSt.Patrick’sandattendedthechurch.Padolina, a retired welder, said the warmth ofpeople from all backgrounds and strong com-munityspirithavekepthimgoingtoSt.Patrick’s.“Number one, it’s the atmosphere,” he said. “It’slike a family there. If the atmosphere wasn’t likethat, I don’t think people would go. Everybody’swelcome there.”

Padolina used to attend the old church, builtin1910,onthe12thAvenuesideoftheproperty.It was demolished a decade ago. A large recre-ation centre was built in its place while a new,largerchurch nowoccupiesmostof theblockonMain Street between 12th and 13th.

While the congregation is predominantlyFilipino, Hawkswell pointed out the remaining25 per cent are a mix of parishioners from Asiancountries, including Sri Lanka, and a sprinklingof Irish and Italians and others.

Despite the large Filipino population, allmassesareconductedinEnglish,althoughthereare some events during the year where a Taga-log-speaking priest leads a service.

While many Irish moved out of the city andItalians shifted east to Burnaby and other sub-urbs,Hawkswellbelievesthereisanotherreasonfor their slim presence at the church. “A numberof them have let their faith slip,” he said, notingtheCatholicchurchcontinueswithitscampaignfor inactive Catholics to return to the church.

Hawkswell is welcoming them back and anyother Catholic that wants to join a rich commu-nity history he believes will continue to flourishfor years to come.

For now, though, it’s the Filipino commu-nity making that history as it continues to becommitted to the church, the schools and theneighbourhood. “They really do deserve creditfor making this area of town what it is today,”Hawkswell said.


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Father Vincent Hawkswell (left) shares a moment with Segundo Padolina, a parishionerof St. Patrick’s Catholic church on Main Street since 1980.

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If you’re thinking about the future ofthe Waldorf Hotel — and who isn’tthese days — I’d start with the muchvilified Solterra Group and its CEO

Gerry Nichele. They are the folks whobought the Waldorf and promised, so far,not to tear it down.

In economic terms, they have the mostat stake. Neither buyer nor seller is talking.But my sources at city hall point out thatthey paid $15.4 million for the property,which is almost double the 2013 assessedvalue of $7.9 million. Undoubtedly theydid this expecting a rezoning to make thatinvestment pay off.

Of course there are at least three other players in this little drama. Thatincludes the very creative Waldorf Productions, four young guys whoproved in two short years they could establish the hippest and most popu-lar cultural hub in the city.

Unfortunately, they have proven far less successful as business types.And their political acumen on the eve of their vacating the premises ispathetic, which I will get back to in a moment.

But their repeated assertion that they had a “financially viable businessthat was thriving” flies in the face of the fact they themselves admit theywere the beneficiaries of a significant forgiveness on unpaid rent.

That benefit has been estimated by the current hotel owner and the sec-ond player Marko Puharich at more than $300,000.

There is no question that when the Waldorf Productions lads took overthe space they found a down-at-the-heels operation well past its best be-fore date. They invested about $1.6 million in renovations.

Finally, there is the city and Vision Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson.Those hipsters who have regularly inhabited the various Waldorf venuesare Vision’s people. Those tattooed tweeters not only have Robertson’sear, they have his heart and soul.

It is no wonder that he directed the city’s senior staff to move with suchalacrity on the news that Waldorf Productions was calling it quits and thefuture of the hotel was in doubt.

The 120-day cooling off period declared by council prohibits a demoli-tion permit being issued while the city considers the buildings heritagesignificance and all parties consider their future.

And on that point, the people with the biggest task ahead would be Wal-dorf Productions. For starters, according to an email I have in my possessionfrom the production company’s Ernesto Gomez, they surprised and ticked offtheir most generous landlord Marko Puharich last summer by announcingthat they had spent the past year “doing our due diligence in regards to the re-development of your property.” All of this happened in the midst of them de-faulting on their original lease agreement and Puharich hoping to deal withwhat the production guys referred to as “our current lease situation”.

They wanted a meeting that would “leave lawyers, real estate people andanyone else out.” No such meeting happened. Six months later, Puharichsold the property to a buyer of his choice — the Solterra Group — whichmay very well have the same plans for the hotel and the adjacent propertyas the “real heavyweights” Gomez and his buddies were chatting up.

Solterra’s deal, however, required the property vacated by the time theytake possession next September. That put Gomez et al on a very short leash.

Rather than putting all their energy into making up with Puharich andquietly playing nice with Solterra, they hit the panic button and went onthe attack denouncing “cookie cutter condos.”

This inevitably raised the ire of thousands of their supporters includ-ing Robertson who bemoaned the potential loss of an important culturalinstitution. It also put Solterra’s investment at great risk in the face of aneighbourhood community plan that is in the works, which could ulti-mately be swayed by this dispute and insist the Waldorf property remainunder its current industrial zoning.

Waldorf Productions is currently poisoning any possibility of a détente withSolterra by threatening to thwart its plans for that rezoning. Not so smart.

We would all be better off if, over the next 120 days, all parties couldjust chill and cut a deal of mutual benefit. But then that could just be mywishful thinking. [email protected]

Waldorf crew shorton political smarts

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WALDORFFOLKHAVEAMNESIATo the editor:

Re: “Gen Why aims to save theWaldorf,” Jan. 9.

“When we took over it wasn’tevenonthemap”notedDavidFazio,brandmanagerfortheWaldorf.Thisand other similar statements I’veread since 2010 affirm that there’ssome sort of collective amnesia inthe Vancouver cultural-media.

From 1995 to 1999 the Wal-dorf’s exotic-rooms were thehome of regular Blue LizardCocktail Club extravaganzas.

MC Maxine Von Minx, cabaret-performer Cass King and otherlocal lounge-scene luminarieseven appeared on the front-pagein your newspaper!

I was there in 1997 when Van-couver’s burlesque scene wasborn with a dance by Ava Gold(all the way from Seattle’s LustyLady peepshow-parlour).

It’s slightly ironic that peoplewho are celebrating and trying tosave Vancouver’s cultural-heri-tage selectively erase history thatdoesn’t serve their agendas.Peter Lipskis,Vancouver

HOSPICEBEDSDEFINITELYNEEDEDTo the editor:

Re: “Volunteer wants MarionHospice to remain open,” Jan. 9t

We wholeheartedly agree thatmore hospice beds are needed inVancouver. As our population growsand ages, there is an increasing de-mand for quality end-of-life care.This is the sole reason why the Van-couverHospiceSocietywasfoundedin 2003.

Most people say they would liketo die at home. We are in partner-ship with Vancouver Coastal Healthin providing support for the dyingand their families in the Vancouver

community. However, remaining athomeisnotalwayspossible.Hospic-es provide the option of a non-insti-tutional home away from home.

With no public funding, our so-ciety purchased land in a centrallocation and built a Hospice Homeat 4615 Granville St. to support theneeds of our palliative community.We are in the final phase of rais-ing the necessary funds to openour doors to patients. Meanwhile,we train volunteers to visit the dy-ing in their homes and provide be-reavement support for children andadults.

Much attention is currently beingpaid to the struggles our health caresystem is experiencing in meetingcurrent demand. A bed in a hospicehome costs a fraction of the cost in ahospital. Let’s catch up with othercommunities in our province andprovide much needed hospice bedsas a cost effective alternative to hos-pital care.Sue Hurd and Sue Wong,Vancouver Hospice Society

IDLENOMORELOOKSFORWARDTo the editor:

Re : Idle No More piece elicitsstrong responses,” Letters, Jan. 13.

Mike Tropp’s condemnation ofthe Idle No More movement focuseson money wasted by First Nationsrather than the much larger sumswasted by the Department of IndianAffairs. First Nations are demand-ing better accountability from boththeir leaders and the government.Like many Canadians.

Tropp probably knows few FirstNations people and little about thedeadly impact of colonial policiespromoting assimilation or segrega-tion, if not extermination. He as-sumes that they are convenientlyblaming white treatment in the pastfor their present shortcomings. Weare all to a large extent tributary ofour past and branded by it. Howev-

er, the most encouraging aspect ofthe Idle No More movement is thatthe new generation is more inter-ested in discussing the future thanthe past.

Settling issues regarding treatyand land rights to provide better liv-ing conditions for the First Nationswould benefit all Canadians. Thepast needs to be reckoned with inorder to move forward in the future.Yvon Raoul,Vancouver

POODLEARTBESTSUITEDTOYALETOWNTo the editor:

Re: “Poodle on a pole perplex-es Main Street resident,” Jan. 9.

It’s stated a white poodle sculp-ture on Main Street and 18th Ave-nue cost $62,000. Is that the trueand entire cost ? Did that includethe cost to bring Montreal artistGisele Amantea to Vancouverand supply her accommodation,meals and local transportation?

Karen Henry, a cultural plan-ner with the city, says the proj-ect was sponsored by the Min-istry of Transport, the city andTranslink, all of which are B.C.departments. So why then wouldshe not seek a B.C. artist? I’veknown two Vancouver artists for40 years and suspect they wouldhave been happy to have been of-fered the work. Ms. Henry alsosays that “art is subjective.” Ofcourse it is, but that is not thepoint regarding this sculpture.The point is, once again, an un-elected person at city hall decid-ed wrongly how to spend taxpay-ers money.

Buy local we are constantly toldand here is yet another flagrantdisregard for that good idea.Why not take the white poodleand stick it on a pole in Yaletownwhere it will be more at home?Terry Love,Vancouver

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‘Man-cold’ victim wonderswho’s running the show

I’m lying in bed with a pounding head,plugged sinuses and a frail Wi-Fi con-nection. Write about what you know,they say. Well, I know for sure I have

one mean “man-cold.”We all know the sources of colds and flus

are viruses, which hijack cellular machin-ery to manufacture more viruses, whichgo on to infect more cells. Pretty straight-forward, Watson/Crick stuff, right? Notentirely. Two scientists recently surmisedthat the flu virus might actually boost ourimpulse to socialize. The reason being isthat the bug spreads through close physi-cal contact and needs to find new hosts, fast.

Colorado State University parasitologist Janice Moore and Chris Reiber,a biomedical anthropologist at Binghamton University in New York,followed up on 36 subjects who received a flu vaccine. They knew thesubjects’ immune system would react as if they had been hit by the livepathogen because the vaccine contains many of the same molecular com-ponents as the live virus.

The two discovered that the flu shot nearly doubled the number of peo-ple the subjects encountered during the brief period when the virus wouldbe at its peak of contagion. “People who had very limited or simple sociallives were suddenly deciding that they needed to go out to bars or partiesor invite a bunch of people over,” Reiber told journalist Kathleen McAu-liffe in a report for The Atlantic magazine.

Not a bad trick for a brief stretch of nucleic acid in a protein jacket, thecode equivalent of a floppy disk. Yet a pattern of infectious persuasion goeson all the time in nature. There are tiny organisms that increase their chanc-es of survival by turning their hosts into actual zombies. One such case in-volves the giant forest ant of Malaysia — Camponotus gigas to be precise.

If the insect is unlucky enough to breathe in a spore from a species ofCordyceptus fungus, its behaviour begins to change. For the first time inits life and completely against character, the ant leaves the forest floor toclamber up a tree. When it gets to the highest point, it freezes into positionon a twig or leaf, sinks in its mandibles, and dies.

Having altered the ant’s brain prior to death, the fungus then devoursthe rest of the ant’s innards and within a few weeks, a mushroom grows fromthe head of the insect. More caps may develop from spikes growing throughits exoskeleton. They eventually burst, releasing tiny capsules into the air.

According to the journal Nature Malaysiana, “these capsules in turn ex-plode as they float downwards, spraying spores over the surrounding areaand infecting unwary and unlucky insects. … The life cycle of the fungusis thus completed.”

Here’s another zombie. The free-swimming larva of the Sacculina bar-nacle injects a few cells into the chink in a crab’s armour, which then growinto a network of filaments on the crab’s underside. The hapless host endsup being the crustacean equivalent of an Imperial Walker from Star Wars.Parasites such as Sacculina “control their hosts, becoming in effect theirnew brain, and turning them into new creatures,” observes science writerCarl Zimmer in his excellent study, Parasite Rex. “It is as if the host itself issimply a puppet, and the parasite is the hand inside.”

Ants and crabs may seem like little Darwinian wind-up toys, and wedon’t have much problem thinking of their tiny brains and simple rou-tines being tweaked by parasites — even if the molecular mechanisms stillelude scientists. But how can the influenza virus — a thing so simple it ex-ists on the border between life and non-life — nudge the neural pathwaysor neurochemicals of humans in such a finely tuned way?

It’s a mystery how we can be motivated to bust a move to the bar orbistro by an infectious agent that is millions of times smaller than the pe-riod at the end of this sentence. It calls into the question the very idea ofhuman free will.

As science writer McAuliffe notes in her article for The Atlantic, with allthose infectious agents “out there that may also be playing tricks on ourminds — can anyone really know who’s running the show?” Consideringthat scientists believe that up to eight per cent of the human genome origi-nated from viruses, I think I can answer that.

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The Independent In-vestigations Officeis investigating an-other incident in-

volving the Vancouver PoliceDepartment where a personwas injured during an arrest.

The incident, which oc-curred Dec. 30 in ChamplainHeights, is the fourth casethe independent agency hasinvestigated in Vancouversince it began operating inSeptember 2012.

The most recent case re-lates to Vancouver policeattending a residence in

response to a complaint.Once there, officers locateda 26-year-old man who wasreportedly “distressed andexhibiting aggressive be-haviour,” said Owen Court, aspokesman for the agency.

Police attempted to subduethe man to transport him tohospital. During an alterca-

tion with officers, Courtsaid, the man suffered in-juries and was admittedto hospital, where he re-mained as of Wednesday.

Police notified the agen-cy one hour after they re-sponded to the call. At thetime, the extent of the man’sinjuries was not clear.

Over the following days,investigators from the agen-cy met with the man’s familyand a medical team when itwas determined the injuriesmet the Police Act’s definitionof “serious harm.”

The agency only inves-tigates cases involving po-lice where serious harmor death is involved. Theagency took over jurisdic-tion of the case Jan. 10.

The three other Vancou-ver cases investigated by theagency relate to the death ofan intoxicated man namedStanley Robert Morrison, aman shot and killed by policeoutside an apartment build-ing and a suicidal man whodied after police respondedto a call for assistance fromparamedics.

In December, the agencycleared the officers of anywrongdoing in the case of 51-year-old Morrison who diedwhile in police custody.

The case dates back to Oct.7 when Vancouver police re-ceived a 911 call regarding aman who was allegedly caus-ing a disturbance in a park inthe 900-block of West Sev-enth Avenue.

Two officers respondedand initially planned to trans-port Morrison to the Van-couver Detox Centre. Theplan was abandoned onceofficers learned Morrisonwas temporarily banned “asa consequence of his past ag-gressive behaviour towardcentre staff,” the agency’sChief Civilian Director Rich-ard Rosenthal said in hisreport.

Instead, Morrison accepteda ride home in a police van.Neither handcuffs nor re-straints were used. The three-kilometre trip took just underseven minutes to complete,the report said.

When the officer arrivedat Morrison’s residence, heopened the van’s door andfound Morrison to be “un-conscious and in medicaldistress.” Paramedics werecalled and arrived within12 minutes. They initiatedresuscitation efforts andtransported Morrison to Van-couver General Hospital. Hedidn’t regain consciousnessand was pronounced deadshortly after his arrival at

hospital. A toxicology reportindicated Morrison’s bloodalcohol content was .30 percent. A pathologist conclud-ed he died of “acute alcoholtoxicity.”

Court said there were noupdates to report on the twoother cases from 2012. Oncethe investigations are con-cluded, the agency will makean announcement, he said.

The agency has five teamsof six investigators and isbased in Surrey. Since it be-gan operating in September,the agency has been involvedin 13 cases in B.C.

“We certainly knew that wewould be busy and that’s beenthe case,” said Court, addingthe agency has enough staffto handle the workload.

So far, he said, the agencycontinues to have a strongworking relationship withpolice departments.

The agency signed a mem-orandum of understandingwith B.C.’s police services inJuly 2012 to work coopera-tively.


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Open Houses:Point Grey-Cornwall CorridorThe Point Grey Road–Cornwall Avenue Active Transportation Corridor Projectaims to create a safe, convenient and comfortable connection for pedestriansand cyclists between Burrard Bridge and Jericho Beach.

Come to a drop-in open house and share your thoughts on ways to improvethis corridor.

Tuesday, January 29, 4 - 6 pmMaritime Museum1905 Ogden Avenue, TK Gallery

Thursday, January 31, 7 - 9 pmQueen Mary Elementary School2000 Trimble Street, Gymnasium

Vancouver MattersFIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN YOUR CITY

Information Meeting:Renovation of KitsilanoBeach Park Tennis Courts

This spring, the Vancouver ParkBoard will begin renovating thepopular tennis courts at Kitsilano.Join us at an information meetingto learn more about this project:

Thursday, January 24, 4 -7 pmKitsilano Beach, Lifeguard Office1305 Arbutus Street

All 10 courts are scheduled to be closed in Apriland will reopen in the fall of 2013. Improvementswill be made to the playing surface, nets, andfencing of the north courts and to the playingsurface and practice wall of the south courts.

The renovated courts will be accessible towheelchair players and will be the first of theCity’s courts to meet international tournamentstandards.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:Phone 3-1-1, TTY 7-1-1 orvancouverparks.ca

Improving City Infrastructure: UpgradingWest 4th AvenueConstruction Work: January to June 2013

Collingwood to Macdonald Balsam to Granville

City of Vancouver construction crews will beginwork to upgrade the 100-year-old sewage pipesthat lie underneath West 4th Avenue startingMonday, January 21. Once replaced, the pipesare expected to serve the neighbourhoodfor another 100 years. City crews will also beupgrading the aging roadway and sidewalk.

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Saturday, February 2, 10 am - 2 pmKitsilano Community Centre2690 Larch Street, Snowy’s Lounge

City staff will be available at all theopen houses to discuss the project,answer questions and gather input.

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Saturday, January 26, 11 am -3 pmNorquay Elementary School4710 Slocan Street, GymnasiumCantonese and Mandarin speaking staff willbe available at the open houses to translate.

It’s your chance to learn more aboutthe new zoning and public benefitsstrategy and provide your feedback.City Council will be consideringadoption of the zones and strategythis spring.

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Supporters of an old workhorsecalled Clem hope the truck canmake a difference for small busi-nesses, artists, community groups

and garbage in Mount Pleasant.Clem is a red 1946 Studebaker truck. It’s also

the face of Mount Pleasant Business Improve-ment Area’s recent win of a $5,000 Zero WasteChallenge grant from Metro Vancouver.

“Mount Pleasant is quirky. Disregard thepoodle on the podium,” said community orga-nizer Robert Sutherland, referring to the con-troversial new public art piece at Main Streetand 17th. “Mount Pleasant is a little bit workingclass, a little bit eccentric. … We’ve got a lot ofstuff going on right now. People are interestedin sustainability and urban gardening.”

Sutherland, founder of the Mount PleasantArtists’ Society and a member of the commu-nity plan’s implementation committee, trans-ported Clem from a farm in Alberta to Vancou-ver last October.

“It spent 67 years hauling grain and now it’sgoing to be doing kind of farm chores. It’s re-

cycled as sort of an urban farm truck and it willbe doing its rounds picking up a lot of greenwaste from restaurants,” he said.

The idea of using the 1.5-tonne truck withthe dump box on the back as a communitytruck evolved after Mount Pleasant artist andcommunity builder Diane Lefroy and filmmak-er Ana Mateescu featured Clem among the sto-

ries of neighbourhood individuals they’re film-ing and posting online.

Sutherland said Clem will pick up wastefrom 20 to 30 businesses in Mount Pleasantduring a 10-week trial starting in April. Wastewill be analyzed and garbage disposal and re-cycling streamlined.

As the founder of Liveable Laneways, Suther-

land hopes more frequent garbage pickup byClem could further his work to animate lanesas community and art spaces.

Sutherland and supporters raised nearly$2,000 towards their goal of $12,000 throughan Indiegogo online crowd source fundingcampaign earlier this winter. The money willbe used to make road-ready what they called“the truck that keeps on giving.”

The campaign video includes the theme mu-sic from the movie Rocky, shots of Main Streetcar-free days, coffee shops, art and tattoos. MikeWiebe, owner of Eight ½ Restaurant Lounge,appears to describe how he’d rather have onetruck picking up waste on Main Street instead ofthe service being handled by a large company.

The truck could be used to haul compost,plants and building supplies for communityprojects. Sutherland hopes Clem can becomea self-sustaining enterprise where communitymembers could hire its services. He would ini-tially serve as driver.

Supporters also hope to use Clem as a stagefor performances. The plan is to make the sidesof the dump box fold down.

The Mount Pleasant community truck proj-ect is hosting a contest for artists to submit acaricature or cartoon-style portrait of Clemwith a $500 prize. The image will be used onT-shirts to support fundraising. The contest isopen until Jan. 25.


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Featured films focus on everything frommountaineering to skiing, snowboarding,paragliding, sea kayaking and a variety ofother risky/rewarding activities.

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Canadian ski mountaineer Greg Hillwill present his account of a major ava-lanche that killed several skiers/climberson Mount Manaslu in Nepal, while Austri-an mountain biker Harald Phillip will de-scribe his cheerier trip through the Alps.

Several filmmakers will be in attendance,including the creators of 2011’s award-winning cult classic ski film All.I.Can.

Tickets for all evening shows are $19advance and $21 at the door, with mati-nees at the Rio Theatre $15 and $9 forkids 12 and under. Shows at CentennialTheatre and Pacific Cinematheque, alongwith matinees at Rio Theatre are for all-ages; while evening shows at the Rio The-atre are only for those 19 and over due todue to B.C. booze laws. Travel on over tovimff.org for more info.

MOUNT PLEASANTFormer CTV anchor Pamela Martin is thehost of this year’s Looking Glass Founda-tion’s gala fundraiser Feb. 1 at the RockyMountaineer Station. The non-profit

group is dedicated to providing supportfor teens suffering with eating disorders.The guest speaker is Dr. Blake Woodsideand prizes include tickets for two to any-where Air Canada flies in North Ameri-ca, a round of golf with NHL legend PatQuinn, box seats for four for any concertat Rogers Arena and more. The celebrityguest has yet to be finalized but past per-formers have included Jann Arden andSarah McLaughlin. Call 250-539-2633for more details. Tickets are $250. Take alook at lookingglass.bc.ca for more.

KITS/WEST ENDA new bread-themed fundraiser is enter-ing Vancouver’s racing ring with an eventthat will see teams running in circles foran entire week starting Feb. 2. The BagelChase challenges participants to run thefive kilometre distance to Siegel’s Bagels

in Kitsilano across the Burrard Bridge tothe Cactus Club in English Bay and backagain a total of 8,000 times — roughly thesame distance as travelling the equator.All proceeds go to CISV International (for-merly Children’s International SummerVillages), a charity focused on achievingworld peace through multi-cultural sum-mer camps.

Runners can enter as individuals or asteams of up to 10 people. Registrationis $35. Head over to bagelchase.com formore.

DOWNTOWN EASTSIDEThe Battered Women’s Support Servicesoffers training to women who want to vol-unteer helping out physically and/or sex-ually assaulted women in the DowntownEastside. An information session will beheld Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. and weekend train-

ing sessions from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Feb.2-3 and Feb. 9-10. Participants will learnabout crisis intervention and support,group facilitation skills, the theoreticalfeminist framework of violence againstwomen, anti-oppression analysis and awhole lot more. Call Amrit at 604-652-1010 or email [email protected] for moreinformation.

KITSILANOThe Museum of Vancouver is hosting an

event Feb. 17 exploring the city’s heritage.The free event, titled Vancouver: Our Di-verse Heritage, will feature talks given byauthor Donald Luxton and Vanessa Camp-bell, an educator in the Squamish NationLanguage Program. 6 to 8 p.m. at 1100Chestnut St. RSVP [email protected] orcall 604-822-6915 to find out more.

(Sandra Thomas is on vacation.)

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Canada’s King of Swing Dal Richards celebrated his 95thbirthday with his wife Muriel, friends and family at thehistoric Panorama Roof.

The wildly successful Dine Out Vancouver Festival, thebrainchild of communications queen Kate Colley, hasgrown from 57 to 241 participating restaurants.

Screenwriter Joan Macbeth and filmmaker Michelle Muldoonwere among First Weekend Club members hoping to boostthe opening weekend box office for the thriller Liverpool.

Forage executive chef Chris Whittaker enjoys a taste of thegood food to come at the Dine Out launch, including his$28 prix fixe menu.

Local actor Paul Duchart celebrated with his Case 39 co-star Bradley Cooper, who received an Oscar nomination forbest actor for Silver Lining Playbook.

Dal’s gals Jennifer Hayes, Diane Lines and Dawn Chubaipartied with the King of the Swing at the Hotel Vancouverfor the band leader’s 95th birthday.

First Weekend Club’s Anita Adams is flanked by VancityTheatre programmer TomCharity and Vancouver InternationalFilm Festival executive director Jacqueline Dupuis.

At the Dine Out kick-off, Vancouver FanClub bartenderMark Bannel served up the joint’s Southern hospitalityand 14 handcrafted, made in B.C. beers on tap.

STILL SWINGING: Legendary bandleader Dal Richardsparties on for his 95th birthday. Aftermarking the occasionat the OrpheumTheatre, the Vancouver icon celebratedplaying for friends and family at the Hotel Vancouver whereRichards, then in his twenties, got his first break. The his-toric hotel opened its PanoramaRoof for the birthday bashand benefit supportingmusic programs for kids.

START YOUR RESERVATIONS: Never imagining her ideawould turn into the largest restaurant festival in thecountry, Kate Colley, former Tourism Vancouver stafferand founder of the wildly successful Dine Out Vancou-ver Festival, was on hand for the launch of the 17 daysof feasting at Vancouver FanClub. Humble beginningswith 57 restaurants participating in 2003, a record 241establishments will be serving up tasty $18, $28 and $38menus. In addition, there are 35 special events includingThe Grape Debate and Edible Canada speaker series.

TRUE PATRIOT LOVE: It’s not easy being Canadian. Lessthan 3.5 per cent of the country’s total box office went toCanadian films. First Weekend Club founder and Can-con booster Anita Adams hopes to change that by get-ting more bums in seats, especially during the criticalopening weekend. Her FWC has partnered with VIFF’sVancity Theatre to promote select Canuck films. The newpartnership kicked off with a cinema soiree to promotethe Quebec thriller Liverpool.

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Several weeks into2013 is a good timeto reassess being acord cutter in Can-

ada, especially since recentbrochures from both Telusand Shaw have landed in mymailbox. Both are begging meto return to conventional TV,and both gave me pause.

For about a moment.Because despite the extrawork involved, a review ofmy spending on TV in 2012shows cutting the cord wasthe smarter financial choice.

Here’s what it cost me in2012 to watch TV as a per-sonal case study.

Myphysicalsetupchangedlittle and therefore costlittle. I have an Xbox 360, aPlayStation 3 and a NetgearPush2TV adapter. The Xboxis two years old and came for“free” after switching over toTelus for my Internet. ThePlayStation 3 is five yearsold. Both devices have morethan paid for themselves withfrequent usage and are inexcellent condition. The Net-gear, which I bought on salefrom Dell for $80 early in theyear, uses a technology calledWiDi to mirror video and au-dio from WiDi-equipped lap-tops through to your TV. (It’ssimilar in function to Airplaymirroring video from iPadsand the most recent Macs tothe Apple TV.) It’s the onlycapital expense this year inmy setup.

My content purchases weredivided between subscription

services and purchases for in-dividual TV shows. Note thatonline digital stores allow onlyfor the purchase of TV shows— there are no rental optionsas there are for movies.

I spent $7.99 a month forNetflix for a total of $96. Itremained the core of mycord-cutting strategy in 2012and a service I use almostevery day. For individual TVshows, I bought season threeof The Walking Dead ($52),season five of Breaking Bad($26), and season two ofSherlock ($20) from what’snow known as the Xbox VideoStore. I bought season five of

Mad Men from iTunes ($32).Buying a season at a time

is cheaper than buying indi-vidual episodes and I had noproblem buying whole sea-sons in advance because I ama fan of these shows. All theepisodes were in high defini-tion — cheaper standard defi-nition versions are available.

I spent another $60 gettingan Xbox Live Gold member-ship, which is required touse apps like Netflix, Crack-le and Rogers on the Xbox.That’s highway robbery andsomething Microsoft needsto change if it wants to re-main competitive in pricing.

It’s an expense I will rethinkthis year.

My total TV spending for2012 was roughly $286.Compare that to $50 to $100a month I’d likely be spendingwith Telus or Shaw to receivea comparable level of choiceto what I receive from onlinedigital stores. Cable TV wouldgive me much more contentat any one time, but the vastmajority of that TV I don’twant and would never watch.

What devices did I usethe most? In 2012, it was awash between the Xbox andthe PlayStation. I alternatedbetween the PlayStationand Xbox for services likeNetflix (and Crackle whenI was curious or slumming).On the Xbox I sometimesused the Rogers app forCBC and CityTV program-ming and the Disney XD appto find suitable content forkids, although most of theDisney shows are terrible.Fortunately, kids care littleabout quality.

I also used the NetgearPush2TV to watch iTunesvideo and streaming TV suchas Canadian network sites likethe Comedy Channel (for The

Daily Show and Colbert Re-port) and the U.S.-only Huluservice for a variety of showslike Saturday Night Live, TheOffice and the lamentableTerra Nova.

Getting Hulu to workrequired a VPN service,which I’ll cover in a sepa-rate column.

I also rented perhaps adozen movies from the Xboxand PlayStation video stores.The cost for high definitionversions ranged from $5.99 to$7.99, and their cost was off-set by gift cards from Christ-mas for these two stores.

Finally, I used an old-fash-ioned $15 antenna to watchthe occasional news showand hockey on CBC, the onlychannel I receive reliably overthe air in my part of Vancou-ver. This was all free. Whenit came to major interna-tional news events like theearthquake in Japan and theAmerican federal election, Iturned to Al Jazeera, which isone of the few news networksto offer live English-languagenews broadcasting online.And it’s free.

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Their business, whichrelocated off EastHastings eight monthsago, accepts intake onthe first Monday of themonth (Feb. 4 is next; noappointment needed),whereby parents can dropoff up to two recycledbags worth of clothes,

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All items must be invery good condition,just as you would wantyour own child to wearnice things. “We use a60/40 arrangement,” saysMurphy, who likes to shopsmart too, being a singlemom of a 4-year-old.“This means if we sell anitem for $10, you will get$4, but it’s in store creditrather than cash.”

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Little Earth acceptsgoods from babies upto age eight, and also isremarkable in that it sellspre-loved cloth diapers.Now that’s enviro-friendly!

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It’s a crisp Sunday morning — one of those rare, bone-dry, sunny winter days — and Julien Thomas has asatisfied look about him. Sitting on a kitchen chairthat’s seen better days in the middle of a traffic circle

at the intersection of St. George Street and the 10th Avenuebike route with a fresh pot of coffee at his feet, the 26-year-old Mount Pleasant resident holds court. A shawl-wearingcyclist breezes past and rings her bell. Cars slow down anddrivers nod in approval. A three-year-old chocolate labnamed Hobbs stops by with his owner to investigate therosemary, lavender, mint, sunflowers and ferns plantedduring the warmer months. Neighbours wave. A musicianlugs his stand-up bass down the street to get it repaired. Abearded man on a customized, yarn-bombed “tall bike” tee-ters towards us and asks Thomas about his breakfast plans.

A year ago, this traffic circle was like hundreds of others

around Vancouver — taken for granted, strictly utilitarianand, as Thomas saw it, a blank slate open to interpretation.

A lifetime resident of Vancouver who works in construction,Thomas first became involved in the neighhourhood throughefforts to “daylight” sections of a creek running beneath St.George Street. That got him thinking about different waysin which residents could reclaim and transform their streets,which, in turn, led him to ponder the many wonders of trafficcalming circles — not only as a means of creating urban greenspaces through the city’s Green Streets Program, but nurtur-ing hubs of community activity and interaction.

“For me, the original goal was to find some sort of connec-tion to a city that I grew up in, in which we don’t really talkabout why we belong here or how we belong here,” he says.

Last spring, Thomas applied to the Vancouver Foun-dation’s Neighbourhood small grants fund and received$800. The money went towards plants, some of whichwere also donated by neighbours, a stonework mosaiccreated by artist Krista Morrison, a website and a Chemexglass pour-over coffeemaker to keep visitors and weekendwork parties caffeinated.

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The result is Gather Round, a three-square-metre patchof tranquility and neighbourly goodwill, which Thomaslikes to think of as “Vancouver’s smallest park,” though itdoesn’t have official park designation.

It’s the site of weekend work parties and friendly gather-ings throughout the spring and summer, and in September,he heard that a group of people had dressed up in costumesand held a Mad Hatter Tea Party in the circle one night.Even brewing the coffee has become a community effortwith nearby Matchstick Coffee donating the beans while aneighbour lets Thomas access his water and electricity forhis guerrilla barista activities.

A few houses down the tree-lined street of heritagehomes, some more pristine than others, and the occasionalVancouver Special, 24-year-old George Rahi, the beardedowner of the ridiculously tall, sweater-wearing bicycle,shows me his book collection.

Last spring, he and his roommates set up a makeshift“lending library” in front of their house, fashioned out of asalvaged shelf, where passersby are encouraged to leave ortake a book from the dozens on offer.

What started as a smattering of free reading material has blos-somed into an announcement board, an impromptu meetingplace and stacks of magazines and books ranging from HarryPotter and Harlequin romances to obscure Russian novels andcookbooks. While he rents a suite in the house, Rahi says hislandlord has been supportive or, at the very least, tolerant.

“I think it’s valuable to see the places where you live interms of something that’s worth putting in an effort to buildmore connections,” Rahi says, “because it’s pretty easy to be

a mobile renter who’s floating around the city and doesn’treally know their neighbours.”

Rahi, who’s originally from Pennsylvania and currentlycompleting a master’s degree in geography at UBC, admitsto being surprised by the enthusiastic response his libraryhas received. He particularly appreciates how somethingas innocuous as an outdoor bookshelf or traffic circle caninspire neighbours to get to know one another. “I love thatit’s an unexpected reclaiming of a public space that people

don’t think twice about, but draws people in and makespeople think differently of how little space we need to actu-ally make something interesting happen.”

Back at the traffic circle, Thomas pours another cup ofcoffee. “Oh yeah... this is flowing nicely,” he says, addingthat he recently bought a stainless steel filter, which he’sbeen gradually “dialing in.”

Although he’s had to navigate his way through typicalhoops and red tape from the city — no permanent struc-tures such as tarps, kiosks or chairs, for instance — Thomassays Gather Round is a constantly evolving project and “justthe tip of the iceberg” of what can be done when a neigh-bourhood comes together.

“Creating novel or unique spaces allows people to step outof their daily routine and have a different conversation,” hesays. “We walk around the city with a shell on sometimes,and when you step into a traffic circle the shell kind ofbreaks away and you can talk about what you want.”

Then there are those who are able to talk about whatthey want just by slowing down and unrolling the windowof their beat-up Ford Escort, as was the case with a jovialman who resembled a longtime resident of Margaritaville.“Hey,” he said with a hazy smile familiar to most people inthis city, before driving away. “You guys should grow someweed in there.”

Apparently you can take the traffic circle out of Vancouverbut you can’t take the Vancouver out of the traffic circle.

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Property for sale: 13-280 East Sixth Ave., $549,999Specs: one bedroom loft, 950 sq. ft.Lucky 13 is one of 14 lofts in the Brewery Creek Building, a Class‘A’ heritage structure built in 1905, which has been everythingfrom a packing plant to a candy factory, with the conversion toartist live-work studios completed in 1993. Actress Tristin Lefflerrecalls doing a photo shoot at the building and being immediatelycharmed. She and her boyfriend left the West End in 2008 specifi-cally to buy into the building and have been renovating their suiteever since. Last year, the couple added another addition — a babydaughter — and are looking for something more family friendly.For more on this property, go to vancourier.com and ginarossi.com.

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ALL APOLOGIESBy now you’ve probably read or heard that dis-graced cyclist Lance Armstrong has confessed togiver-of-life Oprah Winfrey that he kinda-sortaused drugs to win all those Tour de Frances andkinda-sorta apologized to the Livestrong cancercharity and rubber bracelet fashion house thathe founded for causing them stress, or some-thing like that. By all accounts it was a carefullycrafted mea culpa that falls far short of what Na-tionalPostsportswriterBruceArthurmasterfullysuggested he should apologize for in his Oct. 23,2012 column “The Apology Lance ArmstrongWill Never Give,” but at least it’s a start.

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• In 2005, I hosted the late night sketchcomedy show Saturday Night Live. My perfor-mance was mediocre at best. I thought givenall of my successes in life that of course I couldact and be funny. Sadly, that was not the case.Sorry, viewers of that show. Sorry, 2005 castof SNL, for having to carry me that night.Sorry, Tina Fey, for calling you the unfunniestperson in the world with about as much talentas Finesse Mitchell’s groin towel.

• To this day, I have never returned theDVD of Starship Troopers I rented from LuckyLu’s Video Emporium. That movie rocks.

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• Once, at an Olive Garden, I ordered aLinguine alla Marinara and only left a sixper cent tip because the garlic bread waswarm instead of piping hot. I can be a jerkabout that sort of thing. But hey, I like garlicbread. You could say it’s my thing.

• In 2007, I scratched the bumper of a 1989Toyota while parking my hybrid at WholeFoods but I didn’t bother to leave a note be-cause I felt the injured car was a piece of crapanyway. Even though it really was a piece ofcrap, especially compared to my bitchin’ hy-brid, it was the wrong thing to do.

• During the same trip to Whole Foods, Iwrote down the price code for regular bulkquinoa when in fact I knowingly filled the bagwith “organic” quinoa, at a savings of $2.37.I then made a mental note of those savingsand threw two dollars at the feet of a hoboand made him sing Elton John’s “Tiny Danc-er” to me because I effin’ love that song.

• While on the Tour de France, I filled myteammate Floyd Landis’s water bottle with wa-ter from the hotel’s bidet. It was wicked funny,but in retrospect kind of douchey on my part.

• In Grade 4, I forced a classmate to let mecopy his homework since I spent the previousnight watching The A-Team. I told him the entireschool would hate him if he didn’t do exactly asI say. The next day, I made him extract a vial ofblood in the cloakroom, which I then injectedinto myself before a spelling test. I received nineout of 10 on the test, only misspelling “aard-vark,” but it was a hollow, hollow victory.

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Biltmore continues to thrive in condo-crazed hoodMICKI COWANContributing writer

It’s outside of the club comfort zone of Granville Street andsmack dab in the middle of Mount Pleasant’s newest condodevelopment wonderland. Yet somehow, the Biltmore hasbeen able to occupy that slightly awkward nightlife space

at Kingsway and 12th since the 1960s, and more recently serveas the neighbourhood’s only mid-size music venue — in style.

The not-quite-seedy space rocks a popular burlesque nightand brings in local and international indie music acts. It’s a placefor the neighbourhood to rock and dance their little hearts out.

“There were people in the city that needed somewhere togo to have fun and see good music,” said Biltmore generalmanager Darius Minwalla. “That’s what we set up to do andthat’s what we’re still doing.”

For the young and hip, this place screams Mount Pleasant fromthemomentyouwalkthroughthedoor. If it isn’t the“bandyou’veprobably never heard of” or the red velvet decor, it’s the trail ofPabstBlueRibbon(PBR)cansyoucanfindleadinguptothefrontdoors — an entrance you’ll only find if you know it’s there.

If that’s not enough, check out the lineup of old arcade ma-chines boasting Big Buck Hunter, Tetris and pinball. Or dare tostare at the bathroom graffiti while attempting to hover and uri-nate: “Feminism is for lovers” (with a heart instead of an “o”).

Of course, it’s divey history helps with the Bilt’s character, too.Minwalla said before they took over the spot five years ago, it wasa “pretty rough,” and cops lined up outside the door on weekendsto pre-empt the inevitable tumbles. “It was not a place you reallywanted to come and chill out and have a drink with your girl-friend, because a guy would probably come up to you and start-ing hitting on her, then you’d be in a fight before you knew it.”

But knowing the hotel’s history and seeing its potential fora music venue, Minwalla and owner Zac Pashak set forth toclean it up and clean up the riff-raff. Then they got a fresh coatof red damask wallpaper and velvet cushions, plus a shiny new

stage and dance floor. All that led to the Biltmore Cabaret as it’sknown today — a place where burlesque shows can draw 300people on a Sunday, the mayor been known to DJ and morePBRs are sold than any other bar in the country. “The hipstersand young kids — if it’s cheap they drink it,” said Minwalla. “It’sterrible. But it’s got that vintage logo and is $3.75.”

As may be expected of a lone venue in a condo-developmentMecca, the Bilt’s had some challenges. “[The condos] are goingup like wildfire. I welcome them, [but] I hope they are aware oftheir surroundings before they buy half a million dollar homes.”

But he plans to keep fighting the good fight and keep the Bilt-more in the neighbourhood. “It’s slowly becoming a landmark inMountPleasant. I feel likeaslongaswestayopenandwe’redoingwhat we’re doing well, I hope people will think of us that way.”

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If you’ve eaten the famed nachos from the Foundationrestaurant on Main Street, you’ve eaten a chip of theol’ Mount Pleasant block.

The hailed nacho platter is a mess of Que Pasa cornchips sprinkled with cheddar cheese, corn, jalapenos andblack beans, all baked together in the oven. They’re servedon a platter the size of four faces. For a large, another layerof all the fixings is added on top and then it’s baked again.

The platter’s fame stems not only from its size, but alsoits price — $14 (taxes in) will feed up to four people. Tastyadd-ons such as sour cream and salsa are free. Truly, forvegetarian nachos, the Foundation is top of the pile.

The chips get a lot of attention. Yelp reviewer Reena Mis-try told the world the nachos were, “Definitely the best na-chos I had in all of Vancouver.” She gave them five stars.

When contacted by the Courier, Mistry said it must besome sort of special spice or sauce they add that makes herlong for them. “It’s just a deliciously unique flavour haven’tfound any other nacho in the city compare to.”

Molly Beaton, a server and prep chef at the restaurant, saysthe secret is actually all about one simple thing: the cheese. “Weput a lot of cheese. Nowhere else does that,” she said.

Preparing to serve the hungry crowds takes up a largeportion of the prep chefs’ mornings. Beaton pointed out alarge bin — prep chefs like her fill 20 of them with cheddarcheese and 13 with a combination of the other ingredientsto prepare for the evening avalanche of nacho orders.

“At night, people just order nachos. The whole bill trayis filled.”

And yes, the influx of orders gets overwhelming at times,which is part of the reason why the restaurant doesn’t offernachos until after 4 p.m. With only one chef and one serverduring the day, Beaton explained, “It’d be way too much ifthere were nachos.”

Aside from the cheese, it’s the chill nature of the place

that keeps people coming back to the Foundation — orkeeps others away. Atop the neon green walls are univer-sity-esqe quotes from Margaret Mead: “Never doubt that asmall group of committed citizens can change the world,”and others by George Orwell and the like.

But it’s hard to find an online review that doesn’t mentionthe, at times, slow service. Beaton explained that’s just partof their vibe.

“Some people don’t like the loud music and what’s goingon, how chill we are,” she said. “We know the music is loud,but that’s just our vibe. We want people to like the Founda-tion for that reason.”

Thriving as they are, their approach seems to work justfine for this neighbourhood.

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There is no list affixed to any fencepost, no bullet-point memo onsomeone’s blog, but for 17 yearsthe countless players who drop in

for a Mount Pleasant game of ball hockeyhave established a set of unwritten rules.

The first thing you should know, RuleNo. 1, about the East 15th Avenue pick-upgame is that all players are welcome but noteveryone can play. Keep this in mind whenyou read Rule No. 19.

That’s because, as Darren Gay explains,these guys are serious about a good gameof hockey. This is Rule No. 2: “We’re veryopen to anyone who wants to come out.”

Everyone gets a shot, he said, but theirgame is not for everyone. “We find withmost hockey players, they know if they cankeep up with us or not,” Gay said. “Peopleusually know if they can handle it or not be-cause it’s pretty intense. There’s a lot of run-ning and there’s tight checking.”

Dozens, maybe even hundreds, of playershave circled through the roster and steppedinto the cement arena, an urban coliseumbehind Simon Fraser elementary enclosedby a 10-foot chain-link fence once used fortennis and now cluttered with four basket-ball nets. In September 1996, Gay organizedthe first pick-up game for a group of friendsafter he put up a sign at Black Dog Video,the business he’d just opened on CambieStreet.

They played in gymnasiums, used a ten-nis ball and both men and women joinedin. This brings us to Rule No. 3: there’sonly one kind of ball for ball hockey andit’s not the green one you chase with a rac-quet. “Tennis balls are too bouncy,” saidlong-time player Erwin Schneider. “Youcan’t control them.”

In January, when a bare minimum of 11players came out, the game went ahead in –1 C weather with a single sub. Rule No. 4:A frozen ball will crack in half but it smartswhen it smacks skin in any temperature. “Ithurts when it’s warm, too,” said ThomasSanner.

Rule No. 5: Actual rules. Teams are de-cided by drawing sticks and everyone packsa light and dark jersey. First team to 10 wins.

“We have an unspoken rule that if it’s 5-0 we have the option to redraw the sticks

again,” said Gay, “because sometimes it’snot fun to get clobbered, but then some-times it’s fun to do the clobbering.

Women are welcome, this is Rule No. 6,but none have come for years. “One womanwas pretty good,” said Gay. “She could defi-nitely hold her own.”

Rule No. 7: “Lots of people come andgo,” Gay added. When the casual drop-in game became more competitive pick-up ball hockey, casual players droppedout. Friends tag along and never return.

Strangers drop by, then disappear after agame.

Others, like Darrell Barr, are instantlyhooked. Rule No. 8 is for him: Canadi-ans are never far from home when there’shockey. “When I moved out here, it took meabout two years to find a game,” he said. “Ifound one three blocks from where I lived inMount Pleasant.”

Barr started at least five leagues in On-tario, Nova Scotia and Germany where hewas stationed with the Canadian Air

Force as an aircraft technician. “There’s al-ways a game on somewhere,” he said.

Rule No. 9: It may be drop-in ballhockey, but players don’t drop-in unan-nounced. Attendance is organized andmonitored online. On rainy days, debatepersists until 11 a.m. until the game isfinally called or cancelled for 12:30 p.m.Sunday. In the summer, games shift to aweekday evening.

For a while, they implemented “beerster-isks” and designated players brought beer.The weekly game is also decidedly 420-friendly, although not all players partake.

Rule No. 10: They play four per side.Instead of skaters, forwards and defendersare runners. Rule No. 11: the game willnot happen if two goaltenders don’t confirmtheir attendance.

Rule No. 12: Some runners are poorskaters but it doesn’t mean they won’t takea pass in ball hockey. Gay and Schneiderregularly play on ice. Barr coaches his son’smidget house team. John Kurucz, a drum-mer in the metal rock band Gross Miscon-duct, played hockey as a teen in Nanaimo.

Keith Larkin, however, has rarely skatedin an ice rink. “I couldn’t afford to play hock-ey,” said Larkin, who grew up in Alert Bayand North Burnaby. “We weren’t the richestfamily. If there were ponds, we’d probablybe out playing shinny all the time.”

Instead, faded paint marks the back al-ley of his childhood home. “It’s almost gonenow, but you can see where we painted allthe lines. I’m a goalie — you can still see mynet, my crease.”

Rule No. 13: You’re never too old or tooyoung. Gay is 47, Barr just turned 50, Sch-neider has been playing for “about 1,000years.” (He’s 41.) Still a decade from mak-ing the old-timer leagues, these amateurplayers are athletic and grizzled.

One exception is Barr’s 15-year-old sonDante who dropped in for his first ball hock-ey game when he was six-months old.

“It was always my dream to play hockeywith my son,” said Barr.

Rule No. 14: Ball hockey is hard on thebody. “I find I’m way more sore after thisthan playing on ice,” said Kurucz. “Thefirst 10 minutes will be fast-paced and ac-tion-packed. Then as soon as the cigaretteskick in, minute 11 will be when the playdeteriorates.”

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Rule No. 15: Equipment is an ad-hocand ugly assortment of make-do gear sweet-ened by band T-shirts and bright toques.Players improvise with soccer shin pads andgardening gloves (Schneider wears hockeypads that cover his entire leg from knee toankle) but no one wears a helmet except thegoalies, who dress in full gear.

Barr has nearly 20 hockey sticks linedup near his front door because ball hockeytakes a toll on his and his son’s gear. Thetread wears down on sneakers and shoes fallapart where a shooter’s toe is dragged alongthe road every time he takes a slap shot.

Schneider wears a mouth guard but sevenyears ago he was elbowed in the mouth. Inhis honour, Rule No. 16: Hannibal Lecter.He took his bloody face inside to the reccentre, which has since been knocked downat Mount Pleasant Park. “I went inside andgrabbed some paper towel and I hockey-taped it on my face. I had a sort of Silenceof the Lambs mask and I just kept playing.”He didn’t get stitches. “That’s why it lookslike this.”

Rule No. 17: Injuries aren’t funny, ex-cept when they’re very funny. Like the timethe ball flew over the fence toward the play-ground and nailed a man where he’s mostsensitive. “We yelled ‘Heads up!’ He turnedaround just in time for the ball to hit himsquarely in the crotch,” said Gay. “After let-ting out some sort of guttural ‘Ooof!’ sound,

he doubled over and leaned against thefence. It was horrible for him but comedygold for us.”

Rule No. 18. There are no spectators ex-pect for the occasional fathers on the otherside of the fence. “We call them the lonelydads,” said Kurucz. “They’re with their fami-lies but want to be in here with us.” After 17years playing and aging together throughthe milestones of adulthood, many dedicat-ed players are themselves drawn away fromball hockey to spend the weekend with theirfamilies.

Rule No. 19 is named in honour of F.“There is this one guy, his name was F***,”said Gay. “Nobody liked him, he was a ballhog, he never passed, he never came back[to defend] and always floated. We talkedto him about this but he just never changed.One day we threw the sticks in the pile andmy friend Dennis grabbed his stick and justthrew it over the fence and said, ‘F*** you’redone.’ He never came back.”

Rule No. 20: Lifers like Barr and Gay,who is attending few Sunday games becausehe’s playing more on ice, both said the samething in separate interviews: “It makes myweek better.”

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Vancouver city council last year listenedto 139 speakers over six nights of publichearings before approving Rize Alliance’sproposal to build a 19-storey, 241-hometower near Kingsway and Broadway.

Councillors then riled anti-tower ac-tivists further by approving a rezoning

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Surrey city council, in contrast, hasbeen more united and entrepreneurialon the concept of taller towers. The Cityof Surrey-owned Surrey City Develop-ment Corp. has a $13 million stake inCentury Group Inc.’s planned $100 mil-lion, 50-storey residential tower in theSurrey City Centre neighbourhood.

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DOW, Pierre RogerApr 01, 1923 - Jan 03, 2013

B.S., D.D.S., M.Sc, F.R.C.D.(C.)Mountain climber, marinebiologist, veteran, endodontist,naturalist photographer, Arcticexplorer, professor of medicineand dentistry, MuscularDystrophy researcher, orchardist.Born in Geneva Switzerland onApril 1, 1923, died peacefully inhis 90th year in Vancouver onJanuary 3, 2013. He leaves tomourn his wife, Mona; childrenPeter (Peggy), Katie (Tony),Barbara, Bruce, Sandi, andJane; grandchildren Madeline,Molly, Ryder, and Leigh; greatgranddaughter, Reese. He was acharming man who led a vibrantexciting life. A celebration ofPierre’s life will be held onSunday, January 20, from noonto 3:00 pm at Cecil Green Park.In lieu of flowers please considerthe charity of your choice.

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ADVERTISINGGlacier Media Group makesevery effort to ensure youare responding to areputable and legitimate jobopportunity. If you suspectthat an ad to which youh a v e r e s p o n d e d i smisleading, here are someh i n t s t o r e m e m b e r .Legitimate employers donot ask for money as part ofthe application process; donot send money; do not giveany credit card information;or call a 900 number inorder to respond to anemployment ad.

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I AM looking for a mud marchingpartner who would love to marchwade & mix mud in our bare feetevery Sat $30/hr. The job isindoors & it will be outdoors in theSpring. If you like this job pleaseleave your name, ph number & adetailed msg at 604-544-2544 ore-mail me at [email protected] for kids, teenagers & adults

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Plus Travel, Hotel jobs in EnglandChildcare positions in UnitedStates, China, New Zealand,Australia, Spain, and Holland plusmore. Teach in South Korea.Accommodations & Salaryprovided. Various Benefits

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Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who needa stable, caring home for a few months.Are you looking for the opportunity todo meaningful, fulfilling work? PLEACommunity Services is looking forqualified applicants who can providecare for youth in their home on afull-time basis or on weekends for respite.Training, support and remunerationare provided. Funding is available formodifications to better equip your home.A child at risk is waiting for an open door.Make it yours. Call 604-708-2628

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1310 Trades/Technical1310STEEL FABRICATION

SHOP FOREMANFabrication shop on VancouverIsland, Duncan, BC, seekingforeman with prior experience inall aspects of steel fabricatingprocesses & crew management.Position includes quality control,m a n p o w e r s u p e r v i s i o n ,p r o d u c t i o n s c h e d u l i n g ,occasional welding, competitivewage & benefit package provided.Please submit application with

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YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMFOR YOUTH WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES

The Neil Squire Society’s Youth Enabled Program is a Canadiangov’t funded employment program for job seekers, 15 to 30 yrsold, who have a physical or mobility related disability.The 16 week paid program offers classroom employabilitytraining, and on-the-job experience.

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Sewing Machine Operator (#23)

Bulldog Bag Ltd in Richmond, B.C. has several perm, F/Topenings. The ideal candidate will have 3 years industrialsewing experience, speak and write English, be physically fit,and be willing to do shift work. Wages starting at $10.25depending on experience. Excellent benefit package.

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2005 Antiques2005JANUARY ANTIQUE SALE

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Quality Sunbrella awningfabric (rolls&remnants),offers.3 section storage rack (each44’’x72’’x97’’) $300. 2 sectionboltless shelving (each 51’’x25’’x110’’) $200. Metal filingcabinet $40. Blue fabricswivel office chair $40. Draw-ing/drafting table $200.604-874-6117 weekends only.

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Glacier Media Group Classified Departmenthas an immediate opening in our Burnaby office for an

INSIDE SALES ADVERTISINGACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those chosen for an

interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

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Your success will be measured by your ability to:• Develop and maintain new client relationships through

exceptional customer service• Conceptualize and execute print and online marketing

strategies to address client challenges• Ability to work effectively both as an individual and in a team

environment• Exhibit excellent oral and written communication skills• Display a sound understanding of online advertising sales

and current online advertising trends• Manage time and information with ease with a great

attention to detail while multi-taking in a deadline-orientedenvironment.

We offer a great working environment with a competitive basesalary, commission plan and benefit package.

If you think your qualifications are a match for this positionplease email your resume and cover letter to

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RE: LIQUOR CONTROL & LICENSING ACTHOURS OF SALE FOR LIQUOR PRIMARY LICENSE

An application has been received by the Liquor Control and LicensingBranch, Victoria, BC from 0918382 BC Ltd., operating Hooker’s Green,located at 1141 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC to extend the closinghours of sale in the interior only from 1:00 am Sunday through Thursdayand 2:00 am Friday and Saturday to 2:00 am Sunday through Thursdayand 3:00 am Friday and Saturday. There are no proposed changes tothe capacity.Residents and owners of businesses located within a 1/2 mile (0.8 km)radius of the proposed site may comment on this proposal by writing to:

THE GENERAL MANAGERC/O Case Manager

LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING BRANCHPO BOX 9292,

Victoria, BC V8W 9J8or by e-mail:

[email protected] AND FORM LETTERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

To ensure the consideration of your views, your comments, name andaddress must be received on or before February 15, 2013. Please note thatyour comments may be made available to the applicant or localgovernment officials where disclosure is necessary to administer thelicensing process.For your information, the opening hours of sale will be changing from 11:00am to 9:00 am Monday through Sunday, and the hours of sale will beextended on the patio from 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm Monday through Sunday.As these changes are in accordance with the City of Vancouver bylaws,no comments on these changes can be considered by the branch.

NOTICE OF INTENTRE: LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING ACT

APPLICATION FOR A LIQUOR PRIMARY (LP) AMENDMENTAn application has been received by the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch regarding thePint Public House (LP) and the Vinyl Retro Dance Lounge (LP), both located at 475 AbbottStreet in Vancouver.The Pint Public House (Pint) is proposing to expand into the space currently occupied by theVinyl Retro Dance Lounge (Vinyl. There would be no change to the overall licensed capacity.The proposal is to extend the licensed hours of the area currently occupied by the Vinyl tomatch the current hours of the Pint.The current licensed hours of the Vinyl are from 7PM to 2AM Sunday to Thursday and 7PMto 3AM on Friday and Saturday.The proposed licensed hours of the Pint will be from 9AM to 2AM Sunday to Thursday and9AM to 3AM on Friday and Saturday.Residents and owners of businesses located within a 0.5 mile (0.8km) radius of the proposedsite may comment on this proposal by

1) Writing to:THE GENERAL MANAGER

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PO BOX 9292Victoria, BC V8W 9J8

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Re: The estate of KARMENDRANATH VARMA, also known asKARMEN VARMA, deceased,formerly of Apt. 1701, 1082Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC,V6B 1X9NOTICE to Creditors and Othershaving claims against the state ofKARMENDRA NATH VARMA,also known as KARMEN VARMAare hereby notified under section38 of the Trustee Act thatparticulars of their claims be sentby registered mail to theExecutor, SHIVENDRA NATHVARMA, 144 Oleary Drive,Ancaster, ON, Canada L9K 0B8,on or before April 1, 2013, afterwhich date the Executor willdistribute the estate among theparties entitled to it, having regardto the claims of which theExecutor then has notice.

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1 BD top floor in Chilliwack granitecounters, 9’ ceilings, stack w/d.elec f/p. Secure undergroundparking. $149,000. 604-795-7367

3050 Preschools/Kindergarten3050

Preschool: Children ages 3-5Extended Day: Children age 5Elementary: Children ages 6-12

A Montessori education provides your child with an integrated,individualized and academically challenging program that meetshis/her changing developmental needs from year to year.Childhood happens once. A Montessori education ensures thatyour child will make the best of hers/his.

Parent Meetings 2007 (RSVP)Extended Day & Elementary Orientation

Feb. 15th at 7:00 p.m.

Preschool Orientation & RegistrationFeb. 15th at 7:00 p.m. & Mar. 15th at 7:00 p.m.

8650 Barnard Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6P 5G5

Phone: 604-261-0315

Parent Meetings 2013Parent Meetings 2013 (RSVP)Extended Day & Elementary Orientation

Feb. 7th at 7:00 p.m.

Preschool Orientation & RegistrationFeb. 7th at 7:00 p.m. & April 18th at 7:00 p.m.

8650 Barnard Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6P 5G5

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CHILDREN3050 Preschools/Kindergarten3050

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taught by highly educated professionals.Information Sessions:

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PIZZA FRANCHISE QUICKSALE Due to medical reasons.New equip + lease hold improve-ments. $93,000 interested partiesto meet in person. 604-729-4089

TOP FLR 762sf 1br condo, in-stelaundry, 45+ building Mt. Bakerview $89,000. 778-822-7387see uSELLaHOME.com id5553

6008-04 Burnaby6008-04

HIGHGATE RIDGE 1 levelground fl tnhse, 845sf 2br 2baw/lge backyd $420K 604- 376-7652see uSELLaHOME.com id5550

NR EDMONDS sk/train stn. 788sf2br 2ba condo across from Taylorpk $388,900 604-764-8384 seeuSELLaHOME.com id5571

6008-06 Chilliwack6008-06HARRISON HOT SPRINGSPenthouse, 1400sf, 2bdrm, 2decks, new appl, $239,900. Call604-768-8879

IMMACULATE 984SF 2br condoinsuite laundry, mountain view40+ bldg $88,500 604-703-3839see uSELLaHOME.com id5543

6008-08 Coquitlam6008-08

HUGE 1200SF 2br 2ba condoKids, pets ok, 2nd fl with ownside yard $285K 604-818-6080see uSELLaHOME.com id5471

6008 Condos/Townhouses6008

6008-12 Langley/Aldergrove6008-12

REDUCED TO sell 1536sf 3br2.5ba 1 owner end unit 6 yr oldtownhome $319K 604-833-4246see uSELLaHOME.com id5549

NICOMECKL RIVER hiking trailsnr this1279sf 2br 1.5ba tnhousew/pool, $224,900 778-240-3699see uSELLaHOME.com id5512

RENO’D 770SF 2nd fl with newappliances insuite laundry, petskids ok $177,777 604-530-6247see uSELLaHOME.com id5584

6008-14 Maple Ridge/Pitt Mead.6008-14

IMMACULATE 2446SF 4br 4bat/h. Incredible view, huge masterbr $399,900, 604-466-3175 seeuSELLaHOME.com id5226

6008-18 NewWestminster6008-18

TOP FLOOR quiet side of bldg650sf 1br+den condo nr Hosp,& Sky train $249K 778-241-4101see uSELLaHOME.com id5580

6008-28 Richmond6008-28

STEVESTON VERY large 1284sf 2br 2ba top fl condo amazingmtn views, $455K 604-618-8362see uSELLaHOME.com id5376

6008-30 Surrey6008-30

$10K BELOW assessment, 2br+Den or 3br, 2ba 1083sf condo,Nr SFU $339,900 604-866-7326see uSELLaHOME.com id5557

CLOVERDALE UPDATED 696sf1br condo, rents for $650 insuitelaundry $99,500 604-341-9257see uSELLaHOME.com id5500

GUILDFORD 650SF 1br 3rd flcondo, pool, exercise rm, partyrm etc, $213,900 778-834-8224see uSELLaHOME.com id5576

GUILDFORD QUIET 905sf top fl2br condo, recent flooring paintetc $179,500 604-496-3397 seeuSELLaHOME.com id5593


6008-30 Surrey6008-30

NEWTON HUGE 2017sf 3 or 4br 2.5ba tnhouse w/double sxsgarage $393,000 778-218-0389see uSELLaHOME.com id5320

NEWTON UPDATED 1007sf 2brground lvl, private entry, insuitelaundry, $196,900 604-592-2991see uSELLaHOME.com id5598

SURREY CENTRE ½ block tomall, skytrain, SFU, 668sf 1br+den $227,900 604-572-9095see uSELLaHOME.com id5609

6008-34 VancouverEast Side6008-34

ASKING $293K, 2 bdrm, 845sf.Great location, near transit/shops.#104-2600 E 49th. Open HouseSun Jan 20 2-4pmCall Pat @ Sutton WestCoast604 220-9188.

6008-42 S. Surrey/White Rock6008-42

EXECUTIVE LIVING gated1864sf 4bedroom 2.5bath, mainfloor master bedroom, 19+ adultcomplex $568,900 604-575-7636see uSELLaHOME.com id5552

6015 For Sale byOwner6015

REAL ESTATE

2BDRM+DEN/2BTH CONDO forSale. Next to Willowbrook Mall,Langley. 961sqft $255,500.Helen 604-762-7412 Pricereduced! Sale by Owner.

REGENCY Park Towers Condo2 Bdrm/2 Bath Corner Unit.

1200 Sq Ft. 6631 Minoru Blvd.11th Fl. Across from RichmondCentre and Skytrain. Bestlocation in Richmond. Reducedto $339,000. 604-278-5771

5 ACRE South Langley horse propertyright on South Langley Regional trail.Clean, bright & updated, older 2368 sqft, 2 bd home – Barn, stalls, x-fenced,p a s t u r e . 6 0 4 - 3 2 3 - 4 7 8 8PropertyGuys.com ID: 76788

6015 For Sale byOwner6015

2BDRM/1.5BTH INVESTMENTProperty in Lower Lonsdale.

862sq ft w/ 800sq ft patio.$289,000. Call: (604) 961-4349

5BDRM/3BTH HOUSESteveston, Richmond

Ideally near Westwind & Homerelementary & McMath Highschools. Dbl. glzd, lrg deck, hard-wood, reno’d bathroom &kitchen $787,000. 604-762-6921

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www.bcforeclosures.com4 BR home from $18,800 down$1750/mo. 604-538-8888, Alain@ Sutton WC Realty W. Rock

6020-02 Abbotsford6020-02

AT ASSESSED value 2200sf 5br 2.5ba backing onto greenbeltsuite pot $379,900 604-557-2205seeuSELLaHOME.com id5618

6020-04 Burnaby6020-04

BURNABY South; CORNER8810sq ft lot 3 BR 1200sf home.$999,000. No agents. 604-439-7554

6020-06 Chilliwack6020-06

11 ACRE lot w/1296sf 3br 2baUpdated modular home RyderLake area $475K 604-316-7775see uSELLaHOME.com id5640

AGASSIZ NEW 2350sf 3br 2.5Bath, high end finishing, hugemaster $369,900 604-729-0186see uSELLaHOME.com id5603


6020-06 Chilliwack6020-06

CHILLIWACK LK 1250sf rancherw/guest cabin, .5 ac lot, 2km tolake, pool $360K 604-824-5687see uSELLaHOME.com id5561

PRICE REDUCED, 1280sf 3br1.5ba ½ duplex, large 4480sflot $229,900 604-792-9287see uSELLaHOME.com id5511

6020-08 Coquitlam6020-08

OFFERED AT assessed value1000sf 3br 2ba home on huge10,000sf lot $414K 778-859-0717see uSELLaHOME.com id4272

REDUCED 3136SF 7br 3.5bafabulous vu, below assessmentCDS lot $688,888 778-898-7731see uSELLaHOME.com id5595

6020-12 Ladner/South Delta6020-12

W. LADNER ½ block from theFraser Riv,1600sf 3br characterhome, $545,000 604-617-3748see uSELLaHOME.com id5599

6020-14 Langley/Aldergrove6020-14

ALDERGROVE SXS DUPLEX80K below assessment. $3K/morent $527,900 firm 604-807-6565see uSELLaHOME.com id3428

FORT LANGLEY 2300sf 5brw/suite above 3 additionalrental units $985K 604-882-6788see uSELLaHOME.com id5533


6020-20 Mission6020-20

MULTI FAMILY, 10 RENTALHOMES in Mission with $91,000net income, on 6.5 acres,$1,025,000. 604 838-8692

6020-24 North Delta6020-24

UPDATED 4541SF 7br 5½baon large 8264sf lot, basementsuite, $819,000 604-805-6614see uSELLaHOME.com id5604

6020-34 Surrey6020-34

132ST, 92AVE 2140sf 5br 2baw/bsmt suite, huge 7200sf lot,updates, $529K 778-320-7506see uSELLaHOME.com id5568

CHIMNEY HTS 3600sf 7br+den6ba w/2 suites quiet cul-de-sac4600sf lot $669K 604-866-3515see uSELLaHOME.com id5597

CHIMNEY HTS like new 4100sf8br 6ba w/main floor bedroom,2 suites, $649K 604-441-9652see uSELLaHOME.com id5563

REAL DEPARTURE Bay-Nosteep stairs on cliff front. Just 2blks to sandy, usable beach. 8min to ferry, shopping closer.2,600 sq ft, 2 bdrm suite, activeviews, 3 full baths, sep. laundries.Oversize corner lot w/ access toRV pad behind house. $439,000.Drive by 2895 Fairbanks (cnr BayS t . ) N a n a i m o . V i e w b yappointment. 250-585-1111,250-729-7420

THOM CREEK Ranch - House forSale By Owner. In Chilliwack’spremier retirement complex. 2090sq ft finished plus 294 unfinishedready to model. In the top row withsuperb, unspoilable views of theCity, mountains and way beyond.Excellent Clubhouse. Friendlyneighbours $399,000 negotiable.No HST. 604-824-1892

WALNUT GROVE $435,000.TOWNHOME, End Unit

Private Greenbelt Lot2000 Sq.Ft. 3Bed 3.5 Bath

To View 604-838-5958

West Van DUNDARAVE HOUSE2 stories, 4 BR, 4bath, office, lrgkitchen/fam rm, 3 car heatedgarage, nr shops/schls, beach,4100sf, lot 8119sf, great value,$2,388,000. 604-730-9912

GUILDFORD MAGNIFICENT4952sf 10br 6.5ba back on creek,main floor master br, $765K

604-581-5541 see:uSELLaHOME.com id5506


6008-02 Abbotsford6008-02

IMMACULATE TOP fl 963sf 2br condo, insuite laundry, +55building, $121,500 604-309-3947see uSELLaHOME.com id5565

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6505 Apartments &Condos6505

6505-12 West VanApt. Rentals6505-12

1 BDRM/ 1BATHDundarave Village.

Large 1 bdrm apt with viewbalcony in central Dundarave.Laundry downstairs. No PetsAvailable immed. $1200/month.Call 604-922-0181 or email:[email protected]

6540 Houses - Rent6540AMBLESIDE WV,3 bdrm + den, 3ba, quiet, view, pet ok, N/s pref.$2850+ut. immed 604-317-1553

6595 SharedAccommodation6595


Furn Rm in bsmt, shd kitchbath,$390 incl util/ph, ns/np, no drinkgor drugs, working fem/student,coin wd. Call 604-879-4325

RENTALS

REAL ESTATE6020 Houses - Sale6020

6020-34 Surrey6020-34

NEWTON NEW 2200sf 5br 3.5ba½ duplex with 2br bsment suite$475K incl. HST 604-728-1419see uSELLaHOME.com id5591

TYNEHEAD 3800SF 5br 4.5baexecutive home 12,077sf lot, withside suite, $850K 604-575-7311see uSELLaHOME.com id5350

6020-36 Tsawwas.6020-36

CUSTOM BUILT, 2200sf, 3BR+den, 2.5 bath, new fixtures,7300sf lot, $659K, 604-943-9600


OPEN HOUSE Sat/Sun May 12& 13th, 10am - 2pm, 2396 East39th Ave. 50x140 lot, 1,050 sqftbungalow, asking $1.2 mllion.

RENO’D Van Heights contemp.,city & water views! 3 BR, 4 bths,2819 sf, + suite. 150 Kootenay St.Re/Max Central, Ken & LindaJohnston 604-644-3293

6020-52 Other AreasBC6020-52

HOPE, COUNTRY living 1850sf4br 2ba rancher on lg ½ ac lotmtn vu $272,500 604-869-3119see uSELLaHOME.com id5611

6025 Industrial/Commercial6025

VANC DNTOWN medical office672sf+188sf common area nearSt Pauls hp $375K 604-572-2785see uSELLaHOME.com id5509

6030 Lots & Acreage6030

CHILLIWACK BUILD 5000sfHome, 10,742sf serviced flatbldg lot $279K 604-798-5050see uSELLaHOME.com id5536

INVESTOR ALERT Clayton 1.27acre ppty w/1944sf 3br 2.5bahome $1,299,000 778-574-2519see uSELLaHOME.com id5613

LANGLEY BUILD your dreamhome, secluded 5 ac view ppty,well inst $630,000 604-825-3966see uSELLaHOME.com id4513

LANGLEY NR town fully reno’d2474sf home on 5ac ppty, bsmtsuite $1,150,000 604-825-3966see uSELLaHOME.com id5582

PENDER ISLAND, level buildinglot (3819 Pirates Rd) 0.36 ac/15,681 sq ft with water sewer,hydro, cable at lot line. By owneronly $109,900. 604-988-2653

SURREY TYNEHEAD 1ac dev.ppty into 5.5 lots starting Jan2013, $1,399,000 604-951-8777see uSELLaHOME.com id5566

6035 Mobile Homes6035

CHILLIWACK REDUCED mustbe moved 1130sf 2br 2bathmobile $7,500obo 604-795-7570see uSELLaHOME.com id5612

OWN THE land, 1092sf 2brrancher style mobile home, kidsOK, $179,900 604-824-7803see uSELLaHOME.com id5541

6040 Okanagan/Interior6040

MERRITT HERITAGE style 3070sf 4br 5ba on 9.9ac lot detachedshop, view $895K 250-378-8857see uSELLaHOME.com id5592

6050 Out Of TownProperty6050

1.6 ACRE OCEAN VIEWPROPERTY, in Town, Sointula,Malcolm Island, N.Vanc Island.Assessed $132,000, Se l l$129,500. 5 pm 604-628-4592

SPECTACULAR ISLANDVIEWS (10) San Juan Islands,

Anacortes - Biz Pt.$830,000 USD

4,100 sq.ft. on .5 acres, 5 br within-suite bath, oversized 4 cargarage 38’ long x 16’ High RV

garage. Custom home ICFexterior walls, geothermal heat

system. MLS# 313575Alan Weeks

3688 Birch Way, Anacortes,ZIP 98221-8440(425)691-9515

[email protected]

6052 Real EstateInvestment6052

90FT WATERFRONT, SointulaGuest Beach House Malcolm Is.N. Vanc Is. 2 BR, water, sewer,hydro. $229K. 604-628-4592www.sointulabeachhouse.com

LANGLEY RENOD sxs duplex+1/2ac lot, rental income $2,200/month $479,900 604-807-6565see uSELLaHOME.com id3186

6052 Real EstateInvestment6052

TRIPLEX- SOINTULA B&BGuest House, Malcolm Island,N.Vancouver Island. New reno,on view half acre. cost $900,000,sell $525,000. 5pm 604-628-4592

6065 RecreationProperty6065

1 BR Time Share Membership, 1week per year in Hawaii, RoyalAloha Vacation Club incls 3 wksbanked & transfer fee. $2500.604-261-5488, www.ravc.com

3 BR, lrg kitchen/lving room,1300sf seasonal, Gambier Isl.Sea Ranch $325K 604-266-6191

CABIN 15 mins SE of Hope BCSurrounded by mountains riversTall cedars, trails, clean air.3 BR, 1.5 ba, 6appls, sleeps 12+$239K by owner, 604-795-3663

CWK 2 BR, 1 bath. 1 car garagecrn lot, fenced yrd, new reno, freehold $149,900. 1-360-637-8442

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Exclusive & Private Lake ShoreCottage, for all info:

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GET AWAY - Mayne IslandTurn Key house, 2 BR + suite,all for $320,000, 250-539-5011

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8015 ApplianceRepairs8015

VAN APPLIANCE SERVICESRepair home appl. Low rate guar.Permit/Lic. Tom 604-323-8063

MR. BUILD - Renos and Repairs.Est 1989. 9129 Shaughnessy St.Please call 604-732-8453

8055 Cleaning8055EXPERIENCED HOUSECLEANERwith over 15 years work experience.Basic Residential Cleaning Only.3 hrs minimum. Eva 604-451-3322

RELIABLE, RESPONSIBLE &Respectful. Refs avail. Non-Toxicproducts. Yolanda 778-228-8228

A 1 Retaining Walls, Founda-tion, Stairs, Driveways, Patios,Sidewalks. Any concrete project.Free Est. Bill 604-617-5813

8073 Drainage8073GREENWORX ★ DrainageSewer & Water, video inspecions& jack hammer 604.782.4322

6508 Apt/Condos6508

*Drywall * Taping * Texture *Stucco*Painting * Steel stud fram-ing Quality Home 604-725-8925

A. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #19807Semi-retired wants small jobs only.604-689-1747, pgr 604-686-2319

INSTALLATION REFINISHING,Sanding. Free est, great prices.Satisfaction guar. 604-518-7508


6020-34 Surrey6020-34

CLAYTON IMMACULATE 3523sf 5br 3.5ba w/bsmt suite acrossfrom park $648K 604-575-7636see uSELLaHOME.com id5551

CLOVERDALE 3850SF 6br 5ba3lvl 2/suite potential on 1/2ac GDlot, $789,800 778-549-2056 seeuSELLaHOME.com id5564

E. NEWTON 4000sf 8br 5.5ba2 yr old 3 level home w/3 brbsmt suite $699K 778-895-8620see uSELLaHOME.com id5628

FLEETWOOD ACROSS fromSchool, reno’d 2600sf 6br 5baw/suites $579K 604-434-3482see uSELLaHOME.com id5577

FLEETWOOD RENO’D 2140sf4br 3ba, large 7100sf lot, bsmtsuite $549,000 604-727-9240see uSELLaHOME.com id5617

GREEN TIMBERS beautifullyupdated 3100sf 5br 3.5ba, suite8400sf lot $575K 604-340-1551see uSELLaHOME.com id5631

GREEN TIMBERS reno’d 2400sf 4br 3ba, lg 7800sf lot, bsmtsuite $559,000 604-727-9240see uSELLaHOME.com id5617

GUILDFORD 1900SF 3br 2baw/basement suite on huge 8640sf lot, $479,000 604-613-1553see uSELLaHOME.com id5608

UBC, 204-5725 Agronomy Rd,2B, 2BA, corner, 944sf, balcony,lease, no pet, no smoking, $2100,Feb 1, call Eric (604)723-7368.

6508 Apt/Condos65081 BR apt, 2257 Dundas St, Immed$795/mo, suits 1, no Animals, nrdtown/PNE. Karen 778-327-9971or Carole 604-253-0127

6508 Apt/Condos6508

UBC, 805-5868 Agronomy Rd,2B, 2BA, bal, 1008sf, lease, nopet, no smoking, rent $2900, now,Eric 604-723-7368

VANCOUVER. Modern 1 & 2 BR.Collingwood Village. Steps toJoyce Skytrain. 1-888-830-4232

VANCOUVER - Modern suites atFraser Pointe- Marine Drive.Great Views of Fraser River &Mtns. Studio, 1 & 2 BR in concretehigh-rise. Pet Friendly (some con-ditions apply). 1-888-894-9452

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Artistry of Hardwood FloorsRefinish, sanding, install, dustlessProf & Quality work 604-219-6944

8090 Fencing/Gates8090West Coast Cedar InstallationsNew or repaired outdoor cedar

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CONCRETE driveway, drainage,excavation, sidewalk, pavers, re-taining walls landscape, backhoe& bobcat services 604-833-2103

Electrician Lic#95323, Bonded,Affordable Com/Res. No Job toosmall. 25 yrs exp. 604-727-2306

LIC. ELECTRICIAN #37309Commercial & residential renos

& small jobs. 778-322-0934.

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 ser-vice call. Insured. Lic # 89402.Fast same day service guar’d. Welove small jobs! 604-568-1899

8087 Excavating8087# 1 DRAINAGE,

STONE WORK &DEMOLITION

one mini, paving, landscaping,stump / rock / cement / oil tank& dirt removal, paver stones.

Water / sewer line,Slinger avail. 24 hours

Call 341-4446 or 254-6865


HATZIC LAKE 1 hr drive fromVanc, 2 vacant lots 1 is lakefront$70K is for both 604-302-3527see uSELLaHOME.com id5588

HATZIC LAKE Swans Point, 1 hrfrom Vanc incl lot & 5th wheelski, fish, $148,500 604-209-8650see uSELLaHOME.com id5491


LOT & Trailer. This little gem islocated 120 miles from Van, pool- C.H, hiking, fishing, history ofCaretaker, maint $775/yr,reduced winter price $30,000. Lot33 - 30860 Trans Canada HwyYale BC. Ph 1-604-792-6764

PALM SPRINGS Vacation Home55+ Gated Park, $119K, 1800sf,3 BR 2.5ba. Call 604-737-7756

RV LOT at CULTUS LAKE HOLI-DAY PARK with year round campingaccess; finished in paving stones,low fees. All ament Grt loc. Movingmust sell $107,500. 1-604-795-9785

OCEAN FRONT boat access only2 yr old 1600sf 3br 2.5ba 30minfrom W Van $799K 778-998-9141see uSELLaHOME.com id5424

8030 Carpentry8030

Since 1989RENOS • REPAIRS

9129 Shaughnessy St., Van.

732-8453

8060 Concrete8060

CONCRETE SPECIALISTSidewalk, Driveway, Patio

Exposed Aggregate,remove & replacing

Reasonable rates. 35 yrs. exp.For free estimates call Mario604-253-0049

8075 Drywall8075



732-8453

UNIQUE 1 BR, in Heritage home,Kits, UBC, sea, garden, trees,$1540/m, n/s n/p, 604-738-6041

6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602

2BDRM/2BTH OAK & 64thBright bsmt suite. Laminate flrs.priv laundry. 900sf. Utils/net,incl. N/p. $1,300. 604-763-7885

6602 Suites/PartialHouses6602

1 BR ground level large, nearFraser & 58th. close to schools &bus. no pets, no smoking, $700 allinclusive. Feb 1st, 778-838-4691

2 BR ste, 2 full baths, Brand Newhome, private entry. Main/Fraser,n/s, n/p, $1100 incl utils, availNow. 778-889-2941

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Aries March 21 - April 19: The weeks ahead bringsocial joys, popularity, entertainment, light romance, groupactivities and wish fulfillment – in an even stronger dosethan most Januaries/Februaries. Life seems worthwhileagain! Though the pressure is off at work, bosses stillfavour you, so a moment of socializing with them (sayMonday, Tuesday) can’t hurt. Sunday’s for shopping – early,before ten. Travel, paperwork, casual friends, errands andvariety fill Monday/Tuesday – be curious. Head for homeWednesday eve to Friday: be sluggish, recuperate, nurturefamily. Romance crescendos Saturday.Taurus April 20-May 20: An ambitious month begins.Your energy and magnetism are tops Sunday, but there’slittle worth doing. Charge after money and possessionsMonday/Tuesday – a great two days for investments,wiping out debt and sensual gratification. Your careerand social reputation face a lucky opening. Trips, errands,paperwork and casual friends/siblings fill Wednesday eve toFriday: good mixes with bad, so be on your toes. Legal andgovernmental zones might not go well, but your career faceseven more opportunity, If you have an ambitious hunch, acton it without delay. Home, family Saturday.Gemini May 21-June 20: The weeks ahead featureintellectual activities, far travel, love and weddings, culturalprojects, higher learning, religion, philosophy, insuranceand statistics. The small of these will proceed swiftly,but the big is sluggish, will grow Jan. 30 onward. Retreatand rest Sunday: DON’T handle sharp equipment. Yourenergy, magnetism, sense of timing and effectiveness soarMonday/Tuesday: start new projects, declare your love, seeand be seen (and heard!). Chase money Wednesday eve toFriday noon: open doors and barriers mingle: buy cautiously.Errands and friends, Saturday.

Cancer June 21-July 22: The month ahead featuressex, intimacy, high finance (investments, debt, etc.)mysteries and research, health diagnosis, lifestyle changes,commitment and consequence. This area is super-chargednow; testosterone is high; so is human attraction. You couldbe tempted to stray. Investing in (or researching in) yourcareer can yield benefits. Sunday’s friendly, happy, butavoid practical goals. Retreat to rest, plan, and fulfill oldobligations Monday/Tuesday: you might receive a “gift” foryour charitable or spiritual efforts.Your energy and charismasoar Wednesday eve to Friday.Leo July 23-Aug. 22: The weeks ahead emphasizerelationships, opportunity and opposition, negotiation,dealings with the public, relocation possibilities and freshnew horizons. You feel ambitious Sunday, but a nice restwill gain more. Your popularity rises Monday to Wednesday.Social delights, light romance, entertainment, optimism andwish fulfillment flow in. Someone you meet or woo couldbe a potential, viable life mate. Retreat Wednesday nightto Friday: rest, contemplate, plan, be spiritual, charitable.Your energy, charisma and timing soar Saturday – approachsomeone to solve a problem.Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Sunday’s mellow, loving, butdon’t start major projects – contemplate, or read. Beambitious Monday to Wednesday – great luck accompaniesyou. A month of work and health concerns has just begun(Jan. 19) and this dovetails splendidly with your career,prestige and status desires. Monday/Tuesday (not so muchWednesday) are one of the prime intervals in this trend– if you work eagerly, you gain. Approach higher-ups witha plan or proposal those two days. Friends, popularity andoptimism visit you Thursday/Friday. Retreat for some “downtime” Saturday. Contemplate love barriers.

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: A month of romance, creativity,of pleasure, charming children and speculative urges startsnow. Indulge some of those speculative urges – you’re on awinning streak! There will be a bump, especially around Jan.30 (next week) – one that might raise the problem of moneyor unequal socio-economic positions. And in general, if youwant to turn love into living (i.e., co-habitation) or marriage,you face problems involving domesticity: where you live, orstep-kids, etc. Still, you could hardly pick a better time thisdecade, to love and mate! Monday/Tuesday show how/why.Lucky!Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Until late February, examineyour relationships and projects – jettison the old, stale andunworkable, to make room for the new little green shootsthat you now must nurture. Err on the side of gentleness inthis, for you are temperamental all January in domestic andother situations – “dumping someone” roughly can createa long-term enemy. At home, kindness is key. In gardening,go light on fertilizer. Sunday’s intriguing but without result.Sexual urges, mysteries, high finance, investments, fillMonday-Wednesday – luckily so! Mellow thoughts lateweek. Be ambitious Saturday.Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: The weeks aheadfill with casual friends, siblings, errands, short trips,communications, details, reports and paperwork. It’s a verybusy but not terribly important time. Send “love letters” overthe two weeks ahead, both literally and metaphorically (e.g.,the right glance or tone of voice is a “letter” also). Tackleroutine chores Sunday – nothing big. Relationships exciteand are splendidly lucky Monday/Tuesday – be eager to join,diplomatic, flexible: others hold the power. Deeper themes– sex, intimacy, financial commitments – need caution lateweek. Mellow joy Saturday.

Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: The month ahead featuresmoney and possessions. You have already experiencedheightened money flows since late December: now thesebecome more serious, as your “net worth” is affected. So it’svery important to stop useless, nervous or frivolous outflows,and to invest, if you do, carefully. The best time to investfor machinery, tools, work is Monday/Tuesday – two greatdays to apply for employment or begin a project, also. Thebest time for other types of investment (or reducing debt) isJanuary 27. Sunday’s beautiful but useless. Relationshipsdemand care Thursday/Friday.Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Your energy, effectiveness,timing and charisma reach a yearly high over the next fewweeks. Start important projects, see and be seen, vie forromance (one of the bigger ones of your life seems likely toarrive, or has arrived,between June 2012 and June 2013).Askfavours, they’ll be granted.Sunday’s for rest,period.Romance,a creative surge, charming kids, speculative success, fill asplendidly lucky Monday/Tuesday (and Wednesday, but withlittle result). Tackle chores Thursday/Friday – keep an eye onsafety. Relationships contain a hidden barrier Saturday.Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Withdraw mildly now to lateFebruary. This is your recuperation time of year: rest, protectyour health, contemplate where you stand now and makeplans for future action. Be charitable, spiritual – it will comeback to you. You feel like visiting or communicating Sunday:little result. Charge into domestic, real estate, gardening,nutrition, children, security and retirement zones Monday/Tuesday – you’ll succeed, in major ways! Romantic notions,creative urges and pleasure drives swell Thursday/Friday, butyou might be wise to let these remain notions only. Tacklechores Saturday.

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It’s the culmination of an brand mes-sage that stretches all the way back tothat first 2002tii that the late, great Da-vid E. Davis got so effusive about.

The blue-and-white roundel wouldonly adorn the sportiest of machines

from Germany; they might be comfort-able, luxurious and well-equipped, butthey were primarily tools for driving.

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Speaking of numbers, BMW aficionados are awfully fondof them. For instance, I could walk up to any member of thelocal BMW club and tell them that I grew up driving an 85E28 535i, and they’d instantly have a picture in their headof exactly what I was talking about.

My 328i tester, on the other hand, has nomenclature de-signed to infuriate the purist. Once upon a time, the badgeon the back of a Beamer indicated engine size and madethings easier for their would-be buyers.

These days, the 328i has a 2.0L turbocharged engine(which must surely be worth more than 0.8L of extra dis-placement), and it says “xDrive” on the flanks as opposed tojust “x” on the back to let everyone know it’s got proprietaryfour-wheel-drive.

Out front, the iconic BMW twin-kidney grille now con-nects directly with the headlights, giving the impressionthat the car has tear ducts. Taken overall, it’s a handsomemachine that’s as loud as a charcoal business suit (i.e. notat all).

ENVIRONMENTInside, fans of early Beamer 3s will think they’re lookinginto a 5-series — and they’d be nearly right. The new ‘3 isjust as spacious as a 5 from the early part of last decade,particularly in the back seat where rear knee room is ex-emplary.

Up front, things are a little more of a mixed bag. Whilemy tester was a “luxury” line (Sport or Modern are the al-ternatives) and came fully loaded, it did have the vaguestaftermarket feel to the way the navigation screen sat in theinstrument panel.

Not that there was anything of an afterthought about theiDrive system itself. Critics absolutely hated the old systemwhen it debuted, but that was nearly a decade ago. Likemost modern BMWs, the 3-series control interface is veryintuitive and simple to use.

The rest of the cabin is typically BMW, an incremental im-provement over the old 3-series, but not something to shockor amaze. Build quality is very high, as you would expect.The seats err on the side of slight firmness.

Down on the centre next to the shifter is a toggle switchto flick the car between comfort, normal and sport modes— just in case you aren’t sure what the difference is throughthe seat of your pants, a handy screen will pop up to let youknow what your button-pressing has accomplished.

PERFORMANCEFirst, to placate the BMW purists who will no doubt bescoffing at the idea of a four-cylinder BMW. Yes, this engineis nowhere near as sweet or smooth as the old straight-6.An inline-6 is a perfectly balanced engine, and no-one doesthem better than the Bavarians.

On startup, the 2.0L four-pot turbo is a bit clattery, aswith most direct-injected engines. You won’t notice any-thing inside the cabin, but do expect some funny looks.

Put the car in motion, however, and things change quitea bit. While there is the teensiest bit of hesitation from theturbo-lag, this new motor is much stronger down low thanthe old inline-6. BMW claims 241hp. I claim that BMW issandbagging like an old pro.

My tester was white-on-tan with extra-cushy interior op-tions and wood trim: a machine spec’d for the silver-haired.Regardless of appearance, tickle the throttle when in sportmode and it’d scoot like a scalded cat.

Naturally, not everything was as sporting as it could be— the steering is not quite as knife-sharp as one would ex-pect from a BMW — and those looking for a little addedprecision would do well to consider the sport line. Howev-er, mid-range acceleration of this new four-cylinder engineand 8-speed transmission is excellent and certainly BMW-like in rapidity.

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Bring the 3 to a stop and a bit of an Achilles heel is ex-posed: the start-stop system. Yes, this does indeed savefuel, but it’s really quite rough in engagement.

Nothing so bad as a Altima Hybrid, but certainly a fewsteps back of the system that Porsche now offers in itssports cars.

As the weather was fairly poor, I had ample opportu-nity to try out the all-wheel-drive. BMW’s xDrive systemdiffers in feel to competitors in its apparent rear-wheel-drive bias.

It’s certainly a pleasure to carve through a corner(though the Luxury Line is a bit too wallowy to makethings really pleasant) and if you’re a bit too hastygoosing the throttle, you will overwhelm the systems.

Other improvements include a much better ride —some if the added comfort feels like it comes at the costof body roll. BMW enthusiasts will again want to see ifthey can stretch to the Sport package.

FEATURESAt just $43,600 to start for a rear-wheel-drive model, the3-Series is very competitively priced. There’s also a ClassicLine which comes with xDrive for just $39,900 — not toomany options available on this one.

Like any other German manufacturer, start optioning outthe car you actually want and the price climbs rapidly. How-ever, the addition of a single package including navigation,parking assist and keyless go for $3,500 and kept my testerjust a hair under the 50K mark.

Notable available features include BMW Apps, whichallows you to update your car down the road just as youwould update your smartphone, and a sensor under therear bumper that can open the trunk if you wave your footunder it when your hands are full. Clever stuff.

Observed fuel economy is markedly improved over theold inline engine. Official ratings are at 8.6L/100kms in thecity and 5.2L/100kms on the highway. City figures can beimproved upon when the start-stop system is active

STOP SIGNNoisy engine, body roll and options can add up quickly.

GREEN LIGHTStrong acceleration, excellent fuel-economy, improved in-terior space and available all-wheel-drive grip.

THE CHECKERED FLAGEven as BMW moves into an area of broader appeal andmore efficient offerings, the 3-series remains the industrybenchmark.

COMPETITORS• Cadillac ATS ($35,195)

At the press launch for Cadillac’s new small sedan, theBMW 3-series might have been mentioned once or twice.Or several thousand times.

Caddy drew down a bead on the 3 and took their best shot.Surprisingly enough, it’s pretty good; in fact, the hat tip hasto go to the ATS for the better on-road handling dynamics.Of course, this is Caddy’s first shot and there are some weakpoints, most notably the shoddy instrument panel and thewonky CUE control interface. Even so, the fact that a Cadil-lac can run toe-to-toe with Beamer’s best in the twisties saysa great deal about GM’s ground-up effort.• Audi A4 ($37,800)

If your commute has heavy snow, buy an Audi. If it’s got acurvy road, buy a BMW — or at least, that’s what commonsense used to say.

These days, Audi’s moved pretty far from its front-driveroots, and the A4 is just as capable of a backroad boogie asthe Beamer. While the BMW has the engine edge on paper,the Audi’s 2.0L turbo engine has lovely grunt. It’s a closerrace than you’d think.

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