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Investigators have renewed their
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find the killer of Wendy LadnerBeaudry.
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» Jerseys found
EAST VAN HOME
Dead baby déjà vu in East Van
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This close to the
playoffs, is the
punishment for Shane
O’Brien too harsh?
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NO: 78%
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Police said the same
woman gave birth to the
baby who was found inside
a plastic bag outside her
home in the 2500 block of
Charles Street in March
2009. Coroners ruled the
first death as suspicious.
“The reality is there are
no restrictions on her freedom, her movement, any of
her activities just because
she’s involved in an investigation,” explained Const.
Jana McGuinness. “She’s
not charged with anything.”
Police began searching
for the newborn Wednesday
at the same location where
the first infant was found.
“It’s difficult even for seasoned investigators to manage a case like this,” said
McGuinness. “No one would
ever think they would be
doing an investigation like
this again inside of a year.”
Recovering the child’s
body is essential for investigators looking to press
homicide charges through
the Crown. McGuinness
was unable to comment on
the woman’s state of mind or
any interviews with family.
Murder case enters ‘new phase’
MATT KIELTYKA - Investigators
still don’t have a single suspect in the 2009 murder of
Wendy Ladner-Beaudry in
Vancouver’s Pacific Spirit
Park.
Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Cpl. Dale
Carr returned to the park –
where the 53-year-old
woman was brutally murdered in broad daylight April
3, 2009 – to update media on
the case in an attempt to spur
new leads.
“We’re here because of
Wendy,” Carr said at the spot
where Ladner-Beaudry’s
body was found, just off the
busy intersection of Marine
Drive and 41st Avenue “We
have no witnesses that have
come forward to date. We did
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mother at the centre of two
investigations involving the
deaths of her two newborns
is currently free.
Vancouver police were
convinced the woman’s second baby met foul play during an interview March 29.
Investigators learned the
child was born in early
March but had not been
Cpl. Dale Carr said police are asking the public to come up with tips
to help solve the year-old murder of Wendy Ladner-Beaudry.
not come up with a suspect
for this investigation, we currently have no suspect.”
Being no closer now than
they were nearly a year ago,
police have entered a new
phase of the investigation.
IHIT have made a plea to
the public on YouTube and investigators have created a
“persons of interest” list with
270 people.
Carr wouldn’t say how the
list was compiled or what criteria was used, but said everyone would be questioned
starting with those who live
(or have lived) closest to the
popular park.
It’s still not known
whether Ladner-Beaudry, sister of former Vancouver
councillor and mayoral candidate Peter Ladner, was a
random victim or if she was
targeted.
Carr said his team hadn’t
lost its composure during the
trying investigations, but understood the public was getting restless.
“These investigation are
inherently long, there shouldn’t be an expectation of time,”
he said.
Anyone with information
on the case is asked to call 1877-551-IHIT or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
UFC fight night back on for June 12 date
MATT KIELTYKA - UFC 115 in
Vancouver appears to be
back on.
After a roller coaster
week of negotiations between the city and the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization over
plans for a June 12 pay-per-
view event at GM Place, the
deal is “basically done,” say
sources.
The down-to-the-wire
talks over insurance issues
got so dire that sources
within UFC said the event
was cancelled and promotion deals in Vancouver were
scrapped. But the pressure
tactics appear to have paid
off as the city and UFC have
reached an agreement over
the insurance issues.
UFC president Dana
White told The Canadian
Press the event was going
ahead and was expected to
make a formal announcement after UFC Fight Night
in Charlotte, North Carolina,
Wednesday night.
Officially, the city isn’t saying a deal has been reached
but had a rosy outlook considering the pressure they were
under earlier this week.
Burnaby RCMP have recovered six of 10 stolen
Vancouver Canucks jerseys
intended for auction to
support B.C. Children’s
Hospital. A Good Samaritan
contacted police Wednesday after finding the items
and a stolen laptop inside
an office-building elevator
at 3965 Kingsway. The
items will be returned to
donor Dueck GM. Earlier
police had commended the
good spirit of a number of
people who donated items
to replace the stolen jerseys.
» Chase charges
Abbotsford Police want
more than a dozen criminal
charges approved against a
man who led officers on a
high-speed chase Tuesday
afternoon. The pursuit
ended just south of Golden
Ears Bridge where police
pinned the suspect’s vehicle between two police
cars after it lost control.
The male driver hopped
over a guard rail but was
quickly taken into custody.
Police clued in on the suspect when one of two
teenage girls riding in the
vehicle mouthed the word
“help” while waving her
arms.
» Tip scores
An anonymous 911 call on
Tuesday has led to the
arrest of a man identified
as a person of interest in a
March 23 sex assault along
the Seawall. Police went to
a homeless shelter in the
300 block of East Hastings
where he was sleeping.
Charged with one count of
sexual assault is 29-yearold James Frank Shalagan.
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BOB MACKIN - Mayor Gregor
Robertson rubbed shoulders
with captains of industry during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
His agenda, released to 24
hours under Freedom of
Information, shows a Feb. 17
dinner with Virgin boss Sir
Richard Branson and venture
capitalist Frank Giustra at
Cioppinos before the Virgin
after-party at Gossip.
NBC Universal CEO Jeff
Zucker hosted a Feb. 13 party
at Goldfish.
The next day’s entry shows
a meeting at the figure skating short program with
Microsoft chief operating
officer Kevin Turner.
On Feb. 21 there was a
reception with Cisco Systems
vice-president Robert Lloyd
at Molson Canadian Hockey
House before Canada and
the U.S. met in the first
round. The next day Robertson was scheduled to meet
Canadian Pacific CEO Fred
Green.
A Feb. 15 appointment lists
Vinod Khosla and Bing Gordon of the KPCB venture
capital firm at the Shaw
Tower residential
boardroom. Khosla was
founding CEO of Sun
Microsystems and Gordon
the former chief creative officer at Electronic Arts.
The agenda includes
entries for a Feb. 18 council
and commissioners midOlympic briefing/update and
a Feb. 26 caucus meeting.
The last entries on Feb. 28
are the Hill and Knowlton
rooftop party at Joe Fortes
and an after-party at the
Fairmont Pacific Rim.
Robertson found time to
attend son Satchel’s hockey
game on Feb. 14 and rugby
match on Feb. 27.
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Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender is pushing the province to talk about how to pay for the pending Evergreen Line.
RAPID TRANSIT
End of the Evergreen line?
DHARM MAKWANA – Is it now
or never to build the Evergreen Line?
That’s the $1.4-billion
question TransLink’s Council of Mayors must somehow
answer in considering a federal funding commitment
and matching provincial dollars for the rapid transit line,
connecting Burnaby to Coquitlam. In addition, the offer
would likely be pulled if
TransLink can’t come up
with it’s $400 million share.
“We would probably be ill
advised to say, yes we’ll let
that money go, because we
may not get it back,” said
Langley City Mayor and
Mayors’ council chairperson
Peter Fassbender. “Then
we’ve got a bigger problem.”
Fassbender has been
vocal in calling for talks between Metro Vancouver
mayors and the province to
determine a sustainable
funding model for TransLink
that doesn’t compromise existing services.
But pleas from the Langley mayor and his cohorts for
consultation have gone unheard as the province continues to announce and re-announce progress on
developing the 11-kilometre
stretch without providing financial details.
All that’s known is the
money will be raised, perhaps through unilateral legislation sent down from the
province, which could hike
property tax rates, install
road tolls or other carbonpricing measures.
“At the end of the day, it
doesn’t matter which pot it
comes out of. The pot is filled
by the taxpayer whether it’s
federally, provincially or municipally,” Fassbender said.
“How that taxing authority is
done and the reallocation of
some funds that are already
collected may be an issue
that we need to look at.”
Burnaby Mayor Derek
Corrigan has examined expanding rapid transit in the
region’s northeast sector
from a number of angles and
willingly concedes now is not
the time to break ground on
another mega-infrastructure
project.
“That may be the most
sensible way to deal with the
problem,” he explained.
“Since the province cannot
come up with enough money
to be able to make this project work and TransLink is
not in a position to make this
project work.
“If you do go ahead re-
gardless, we know, the bus
system will be affected because the bus system always
gets punished and the bus
system carries 80 per cent of
our riders.”
Corrigan contends the
province is dancing to the
beat of a federal agenda by
scrapping original plans for
light rail for SkyTrain technology.
“They’ve eliminated any
potential competitors, so it
will surely go back east,” he
said. “The federal government would only put in
money that this would go
back east.”
Transportation Minister
Shirley Bond did not return
24 hours’ calls for comment.
An announcement on
Evergreen Line financing is
expected sometime this
spring.
Camping in great outdoors only a click away
SAVANNAH BOYD - With the
long weekend right around
the corner, many British
Columbians are eager to engage in one of the quintessential Canadian pastimes –
camping.
Thursday, the B.C government launched an enhanced
version of its Discover Camping website.
The reservation service
allows users to book individual campsites in advance to
reduce check-in lineups at
the various sites.
Several improvements
have been made to the web-
site to provide a user-friendly
interface.
Jordan Klassen, a website
designer, speaks highly of the
page, calling it a “great service”. He said the ability to
browse campsites based on
location, or on availability,
was particularly effective.
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BOB MACKIN - Vancouver’s
former civic electrician said
inspectors were unable to
enter Olympic venues to do
their duties.
“They could not continue
inspections,” said Arkady
Tsisserev. “I was terminated
on Jan. 21 and the Olympics
started Feb. 12. They could
not provide inspection services, they were not
accredited to access those
installation sites.”
Tsisserev was fired without
cause Jan. 21 by city council
in a cost-saving measure.
Tsisserev said accreditation forms were circulated
and submitted to chief building official Will Johnston in
December.
Johnston could not be
reached for comment
Wednesday.
“In January I sent another
e-mail asking about accreditation because some of my
inspectors were already
expressing concern they had
problems accessing sites,”
Tsisserev said.
City manager Penny
Ballem confirmed accreditation was not obtained for
inspectors, but venues were
certified before the Games.
She said emergency crews
arranged by VANOC were
on-site at venues around the
clock.
“If we had needed
(accreditation) we would
have gotten it at short
notice,” said Ballem, one of
the city’s two directors on
the VANOC board.
Tsisserev’s lawyer reached
a $177,345.54 settlement
with the city on Feb. 12,
according to documents
released Monday.
He was appointed in 1994
and due to retire in 2011.
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HOMELESS MAN
Watts reforming
Surrey’s image
Flower seller fondly remembered
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MATT KIELTYKA
MATT KIELTYKA - Friends and
family gathered Wednesday
during an intimate memorial
service to close the book on
Tom Sawyer’s life.
The beloved 55-year-old –
who was homeless and sold
flowers to Vancouverites for
money – was injured in an
alley between the 900 block of
Homer and Richards streets
March 10.
He died in hospital from
the injuries, but the circumstances around his death remain a mystery.
None of that mattered
Wednesday at The Gathering
Place, where more than 100
people shared a laugh and tear
in memory of their “flower
child.”
“If you knew Tom, you
Memorial for Tom Sawyer drew more than 100 people.
knew he was a free spirit,” said
his brother, Doug Sawyer, at a
tearful ceremony. “He was a
child of the 60s. Sometimes
he looked it, but he always
lived it. I think he would be
surprised with all the people
here today, but I’m not. Tom
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IN REGARDS TO BILL
Tieleman’s article “Thankfully students shut up Ann
Coulter” (24 hours, March
30). I have never been a
fan of Ann Coulter, but I
have always admired her
guts. It is preferable to
Bill’s chauvinism. That is
what gender equality is
all about Bill. Deal with it.
- Ken J. Marsh
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CHATTER
PHOTO OF THE DAY
@JSBMrevolution So UFC
is back on for Vancouver? So much for those
"sources" I guess that
said it had completely
fallen through. #ufc
@Madusaurio Now UFC
is back in Vancouver I can
wish that mma fans
would be more like
Olympic fans. I love mma
but it attracts meatheads
touched a lot of people.”
Doug said his brother
stayed true to that spirit,
whether it was when he was
successfully living in Mexico
or when he had fallen on hard
times and ended up in the
streets of Vancouver.
FOR A GOVERNMENT
claiming that going
“green” is the answer, this
is just pathetic. Anybody
that has seen the
bumper-to-bumper traffic
on a 10-lane highway
knows that wider highways and bridges are not
the answer. People have
to create alternatives, not
to mention electing
responsible governments.
- Randy Hodge
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My most
delightful
neighbour is a
widow nearing her 80th
birthday. Last
month, she announced she
was moving out of her house
to live with a relative up
north. She put her home up
for sale and got seven serious
offers.
The winning bid was
$100,000 over asking price,
with the new owners paying
three-quarters of a million
for lot value alone.
The obvious question is
how on Earth can anyone
ever afford to live in Vancouver?
They can’t, which is why
people are moving to Surrey.
Look at Surrey today and
you can see why 1,000 new
people migrate to the city
each month. You can still
afford to buy a home there.
Businesses can still afford
the rent and earn a profit.
Yet, when some bad guys
shoot each other in a fastfood joint, the headlines explode that Surrey is somehow
an unsafe place and a crime
capital. It’s a reality that frustrates Mayor Dianne Watts
no end.
“If a shooting takes place
in Vancouver, Richmond or
any other city,” says Watts, “it
has a distinctly different
flavour in the media than
when it takes place in Surrey.
We’re a big city now – nearing 500,000 citizens, with
100,000 arriving here in the
past decade alone. Big cities
sometimes attract big city
problems, and Surrey is no
different.”
On Wednesday the mayor
held her annual “State of the
City” speech, an event that
attracts Metro Vancouver’s
business community as well
as a lot of media attention.
The speech is a proud recounting of Surrey’s success
to date, and a plan for the future.
“To achieve this
“greatness” Watts
and Surrey city
planners did
something
revolutionary – they
asked the world to
help them re-design
significant parts of
their city.”
Families are choosing to
live in Surrey more than any
other city in the province, and
one-third of the population is
under 19. They are shifting
away from being a suburb,
says Watts, and becoming the
region’s next great metropolitan centre.
To achieve this “greatness” Watts and Surrey city
planners did something revolutionary – they asked the
world to help them re-design
significant parts of their city.
The TownShift competition offered a prize to the
winning architects and urban
designers who could re-think
five communities: Cloverdale, Fleetwood, Guildford,
Newton and Semiahmoo.
TownShift (www.townshift.com) received responses
from more than 20 countries,
and the winning designs
were from leading thinkers
from around the globe, as
well as from Canada.
Designers were asked to
address head-on matters of
Surrey’s car dependency, and
were required to plan communities where you could
live, work and shop all within
a short distance.
By comparison, Vancouver has had a “neighbourhood
centres” program stuck in
bureaucratic limbo for years,
bogged down by NIMBYs.
Where Vancouver feels
stuck in neutral with no leadership, Surrey is propelling
forward with a vision for the
future.
During her speech, Watts
announced a new City Centre Flagship Library designed
by local architect Bing Thom.
It will be a showpiece
public building and an
inspiration for the rapidly
re-shaping “downtown Surrey”.
Watts, her council and
Surrey city staff are quietly
reforming the city’s image.
Surrey’s slogan is “The future
lives here”, and it’s becoming
increasingly hard to dispute
it.
>Breaking News
Isotopes solution to lead
to worse cancers: Experts
QMI AGENCY — The federal
government’s solution to the
medical isotopes shortage
will only result in more
advanced casesofcancerand
heart disease, Canada’s leading nuclear doctors say.
Thedoctorswererespondingtothefederalgovernment’s
decisioninanewreportnotto
build a medical isotope-producing reactor to replace the
ChalkRiverfacilitythat’sbeen
offline for almost a year.
“It’s concerning they’re
backing away from a multipurpose reactor,” said Dr.
Christopher O’Brien, president of the Ontario AssociationofNuclearMedicine.“It’s
also concerning they’re
putting all their hopes and re-
“It’s concerning
they’re putting all
their hopes and
resources into an
untested and
unproven
technology.”
sources into an untested and
unproven technology.”
The report was the feds’
official response to a panel,
created by former natural resourcesministerLisaRaitt,to
find new supplies of medical
isotopes used in cancer and
heart scans. The key recommendation made by the panel
wastobuildanew$1.2-billion
reactor.
>> $400M more
pledged to Haiti
Canada has pledged another
$400 million to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti rebuild.
The pledge will roll out over
two years to support Haiti’s
priority projects and will
flow through the newly
formed Interim Haitian
Recovery Commission.
>> Teen pointed
laser at chopper
Police in Cape Breton, N.S.,
have taken a 15-year-old
into custody for allegedly
pointing a green laser at
two airplanes and a helicopter. Aviation regulations
state it’s illegal to project a
bright light source into navigable airspace because it
can create a safety hazard.
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HEALTH SHOCKER
Obese youth new
heart risk group
QMI AGENCY — Young people
are Canada’s newest “at risk”
group when it comes to heart
disease,andquick-fixweightloss solutions aren’t working.
A Heart and Stroke FoundationstudyreleasedWednesday found that out of 2,000
Canadians surveyed online,
62% had attempted to lose
weight recently but failed to
keeptheweightoff.Sixin10regained some of the weight,
while three in 10 gained back
moreweightthantheyhadlost.
But the primary concern
for researchers is the spike in
averageweightandtheprevalence of obesity among Canadians aged 20 to 39.
In the past 30 years, obesityhasdoubledamongCanadiansaged40to69andtripled
among those aged 20 to 39.
Foundation spokesman
Bob Reid said the dramatic
rise is “tracking through”
from high levels of childhood
obesity, bringing with it complications such as high blood
pressure, cholesterol and
type 2 diabetes, leading to potentialspikesinheartdisease.
The Heart and Stroke
Foundation’sReportonCanadians’ Health found that
within the 20-39 age group,
three million are inactive, 2.5
million are overweight or
obese, two million smoke,
164,000 have high blood pressureand66,000havediabetes.
TheFoundationislaunching an online forum tailored
foryoungpeople,offeringa12week personalized weightloss program. The Healthy
Weight Action Plan is available free online at heartandstroke.ca/hwplan.
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Grits call
for minister
to resign
QMI AGENCY — Liberals are
once again calling for embattled minister Helena Guergis
tobebootedfromcabinet,this
time for a deceptive letterwritingcampaignbytwostaff
members — with the Grits alleging one of the staff ’s
mother, a former riding associationpresidentandaformer
assistant to another Tory MP
doing the same.
Guergis’s assistant JenniferCravenhadbeenwriting
lettersas“JenniferMorgan” —
hermaidenname— totheeditors of various papers in the
minister’s riding north of
Toronto praising her and cutting down her critics.
Maclean’s reported they,
too,receivedapro-Guergisletterfromherspokesperson,Valerie Knight (who did not disclose her relationship to
Guergis)foraMarch14article.
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>World
International donors met
Wednesday to pledge some
US$4 billion to Haiti,
launching a worldwide
effort to rebuild the country
after January’s earthquake.
“What we envision today is
wholesale national
renewal,” United Nations
Secretary General Ban Kimoon said, opening a
one-day conference of
some 120 countries, international organizations and
aid agencies.
Ban called for quick donations in response to a UN
request for $1.4 billion in
immediate humanitarian
assistance for Haiti.
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Archbishop comes RUSSIA
to Pope’s defence Rebels claim responsibility
REUTERS – Milwaukee’s Roman Catholic archbishop says
Pope Benedict had no responsibility for the Church’s failure to halt sexual abuse by a local priest who molested
some 200 deaf boys over two decades.
“The Holy Father has been firm in his commitment to
combat clergy sexual abuse, root it out of the church, reach
out to those who have been harmed and hold perpetrators
accountable,” Archbishop Jerome Listecki said at a Holy
Week mass held on Tuesday.
Victims allege that the Pope could have removed Murphy from the priesthood but declined to do so.
The Vatican has accused the New York Times, which
broke the story, of being part of an effort to unjustly “smear”
the Church.
Some of Murphy’s victims in Milwaukee have said the
Church’s response vilified them and only added to their
anger.
REUTERS – Chechen rebels
claimed responsibility on
Wednesday for two suicide
bombings that killed 39 people in the Moscow metro and
threatened further attacks in
the Russian heartland.
In a video on an Islamist
rebel website, Chechen rebel
leader Doku Umarov said he
ordered the Moscow attacks.
The video was posted just
hours after two suicide
bomberskilledatleast12people in Russia’s North Caucasus.
The suicide bombings,
which have killed at least 50
people and injured another
100 in less than three days,
have stirred fears of a major
bombing campaign against
Russian cities by Islamist insurgents.
Umarov, Russia’s most
wanted guerrilla who calls
himself the “Emir of the Cau-
PHOTO: REUTERS
» Donors line up
to rebuild Haiti
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This frame grab image purports to show Chechen militant leader
Doku Umarov. In the video Umarov claims responsibility for the twin
suicide bombings in Moscow’s subway Monday that killed 39 people.
casus Emirate”, said that he
had ordered the twin suicide
bombings in Moscow to “destroy infidels”.
“Both of these operations
were carried out on my commandandwillnotbethelast,”
said Umarov.
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» Workforce sees winter boost
In a sign the economic recovery is gaining momentum,
Canadians worked more and earned more in January
with stability returning to the country’s manufacturing
sector. Total hours worked by payroll employees rose
0.3% in January while employment was unchanged,
Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. Employment
gains in mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction, construction, finance, transportation, warehousing and
healthcare offset a slumping service sector.
QMI AGENCY — Skyservice
Airlines has shut down
operations, a statement
issued by the company
Wednesday said.
An Ontario court has
placed the charter airline in
receivership, the statement
said.
“Recent changes in the
Canadian vacation tour market combined with Skyservice Airlines’ debt level have
rendered the company un-
able to maintain profitable
operations,” the company
statement reads. "As a result,
one of the company’s secured
lenders applied for the appointment of the receiver.”
All remaining flights have
been cancelled through the
end of the April.
The court-appointed receiver will work with tour
operators and customers to
“promptly” resolve passenger issues, the company said.
Think tank says infrastructure spending key to recovery
QMI AGENCY — Infrastruc-
ture spending, not tax cuts,
provided the biggest shot in
the arm to the Canadian
economy during the reces-
sion, according to a new
report by an independent
think tank.
The Conference Board of
Canada said Wednesday that
some stimulus measures had
a larger impact than others.
“Tax cuts can be given out
quickly, but the impact on
the economy tends to be
short-lived and muted,” said
Pedro Antunes, director of
national and provincial forecasts at the Conference
Board.
Last
Song
Actor Miley Cyrus
talks about graduating
from Hannah Montana and
taking on new challenges
in her life. P12
Tiger
Woods
Eye-popping details
about hook-ups
between Woods and
his alleged lovers in
Vanity Fair magazine.
P15
Clash of
the Titans
The big-budget
remake, starring Sam
Worthington, has
nothing new to say.
P13
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Looking for new challenges
QMI AGENCY — Most
teenagers just have clothes
and crushes to outgrow.
And then there’s 17-yearold Miley Cyrus, who’s determined to graduate from Hannah
Montana,
the
multi-media franchise that’s
grossed more than $1 billion
in CDs, DVDs, novels, video
games, concert tickets and
merchandise.
Cyrus insists there’s no
going back to her blond alterego once she’s quit.
“The wig is —” she says
with a whistle “— out! One
will be in a museum and one
will be burned … We were
kind of planning when the
transition would take place
and when I would leave the
show behind and do somethingelse.I’vegonethesepast
five years of doing Hannah
Montana with everyone
telling me what to do. And
now it’s kind of up to me (to
do) what I think is right for
my career.”
Without, she hopes, alienating her fans.
“They want a really respectful ending (to Hannah
Montana) and it really deserves that because it’s been
such an amazing journey,”
she says.
“Iwantthemtoknowwho
I am. But I want to extend my
audienceandjustcontinueto
do what I love, but also give
myself new challenges,” she
tells journalists at a news
conference in a Santa Mon-
“What’s been my life for the last
five years is ending, so it’s
interesting to be leaving my
security blanket behind but also
it’s exciting to me.”
ica beach-front hotel.
“What’s been my life for
the last five years is ending so
it’s interesting to be leaving
my security blanket behind
but also it’s exciting to me.”
So there is much at stake
withWednesday’sopeningof
The Last Song. Penned by
Nicholas Sparks, the weeper
stars Cyrus as Ronnie, a
sullen but musically gifted
teenager who spends a fatefulsummerwithherdivorced
father (Greg Kinnear) in a
small town.
Filling the role of Zeus in Clash
QMI AGENCY — The special
effects in the original Clash
of the Titans may be dated,
but its cast of screen legends
is timeless. Chief among
them: Sir Laurence Olivier
as Zeus.
So for the remake, highpowered talent was similarly
recruited for key supporting
roles: Ralph Fiennes as the
lord of the underworld Hades
and Liam Neeson as Zeus.
“Liam’s agent called and
said ‘Liam wants to play Zeus
because his sons are learning
about Greek myths and they
think it’d be really cool if their
dad played Zeus,’ ” producer
Basil Iwanyk says. “And we
thought, ‘OK, cool, we’ll take
Sir Laurence Olivier, left, and Liam Neeson as Zeus.
our time making his deal, he’s
not going anywhere.’ And
then Taken came out and it
cost us a lot more money.”
They later thought they
would lose Neeson when his
wife, Natasha Richardson,
died after a skiing accident.
“He stayed in there … He was
amazing,” Iwanyk says.
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Review
Last Song full of cliches
QMI AGENCY — Nicholas
Sparks’ novels may as well
include sad smiley faces and
xoxos, so who better to collaborate with him than Miley
Cyrus?
Turns out, the 17-year-old
superstarevengavehimstory
ideas for their new teen tearjerker The Last Song, which
opened Wednesday.
And what was on Miley’s
wish list, you ask? Appealing
characters?
Absorbing
drama? Genuine emotion?
Believable dilemmas? No,
those must have been on another list.
Instead, she suggested
such potential plot points as
animals, music and “hot Australians,” referring jokingly to
her now-boyfriend Liam
Hemsworth. If only she — or
Sparks — had known when to
quit.
The result feels more like
a checklist than a movie, dutifully ticking off one cliche
after another. It’s filmmaking
at its most generic. Just be-
cause a film is aimed primarily at teenage girls shouldn’t
preclude it from being wellmade. This, though, is one of
theweaker,lazieradaptations
ofSparks’soppysourcematerial.
And it’s hardly an auspicious non-Hannah Montana
outingforCyrus,who’sclearly
trying to segue from pop sensation to mainstream movie
star. The transition isn’t an
easy one to begin with, but
Cyrus isn’t helped by her
choice of character — a
moody, miserablebratnamed
Ronnie Miller.
It’s understandable why
Cyrus would want to show
she’s capable of more than
bubbly effervescence. But by
overreaching, she only draws
attentiontoherlimitationsas
anactresswhilecurtailingher
own natural appeal. Pouting,
shouting and crying does not
a performance make.
The Last Song
*1/2
Remake not worth the buzz
QMI AGENCY — As the ads
make clear, this isn’t Ray
Harryhausen’s
nambypamby, toga-loving Clash of
the Titans.
So in the big-budget remake, opening Thursday
night, gone are the costumes
(now olive skirts) and salonready coifs (now Sam Worthington’sbuzzcut)alongwith
the mythological monsters
previously animated by Harryhausen’slow-fistop-motion
effects.
The sea-dwelling Kraken,
wholookedlikeahunkofplastic that bobbed up from the
bottom of your bathtub? He’s
now apparently the greatgreat grandfather of the
Cloverfield leviathan. And
Medusa, still crowned with
serpents, seems to have slitheredinfromthesetofthenext
Mummymovie.Notacompliment, by the way.
Sense a pattern? Fact is,
justbecausethisClash isaremake doesn’t mean it has
muchnewtosay.Yes,itsenergetic overload of gods and
demons will probably sustain
undiscriminatingactionfans.
Butforthosemoviegoershopingformorethanameremortal-monstermash-up,thereis
ample reason to curse the
heavens — or at least the Hol-
lywood sign. Despite all its
clanging,computer-generated
mayhem, it doesn’t have the
gravitas of Lord of the Rings,
the gusto of 300 or the awe of
Avatar.
Speaking of Avatar — that
phenomenon’s star, Worthington, turns up here as
Perseus, a demigod raised to
adulthood by a kindly fisherman only to be swept into humanity’s war for independence against the gods,
includinghisownfatherZeus
(Liam Neeson). Unbeknownst to both sides, however, the lord of the underworldHades(RalphFiennes),
ismanipulatingeventssothat
he can ultimately usurp Zeus
and consume both humanity
and Mount Olympus with his
rasping brand of darkness.
He’s like Voldermort in need
of a throat lozenge.
Clash of the Titans
**1/2
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$5,000 spree
LL Cool J slams Palin’s show promo
Donatella Versace spent
US$5,000 on sunglasses in
just 10 minutes at Artsee in
New York recently. A source
told the New York Post she
bought eight pairs. Then, with
a quick ‘Ciao’ she was gone.
Rapper LL Cool J is not pleased with Sarah Palin after she
used video footage of him from an old interview to promote
her new show Real American Stories, says ContactMusic.com. The star insists the interview is two years old
and did not involve Palin. He writes on his Twitter page,
“Fox (TV) lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone
else … in order to promote Sarah Palin’s Show. Wow.”
— 24 HOURS NEWS SERVICES
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He’s ‘Bridezilla’
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Alleged lover: Tiger’s
a cheap date
24 HOURS NEWS SERVICES — A number of Tiger Woods’ alleged lovers
have been interviewed for Vanity Fair magazine with eye-popping details regarding hook-ups.
Mindy Lawton, Jamie Jungers and
Loredana Jolie Ferriolo, who all claim
to have had romantic liaisons with
Woods, told their sordid tale to the
glossy mag.
Lawton said she’d been a server at
the Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, in
Tiger’s hometown of Windemere, Fla.,
where the golfer and his wife, Elin,
were regulars.
“One of them would read the paper — just very cold,” Mindy tells
the mag.
“I didn’t see any signs of affection … I figured he was in a loveless
relationship with his wife.”
Eventually, she said, she got a call at the restaurant from Tiger
and joined him at Orlando bar The Blue Martini. Later that
night, she met him outside a CVS Pharmacy and followed
him home.
“We ended up doing it right there” on his couch, she told
Vanity Fair. “He was very passionate and very rough.”
She added that he did not use a condom, and that he was
quite well endowed.
“It was the biggest I’ve ever seen,” she said.
Mindy said that although she got plenty of sex from Tiger,
she didn’t get much else. He did buy her a sandwich once
from Subway, but nothing else.
“No, just the sub,” she confirms.
> “I figured he was
in a loveless
relationship with
his wife.”
Woods
Lawton
Dae Kim injured on set
A series of mishaps have happened on the set
of hit TV show Lost. And actor Daniel Dae Kim
was the latest victim to be sent to emergency.
“We were shooting a sequence that involves
swimming,” Dae Kim explains. “And I actually
ripped open my hand on a stray drywall screw
that was underwater. I had to run to the hospital to get my hand glued up. They were going
to stitch it up, but they decided against it
because … they were worrying about infection.
So they ended up gluing it so it was a more
watertight seal.”
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Rude tattoo
Actor Amanda Seyfried has a
cheeky tattoo on her left foot,
says ContactMusic.com. The
star stunned reporters at the
London premiere of her latest
film Dear John by sporting the
word “minge” — a British
expression for vagina — on her
foot. And she revealed she got
the tat after hearing actor Colin
Firth and real-life boyfriend
Dominic Cooper use the term.
She explained, “It’s to make me
laugh, and every time I look at
it, I do.”
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Russell Brand isn’t your
typical dude, passively participating with wedding
plans. His fiancee Katy
Perry says he’s obsessed
with the upcoming
nuptials.
“He’s a total bridezilla,” the
singer told MTV News.
“He’s like a freak. He’s
always buying bride magazines.”
Every time we go out for
breakfast, he’s like, ‘Can we
just stop and get a bride
magazine?’”
Perry, 25, is working on a
new album, and doesn’t
mind taking a back seat to
all the planning.
“I have to plan my record
first and then I’m going to
get my wedding,” Perry
said. “But I’m really excited
about that, too.”
She told UsMagazine.com,
“It doesn’t matter if it’s just
me and him or if it’s a big,
fat ordeal.”
— 24 HOURS NEWS SERVICES
James in rehab
Sandra Bullock’s estranged
husband Jesse James has
entered rahab in Tucson,
Ariz., says tmz.com.
A member of the medical
team at a Tucson rehab
facility confirms James is a
patient there.
The facility — Sierra Tucson
— specializes in drug, alcohol and sex addiction, as
well as other disorders.
Law enforcement sources
have said that when a CHP
officer stopped James last
Friday on the highway near
Blythe, Calif. — for driving
without a front license
plate and driving with
tinted windows — James
responded he was going to
try to save his marriage.
— 24 HOURS NEWS SERVICES
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» Bieber debuts No. 1 in Canada and U.S.
Canadian pop idol Justin Bieber
debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop
album chart Wednesday, becoming
the youngest solo male artist to
achieve this feat since Stevie Wonder
in 1963. Bieber, 16, sold 283,000
copies of his second album My World
2.0 during the week ended March 28,
according to tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan. Wonder, 13 at the
time, spent one week at No. 1 with Little Stevie Wonder/The 12
Year Old Genius. As the title suggests, he recorded it when he
was 12. Bieber’s first set, My World, jumped five places to a new
high of No. 5 with 50,000 copies. The album debuted at No. 6
last November, and has sold 1.1 million copies to date.
Rapper 50 Cent was the last artist to place two albums in the top
five that weren’t concurrently released.
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with Dirty Shirt Rock ’n’ Roll compilation
» Akon finds new host for Sri Lanka gig
Akon has found a new country to host the Sri Lankan concert he
was forced to abandon last week following a protest by local
Buddhists — he will now play the planned show in the Maldives.
The Smack That singer was due to perform in Colombo on April
24 but the date was scrapped when Buddhist activists staged an
angry protest against a sacrilegious video outside the headquarters of the promoters — prompting immigration authorities to
cancel the star's visa. The activists were upset after spotting
scantily-clad women dancing in front of a Buddha statue in
Akon's new video Sexy Chick.
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JSBEhavereleasedacompilation
oftheirlast10yearsofpunkblues.
QMI AGENCY — Jon
Spencer and his Blues
Explosion are back with a
bang. Or at least
a blast from the past.
After several years on
hiatus, the underground
indie-rock trio are testing
the comeback waters with
the release of the new anthology Dirty Shirt Rock ’n’
Roll: The First 10 Years.
“The compilation actually leads off a series of
reissues,” explains fasttalking,
no-nonsense
singer-guitarist Spencer
from his Manhattan base
of operations. “We’re reissuing the first six Blues Explosion albums because
everything is out of print.
Well, the main reason
we're really reissuing them
is because they’re good albums and I want people to
hear them.
“The world still needs a
great band that can show
people what rock ’n’ roll is
and how to do it.”
Spencer and his bandmates — drummer Russell
Simins and second guitarist Judah Bauer — never
had any problem living up
to that billing. Formed 20
years ago in New York City
after the demise of
Spencer’s acclaimed punk
outfit Pussy Galore, the
Blues Explosion burst onto
the scene with a ramshackle collision of jukejoint hoodoo, noise-punk
abandon and garage-rock
grit, with dashes of rockabilly, soul and R&B tossed
in for good measure. Front
and centre was Spencer,
whose evangelical fervor
and Elvis-style bombast fuelled both their sweaty live
shows and their only
slightly more restrained
studio albums.
Dirty Shirt Rock ’n’ Roll,
true to its subtitle, draws
from the band's first decade
of recordings, striking a balance between tried-andtrue fan favourites and
lesser-known cuts.
“It was hard,” admits
Spencer. “I wanted to make
a compilation that would be
an introduction for someone who wasn’t familiar
with the band, but also had
some unusual twists and
turns for anyone who knew
us.
“We did a lot of collaborations with some really
great musicians that I
wanted to include — stuff
with Rufus Thomas and
Andre Williams and R.L.
Burnside and Calvin Johnson. So there’s a real variety
of stuff.”
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After6
MUSIC
JOHN MAYER - Thursday
@ 7 p.m. GM Place
Tix through livenation.com
OWL CITY AND LIGHTS Friday @ 7 p.m. Centre in
Vancouver for Performing
Arts Sold out show
HUGH CORNWALL Friday
@ 7:30 p.m. Media Club
Tickets at livenation.com
THE LOVE THAT MOVES
THE UNIVERSE - Friday @ 8
p.m. Orpheum Theatre
Tickets at Ticketmaster
Chamber Choir & Orchestra
PATTY GRIFFIN - Friday @
8:30 p.m. Commodore
Tickets at livenation.com
SNOCORE - Saturday @ 7
p.m. Rickshaw Theatre
Tickets at livenation.com
Featuring Protest the Hero
with guests The Set,
Hawthorne Heights, Elias
and Abandon All Ships
THEATRE:
PARADISE GARDEN - Ongoing to April 11 - Stanley
Industrial Alliance Stage
Tickets and show times at
artsclub.com
BILLY BISHOP GOES TO
WAR - Ongoing to April 17
Granville Island Stage
Tickets and show times at
artsclub.com
QUEEN LEAR - Ongoing to
April 10 Presentation
House Theatre – Tickets
and show times at phtheatre.org
OTHER:
Vancouver International
Auto Show - Thurs - Sun. –
BC Place - vancouver
internationalautoshow.com
560 worthy replacement for Dick’s
SARAH ROWLAND - Everyone’s got a most memorable
Dick’s on Dicks moment –
whether it’s the time your
favourite band blew you away
with an extended version of
their biggest hit, or that night
you made out with someone
you just met on the balcony.
Maybe it was the time you
had to hold up one of the rundown washroom doors because it fell off its hinges
when you were mid-stream.
There are just so many
sweet memories to choose
from. Which is probably why
even when the old reliable
venue was standing on its last
leg at its iconic location (1036
Richards St.), it was still sad
to see it go.
But you know what they
say – out with the old, in with
the new. And that’s exactly
what hundreds of Vancouverites did last weekend at the
grand opening of the
Richard’s on Richards’ re-
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The main room of the new 560 is the place to get your freak on.
placement: They welcomed
in the city’s newest hotspot
with open arms. 560, aptly titled for its address (560 Seymour St.), made its debut to
much schmoozing fanfare
among clubbers old and new.
This bigger, better venue
is a veritable maze of lounges,
dance floors and galleries.
There’s the main room, which
presumably will host touring
bands on weekdays for indie
music fans, and on weekends
this area will undoubtedly
turn into a full-on nightclub
for the tunnel-and-bridge
crowd. There’s a balcony at
the new location as well. Here
you can see almost everything
that’s going down on the main
d-floor.
With leather couches and
tastefully decorated brick
walls, this viewing area is a little more sophisticated and
loungey than its predecessor
– so maybe not so good for
tonguing someone you just
met.
But don’t worry, there are
plenty of nooks and crannies
that seem tailor-made for
public indiscretions.
Back on the main floor,
there’s an upscale foody
lounge off to the side that is
totally separate from the
main disco area. In addition
to smaller seating areas, it’s
got an impressively large and
beautiful communal table
and a sunken bar.
The overall effect is a little
more grown-up than the
main area.
As for the huge barren art
gallery on the top floor, it’s a
perfect space to showcase
local talent and host really
creative and unorthodox exhibits.
But perhaps the best part
about 560 is the washrooms
are clean! Yes, no more hunting high and low for TP and
paper towels. If you ask me,
that’s pretty much worth the
price of admission right there.
560, you just might be my new
favourite club.
Imelda May swings with rockabilly thing
24 seconds with… Joe Leary
Having fallen
in love with
rockabilly
and the
blues as a
nine-year-old
in Dublin, Imelda May has
turned the genre into a cool,
swinging fusion that’s both
classic and oddly modern.
Her debut album, “Love Tattoo”, is described as
“lusciously retro but as fresh
as today.”
Joe Leary spent 24 Seconds
with Imelda May.
24: With this being your first
time through this part of
North America, what’s your
first impression?
IM: Oh, I love it. The mountains are gorgeous. I like it a
lot.
24: Growing up, your friends
were into A-Ha and Wet Wet
Wet, yet you were doing
your own thing. Where did
you actually acquire your
taste for rockabilly?
IM: It started with me stealing my brother’s tapes from
his bedroom as all 13-yearolds do. He had Gene
Vincent, Eddie Cochran and
Buddy Holly and I just
thought it was the wildest
thing I ever heard. That’s
what started it off. Then I got
into Billie Holiday when I
was about 15. I got into
blues, jazz and I liked a bit of
country, Patsy Cline. Then I
was loving Howlin’ Wolf and
Elmore James and a lot of
Willie Dixon songs.
See video at
vancouver.24hrs.ca/may
LISTEN TO JOE LEARY EVERY
WEEKDAY MORNING ON TEAM 1410
» Lilith on July 1
What better way to celebrate
Canada Day this year than by
grooving to the musical
stylings of some of the
world’s top female performers? The 2010 Lilith Fair tour
makes its Lower Mainland
stop July 1 at the Pitt Meadows Airport, bringing with it
the likes of Sarah McLachlan,
Sugarland, Sheryl Crow,
Erykah Badu and Colbie Caillat. Tickets for the
extravaganza go on sale Saturday through
livenation.com.
» New on stage
Hairspray and Who’s Afraid
of Virginia Woolf? are just a
few of the classic productions
hitting Vancouver stages in
the next year thanks to the
Arts Club Theatre. The local
theatre company recently
unveiled its 2010/2011 season
lineup, which once again
includes holiday favourites
White Christmas and It’s a
Wonderful Life. Also on the
roster are Don Quixote, A
Closer Walk with Patsy Cline
and The 39 Steps. For more
information on all 14 upcoming shows, visit artsclub.com.
» Twitter art?
Like it or not, Twitter and
Facebook are seeping into
creative expression--a local
art exhibit is currently celebrating the artistic effect of
social media tools. Twitter/
Art+Social Media, on now at
the Diane Farris Gallery, features works by artists who
not only use social media
sites to promote themselves,
but who also use them as a
source of inspiration. The
exhibit runs now until May 1.
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Television
Blagojevich just not cut out to use a computer
Bits of Reality Kate Schwass
Celebrity Apprentice
Even though the men’s team
seemed to grasp the idea of
an advertorial much better
than their female counterparts, the women won this
week’s challenge.
We learned during this
episodethatdisgracedIllinois
governor Rod Blagojevich has
no idea how to use a computer and Brett Michaels just
gets more and more annoying.
While some of the women
seemed to think Cyndi Lauper was a nut job, she actually
had some good points if they
would have listened to her.
We also learned that Darryl Strawberry was done. He
looked like he was done. The
only words he said during the
episode were to order pizza,
and then tell Donald Trump
he was tired. He didn’t actually quit, but he made it
known he was ready to go, so
Trump fired him.
Amazing Race
It was off to the Seychelles
in the Indian Ocean this week
for the teams.
They got to ride in helicopters before their detour,
which involved either leading
a giant tortoise across a field
or hooking a cart up to an ox
and steering it.
Brent and Caite had some
major issues from their ox
and then, they didn’t bring all
the coconuts to the fruit vendor.
Jet and Cord were last to
arrive at the final destination,
but they lucked out, it wasn’t
an elimination week.
Dancing with the Stars
Nicole Scherzinger and
her pro partner Derek Hough
earned a total of 53 out of 60
points with their two dances,
putting them at the top.
Jake Pavelka, the most recent Bachelor, didn’t seem to
want to give it his all, arguing
withhisproduringrehearsals
that he “can’t” do some of the
moves.
Kate Gosselin also threw a
hissy fit during her rehearsals, which caused her
partner, Tony Dovolani, to
walk out on her.
But it was Shannen Doherty who got the boot first
this season.
Biggest Loser
It was each person for
themselvesthisweekandtwo
players returned to the ranch:
Melissa and Victoria.
There was some talk
aboutStephaniethrowingthe
weigh-in when she lost just
two pounds.
This week, Stephanie and
Sam fell below the yellow line
and maybe it was because of
all the talk, but Stephanie was
sent home.
It’shardtoimaginewatching someone walking up
stairs is a touching moment,
but it actually was this week
when O’Neal walked up the
stairs to the scale without
having to stop on each step.
That was nice to see.
SoYouThinkYouCanDance
There’s a bit of a shake-up
for the seventh season of So
You Think You Can Dance.
Guest judge Mia Michaels
will return after quitting last
fall and Mary Murphy will be
choreographing routines,
whichmeansshewon’tbesitting on the judges panel
screeching at contestants
each week.
As well, the judges will be
eliminating contestants all
the way to the finale, and then
viewers will pick the winner
from the top two or three.
KATE.SCHWASS@SUNMEDIA.CA
Former Illinois governor Rod
Blagojevich watches celebrity chef
Curtis Stone work on a laptop. During
Celebrity Apprentice, Blagojevich
admitted he didn’t actually know
how to use a computer.
cd review
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Artist USHER
CD RAYMOND V. RAYMOND
Genre R&B
Usher Raymond is back in the game. And in more ways than
one. On his sixth CD, the 31-year-old crooner comes clean on
the drama of his pending divorce and the perks of his newfound
bachelorhood — and with the help of guests like Jimmy Jam,
Terry Lewis, will.i.am, Ludacris and T.I., he rediscovers his old
swagger in the process. Call it How Usher Got His Groove Back.
Download: Lil’ Freak, Papers ***1/2
Artist SERENA MANEESH
CD ABYSS IN B MINOR
Genre PSYCHEDELIC ROCK
Artist SHE & HIM
CD VOLUME TWO
Genre INDIE POP
Artist MELISSA AUF DER
MAUR
CD OUT OF OUR MINDS
Genre ART ROCK
You want underground
rock? The cosmically named
Norwegian quintet claim
they recorded part of this
sophomore CD in a subterranean cave. Fittingly
enough, these eight cuts
mine a darkly rich vein of
shoegazing star-crunch guitars, groovey Stooges trancerock, SonicYouthynoise and
unexpectedly angelic vocals.
They spent a season in the
abyss; now it’s your turn.
Download: Reprobate!,
Blow Your Brains in the
Morning Rain ***1/2
Actress Zooey Deschanel
avoided being dismissed as a
dilletante with Volume One,
her basically credible if lessthan-astounding debut with
singer-songwriter M. Ward.
Because Hollywood loves a
sequel, here it is: Another collection of dreamy indie confections lovingly concocted
from a host of sunny ’60s pop
and frosted with Deschanel’s
angel-girl vocals. Sweet and
light.
Download: Ridin’ in My
Car,I’mGonnaMakeitBetter
***
MAdM’s muse moves in
mysterious ways. The former
Hole bassist’s long-overdue
second CD is long on ambition and eclecticism —
shapeshifting modern-rock,
artsy instrumentals, hooky
pop and even Glenn Danzigaided murder balladry are all
on the musical menu. But
thanks to her unfocused
songwriting and middling
vocal skills, it’s short on satisfaction.
Download: Father’sGrave,
The One ***
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» Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains?
GLOBAL 8 P.M.
After being betrayed by an ally, one castaway
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CTV, 8 P.M.
Blossoming romance and fetishes and a Vegas stakeout
— oh my! If this is what’s happening on CSI these days,
then sign me up.
» Grey’s Anatomy
CTV, 9 P.M.
Alex fights to get approval for pro-bono surgery on his
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» The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Is there a
recipe
beer can’t
go with?
COLIN JACK – There are
hundreds of beer recipes
available online. A quick
search of recipes involving
beer reveals everything
from beer-can chicken to
Irish stew and even dessert.
Beer is a mainstay in
most of my favourite
recipes.
Beer helps tenderize
meat. It adds moisture to
pastry and thickens stew
and pasta sauce.
More importantly, beer
adds complex flavours
water and other types of
alcohol simply can’t.
Two of my favourite
styles of beer to cook with
are porters and amber
ales.
BLACKBERRY PORTER
Cannery Brewing, 5%,
$4.95 for 1-650 ml bottle
This porter is bold with a
jam tartness. Salisbury
steak, beef stew, braised
lamb chops, crêpes and
even chocolate cake are
enhanced with the essence
of this blackberry beer.
THIRSTY BEAVER AMBER
ALE – Tree Brewing, 5%,
$10.95 for 6-341 bottles
My Thirsty Beaver pancakes, icing sugar, pulled
pork and drunken chicken
wings are all tried and true
recipes.
This amber ale adds
sweet caramel, molasses
and roasted malt character
to food.
COLIN JACK IS AN OFFICIAL BEER
AFICIANADO. CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE
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TO COLIN@JUSTHEREFORTHEBEER.COM
VANCOUVER FOOD SCENE
Ramen Quest - New kid in town
RAJ TANEJA - Imagine if
Jimmy Pattison knocked on
your door, told you to keep
doing what you’re doing and
he’d market and franchise
your business.
Pretty neat to be
attached to such a juggernaut, don’t you think?
Well, that’s essentially
the case with the new Suntouka Japanese Ramen
shop that recently opened
on Robson Street slightly
east of Bidwell.
Headquartered
in
Hokkaido, Japan, the Suntouka and Kamei companies
struck a deal some years ago.
Kamei, which derives
more than $4 billion in annual revenues from other
ventures including those in
the natural-resource sector,
decided to become the company that oversees the franchising of Suntouka Ramen.
The company which has
stores in the U.S., Singapore,
Hong Kong and now
Canada, has ambitious plans
to show locals what authentic Japanese ramen is.
The restaurant has four
varieties of the standard
ramen – shio ramen (salt),
shoyu ramen (soy-sauce),
miso ramen (fermented soy
bean paste) and kara miso
ramen (hot spices and fermented soy bean paste) and
a number of specialty items
and a single item on the
menu that can be turned
into a vegetarian dish, which
is already head and shoulders above the mere mortal
ramen joint.
The ramen I chose for
this occasion was the plain
shio, served warm, not piping hot like other ramen I’ve
tried.
It was accompanied by
braised pork slices topped
with sesame seeds, bamboo
shoots, green onions, wood
ear mushrooms and a single
pickled baby plum that is
supposed to be nibbled on,
one bite at a time, during the
enjoyment of the meal.
Although the first thing I
devoured was that little
pickle, it’s absence during
the rest of the meal didn’t
have any bearing on my absolute enjoyment of the dish
March 27, closing the doors
to a steady stream of customers who regularly ventured to its industrial port
setting at the foot of Renfrew
Street.
Turcotte said the seaside
celebration brought out old
regulars from across the region and from around the
world. Hugs were shared and
tears were shed until the
doors finally closed.
On April 6, those who fell
for the food will be able to
5
places on Cambie
Plain Shio
from start to finish.
I ate the soup to the last
drop and will be back for
more – soon.
As for the company
known only as Kamei, con-
grats on a solid bet with Santouka.
RAJ TANEJA IS PART ENTREPRENEUR, PART
SOCIAL MEDIA JUGGERNAUT AND PART
FOODIE. HE RUNS URBANMIXER.COM, PUBLISHES A MISCELLANY OF HIS MUSINGS AT
RAJ.JP AND CAN BE FOUND ON TWITTER
WITH THE USERNAME ‘TINHEAD.’
Cannery collection to be auctioned off
DHARM MAKWANA – Boxing
The Cannery’s wares for auction brings out bittersweet
emotions for the now-closed
eatery’s last general manager.
“It is a little bit upsetting,
that’s for sure,” Jean Turcotte
told 24 hours while packing
up his dining room. “But it’s
healthy at the same time. You
just move on, you realize it’s
all over and that’s it.”
After opening in 1971, the
Cannery Seafood Restaurant
served its last meals on
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“The Cannery is
leaving on a high
note and I’m
leaving on a high
note.”
take home maritime antiques
along with kitchen equipment and dining room furniture.
Turcotte won’t be placing
a bid on any of the items, but
instead will take home a
number of awards he has
earned over the past 18 years.
“The Cannery is leaving
on a high note and I’m leaving on a high note,” the Quebec native said.
After a summer of travel
and reflection he will decide
if it’s time to open a restaurant of his own in the fall.
Able Auctions will hold
the public sale at 2205 Commissioner St. The preview
begins at 10 a.m. with the
auction starting at noon.
Cambie Street is blooming
with delicious dining
options. Here are the top
five to check out:
LAS TORTAS
3353 Cambie St.
These tasty Mexican sandwiches, piled with toppings
such as guacamole, refried
beans, jalapeño peppers
and cheese, are the ultimate solution for a
grumbling tummy.
FIGMINT
500 W. 12th Ave. at Cambie
The European-inspired cuisine definitely makes it
worth a visit. In addition to
scrumptious lunch and dinner menus, they also offer
a superb Sunday brunch.
PIED-A-TERRE
3369 Cambie St.
A great spot for either a
romantic night out or an
intimate gathering with
friends.
TRIXI’S CREPE AND
COFFEEHAUS
3306 Cambie St.
Featuring savoury and
sweet crepes, this is a
warm and friendly joint for
breakfast, lunch, or a coffee catch-up with pals. Just
be sure not to head down
in a rush—everything is
made to order.
TROPIKA’S AT CAMBIE
2975 Cambie St.
This is the original location
of the popular Malaysian/
Thai restaurant chain, and
is considered to be the
best. The food is superb
and the customer service is
flawless.
- KRISTEN MCKENZIE
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>Digital Life
PORTABLE GAMING
While it all goes small, Nintendo gets bigger
QMI AGENCY — Cellphones
have gone from behemoths
carried in a hefty shoulder
bag to a slim slab of silicon
that slides easily into a front
pocket. Clunky portable CD
players have been replaced
with 10,000-song iPods so
small they should carry a
choking hazard warning.
So leave it to the radical
thinkersatNintendotointroduce a new model of their
portable gaming machine
that’sbiggerandheavierthan
any that have come before it.
Arriving in stores this
weekend, the Nintendo DSi
XL ($199.99) is the fourth iteration of the dual-screened,
touch-friendly, hand-held
gaming machine that made
its original debut in 2004.
Bucking the trend of shrinkingportableelectronicsdown
tothesmallestpossiblepack-
age, Ninmarketing
tendo has
fluff, bedecided to
causethe
fatten up the
DSi XL
new DSi,
does have
making the
its charms.
device’s
Other
screens bigthan the
ger, brighter
l a r g e r
and easier to
screens and
read.
the
inThe idea,
creased
Nintendo
physical
says, is to
size and
make the
weight of
The Nintendo DSi XL
DSi XL more
the unit, the
shareable and social, encour- DSi XL is functionally identiaging friends and family to cal to the Nintendo DSi
gather around a single unit. A ($179.99). Those bigger
skepticmightwonderhowin- screens make a surprisingly
creasing the screens from significantdifference,though.
3.25 inches to 4.2 inches will Everything from The Legend
accomplish this — we’re not of Zelda: Spirit Tracks to
exactly talking TV sizes here Mario Kart DS to the built-in
— but we won’t begrudge Brain Age games looks better
them this particular bit of on the DSi XL.
REVIEW
Just an excellent sequel
QMI AGENCY — Where Rico
Rodriguez goes, chaos is sure
to follow. Chaos, and fun.
Lots and lots of fun.
The original open-world
action game Just Cause was a
bithit-and-misswhenitcame
out in 2006, but this sequel
smooths out the rough edges,
ratchets the visuals way up,
throws a ton of new elements
into the mix and even has a
stronger storyline.
Althoughreally,JustCause
2 is like action porn – you’re
not here for the story, you’re
here for the explosions, car
chases, gunfights, BASE
jumping,surfingontopofjets
and other over-the-top mayhem.Anditdoesthatverywell
indeed.
As super-spy Rico Rodriguez, your ultimate goal is
to topple the regime of military dictator “Baby” Panay in
the fictional island nation of
Panau. Possibly the largest
single-playergameworldever
created,Panauhasmorethan
350 towns, cities, military installations and other unique
locations, over 100 different
types of vehicles to drive, sail
andpilot,dozensupondozens
of missions and challenges to
tackle and thousands of enemies to battle.
From sprawling cities to
thick jungles to snowy mountaintops, half the fun in Just
Cause 2 is simply exploring
and causing trouble in the visuallylushgameworld.Chaos
is currency in Panau; unlocking new missions is accomplishedbybuildingupachaos
meter that tracks how much
damage you’re doing to
Panau’s military.
Sowhetheryou’reblowing
upfueltanksataseaport,skyjacking a helicopter in midflight or demolishing statues
of Baby Panay, the more stuff
you wreck, the better.
Though he can arm himselfwitheverythingfromsubmachine guns to rocket
launchers, Rico’s signature
tools are his grappling hook
and parachute, which can be
used in tandem for a ludicrously fun variety of aerial
stunts. The learning curve on
thehookand’chutecontrolsis
abitsteepatfirst,butonceyou
getahandleonthem,you’llbe
zipping and gliding with fluid
ease.
Although you can spend
hours creating your own random mayhem, the scores of
pre-setmissionsinJustCause
2 offer a solid amount of variety. How you approach each
objective is limited only by
howcreativelyyouemploythe
dizzying array of vehicles,
weapons and tactics at your
disposal.
JustCause2isoneofthose
ambitious games that could
easily have been sunk by
sloppy controls or a haphazard structure, but it’s excellently put together, very polished and absolutely jammed
with stuff to do.
Just Cause
****1/2
The DSi XL also comes
with two styli, a slim one
thatfitsinthebottomofthe
unit, and a longer, thicker
one shaped like a pen that
might prove more comfortable for older gamers to
hold and handle.
Like Apple with their
annual new versions of the
iPod, Nintendo has made a
lucrative business out of
sellingtheirfaithfulfanboys
slightlyupdatedversionsof
devices they already own,
and the DSi XL will be no
A large-screen version of the Nintendo DS , right, alongside the currentexception. Heck, Nintendo
sized DS.
just announced a fifth verAnd although the DSi XL hitwithtraditionalnon-gam- sion of the unit, called the
is larger and 100 grams heav- ing demographics like mid- Nintendo 3DS, that will hit
ier than the DSi, it’s not bulky dle-aged women and seniors, storesbynextMarchandfeaor difficult to hold. If any- the DSi XL makes a certain ture 3D visuals that don’t rething, it seems to fit more kind of sense. The larger quire glasses. Two new DS
comfortably in the hands.
screensareeasiertoread,and modelswithinoneyear?Milk
With the various versions the slightly larger on-screen that cash cow much, Ninof the Nintendo DS proving a iconseasiertoaccuratelytap. tendo?
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FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS
Before you buy, think it through
QMI AGENCY — There’s some-
thing about walking through
a crisp, clean model home on
a beautiful spring day that
brings out the buyer in most
of us. But no matter how
enticing the prospect of a
brand new home may seem,
there’s a lot to think about
before signing on the dotted
line, especially for first-time
owners.
Forstarters,it’simportant
to know what you can afford.
Experts recommend that
total housing costs, including
mortgage, taxes, insurance
and condo fees, should be no
more than 25 to 30% of your
total income. It’s also important to set aside a small fund
for the extras that don’t always come with a new home
such as window treatments,
landscaping, appliances,
decks or patios.
Once you have a price in
mind, the next step is to create a list of likes and dislikes.
This list will help you to rank
thevariousdevelopmentsyou
visit and will keep your emotions in check when you find
yourself overwhelmed by
models designed to show
everypossiblefeatureandupgrade combination.
Eventhoughbuildersprovide their own real estate
agents, it’s a good idea to hire
your own. The agents on-site
at the model home are being
paid to represent the builder
andaren’tlikelytoopenlydiscuss drawbacks. In fact, they
often do just the opposite,
stagingfurnitureinawaythat
hides small flaws and highlights best features. Try to select a realtor who has already
completed a number of new
hometransactionsandhasan
establishedrelationshipwith
your homebuilder.
Oneofthemostimportant
steps when buying a new
home is to do your research,
not only about the reputation
ofyourbuilder,butalsoabout
the city plans for your neighbourhood. You can start by
checking public records for
lawsuits against your builder,
talking to other homeowners
about the construction quality of their homes, and investigating whether or not your
builder sells to investors – if
homes aren’t required to be
owneroccupiedyoumayfind
yourself surrounded by
rentals.Innewdevelopments,
you should look at future city
plans for roads, greenspace,
schools, amenities, zoning
One of the most important steps when
buying a new home is to do your
research, not only about the reputation
of your builder, but also about the city
plans for your neighbourhood.
and transportation.
Before signing a purchase
contract you will need to hire
a real estate lawyer to walk
you through the wording. It’s
importanttounderstandyour
liability and obligations, as
well as those of your builder.
Sometimes builders will express the need for urgency in
order to secure a specific location or unit, so you may
need to rely solely on the expertiseofyourrealtor.Nevertheless, it’s usually better to
walk away than to sign something you’re not sure about.
When it comes time to
arrange financing for your
new home, most builders encourageone-stopshoppingby
providing incentives tied directly to the use of their own
lender. However, if you’re not
careful,youcouldenduppaying higher interest rates and
higher closing costs. Before
agreeing to anything, you
should check with your own
financialinstitutionaswellas
alternative lenders recommended by your realtor.
Finally, no matter how
qualified they are, construction workers can make mistakes. Regardless of the warranty that comes with your
new home, you will need to
hire a licensed home inspec-
tor to go over everything with
afine-toothedcombtoensure
everything is up to standard.
Buying your first home
doesn’t have to be a dream
come true, but it shouldn’t be
anightmareeither.Byfollowing these simple steps, you
can avoid the common mistakes of many first-time buyersandincreasetheoddsthat
your first experience will be a
positive one.
>Living Well
>> Spring into inspired colours
During the spring, summer and fall, Canada is alive
with colour. The greens and golds of summer prairies,
the rich reds of fall leaves, the pale pastels of spring
tulips — these are all inspiring colours that translate
well to our homes. And a hit of season-inspired colour
is just what many homeowners need after a long and
dreary winter of grey on grey. “Canada is a beautiful
and majestic country, but our natural landscape does
not provide a great deal of colour in the wintertime,”
says Bev Bell, creative director, Beauti-Tone paint and
home products division, Home Hardware Stores Limited. “Most people attribute the winter blahs to longer
periods of darkness, but the greater factor is likely the
lack of colour — and the best way to brighten our spirits is to brighten our homes.”
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Strengthen your den
FOR QMI AGENCY — Textured
wallpaper, dark wood cabinets
and
clean-lined
furnishings give this basement
den
a
strong,
masculine feel. Against this
solid backdrop, carefully
chosen accessories add
exotic interest.
Family room ideas for all
size of homes can be seen at
www.getdecorating.com/ho
me_office.cfm.
A ceiling fan circles slowly
overhead, efficiently circulating the air in both summer
and winter. Potted tropical
plants fill the room's empty
corners. And a large primitive
painting of a deer makes a
dramatic focal point suspended on the wall behind
the desk.
The desk has a richly
grained wood top and bamboo-shaped metal legs. Its
open base creates an airy am-
Dark woods and clean lines create a masculine feel.
bience in the room and
makes it a versatile piece of
furniture that could easily be
used in another room setting.
An upholstered office
chair provides comfortable
seating while at work. Two
wood-framed club chairs
with seagrass accents and tan
leather cushion seats face the
desk. The arms of these cleverly designed chairs contain
three small shelves, perfectly
sized for storing pocket
books.
Behind this perfectly bal-
anced seating arrangement,
three black-and-white ink
sketches hang at equal
height on the wall.
A low-pile off-white carpet completes the picture,
providing an effective contrast to the room’s dark woodwork. For more design and
decorating ideas, visit
www.getdecorating.com.
>Sports
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puck talk
» Second round
WHL Eastern Conference
Semi-Final
CALGARY vs.
MEDICINE HAT
Game 1 - Fri Apr 2 Medicine
Hat at Calgary (7 p.m.)
Game 2 - Sun Apr 4 Medicine Hat at Calgary (5 p.m.)
Game 3 - Tue Apr 6 Calgary
at Medicine Hat (7 p.m.)
Game 4 - Wed Apr 7 Calgary
at Medicine Hat (7 p.m.)
Game 5 - Fri Apr 9 Medicine
Hat at Calgary (7 p.m.)*
WHL Eastern Conference
Semi-Final
BRANDON vs. SASKATOON
Game 1 - Fri Apr 2 Brandon
at Saskatoon (7:05 p.m.)
Game 2 - Sat Apr 3 Brandon
at Saskatoon (7:05 p.m.)
Game 3 - Wed Apr 7 Saskatoon at Brandon (7 p.m.)
Game 4 - Fri Apr 9 Saskatoon at Brandon (7:30 p.m.)
Game 5 - Sat Apr 10 Saskatoon at Brandon (7:30 p.m.)*
WHL Western Conference
Semi-Final
TRI-CITY vs. KELOWNA
Game 1 - Fri Apr 2 Kelowna
at Tri-City (7:05 p.m.)
Game 2 - Sat Apr 3 Kelowna
at Tri-City (7:05 p.m.)
Game 3 - Tue Apr 6 Tri-City
at Kelowna (7 p.m.)
Game 4 - Wed Apr 7 Tri-City
at Kelowna (7 p.m.)
Game 5 - Fri Apr 9 Kelowna
at Tri-City (7:05 p.m.)*
Game 6 - Sun Apr 11 Tri-City
at Kelowna (5:00 p.m.)*
Game 7 - Tue Apr 13
Kelowna at Tri-City (7:05
p.m.)*
*if necessary
nhl ontap
HOCKEY
Rested Giants waiting
HOSEA CHEUNG - Waiting a
week to find out who their
next opponent is has been
good opportunity for the Vancouver Giants to rest, but it
doesn’t mean any of their
players are about to slack off.
Not even if he’s one of the
team’s top scorers, and especially not when Don Hay is
coach.
“With him, we’re definitely not going to take the
foot off the gas pedal,” said
Brendan Gallagher, who
along with teammate Craig
Cunningham registered a
team-leading 10 points in the
Giant’s opening-round sweep
of the Kamloops Blazers.
“He’s going to have us
ready for sure.”
After dispatching the
Blazers last week during the
first round of the WHL playoffs, the Giants have been
waiting to find out who they’ll
play next.
Their second-round opponent was to be decided
Wednesday night, prior to 24
hours’ deadline, in a game-7
showdown between the Portland Winterhawks and
Spokane Chiefs.
While the Giants are 0-2
against Spokane and 2-2
against Portland this season,
it doesn’t matter to Gallagher
who they face in the WHL
Western Conference semi-finals.
“Both teams can give us
challenges if we take them
lightly,” the Delta native said
Wednesday. “For us basically,
we’re going to prepare for
them the right way. Every series is going to get tougher,
and I’ve got to mentally prepare myself for that.”
The 17-year-old forward,
who registered 41 goals and
81 points in the regular season, has his own way to go
about doing that.
“You don’t want to have
that knock on you that you
can play in the regular season
and not in the playoffs,” he
said. “I basically take it as a
new season and start all over.”
Whether the philosophy
works or not, the 5-foot-8,
163-pound right winger
found a way to produce on a
consistent basis during his
breakout season and in the
playoffs.
With his dad Ian Gallagher working as the
strength and conditioning
coach for the organization,
the younger Gallagher has
been around the team since
age 12 and understands the
Giants’ tradition.
Seeing the likes of current
NHLers Gilbert Brule and
Evander Kane pass through
the franchise, he knows what
it takes to be successful.
“I think last year, I wasn’t
really relied upon to be an offensive leader so that burden
was put on me this year,” he
said. “I was put in a bigger role
and I’ve proved to myself that
I can do it.”
PHOTO SUBMITTED
Brendan Gallagher is tied for first in team playoff scoring.
THE BUZZ: The Canucks go
on their final multi-game
road trip of the regular
season Thursday and Friday when they head down
to the Golden State to
face the L.A. Kings, who
are four points behind
Vancouver in the standings, and the Anaheim
Ducks, who will need a
miracle in order to reach
the playoffs.
PRACTICE: Daniel Sedin
had a maintenance day
Wednesday but will not
miss any games. Both
Mikael Samuelsson and
Steve Bernier skated with
the team and will travel to
California but are unlikely
to play. As for Pavol Demitra, the forward returned
to the ice for the first time
since leaving for personal
reasons, skating with
Shane O'Brien prior to the
Canucks practice.
LAST MEETING: The
Canucks can go for the
season sweep against the
Kings with a win Thursday.
They are 3-0 this season
versus L.A. with their last
win coming in December.
- HOSEA CHEUNG
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MCTAVISH
24 hours’
columnist
ALEX
WRIGHT
Blogger
Canucks
hockey
blog.com
Body check hockey
dummies dressed like
Todd Bertuzzi &
Patrick Kane.
AA has been hitting
the Russian Box uber
hard.
Rufie Shane
O’Brien's water
bottle.
Sabotage Shane
O'Brien's alarm
clock.
KAREN K
CFOX DJ
DEAN
BROUGHTON
24 hours’
Editor-inchief
HOSEA
CHEUNG
24 hours’
sports
reporter
What did Andrew
Alberts do to stay
ready while scratched?
Had Dana Murzyn
work with him on his
foot speed.
Which Canuck should
have his own reality
show and what should
it be called?
Shane O'Brien... My
Life On The S#!t list.
O’Brien. It would be
called Roxy of my
heart and it would
have blondes.
Shane O'Brien with
more of a talk/variety
show called Late Night
with Shane O'Brien.
Alex Burrows goes
Gs to Gents.
Alain Vigneault can
host "Whose Line
Are You On Anyway?"
What's a more creative
punishment for Shane
O'Brien after being late
to practice?
Tie him down Clockwork Orange-style,
force him to watch a
local news banter.
Burrows’ Crawford
impression as Shane's
wake-up call early
every morning.
No Roxy for 30 days.
Stick boy for the
Moose for a week.
That would help
him prioritize.
He has to make
Mike Gillis laugh.
Good luck.
What would convince
the UFC to stay in
Vancouver?
By offering up The
Dell Hotel parking lot
as a venue.
If everyone got GSP's
face tattooed on
their biceps.
Everyone must return
all Ed Hardy & Affliction clothing to City
Hall to be burned.
Offer Gregor
Robertson in a cage
match with Tito
Ortiz.
Get lululemon to
give Joe Rogan an
even tighter shirt.
Abbotsford Heat head
coach Jim Playfair is to
hockey sticks as...
Justin Bieber is to
my ears!
Lady GaGa is to
pants.
Rod Blagojevich is to
Celebrity Apprentice.
My two-year-old is
to toy cars.
Jesse James is to
wedding vows.
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Moar’s revenge
MATT KIELTYKA - Canadian
light heavyweight boxing
champion Junior Moar’s last
bout left a bitter taste in his
mouth. Sure he won the title
at the RiverRock Casino last
June, but only because his
opponent Abdullah Ramadan was more interested
in low blows.
“I was discouraged by
the way it ended, I wish I
could have knocked him
out,” said Moar. “I fight for
the fans and felt bad for
them.”
Since, the Vancouver
resident has become a
first-time fighter and has
set his sights on a Top 20
North American ranking.
All that stands in his way
is California’s Billy Bailey,
Moar’s opponent at Rumble
at the Rock VII’s main event
Saturday at Richmond’s
RiverRock Casino.
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>Diversions
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Q&
A
with
Miki
have been struggling
QIwith
my sexual identity
for years, and I refer to
myself as bisexual,but in
my heart I know that I am
totally gay. My family doesn’t know nor do my friends,
and every relationship I’ve
had with someone else has
been long distance. I’m trying to decide whether to
get my life out on the table,
or just play straight for the
rest of my life for the sake
of not hurting my family. Do
I drop the bomb or run for
shelter?
—Tormented
A
It’s amazing that you
make it through the
week with all this burden
on your mind, it must be
difficult. Your family
already knows that something is different, but
they’re as afraid to ask as
you are to tell, so an
announcement wouldn’t
surprise them. Your friends
love you for who you are, so
it’s time for you to leave the
closet.I don’t see a terrible
outcome, so forget playing
straight and lets get your
life on track.
Daily Affirmation
If there is no peace within
you, the outside world
becomes a hard place to
live.
— MIKI IS A PROFESSIONAL PSYCHIC. CONTACT MIKI AT 416-537-5955 OR ASKMIKI.CA. EMAIL QUESTIONS, WITH PHOTOS AND BIRTHDATES TO ASKMIKI24HRS@AOL.COM.
Make Your Day Ralph Hamelmann/Jesse Stong
ARIES
Today you start a journey towards
inner strength.
TAURUS
Family will be the centre of this month,
and this weekend you will get hints of
why.
GEMINI
Identify where that negative energy
came from, it isn’t yours but you’re
wearing it.
CANCER
Try not to have any business decision
set in stone until mid-month.
LEO
Taking risk is always your strong suit,
but for today stick to what you know.
VIRGO
Your career will be spinning in several
directions this month, enjoy the
change.
LIBRA
This month you will be playing parent
again to a lot of your friends. Teach
what you know.
SCORPIO
The key word this month is acceptance. You’ve waited a long time for
these changes.
SAGITTARIUS
Your aim is a bit off this month, don’t
get frustrated, try out new things.
CAPRICORN
Cap some time off this month to take a
trip or get out of the workplace.
AQUARIUS
A lot of big decisions that have been
coming for a long time arrive this
month.
PISCES
Whether you are thinking about romance or in a good one, your heart
rules this month.
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ACROSS
1 Addition sign
5 Slight colorings
10 Look gazingly
14 Misplaced
15 Arm joint
16 Erie or Tahoe
17 __ so; very
18 Jet or Cessna
19 Not brand new
20 In addition to
22 Melancholy
24 Female deer
25 Canned
26 Frequently
29 “__ Abner”
30 Stop
34 Red planet
35 Late Bernie __
36 Chestnut horse
37 High card
38 Quicker
40 Sheep’s cry
41 Empty-__; dumb
43 “__ Got You Under My
Skin”
44 Young horse
45 Fall flower
46 Today, in Spain
47 Scandinavian
48 Stupid person
50 __ soup
51 Reaction to a long, dull
speech
54 Lower in rank
Yesterday’s answers
58 Finished
59 Biblical tower city
61 Comfortable
62 Usually dry ravine
63 Wading bird
64 Mount __
65 Narrow opening
66 Stitched joinings
67 Requirement
DOWN
1 Commoner, in old Rome
2 Strong affection
32 Closes tightly
3 Employs
33 Thrill
4 Walks with long steps
35 Furious
5 Conical tent
36 Behold
6 Misfortunes
38 King who ordered John
7 Org. for ‘76ers and Lakers the Baptist’s beheading
8 1 of 2 lymph tissue
39 Climbing plant
masses in the throat
42 Bad mark
9 Take an oath
44 Make rough
10 Pillage; loot
46 Tribute; honor
11 Relaxation
47 Opposite of positive:
12 __ out a living; gets by
abbr.
13 Cincinnati team
49 Regal wraps
21 __ Ameche
50 Hits with rocks
23 Style & layout of furnish- 51 Curtsies
ings
52 Ellipse’s shape
25 Library section
53 Make over
26 Nebraska city
54 Consider
27 Looks toward
55 Feed the kitty
28 Give first aid to
56 Sand mound
29 __ Vegas
57 “Yikes!”
31 Shelter of latticework
60 Undergarment