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MATT KIELTYKA - A small 

sledgehammer blow to the 

head isn’t going to break a 

robbery victim’s spirit. 

Two days after being 

assaulted in a Downtown 

Eastside alley by a hammerwielding 

suspect, 72-yearold 

Leo is relishing the opportunity 

for a rematch. 

“I hope I see him again,” 

said Leo, who asked his last 

name not to be published. 

“I’ll come after him.” 

The senior parked his 

car in the alley, at the 400 

block of Main Street, to eat 

lunch at one of his favourite 

restaurants in the area. 

As he returned, a man 

demanding money allegedly 

jumped Leo. 

Vancouver police 

spokesperson Const. Jana 

McGuinness described the 

altercation as a “clubbing”. 

Leo told media he was 

struck six or seven times 

with a 12-inch sledgehammer 

until a 42-year-old 

woman, who witnessed the 

MATT KIELTYKA - Alleged 

clerical errors and fears over 

gang activity has forced the 

Mixed Martial Arts Expo out 

of Abbotsford. 

According to Torontobased 

promoter Gerald 

Chopik, the much anticipated 

MMA Expo April 10- 

11 has been forced to switch 

venues last-minute from the 

Abbotsford Tradex to the 

PNE after he was blindsided 

by the Valley city. 

“We’ve been working on 

the Expo since October and 

assault, jumped in and 

chased the suspect away. 

“She was yelling at him 

obtained a letter of agreement 

from the City of Abbotsford,” 

Chopik told 24 

hours. “But they spelled 

“martial” wrong, so I sent it 

back for fixing and didn’t 

hear anything back. Then I 

get a letter stating we had no 

signed contract and the city 

had concerns about the likelihood 

of gang attendance at 

the event.” 

The event planner, who 

has staged MMA expos in 

other cities including 

Toronto, was incensed. 

to stop. The man eventually 

walked away,” said McGuinness. 

“Obviously she was an 

“We’ve never had any 

problems at our events and 

nobody said anything to me 

about cancellation or concerns,” 

he said. “It’s outrageous. 

They whipped the rug 

from out under me, our exhibitors 

and local businesses.” 

Chopik secured a new 

site at the PNE and is scrambling 

to get the word out. 

“The PNE was openminded 

and took a look at 

our show,” he said. “We’re 

making lemonade out of 

>Breaking News 

SLEDGEHAMMER ASSAULT 

Feisty senior wants rematch 

Leo, a 72-year-old Vancouver resident, required a dozen staples to 

close a gash in his head after he was beaten with a sledgehammer 

in the Downtown Eastside Tuesday. 

amazing Good Samaritan.” 

Leo – who needed a 

dozen staples to close a gash 

at the top of his head – said 

he won’t let the incident 

scare him off, but he will 

keep a closer eye on his surroundings. 

“I’m going to be careful,” 

he said. “You can’t do what 

I did. I just couldn’t care less. 

I won’t do that anymore. 

You have to be careful and 

know what’s around you.” 

Vancouver resident 

Danny Joseph Jordan, 46, 

was arrested a day later and 

charged with assault with 

a weapon and robbery in 

connection with the incident. 

According to police, 

there were 41 robberies 

committed last year involving 

victims over the age of 

60. 

The majority, 68 per 

cent, happened in the northeast 

sector of the city which 

includes the Downtown 

Eastside. 

Abby boots out MMA expo over gang fears 


lemons. But I have to spend a 

fortune to tell people there is 

a new location and get weeks 

of planning squeezed into a 

few business days.” 

The two-day expo will 

feature grappling tournaments, 

dozens of MMA vendors 

and appearances by 

many of the sport’s stars, including 

UFC fighter Clay 

Guida, legend Bas Rutten, 

and Victoria’s undefeated 

Strikeforce women’s welterweight 

champion Sarah 

Kauffman. 

PIECE OF THE GAMES 

Even though Martin 

Brodeur didn’t play much 

at the Olympics, an autographed 

Vancouver 2010 

Olympic puck is currently 

fetching $201. There is 

only one available puck 

for sale, since this was 

the only puck actually 

stopped by Brodeur during 

the Olympic 

tournament. 

» UFC gets closer 

The Ultimate Fighting 

Championship was given 

conditional approval for a 

June 12 pay-per-view event 

at GM Place Wednesday by 

the Vancouver Athletic 

Commission. The UFC was 

granted a promoter’s 

licence, but the city still 

needs to work out insurance 

and indemnity details 

before the event is officially 

sanctioned. 

» Fan fight vs 

Ducks on YouTube 

A YouTube video surfaced 

featuring two hockey fans – 

one in a Canucks sweater 

and one in a Ducks jersey - 

trading blows in the stands 

during the Vancouver-Anaheim 

game Wednesday. If 

anyone’s keeping score, the 

Canucks fan won the fight 

handily, bowed to a cheering 

crowd, and both were 

ejected. See it at vancouver.24hrs.ca/fight

Breaking News 

» Bear problems 

Supreme Court of B.C. 

placed Bear Mountain 

Master Partnership under 

creditor protection Thursday. 

The Vancouver Island golf 

course plans to operate regularly 

as it goes through a 

restructuring period. The 

court has appointed Prowis 

Inc. as the chief restructuring 

office and Pricewater- house- 

Coopers as the monitor. 

» Chao’s moon 

A local YouTube personality 

is making waves with his 

entry into the Doritos 

Viralocity contest. Peter 

Chao recreated a trailer for 

Twilight: New Moon with a 

Doritos twist, and his own 

brand of comedy, for the 

contest and currently leads 

the contest and stands to 

win up to $250,000. See it at 

www.doritosviralocity.ca. 

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ABBY WISEMAN – The idea of 

junk art may be grotesque to 

some, but in reality, it doesn’t 

take an artistic genius to 

use recycled materials to 

create things of beauty. 

Urban Source owner 

Vicki Gillis said more people 

are using recycled materials 

for do-it-yourself art projects. 

The Main Street store 

carries both found and donated 

materials, ranging 

from Chinese noodle boxes 

to cellophane to wood veneer, 

among others. 

The Fine Arts graduate 

opened the store in 1993 

after working with a nonprofit 

that specialized in recycled 

art. With the rise of 

sustainable culture, she has 

seen more interest in her 

business and more people 

recycling instead of throwing 

away. 

“What’s really wonderful 

to see is people trekking in on 

their bicycles with huge bags 

DHARM MAKWANA – City of 

Vancouver is getting a new 

guinea pig to test its low carbon 

vehicles strategy. 

Toyota Canada announced 

Thursday a Prius 

plug-in hybrid will be deployed 

in Vancouver and 

other regions of B.C. as part 

of a pilot project. 

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of stuff they can’t bear to 

throw in the garbage,” said 

Gillis. “They’re truly biking 

half- an-hour with who 

knows what, and are really 

making the effort to recycle.” 

Since opening the store 

Gillis has had everyone from 

Beck said the vehicle, which 

should be ready for market 

by 2012, will join the city’s 

green fleet of vehicles made 

from a variety of automakers. 

“What we’re going to do is 

integrate this into a two-year 

infrastructure pilot program 

– charge it at home, work and 

on the go – with a number of 

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day-care classes, to handmade 

enthusiasts, to Emily 

Carr students walk through 

her door. 

One trend she’s noticed is 

the rise of 20- to 30-yearolds 

interested in creating 

recycled art. 

different car makers to validate 

the infrastructure we’re 

looking to build over time,” 

Beck said at green business 

summit GLOBE 2010. 

Vancouver is the first city 

in North America to include 

vehicle charging stations in 

its building codes. 

While the city uses the 

vehicle to test the possibility 



‘Recycled’ art finds a market 

“What’s really neat is that 

now people are having Saturday 

night crafting parties, 

which cracks me up.” 

Gillis sees a bright future 

for recycled art because people 

are always interested in 

making things inexpensively. 

Vancouver bolster fleet of hybrid cars 

DHARM MAKWANA – Vancouver 

has the capacity to create 

sustainable environmental 

change but lacks the influence 

and funding to turn 

green dreams into reality, 

according to Mayor Gregor 

Robertson. 

“We have a governance 

structure that’s well over a 

century old,” Robertson said 

Thursday at the green busi- 

Urban Source owner Vicki Gillis says nothing should go to waste when it could go to art. 

ness summit GLOBE 2010. 

“We don’t have the tools 

to effectively finance and 

drive the change. That’s 

where I’m most worried right 

now — that we’re totally reliant 

on a provincial and federal 

government who have a 

lot of other things to manage, 

and an incredible array of responsibilities, 

and they can’t 

focus in on what cities need 

on a daily basis.” 

He called the expansion of 

rapid transit infrastructure 

within Vancouver essential 

to reaching his goal of being 

the world’s greenest city. 

Vancouver is on a shortlist 

of future rapid transit 

projects but both Victoria 

and the feds have indicated 

their next priority is to build 

rapid transit connecting 

of an electric grid for autos, 

Toyota will keep an eye on 

the market response. 

“The pilot for us is more 

about understanding the 

consumer and how and who 

the car would be best suited 

for and its reception in the 

marketplace,” said Toyota 

Canada director Larry 

Hutchinson. 

northeast Burnaby to Coquitlam. 

The benefits of the transit 

infrastructure Robertson desires 

were underscored by 

Peter Busby, a Vancouver architect 

and advocate for 

building sustainable communities, 

who joined the mayor 

on a panel discussion about 

the future of cities. 

Busby argued locals could 

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ABBY WISEMAN – If you’re 

scared of the dark or don’t 

know what to do without T.V., 

plenty of things are going 

around town this Earth 

Hour, March 27, 8:30 p.m. - 

9:30 p.m. 

Many Commercial Drive 

restaurants will be candlelit, 

while downtown 

eateries 

Raincity 

Grill, C and 

Nu are serving 

a raw food 

menu. 

Locally, it 

may be difficult 

to see as the City of Vancouver 

is dimming Library 

Square and all civic buildings. 

Science World is also 

going dark. 

Further out, Surrey is 

hosting a celebration at Central 

City Plaza with hot 

chocolate and live entertainment 

on offer. 

John Yap, Minister of 

State for Climate Action, 

urges people to participate in 

Earth Hour. 

“It is just one hour, but it's 

one hour when everyone 

around the world thinks 

about energy consumption 

and is conscious about it.” 

Green dreams need to be backed by province and feds 

ABBY WISEMAN 

Yap 

significantly drop their 

greenhouse gas emissions 

profile if dense communities 

with essentials services were 

built. 

“Unfortunately, it’s going 

to take a Herculean effort to 

change zoning patterns in the 

western world because there 

are so many entrenched positions, 

[but] the models are 

there in Vancouver.” 

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Earth Hour a rare opportunity 

to do some urban 

astronomy without the 

usual light pollution: 

@westbrant1 Its earth 

day this saturday .... 

everyones suppose to 

shut there lights out for a 

hour but im afraid of the 

dark.... 

@MarkHorseman Earth 

Hour is to Environmentalism 

as Lent is to 

Catholicism 

@mark_lawler For Earth 

Hour 2010: I’m turning 

on all of my lights & 

cranking stereo to full 

volume to Kansas’ “Point 

of No Return” 

@adekumala Only a year 

later #EarthHour had 

become a global sustainability 

movement with 

more than 50 million 

people across 35 countries 

participating. 

@coffeelovechaos Like 

most good ideas, 

#earthhour was born in a 

pub in Sydney 

@skjreilly ... We know 

your all trying to burn 

your budgets before the 

end of April but how 

about not burning your 

lightbulbs for #Earth- 

Hour Sat 8.30pm 

@WillScheilling Don’t 

forget to turn your lights 

off for #earthhour on 

Saturday 8.30. Suppose I 

should really turn the 

telly of as well in the 

spirit of it. 

@DCPlod Gee, let’s all 

clap ourselves on the 

back for surviving without 

electricity for a 

WHOLE FREAKING 

Feedback 

» E-mail: van24feedback@sunmedia.ca 

RE: ALEXANDRA Peppitts’ 

article (24 hours, Mar. 24) 

on the perils of waitressing. 

I sympathize. I 

apologize for lecherous 

males who can’t seem to 

digest nor drink if there is 

no waitress around, whose 

dress isn’t at least one size 

too small. I can’t explain 

this phenomenon without 

making it a “chicken or 

egg” dilemma since either 

sex would claim unflattering 

sexual profiling. 

- Norman M Ostonal 

A QUESTION TO smokers: 

Would you throw a gum 

wrapper on the ground if 

there was no bin? If you 

answer “yes”, you are 

trailer trash. If you answer 

“no”, why then do virtually 

all smokers throw butts 

out car windows or on 

sidewalks? Cigarette butts 

are the most polluted item 

on our planet. Stop it! 

- Jay Schwingenschloegl 

IN RESPONSE to Roslyn 

Cassells (24 hours, March 

25) you might not agree 

with Ann Coulter, but to 

gloat that she was a secu- 

rity threat prevented from 

speaking at Ottawa University 

only means you 

approve of the very same 

methods the Nazis used 

against their opponents. It 

shows your respect for 

democracy. 

- Frank Cvancara 

I SEE COUNSELLING is now 

being offered to VANOC 

staff saddened that they 

now faced unemployment. 

Did these characters not 

know one day their job 

would end? Get your 

resume together people, 

get out and start knocking 

on doors and quit feeling 

sorry for yourself. The 

party is over. 

- Bill Dobie 

IT SEEMS ROBERT Pickton 

can still feed his pigs even 

from behind bars. I’m talking 

about his lawyers. I 

find it appalling Pickton’s 

defense team is trying to 

get his convictions overturned 

on a technicality, 

with no chance of getting 

him off. They’ll just make 

the families suffer again. 

- Peter Murray 

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After a 

disappointing 

break-up, 

it’s perfectly 

normal – 

even healthy 

– to take some time out to 

lick your wounds. 

For many of us, this simply 

means staying at home a 

few weekends in a row, so 

we can stuff our feelings 

with comfort food and bad 

TV. 

Of course, no two 

breakups are alike, so you 

can’t really put a cap on the 

recuperation period. 

After all, giving yourself 

sufficient time to regroup is 

all part of the healing 

process. 

But sometimes, we can 

lose track of how long we’ve 

been keeping ourselves in 

solitary confinement. 

We just get so accustomed 

to spending our 

evenings at home alone, we 

don’t realize we are no 

longer licking our wounds – 

but rather, letting our dating 

life pass us by. 

Here, then, are five signs 

it’s time to pack in your pity 

party and get back on the 

horse again. 

STUBBLE TROUBLE 

Has it been a while since 

you dealt with those unsightly 

sideburns? 

And I’m not just referring 

to the male readers 

here. Ladies, if you’ve got a 

national forest overtaking 

certain areas of your body, it 

might be time to lift your 

moratorium on mating and 

resume your pre-breakup 

shaving regime (not necessarily 

in that order either). 

>Breaking News 

Stuck in dating purgatory 

Dating Chronicles, Sarah Rowland 

Too much time with Sully Bear. 

FURRY FRIENDS 

There’s nothing wrong 

with loving your pet. 

But if you’re torturing 

friends and family by constantly 

e-mailing updates on 

all the cute stuff Fluffy and 

Spot do throughout the day, 

it’s probably time to leave 

the house and start hanging 

out with your own species 

again. 

In the meantime, check 

out this this photo I took of 

my Sully Bear the other day. 

I’m thinking about photoshopping 

a cartoon bubble 

above his head that says, “Yo 

biatch, make yourself useful 

and pass me the remote.” 

Of course, my baby 

shnookums would never say 

that to me – he’s my furry 

little love bug. Yes he is, yes 

he is. 

REPEAT OFFENDER 

Are you watching so 

much TV that you find yourself 

flicking through the 

channels only to stop on 

Bravo? At which point, you 

say to yourself excitedly, 

“Right on, I’ve only seen this 

Law and Order twice be- 

fore!” Then you need to pry 

your butt off the couch 

ASAP and reintroduce yourself 

to the outside world. 

TAKE-OUT OVERDOSE 

When you order Chinese 

food, do you just ask for the 

“usual” and they know what 

you’re talking about? 

How about the pizza 

guy? Are you two on a firstname 

basis? Then you’ve 

probably served enough 

time under heartbreak 

house arrest. 

LEISURE LOSER 

When you get home from 

work do you make a beeline 

for your PJs because you 

know that if a friend calls 

you up and tries to drag you 

out, you can always say, “Oh, 

I’d love to, but I just got into 

my PJs – another time?” 

Well, then you’ve got 

loungewear lizard syndrome 

and it’s definitely 

time to get back out there 

and start socializing. 

E-mail Sarah at van24feedback@sunmedia.ca

Breaking News 

» B.C. Place renos 

under secrecy 

Premier Gordon Campbell 

heralded the one-year countdown 

to Major League Soccer 

in Vancouver Thursday. But he 

wouldn't offer any hint about 

when taxpayers would learn 

how the $458 million 

retractable roof at B.C. Place 

would be financed. 24 hours 

sought the revised business 

case. A Feb. 11 Freedom of 

Information response from 

the Tourism, Culture and Arts 

ministry denied access to all 

records because of cabinet 

secrecy. Told that 24 hours 

was denied the information, 

Campbell said: “Cabinet 

documents are not public 

documents. That's a tradition.” 

- BOB MACKIN 



Sochi 2014 boss may hire VANOC staff 

BOB MACKIN - Top VANOC 

executives will visit Sochi, 

Russia, in June to impart 

their wisdom to organizers of 

the 2014 Winter Olympics 

and Paralympics. 

Sochi 2014’s chief executive 

said some Vancouver 

2010 personnel may be hired. 

“We’re carefully reviewing 

the list of specialists to work 

with the contract, consultancy 

basis or as staff members,” 

Dmitry Chernyshenko 

told 24 hours. 

Chernyshenko led a delegation 

of 300 people who 

spent 50 days in Vancouver 

and Whistler observing 

Games operations and working 

with VANOC. 

The group included 20 

volunteers handpicked from 

around Russia, where 

volunteerism is uncommon. 

Canadian companies 

SNC-Lavalin and Bombardier 

are building road and rail infrastructure 

in the resort that 

stretches 147 kilometres along 

the Black Sea. The seaside 

cluster of ice sports venues 

will include a central live site 

and sponsor village. 

“The spectators will be 

able to visit an incredible 

number of sport events in one 

day,” Chernyshenko said. 

“We’re using it to our greatest 

advantage. We’re building 

everything from scratch.” 

Despite critics, Cherny- 

shenko said venues will be 

ready in 2012 for pre-Games 

test events because Sochi’s 

climate favours year-round 

construction. 

Like Vancouver, indigenous 

activists are planning to 

use the Sochi Games as a platform 

to seek justice. 

Circassians protested outside 

Sochi World during the 

2010 Winter Olympics, 

claiming some 2014 venues 

are being built on the site of a 

19th century massacre. 

“We, as the organizers, 

have nothing to do with political 

issues,” Chernyshenko 

said. “Sochi has more than 

120 different nationalities living 

in peace.” 

» Olympic pin 

show in Burnaby 

One of Frank Zavarella’s 

favourite Olympic memories 

was the hard-bargaining, 

seven-year-old girl who 

shared the pin-collecting bug. 

Dmitry Chernyshenko, CEO of the Sochi 2014 organizing committee, 

says development of their Olympic site will be ready by 2012. 

“I had to give up three pins to 

get one pin,” said Zavarella, 

co-president of the Pacific Pin 

Club. “She knew exactly what 

she wanted off my board. 

Every pin tells a story.” 

Pacific Pin Club formed in 

1987. Zavarella said the 2010 

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Olympics caused membership 

to mushroom from 40 

people to 140. Pacific hosts a 

free admission pin-trading 

show Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 

p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 

p.m. at the Capitol Hill Community 

Hall in Burnaby

Breaking News 

IFE’S A BEACH? NOT FOR SOME CITIES 

ewage swim shocker 

MI AGENCY — Whether the 

each you swim at is safe 

epends on where you live. 

The oilsands may have 

iven Alberta a poor environental 

image but when it 

omes to treating sewage in 

ig cities Alberta apparently 

lows away poor performers 

ike British Columbia and 

uebec. 

This is the picture painted 

y Environment Canada docments 

obtained by QMI 

gencythatnamethe10worst 

nd 10 best sewage treatment 

lants in the country. 

Thelistemergedjustasthe 

eds launch a plan to clean up 

astewater treatment in 

>> 12 hurt leads to 

recall of baby gates 

Baby gates that can break or 

detach at the top of the 

Canada. Environment Minister 

Jim Prentice recently announcednewregulationsthat, 

when approved, will require 

949 of Canada’s 3,700 sewage 

treatment plants to upgrade 

theirfacilitiesoverthenext30 

years. 

Theworstoffendersonthe 

Environment Canada list 

appear to be in Saint John, 

N.B., and Victoria, where raw 

sewage, straight from the toilet 

bowl, is pumped into the 

sea with the rainwater. 

CalgaryandEdmontonare 

amongthe10bestcitieswhile 

Fredericton boasts an 

advanced sewage treatment 

facility that holds wastewater 

stairs are being recalled after 

12 children have been hurt. 

Health Canada has issued 

a recall for 33,220 Evenflo 

Top of Stair Plus Wood 

in tanks and blasts it with 

ultraviolet lights. 

Victoria and cities like 

Montreal and Laval, Quebec, 

whichhaveprimarytreatment 

plants, join 399 plants in the 

high-risk category that have 

until2020toupgrade.The403 

plantsinthemedium-riskcategory 

have until 2030, while 

the 147 plants with a low-risk 

designation get until 2040 to 

fix their systems. 

EnvironmentCanadaestimates 

the full cost of the 

sewage treatment upgrades 

willbenearly$6billion,butthe 

economic benefits for business, 

real estate and tourism 

will come in at $17.6 billion. 

Gates, model number 

10502. The gates were 

sold at retailers between 

December 2007 and September 

2009. 

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Upset PM wants to claw back 

killer Olson’s federal pension 

QMI AGENCY — Prime Minister 

Stephen Harper was personally 

upset to learn serial 

childkillerCliffordOlsonwas 

collecting a federal pension 

behind bars and said his government 

is determined to 

claw back the benefits. 

“I’vereadallthestoriesrecently,thestoriesinthepaper 

about Mr. Olson, and I must 

admit that I’m as upset about 

this, as concerned about this 

as any other Canadian is,” 

Harper said during a visit to 

London, Ont., referring to recent 

reports from QMI 

Agency. “I think probably the 

reason this hasn’t arisen before 

is this is unusual, these 

areunusualcircumstances.It 

isnottypicalthatwehaveseniorcitizensfacinglifeincarceration.” 

Last week QMI Agency 

revealed Olson, now serving 

a life sentence for killing 11 

girls and boys between nine 

Harper 

and 18 years old, is receiving 

just under $1,200 a month in 

old age pension and income 

supplement payments. 

“I’veinstructedtheministertolookatwhatoptionsare 

available to us to rectify this 

situation, because it should 

be rectified,” Harper said. 

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>> Pickton’s rights 

breached: Lawyer 

A lawyer for serial killer 

Robert Pickton says the 

Supreme Court must order a 

new trial because a judge’s 

last-minute instruction to 

the jury was wrong and 

breached the notorious 

murderer’s charter rights. 

But the Crown is arguing the 

evidence against him is so 

overwhelming the instruction 

didn’t matter and a new 

trial is unnecessary. 

Pickton was sentenced to 

life in prison after a jury 

found him guilty of six 

counts of second-degree 

murder in 2007 for abducting 

and killing sex trade 

workers, then bleeding and 

butchering their bodies on 

his pig farm in Port Coquitlam, 

B.C. In an Ottawa court 

Thursday, Pickton’s lawyer 

said it’s the constitutional 

right of every Canadian to 

have a jury properly understand 

what factors should be 

taken into account in reaching 

a guilty verdict.

World 

AFGHANISTAN 

Canada 

urged 

to stay 

REUTERS —TheUnitedStates 

will ask Canada to keep as 

many as 600 soldiers in 

Afghanistan after the country’s 

military mission there 

ends in 2011, the Globe and 

Mail newspaper said on 

Thursday. 

Thepaper,citingunidentified 

sources, said the troops 

would serve as military trainers. 

Although Ottawa says it 

will withdraw all 2,800 soldiers 

serving in the violent 

southern Afghan city of Kandahar, 

Washington has been 

pressing Canada behind the 

scenes to show more flexibility. 

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2 3 

4 

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> France Paris (1) 

French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is not keen to see her husband 

President Nicolas Sarkozy run for a second term in office, worried 

that the job might damage his health, she told Figaro Magazine. 

“As a spouse, I do not wish for it. Maybe I am afraid that his health 

will be affected. Maybe I want to live what time we have left 

together in a certain peace,” she said. 

“But whatever the situation and whatever my husband decides, I 

will quietly accept it,” she added. 

Bruni and Sarkozy married in 2008 after a whirlwind romance, but there was wild media 

speculation earlier this month that their marriage was in difficulty. 

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> United States Washington (2) 

>IraqBaghdad (3) 

The coalitions of Prime Minister 

Nuri al-Maliki and 

challenger Iyad Allawi, pictured, 

will be separated by 

only one or two seats when 

election results are 

announced on Friday, Iraq’s 

elections chief said. 

The tight race promises 

weeks or months of tough 

and potentially divisive 

negotiations to form a new 

government as Iraq tries to 

consolidate security gains of 

the past two years. 

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The Pentagon issued new rules Thursday to make it harder 

for the U.S. military to discharge gay personnel, an interim 

step to ease enforcement of the existing “don’task,don’t 

tell” policy while Congress considers repealing it. 

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the directives were 

the result of a 45-day review of what the Pentagon can do 

in the short term within the confines of existing law to 

allow implementation in a “fair and more appropriate 

manner.” 

He said the goal was to bring “a greater measure of common 

sense and common decency to a process for handling 

what are difficult and complex issues for all involved.” 

> North Korea 

Pyongyang (4) 

The UN Human Rights 

Council on Thursday 

slammed widespread 

abuses in North Korea, 

among them torture and 

labour camps for political 

prisoners, and renewed the 

mandate of its investigator 

for the state for a year. 

The UN said that human 

rights violations were “harrowing 

and horrific” in the 

country.

Money 

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+ 0.05 ¢ US 

NASDAQ 

2,397.41 

- 1.35 

DOW 

Lululemon stocks lifting off 

QMI AGENCY — Stocks in 

Lululemon Athletica Inc. 

surged almost 12% after the 

leisurewear company said 

fourth-quarter profit more 

than doubled as consumer 

spending picked up and as 

initiatives such as expanding 

its running line paid off. 

The shares were up $4.37 

to$41.25by11a.m.,makingit 

one of the biggest gainers in 

dollar terms on the benchmark 

S&P/TSX composite 

index. The company earlier 

reported its fourth-quarter 

net income jumped to $28.5 

million, or 40 cents a share, 

comparedwith$10.9million 

in the year-ago period. 

10,841.21 

+5.06 

PHOTO: QMI AGENCY FILE 

Lululmon Athletica running line has paid off as shares shot up Thursday after coming off a big Q4 report. 

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES 

Saskatchewan 

shows surplus 

QMI AGENCY — The Conference 

Board of Canada’s 

Help-Wanted Index rose in 

February, with a flurry of 

job posting activity in 

Saskatchewan. 

The index, a measure of 

new online job ads, clawed 

back 4.4 percentage points 

after a surprise decline 

posted in January. The gain 

representsthesixthincrease 

insevenmonthsbutonlypartially 

offset January’s drop, 

the think thank said in a report 

Thursday. 

Five provinces posted 

gains in the month, with 

Saskatchewan leading the 

pack. The province saw a 

23.5-point increase. 

“ H o w e v e r , 

Saskatchewan’s index has 

tendedtobehighlyvolatilein 

the past,” the report said. 

All of Canada’s Western 

provincespostedsmallerbut 

sizable gains as well.

Gossip on 

Gossip Girl star 

Gossip-Girl hottie 

Ed Westwick loses 

his cool at a New 

York restaurant. P19 

Sexy, sassy and seductive 

Atom Egoyan’s new film Chloe 


relationships and sexual desire. P15 

Romance 

with a twist 

How to Train 

Your Dragon 

The actors of How to 

Train Your Dragon talk 

about the movie’s 

message. P14 

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QMI AGENCY — In How to 

Train Your Dragon, Gerard 

Butler voices a battle-hardened 

Viking who wants his 

son, Hiccup, to follow in his 

reptile-slaying footsteps. Little 

does he know the kid has 

covertly bonded with one of 

the creatures. 

ForButler,thethemeofthe 

animated adventure, opening 

on Friday, has real-life resonance. 

After all, is there an 

actor alive who didn’t disappoint 

his parents with his career 

choice? In Butler’s case, 

thenewswascompoundedby 

the fact he had just spent several 

years in law school. 

“Iwantedtobeanactor,but 

Iwasalawyer,”hesays.“Iwas 

a week away from qualifying 

and that’s the day I was fired, 

andImadeanannouncement: 

‘Hey, you thought for seven 

yearsIwasgoingtobealawyer 

but I’m not. I just lost my job 

and I’m packing my bags and 

moving to London tomorrow 

to be an actor.’ You know how 

devastated my mother was by 

this news, but in the end she 

wrote me a letter saying it 

doesn’tmatterwhatyoudoas 

long as you’re happy, because 

then I’ll be happy.” 

And Montreal’s Jay 

Baruchel, who voices Hiccup,believesButlerwon’tbe 

the only one who connects 

with the story. 

“To me, the movie is an 

analogy for any artsy kid in 

high school — any kid who’s 

not playing football or 

hockey. The point of the 

movie is that all the things 

you’retaughtareyourfailings 

or inadequacies are ulti- 

matelywhatsetsyouapartand 

makes you kind of special.” 

What sets Butler and 

Baruchel apart these days is 

how prolific they are. In addition 

to Dragon, both are currently 

starring in live-action 

films: Butler in The Bounty 

Hunter, Baruchel in She’s Out 

of My League. Not to be outdone,co-starAmericaFerrera, 

who voices Hiccup’s love interest 

Astrid, can also be seen 

in OurFamilyWedding. 

TheirenthusiasmforHow 

toTrainYourDragon,though, 

is unmistakable. 

“Formeit’soneofthemost 

satisfyingexperiences,”Butler 

says. “To see the whole thing 

finished in 3- 

D,Ithought 

everyone 

excelled... 

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Movie with a message 

» Evans to be 

Captain America 

Fantastic news for Captain 

America. Chris Evans, who 

played the Human Torch in 

the two lacklustre Fantastic 

Four movies, has been cast 

as the star-spangled superhero. 

Evans is believed to be 

signed for as many as nine 

films, including two sequels, 

2012’s The Avengers (alongside 

Iron Man,theHulk and 

Thor) and multiple cameos 

in other future Marvel productions. 

The First Avenger: 

Captain America shoots this 

summer in Europe for a July 

2011 release. 

» Miley grows up 

into film career 

Miley Cyrus is tossing off 

what she calls the “security 

blanket” with her new role 

as a rebellious teen in the 

soon-to-be-released Last 

Song. But that seems mere 

child’s play compared to the 

next likely venture in her bid 

to establish herself as a 

grown-up movie actress. 

Cyrus, 17, said she expects 

toplaytheleadina“really 

dark, edgy and cool” movie 

called “LOL: Laughing Out 

Loud”—a U.S. remake, currently 

in development, of a 

2009 French movie. 

Andhowspectacularallthe3- 

D animation was. There are 

only a couple times I’ve stood 

up and beamed and been surrounded 

by my friends who 

werealljustasexcitedasIwas 

— this, 300 ...” His voice trails 

off with a laugh. “And that’s 

about it.” 

All told, the cast worked 

about three years on the project. 

Throughout, the animatorsdrewinspirationfromthe 

actors — and vice versa. 

Butler was startled to recognize 

his own exaggerated 

mannerisms — captured by 

recording-boothcameras—in 

his character, Stoick the Vast. 

“Itwasanexactmatch,”he 

says. “In real life, when I do 

that big, it’s awful to 

watch. But I seem to 

havegottenawaywith 

a lot of overacting in 

this.” 

» Looking for next 

Mission director 

As the search for a Mission: 

Impossible IV 

director intensifies, a surprising 

contender has 

emerged: Brad Bird. 

Finding a director has 

been a top priority for 

star Tom Cruise, who 

reprises his role as secret 

agent Ethan Hunt and is 

producing with J.J. 

Abrams. 

Paramount set a May 27, 

2011, release date for the 

movie and is eyeing a 

summer start for production.

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Review 

QMI AGENCY — With its stylish 

sheen, Chloe celebrates downtown 

Toronto as few major 

films ever have. Unless you 

already know, it is difficult to 

discern that Atom Egoyan’s 

romantic thriller was adapted 

from Anne Fontaine’s original 

French film, Nathalie. 

It is not only the young protagonist’s 

name — and the 

film’s title — that has changed. 

The culture of the story has 

beentransformedbythedirector 

and his screenwriter, Erin 

CressidaWilson.Thesettingis 

notjustToronto,itistheCanadian 

psyche, and Egoyan adds 

hisusualtorturedflourishesas 

heexamineshowpeopleinteract 

in the city that has been his 

home throughout his career. 

JulianneMoore,LiamNeeson 

and the title character 

played by Amanda Seyfried 

(who is the discovery here) are 

three points in a triangle of deceit 

and manipulation. Maintaining 

separate agendas until 

it is far too late to extricate 

themselves from the situation, 

they together explore the primalnatureofrelationshipsand 

sexual desire. 

Whatemergesissexy,sassy, 

seductiveandevensensational. 

Someviewers,however,donot 

share our enthusiasm and are 

usingthewordsillytodescribe 

theplot.SothesuccessofChloe 

does depend on whether you 

buyintotheintrigueornot.We 

do, and this ranks as Egoyan’s 

most accomplished film since 

the Oscar-nominated The 

Sweet Hereafter. 

It was cursed by real-life 

QMI AGENCY —Dragons are like 

Jennifer Aniston and Sandra 

Bullock—everyonelovesthem 

despite their lousy taste in 

scripts. 

EverseeDragonslayer?How 

about Dragonheart starring 

Sean Connery as a fire-breathing 

reptile with a Scottish 

brogue?OrReignofFire?OrEragon?Sothesurpriseofthe3-DanimatedadventureHowtoTrain 

Your Dragon isn’t that once 

again the digitally-rendered 

creatures dazzle — it’s that the 


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Chloe entices the audience 

tragedy. Neeson was shooting 

Chloe when his wife, actress 

Natasha Richardson, suffered 

her skiing accident in the Laurentian 

Mountains of Quebec 

and died after being transferred 

from a Montreal hospitaltoNewYork.Neeson,under 

a cloak of secrecy, quickly returnedtotheChloeshoottofinish 

his role. It is being said that 

youcantellwhichscenesthose 

are because of Neeson’s 

haunted look. We are not sure 

we accept that, because his 

character has a certain tragic 

wash throughout the film, by 

virtueofthecharacterheplays, 

This Dragon is on fire 

Amanda Seyfried, left, and Julianne Moore star in Atom Egoyan’s new film Chloe. 

movie does too. 

Fromtheopeningvoiceover 

by gangly teenage Viking misfit 

Hiccup (voiced by Jay 

Baruchel),thefilmtransportsus 

to the ancient island of Berk. 

Charged with defending the 

village is the chief — and Hiccup’s 

father — Stoick the Vast 

(GerardButler),afearsomewarrior 

whose greatest disappointment 

is that his son wasn’t cut 

from the same battle-ready 

cloth. 

Hiccup, though, is determinedtomakehisfatherproud, 

and by his natural inclination 

to channel melancholy and internalize 

angst. 

There is a lot of psychological 

turmoil for all the major 

characters in the film, and not 

just the principals. That certainlyappliestotheyoungman 

played by Max Thieriot. As the 

offspring of Moore and Neeson’s 

character, he becomes a 

fourth point of contention in 

the story. 

The star players are out 

there in terms of nudity. Both 

Moore and Seyfried expose 

themselves physically as well 

as emotionally. In lesser hands 

andheassemblesacatapultdesigned 

to bring a dragon down. 

Whenhesucceeds,hediscovers 

that he hasn’t captured just any 

dragon, but a feared and neverbefore-seenNightFury.Slaying 

the creature would make him a 

hero.ButHiccupisnokillerand 

instead of slicing the dragon’s 

heart out, he severs its bonds. 

From here, the friendship 

thanthoseofEgoyan,thesexin 

the film could have become 

sordidandnotthehot,cooland 

sophisticatedscenestheyhave 

become. But that also makes 

Chloe a mature, adult experience. 

But, of course, most of 

Egoyan’sworkiscraftedforthe 

art-house audience, which is 

adult. Even when he seems to 

go mainstream, as he does in 

Chloe, the undertones are 

Egoyanesque. 

Chloe 

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thatgraduallydevelopsbetween 

boy and dragon is poignant, 

charming and timeless . 

Theplotisincidentaltowhat 

elevates the movie above the 

CG-animated norm. 

HowtoTrainYour 

Dragon 

**** 

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QMI AGENCY —Astheopening 

salvo is a dog’s rectal exam, 

you have to figure that Hot 

TubTimeMachineintendsto 

go where other gross-out 

comedies have never gone 

before. 

And then some. 

Rude, crude and fantasti- 

cally stupid, Hot Tub Time 

Machine is the sort of movie 

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mindless, but as it 

cheerfully celebrates its own 

awesome idiocy rather than 

pretendingtobesomethingit’s 

not, you can only love the 

thing. 

Hot Tub Time Machine 

will no doubt be hailed as this 

year’s Hangover, but in some 

ways it’s a better comedy. The 

time-travelelementissoludicrous 

that it distances the 

story from any hint of reality; 

as a result, it’s missing that 

whiff of mean-spiritedness. 

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Thismeansyoumightfeel 

less guilty about how much 

you laugh at Hot Tub Time 

Machine. 

Hot Tub Time 

Machine 

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THE BOUNTY HUNTER 

The Bounty Hunter transports us to a universe in which newspaper reporters 

look like Jennifer Aniston, grizzled ex-cops look like Gerard Butler and movies 

apparently write, shoot and edit themselves. *1/2 

REPO MEN 

Repo Men is a subversive little outing with a terrific soundtrack and a ‘dounto-others’ 

moral, and it might appeal — just a hunch — to a young male 

audience. *** 

COOKING WITH STELLA 

Cooking with Stella is a subtle social comedy with an upstairs/downstairs sort 

of flavour. The film explores the culture clash between a Canadian couple and 

the housekeeper they encounter in New Delhi. **1/2 

SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE 

She’s Out of My League, starring Jay Baruchel, is a crude buddy comedy. But 

as crude buddy comedies go, it’s a shave above the rest. ***1/2 

OUR FAMILY WEDDING 

A clumsy cobbling of sentimentality and slapstick humour. Starring America 

Ferrera and Forest Whitaker. ** 

REMEMBER ME 

Teen-throb Robert Pattinson expands his range into James Dean territory, too 

bad he doesn’t attain legendary status. ** 

ALICE IN WONDERLAND 

Tim Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland is witty, whimsical and enchanting. 

***1/2 

THE GHOST WRITER 

The story of a career ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) hired to write the autobio 

of a charming, Iraq-tainted ex-PM. ***1/2 

COP OUT 

A buddy-cop movie pairing Bruce Willis with TV wild man Tracy Morgan and 

directed by indie filmmaker Kevin Smith. It’s a rude, crude and chatty man film, 

but it works. ***

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Movie listings> 

Downtown 

Cinemark Tinseltown 

at International Village 

88 West Pender, 806-0799 

The Bounty Hunter Fri to Thu 1:05, 2:10, 3:40, 5, 

6:20, 7:40, 9:05, 10:20. 

CHLOE Fri to Thu 2:35, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50. 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fri to Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:05, 

9:25. 

The Ghost Writer Fri to Thu 1:25, 4:30, 7:20, 10:25. 

Green Zone Fri to Thu 2:05, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15. 

Greenberg Fri to Thu 1:35, 2:40, 4:10, 5:20, 6:50, 

7:55, 9:30, 10:30. CinéArts 

How to Train Your Dragon Fri to Thu 2:45, 5:15, 

7:45, 10:10. 

How to Train Your Dragon 3D Fri to Thu 1:30, 4, 

6:30, 9. RealD 3D 

The Last Song Wed and Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40. 

Mother (Madeo) Fri to Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05. 

CinéArtsMon 1:20, 4:15, 10:05. CinéArts 

Tue 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05. CinéArts 

Wed 1:20, 4:15, 10:05. CinéArts 

Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05. CinéArts 

Remember Me Fri to Sun 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40. Mon 

1:40, 7, 9:40. Tue 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40. 

Dunbar Theatre - Vancouver 

4555 Dunbar Street, 222-2991 

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Fri 7, 9. Sat and 

Sun 2, 4:15, 7, 9. Mon to Thu 4:15, 7, 9. 

Empire Theatres - Granville 7 

855 Granville Street, 684-4000 

The Breakfast Club Fri 7:30. 

Cooking With Stella Fri 6:45, 9:25. Sat and Sun 

1:30, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25. Mon to Thu 5:40, 8:15. 

The Last Station Fri 6:55, 9:35. Sat 

and Sun 1:35, 4:20, 6:55, 9:35. Mon 

to Thu 5:20, 8. 

A Prophet (Un prophete) Fri 8. Sat 

and Sun 1:10, 4:25, 8. Mon to Thu 7. 

A Single Man Fri 9:45. Sat 1:40, 4:10, 

7:05, 9:45. Sun 1:40, 9:45. Mon to Thu 

5:45, 8:20. 

Up in the Air Fri 6:50, 9:40. Sat and 

Sun 1:25, 4:15, 6:50, 9:40. Mon to Thu 

5:35, 8:10. 

Valentine’s Day Fri 6:40, 9:30. Sat 

and Sun 1:20, 4, 6:40, 9:30. Mon to 

Thu 5:25, 8:05. 

The Wolfman Fri 7, 9:50. Sat and Sun 

1:15, 3:50, 7, 9:50. Mon to Wed 5:50, 

8:30. 

Empire Theatres - Oakridge 

Cinemas 

601-650 West 41st Avenue, 

263-1944 

Clash of the Titans Thu 8, 10:20. 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fri 6:45, 9. Sat 

and Sun 2, 4:30, 6:45, 9. Mon to Thu 

5, 7:45. 

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Fri 

7, 9:30. Sat and Sun 1:30, 4, 7, 9:30. 

Mon to Thu 5:20, 8. 

She’s Out of My League Fri 7:15, 9:45. 

Sat and Sun 1:45, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45. Mon 

to Wed 5:10, 8:15. Thu 5:10. 


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Festival Cinemas 

Fifth Avenue Cinemas 

2110 Burrard Street, 734- 

7469 

Crazy Heart Fri to Thu 1:30, 4:10, 

6:55, 9:15. 

The Ghost Writer Fri to Thu 1:15, 4, 7, 

9:35. 

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3D 

Fri to Thu 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:15, 9:10. 

The Hurt Locker Fri to Thu 1:45, 4:30, 

7:10, 9:45. 

Shutter Island Fri to Thu 1, 3:50, 6:45, 

9:30. 

Festival Cinemas 

Park Theatre 

3440 Cambie Street, 

709-3456 

Alice in Wonderland in Disney Digital 

3D Fri 4, 7, 9:30. Sat and Sun 1:30, 4, 

7, 9:30. Mon to Thu 4, 7, 9:30. 

Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver 

900 Burrard Street, 630-1407 

Alice in Wonderland in Disney Digital 3D 

Fri to Sun 11:15 AM, 12:45, 1:50, 3:45, 4:35, 

6:45, 7:40, 9:45, 10:30. Mon and Tue 

12:45, 1:50, 3:45, 4:35, 6:45, 7:40, 9:45, 

10:30. Wed 12:45, 1:50, 3:45, 4:35, 7:40, 

9:45,10:30.Thu12:45,1:05,3:45,4,6:45, 

10:30. 

Avatar 3D Fri 11:45 AM, 3:20, 6:50, 10:25. 

Sat 3:20, 6:50, 10:25. Sun to Wed 11:45, 

3:20, 6:50, 10:25. Thu 11:45, 3:20, 10:25. 

The Black Eyed Peas: The E.N.D. World 

Tour LIVE Tue 7:30. 

HOT TUB TIME MACHINE Fri to Thu 

12:30, 1, 3:30, 4, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:40. 

The Metropolitan Opera: Hamlet Sat 10 

AM. 

Repo Men Fri to Thu 1:10, 4:20, 7:50, 

10:50. 

TheRunaways FritoThu12:40,4:10,7:15, 

10:10. 

She’s Out of My League Fri to Mon 1:15, 

4:15, 7:20, 10:15. Tue 1:15, 4:15. Wed and 

Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:15. 

Shutter Island Fri 12, 4:05, 7:35, 10:45. 

Sat 4:05, 7:35, 10:45. Sun to Thu noon, 

4:05, 7:35, 10:45. 

Van East Cinema 

2290 Commercial Drive, 

251-1313 3278 

Call theatre for schedule. 

Surrey 

CO Strawberry Hill Grande 

120thStreet&72ndAvenue,501- 

9420 

Alice in Wonderland Fri to Wed 1, 4, 7, 

9:50. Thu 11:40, 2:20, 5, 7:45, 10:40. 


Fri to Wed 11:40 AM, 2:20, 5, 7:45, 10:40. 

Thu1,4,7. 



The Bounty Hunter Fri to Thu 1:10, 4:10, 

7:30, 10:15. 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fri to Tue 11:50 AM, 

2:10, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40. Wed 1, 4:50, 7:15, 

9:40. Thu 11:50, 2:10, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40. 

Green Zone Fri to Thu 10:30. 


12:10, 2:40, 5:20, 8, 10:45. 

How to Train Your Dragon Fri to Thu 12, 

2:30, 5:10, 7:50. 

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3D Fri 

to Thu 11:30 AM, 2, 4:40, 7:20, 10. 

Jawani Zindabad Fri to Thu 12:20, 3:40, 

7:10, 10:25. 

Lad Gaya Pecha Fri to Thu 12:30, 4:05, 

7:05, 10:10. 

The Last Song Wed 1, 3:30, 6:50, 9:45. 

Thu 12:45, 3:30, 6:50, 9:45. 

Repo Men Fri to Tue 12:50, 3:45, 7:40, 

10:20. Wed and Thu 12:50, 3:45, 7:40. 

She’s Out of My League Fri to Mon 12:40, 

3:50, 6:40, 9:30. Tue 12:40, 3:50, 6:40. 

Wed and Thu 12:40, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30. 

Shutter Island Fri and Sat 12:25, 3:30, 

6:50, 10:05. Sun 12:25, 10:05. Mon 12:25, 

3:30, 6:50, 10:05. Tue 12:25, 3:30, 10:05. 

Wed and Thu 10:05. 

WWE: Wrestlemania Sun 4. 

Empire Studio 12 Guilford 

15051-101st Avenue, 581-1716 

251-1313 3278 


Fri to Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7, 9:40. 

Avatar Fri and Sat 1:55, 7:05. Sun 9:15. 

Mon and Tue 1:55, 7:05. 

The Bounty Hunter Fri to Thu 1:05, 3:50, 

6:45, 9:30. 

Clash of the Titans Thu 9:45. 

DiaryofaWimpyKid FritoThu1:20,4:20, 

6:55, 9:25. 

Green Zone Fri to Thu 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 

10:05. 

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Hot Tub Time Machine Fri to Thu 1:45, 

4:30, 7:30, 10:15. 

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3D Fri 

1:30, 2:15, 4, 4:45, 6:30, 7:15, 9, 9:45. Sat 

and Sun noon, 1:30, 2:15, 4, 4:45, 6:30, 

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19 

James loses it 

James Cameron reacted angrily 

when Fox News correspondent 

Glenn Beck said, 

“Only pure evil could have 

directed the movie Titanic.” 

Cameron fired back at 

Beck, saying, “Glenn Beck 

is a f---ing a--hole. I’ve met 

him. He called me the anti- 

Christ … and I’d love to 

have a dialogue with him. 

He’s dangerous because his 

ideas are poisonous.” 

Beck responded, “This guy 

is making a billion dollars 

on a Smurf-murdering 

movie and he’s stewing 

about a joke that nobody 

heard on a network nobody 

watched!” 

— 24 HOURS NEWS SERVICES 


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Partycutshort 

Teen heartthrob Justin 

Bieber was forced to cut his 

album launch party short 

when the venue was bombarded 

by screaming fans, 

says earsucker.com. 

He celebrated his new 

album, My World 2.0’s 

release at Lucky Strike 

Lanes bowling alley in Manhattan, 

but had to cut the 

night short over security 

fears. 

A source said, “Justin 

wanted to stay and bowl, 

but his security guys didn’t 

want to take any chances.” 


Shaping up 

Mo’Nique, who is currently 

on tour with her comedy 

show Spread the Love,is 

doing her best to get in 

shape for herself and her 

family. 

The mother of three — who 

is married to Sidney Hicks 

— told Entertainment 

Tonight: “I’m juicing. Let 

me tell you all this, I never 

thought I’d be a juicer, but 

at 42 years old, spinach, 

asparagus, carrots and an 

apple — all natural. I’d be 

winded sometimes — it 

was just, ‘You know what 

Mo’Nique? You gotta make 

the commitment to meet 

your great-grandchildren.’” 


>> No Chuck E Cheese for Naomi 

Naomi Campbell will be celebrating her 40th birthday in 

style, thanks to her billionaire boyfriend. He’s throwing a 

lavish party on the French Riviera on a super-yacht. 


PEOPLE IN THE NEWS 

WIG OUT 

Gossip Girl’s Westwick 

loses it at restaurant 

24 HOURS NEWS SERVICES — A man who 

claims he was just trying to take pictures of 

friends while dining out in New York City 

recently says he was thrown out of the 

restaurant and blamed for snapping pics of 

Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick, says New York 

Daily News’ Gatecrasher column. 

Westwick hit fancy Los Feliz for dinner recently 

and wigged out when nearby patrons 

began snapping photos of their own 

gathering. 

“Ed came over and was like, ‘Stop taking 

my picture!’” the diner says. “He started 

shouting obscenities at me and getting in 

my face …I thought it was a joke.” 

After Ed re- 

treated, the 

guy was unsatisfied 

and approached 

24 HOURS NEWS SERVICES — A six-month 

separation was beneficial for Bar Refaeli 

and Leonardo DiCaprio and has made 

them stronger as a couple, the model 

says. 

The Israeli supermodel and the Hollywood 

heartthrob had a six-month 

break from each other last year but 

have reconciled, and she believes it 

was the best thing that could have 

happened to them. 

The 24-year-old beauty added in an 

interview with L’Isha magazine: “It 

was a half year for which I am very 

grateful. I needed it. I came to understand 

a lot of things about myself. 

“I worked on myself and I grew up. I 

didn’t know what ‘alone’ was like. Today 

I know that a relationship can work only if 

you know you can be alone and you are not 

afraid. Today I’m not afraid of being alone.” 

On keeping their relationship out of the limelight, 

she adds, “I don’t need to strike poses with 

him in front of the cameras. No one needs to know 

how we kiss.” 

the actor for the last word. 

“I went over to him and asked him who he 

thought he was and he dissolved into a fit 

of rage,” he says. 

The diner was said to have returned to his 

table and taken more pictures. A little 

while later, however, the manager came 

over and gave the guy the boot, supposedly 

at Ed’s request. 

“Ed was snickering in the corner because 

the people he was with had told the staff 

that I was paparazzi,” the man says. “So I 

paid my bill and left.” 

Westwick’s rep confirmed to the paper 

that he was there — no word on whether 

or not gal pal 

> “He started shouting obscenities 

at me and getting in my face … I 

thought it was a joke.” 

Refaeli, DiCaprio 

stronger since split 

>24H Weekend 

Jessica Szohr 

was with him 

— but said 

“there was no 

altercation.” 

Refaeli 

>> McKellen’s brush with death 

While filming the remake of the 1960s British TV drama The 

Prisoner in South Africa, British actor Sir Ian McKellen was 

almost run over by an ATV. “It missed me by inches,” he says. 

— 24 HOURS NEWS SERVICES

24H Weekend 

Lightfoot makes correction to Fitzgerald lyric 

QMI AGENCY – Lyrics are 

sacred to any songwriter, but 

even Gordon Lightfoot 

knows to backtrack when he 

gets one wrong. 

Thirty-fiveyearsafterthe 

mysterioussinkingoftheEdmund 

Fitzgerald in Lake Superior,aCanadiandocumen 

REUTERS — American Idol 

judge Simon Cowell will 

receive an international 

Emmy award for having 

“reshaped 21st century 

television and music 

around the world,” the 

International Academy of 

Television Arts and Sciences 

said on Thursday. 

Cowell,50,isbestknown 

for his roles as a brutally 

honest judge on TV talent 

shows The X Factor and 

American Idol. 

Buthealsoownsamusic 

publishing house, Syco, developed 

the Got Talent TV 

formatinBritain,theUnited 

StatesandEurope,managed 

the operatic pop group Il 

Divo, and signed frumpy 

Scottish singing sensation 

Susan Boyle. 

“Simon Cowell is an entrepreneurandperformerin 

equal measure. He has built 

aninternationalempireand 

in so doing has changed the 

faceoftelevisionaroundthe 

tary claims to have proven 

the crew of the ship was not 

responsible for the disaster. 

An earlier investigation 

suggested that the crew was 

partly to blame by not securing 

the ship’s hatches. 

The yap films documentary, 

simply called Edmund 

world,” said International 

Academy president Bruce 

Paisner. 

Cowell, who in 2009 

topped The Hollywood Reporter’s 

list of the 50 most 

powerful people in reality 

TV, will be presented with 

the International Emmy 

Founders Award at an 

awards gala in New York on 

Nov. 22. 

“I’m delighted,” said 

Cowell in a statement. “I’ve 

been very lucky to be able to 

make shows that I love.” 

TheInternationalEmmy 

FoundersAwardrecognizes 

an individual who has 

Fitzgerald, concludes that 

there is little evidence that 

failure to secure the ship’s 

hatches caused the sinking. 

That detail of the original 

investigation made its way 

into Lightfoot’s iconic song 

about the sinking, in The 

Wreck of the Edmund 

SIMON COWELL 

International accolade for Idol icon 

“I’m delighted ... 

I’ve been very 

lucky to be able 

to make shows 

that I love.” 

made an impact on the television 

industry and crosses 

cultural boundaries. 

Previous recipients include 

Steven Spielberg, 

Oprah Winfrey, former U.S. 

vicepresidentAlGore,and 

British TV journalist 

David Frost. 

24H VANCOUVER >FRIDAY MARCH26- SUNDAY MARCH28 2010 

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Fitzgerald verse “…at7p.m.a 

main hatchway gave in.” 

Now, Lightfoot intends to 

change it to reflect the new 

findings. 

“I’m sincerely grateful to 

yap films and their program 

Dive Detectives for ... putting 

togethercompellingevidence 

IndiebluesrockersTheWhiteStripespremieredatNo.4.withUnderGreatWhiteNorthernLightson the 

Canadianalbumchartsthisweek. 

Lady Antebellum holds on to top spot; 

new White Stripes premieres at No.4 

QMI AGENCY — Lady Antebellum 

made it a triple 

play on Canadian 

album 

that the tragedy was not a result 

of crew error,” Lightfoot 

saidinarelease.“Thisfinally 

vindicates, and honours, not 

only all of the crew who lost 

theirlives,butalsothefamily 

members who survived 

them.” 

ThesongreachedNo.2on 

charts this week. 

Thehotcountryact’ssecond 

effort, Need You Now,securedtheNo.1spotforathird 

consecutive week, selling 

over 9,000 copies, according 

to figures compiled by 

Nielsen SoundScan. 

Need You Now has sold 

just under 70,000 copies 

since its release eight 

weeks ago. 

Meanwhile, the 

biggest debut of the 

20 

the Billboard chart in 1976 

and remains the secondhighest 

rated single (after 

Sundown)Lightfootreleased 

in his career. 

Lightfoot has stayed in 

touchwithmanyofthefamilies 

of the ship’s crew who 

perished. 

week went to Nicole Martin’s 

Cocktail de Douceur, which 

entered the charts at No. 2. 

Jimi Hendrix’s Valleys of 

Neptune slipped one spot to 

No. 3 and the White Stripes’ 

Under Great White Northern 

Lights premiered at No. 4. 

Lady Gaga’s The Fame 

moved up one notch to No. 5, 

Bobby Bazini’s BetterinTime 

dropped two to No. 6, and 

Ke$ha’s Animal occupied the 

No.7slot.

24H Weekend 

fter6 

MUSIC 

Abbamania and Night 

Fever – Friday @ 8 p.m. 

Red Robinson Show Theatre 

– Ticketmaster 

ABBA and Bee Gees tribute 

bands 

THE GOOD LOVELIES 

Friday @ 8 p.m. 

Media Club. Tix at the 

door 

SCATTERHEART 

Saturday @ 9:30 p.m. 

Commodore Ballroom 

Tix at livenation.com 

DANCE: 

SHEN YUN - Chinese 

dance and music ongoing 

to Sunday at QE Theatre. 

Tickets and show times at 

ticketmaster.ca 

THUNDER FROM 

DOWN UNDER Friday @ 8 

p.m. River Rock Show Theatre. 

Ticketmaster 

SET IT OFF, Urban dance 

and music showcase. 

Sunday @ 7 p.m. River 

Rock. Ticketmaster 

FESTIVAL 

VANCOUVER ORCHID FES- 

TIVAL Saturday and 

Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Van- dusen Botanical 

Garden 

Admission at the door 

THEATRE: 

BILLY BISHOP GOES TO 

WAR – Ongoing to April 

17 Granville Island Stage. 

Tickets and show times 

through artsclub.com 

THE LOVE LIST - Ongoing 

to April 10 Playhouse Theatre. 

Tickets and show 

times through vancouverplayhouse.com 

QUEEN LEAR - Ongoing to 

April 10 Presentation 

House Theatre. 

Tickets and show times 

through phtheatre.org 



Creative finds at Portobello West 

KRISTEN MCKENZIE - 

Portobello West, Vancouver’s 

monthly art 

and fashion market, 

returns from a threemonth 

hiatus this Sat- 

ELLE BUCKLE 

The tagline for this 

local designer’s website 

– “Where 

Recycling Meets 

Pretty” – says it all. 

Buckle reuses vintage 

material to produce 

beautiful new creations, 

transforming 

old jackets into handbags 

and curtains 

into throw pillows. 

KRISTEN MCKENZIE - Local 

actress and first-time director 

Arianna McGregor knows 

exactly what she’s going to do 

after she completes her film 

Tunnel for the Crazy8s competition. 

“There will be some celebration 

involving sleeping,” 

she said, laughing. 

Indeed, having had only 

eight days to shoot and edit an 

original production, it’s impressive 

McGregor, one of 

five finalists chosen to participate 

in the yearly event, is 

even able to string two sentences 

together. 

“I’ve been queasy for a 

week and I don’t think I’ll stop 

urday just in time for 

spring. 

And from the sounds 

of it, this year’s selection 

will be more creative 

and unique than ever. 

PHAULET 

Jewelry-lovers 

beware: This vibrant, 

whimsical line might 

put your monthly pay 

cheque at risk. Born 

and raised in Colombia, 

designer Paula 

Gonzalez brings a 

refreshing quirkiness 

to everyday 

necklaces and earrings. 

being queasy until after it 

screens,” she admitted. “It’s 

pretty stressful … you wish 

you had more time.” 

But as demanding as the 

competition is, gaining entry 

into the prestigious festival, 

“We’re looking for 

innovation,” said director 

Carlie Smith, who 

selects the market’s artisans. 

“We’re looking for 

something that defines 

CICI ART FACTORY 

Boats, dragons and 

butterflies are just a 

few of the images 

adorning artist Liz 

Clay’s child-friendly, 

hand-painted pieces. 

A bright and colourful 

addition to any 

little one’s room. 

us from a regular store.” 

With that thought in 

mind, Smith shared her 

top five finds to seek out 

at this weekend’s 

bazaar: 

MORENA CLOTHING 

Victoria fashion 

designer Marcy Ross 

pairs eco-friendly 

fabrics with vintage 

materials such as lace 

and fur to create this 

fun and flirty clothing 

line. Style-savvy 

shoppers will also be 

happy to know that 

each piece is 100 per 

cent one-of-a-kind. 

now entering its 11th year, 

will likely prove worth it in 

the end. 

“The Crazy8s brand is 

really starting to take shape,” 

said producer Marc Stephenson, 

pointing out the career 

Portobello West runs 

this Saturday and 

Sunday at the Rocky 

Mountaineer Station 

(1755 Cottrell St.). 

Admission is $2. 

KARIN JONES 

This Salt Spring 

Island artist 

produces metal 

home décor pieces, 

artwork and jewelry. 

She practices an 

ages-old technique 

called Damascene to 

inlay silver and gold 

on steel. 

Eight delirious days pay off with short film 

Arianna McGregor, centre, on set for her short film Tunnel. 

FRANK JULIAN ROBERTS 

boost its given to a number of 

local filmmakers. “We say, 

with a lot of pride, that many 

of the directors … have gone 

on to direct feature films.” 

“With these arts cuts, it’s 

just made Crazy8s even more 

important to the short film 

industry,” he added. 

The six finalists were chosen 

out of more than 115 applicants 

and their films range 

in topic from territorial 

housecats to a pair of beloved 

crocodile leather shoes. 

The screening of all six 

short films takes place Saturday 

night at the Vogue Theatre. 

Tickets are available at 

the door. 

22 

» Twilight fuels 

local film industry 

Looks like vampires and 

werewolves are good for 

business. The BC Film Commission 

credited films like 

the locally shot Twilight 

Saga: New Moon with helping 

catapult last year’s film 

and TV production revenue 

to $1.3 billion – up $100 

million from 2008. Other 

2009 productions attributed 

with the increased 

revenue include The A- 

Team starring Bradley 

Cooper and Liam Neeson, 

Tron: Legacy starring Jeff 

Bridges and Percy Jackson 

and the Olympians starring 

Pierce Brosnan. 

» Tix on sale 

Tickets go on sale this 

weekend for two of the 

hottest acts coming to Vancouver 

this summer. 

Reverend Horton Heat, a 

punkabilly trio from Texas, 

will bring their high-octane 

tunes to the Commodore 

Aug. 5. Tickets go on sale at 

livenation.com today. 

■ Meanwhile, Canadian 

crooner Martha Wainwright 

will belt out Edith Piaf hits 

at the TD Vancouver International 

Jazz Festival June 

26. Tickets went on sale 

Thursday at coastaljazz.ca. 

» Dance, dance 

The crème de la crème of So 

You Think You Can Dance 

alumni will be in Vancouver 

next month. Dancers Anya 

Garnis, Pasha Kovalev, Karen 

Hauer and Artem Chigvintsev 

all featured on the U.S. 

SYTYCD, join this season’s 

contestants Ashleigh and 

Ryan Di Lello for the touring 

production of Burn the 

Floor, running at the Vogue 

Theatre April 13 to 18. Tickets 

at Ticketmaster.

23 

AmazingRace 

Itwasn’treallyasurpriseJeff 

and Jordan were eliminated 

this week — they’ve been 

fallingbehindforafewweeks 

now and it was really their 

time to go. 

The teams made their way 

through France again this 

week, visiting a vineyard in 

Champagne, France. They either 

had to build a tower of 

champagne glasses 15 levels 

high,orfindabunchofmarked 

grapes in a set area. 

Jeff and Jordan were the 

last to arrive at the roadblock 

and then the last ones to the 

detour. 

They attempted to build 

the tower of glasses, but it fell 

whentheywereonlyhalfdone, 

so they had to search for the 

grapes. 

DancingwithheStars 


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The stars come out and they all go dancing 

Bits of Reality Kate Schwass 

So after just one show, 

Pussycat Doll Nicole 

Scherzingeristheclearleader 

— maybe because she dances 

on stage as part of her job? 

She did look good and got 

the top marks on the night. 

Figure skater Evan 

Lysacek also will be hard to 

beat—butagain,hekindofhas 

experience with this kind of 

thing. 

Not a surprise, Kate Gosselin 

is not much of a dancer 

andneitherispoorBuzzAldrin 

(who never should have been 

dragged onto this show). 

CelebrityApprentice 

The ultimate product 

placementshowreturnedthis 

weekwiththeteamshavingto 

set up a storefront for Kodak. 

Sinbad was project manager 

for the men and seemed 

to have a problem delegating 

and the guys didn’t like his 

style. 

Maria led the women, and 

even kind of kept Cindy Lauper 

in check. 

The women won the challenge, 

which seemed to shock 

the unorganized men. It was 

Sinbad’sterriblemanagement 

style that saw him get fired. 

AmericanIdol 

Paige Miles killed her Phil 

CollinssongAgainstAllOdds, 

and I don’t mean “killed it” in 

the way the kids say it today, 

meaning it was awesome. 

I mean she actually murderedit,ranitoverwitha 

semi-truck and left it for dead 

onthestage.Itwasdownright 

awful. No wonder she was 

voted out. 

The other bad decision of 

this week’s show: Having 

Miley Cyrus as a mentor. Really? 

Miley is, well, um, not that 

good.Idolmustbegettingdesperate. 

BiggestLoser 

It was the week everyone 

got to go home so family and 

friends can see how much the 

contestantshavechanged,but 

alsochallengethemtokeepfit 

while at home. 

The contestants have to 

rideastationarybike,butalso 

get the option of eating cupcakesandaddingtimetoother 

people. 

Sam, Sunshine, Daris, 

Stephanie and Koli didn’t eat 

anycupcakesbutLanceate17 

of them. 

They worked out at home 

and their family and friends 

watched the biking challenge. 

During the weigh-in, the Blue 

teamlostandLanceendedup 

gettingthebootfromhisteammates. 

KATE.SCHWASS@SUNMEDIA.CA 

>24H Weekend 

PamelaAndersonperformedtheCha- 

ChawithpartnerDamianWhitewood 

onDancingwiththeStars.

24H Weekend 

Television 

Our pick 

» Who Do You Think You Are? 

CITY 8 P.M. 

Matthew Broderick, pictured, unintentionally 

helps historians solve an ancient mystery while 

looking into his family’s past. Now, if only he could 

help himself land a job. 

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution 

BC, 8 P.M. 

ll Jamie wants to do is put healthier food into a cafeteia 

in Huntington, West Virginia — but the school won’t 

et him. 

What Not to Wear 

LC, 8 P.M. 

ym clothes and trashy evening wear does not a 

ardrobe make. A businesswoman and bodybuilder is 

bout to find that out, with Stacy and Clinton’s help. 

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 

BC, 11:35 P.M. 

ay talks to Craig T. Nelson, Rumer Willis and musical 

uest Ludacris. 

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W 19 Supernanny Look Good Naked � The Notebook (2004) Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling. 

CMT 20 Home Imp Home Imp CMT's Greatest Funniest Home Videos Reba Reba Accord.Jim Accord.Jim 

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SPACE 45 Caprica (N) (SF) InnerSpace � Species III (2004) Robert Knepper, Amelia Cooke. :55 � Poltergeist III 

TCM 46 � Clash of the Titans (1981) Laurence Olivier. :15 � The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) :15� Race With the D... 

PEACH 47 Seinfeld 2/2 Name Earl � Sliding Doors (1998) Gwyneth Paltrow. � Sliding Doors (1998) Gwyneth Paltrow. 

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FAM 51 Sonny � Minutemen (2008) Luke Benward. � Johnny Tsunami (1999) � Magic in the Water (1995) 

FOOD 52 Diners Diners Kitchen Nightmares Diners Unwrapped Throwdown Throwdown Diners Diners 

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WTVS 87 5:30 Am I Right? John Denver: The Wildlife Concert Leonard Cohen: Live in London Detroit Remember When 

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Food & Drink >Living Well 


Tastes to 

tempt the 

tongue at 

festival 

COLIN JACK - Tonight at the 

2010 Wine and Beer Festival, 

patrons will have the opportunity 

to sample three new 

beers. 

My task was to ensure 

“quality control” before 

guests arrive and my palate 

was definitely up for the job. 

JUNIPER BERRY “SAHTI” 

SSTTOORRMM BBRREEWWIINNGG 

((VVAANNCCOOUUVVEERR)) 

This is last keg of this 

specialty beer from Storm 

Brewing. Delicate juniper 

berries produce a sweet 

floral aroma and faint berry 

finish that blends with the 

aggressive hop bite. A beergeek’s 

dream! 

FISGARD 150 BAVARIAN 

LAGER – LLIIGGHHTTHHOOUUSSEE 

BBRREEWWIINNGG ((VVIICCTTOORRIIAA)) 

Fisgard 150 was named 

after a lighthouse that welcomed 

navy ships for the 

past 150 years. Crisp and 

dry with a mild citrus-hop 

finish. Brewed for six 

weeks, this beer is clean on 

the tongue. 

SEA DOG AMBER ALE – 

VVAANNCCOOUUVVEERR IISSLLAANNDD 

BBRREEWWEERRYY ((VVIICCTTOORRIIAA)) 

This is the only beer I will 

have to wait to experience 

tonight and I am anxious. 

Judging from my past experiences 

with VIB, I expect 

nothing less than an excellent 

amber ale. 

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AFICIONADO. CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE 

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Sexy eats at Cobre restaurant 

SARAH ROWLAND - Usually 

when you go out for Mexican 

food, you’re stuffed on 

chips and salsa long before 

the assembly-line burrito 

gets to your table. 

Not that there’s anything 

wrong with that. 

Getting that kind of bang 

for your burrito buck is great 

for festive family gatherings, 

long-term couples on a 

budget and single people 

looking to soak up a hangover. 

However, it’s not always 

ideal for a first date or a girl’s 

night out. 

After all, if you have to 

undo the top button of your 

pants at the end of your 

DHARM MAKWANA – When 

Cactus Club Café comes to 

English Bay next summer, 

will servers trade their little 

black dresses for little black 

bikinis? 

All signs point to no, as 

chain owner Richard Jaffray 

and chef Rob Feenie have indicated 

the new beachside 

location – green-lighted by 

Vancouver Park Board this 

week – will be an extension 

of the current brand rather 

than a dramatic reinvention. 

Michael Kim, owner of 

SURA, is well known in the 

Korean community. I met 

him a couple years ago at his 

previous venture, Chung 

Dam Anh, a Japanese-Korean 

Izakaya-style speakeasy 

on Cardero Street. 

If you weren’t in the 

“know”, chances are you 

never darkened Chung 

Dam’s doors. Fast forward to 

today, Kim opened an 

equally mysterious restau- 

Cobre’s signature ceviche. 

meal, you’re probably not up 

for a hot night out on the 

town – but rather a night in 

your jammies in front of the 

tube. 

That likely means diners 

who frequent the indooroutdoor 

eatery, which seats 

150, can count on standard 

offerings such as Creole 

chicken, burgers and, of 

course, yam fries. 

Yet food critics lament 

the park board decision, 

largely driven by revenues, 

as another lost opportunity 

to support inventive fare. 

Where chef Feenie, who 

last won the hearts years ago 

at his eponymous West Side 

rant on Robson Street, east 

of Cardero. 

You may have a hard time 

locating a sign on this block 

that says SURA – the majority 

of their sign is written in 

Korean and has a small 

stamp and the word SURA 

on the side. 

Back to the restaurant, it’s 

an elegant 70 seater that 

serves up tasty Korean cuisine 

and sports a nice sake 

and wine list. The sundubu 

That’s why Cobre 

Restaurant (52 Powell St.) is 

one of the sexiest Latin-fusion 

Mexican joints in the 

city. This “kitsch-free” zone 

doesn’t leave you feeling 

bloated and drowsy. 

They serve up flirty, fun 

tapas that are perfect for 

sharing. 

Everything is great there, 

but if you’re a first timer, 

make sure you try the house 

ceviche. And guacamole 

lovers, make sure you order 

the White Corn Free-Range 

Chicken Taquitos. 

You can pair your dishes 

with any one of Cobre’s 

wickedly refreshing cocktails 

and then top it all off 

restaurant, can prove naysayers 

wrong and creatively 

flex his culinary muscle is 

at the concession stand 

included as part of the lease. 

Perhaps resurrecting 

Feenie’s Weenie, a cheese 

smokie topped with a bacon 

sauerkraut Choucroute on a 

bun, would be on the menu. 

However, that weenie 

chapter in Feenie’s book 

likely closed long ago. 

Still, the seasoned chef, 

who now accepts the con- 

ramen they list is 

a spicy soup endowed 

with soft 

tofu, your choice 

of seafood or beef 

and of course, 

ramen noodles. 

The soup is 

certainly spicier than any 

Japanese ramen I’ve had but 

that’s expected with Korean 

cuisine. 

The noodles are plentiful 

and at just under 10 bucks, 

with one of their to-die-for 

desserts. 

And it’s not just the 

food and drink that make 

this Gastown gem worth a 

visit. 

The atmosphere is a little 

bit rock n’ roll – in a lowkey, 

classy sort of way of 

course. For example, the 

waiter who served our table 

had an Eagles of Death 

Metal vibe going on and the 

tattied owner/executive 

chef Stuart Irving looks 

more like a monster garage 

mechanic than a restaurateur. 

And he plays the Stones 

on the sound system! What 

more could you want? 

Pressure is on Feenie to deliver in English Bay 

fusing title of food concept 

architect, needs to return to 

his irreverent ways to become 

relevant and make this 

stand a success. 

Maybe all that’s needed 

is a fresh take on fish and 

chips showcasing an Ocean 

Wise catch to gain acclaim 

as Feenie once did with his 

hot dog. 

For diners, a return to 

culinary form would raise 

more eyebrows than any little 

black dress. 

Ramen Quest, Episode 3: The Emperor’s Dish 

Ramen noodles 

given the ambience, 

the unlimited 

refills on the 

complimentary 

banchan (sidedishes) 

and quality 

of ingredients, 

there’s much 

value built in. 

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ENTREPRENEUR, AND PART FOODIE. HE 

RUNS URBANMIXER.COM, PUBLISHES A MIS- 

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top 

5 

spots in Gastown 

Historical Gastown has 

grown into a diner’s delight. 

Here are the top five Gastown 

eats: 

JULES BISTRO 

216 Abbott St. 

This charming French 

eatery serves delicious eats 

at reasonable prices. Just a 

tip: Show up on time for 

your reservation – they’re 

not friendly to latecomers. 

THE IRISH HEATHER 

210 Carrall St. 

Besides the variety of fine 

ales and comfort food, the 

lively atmosphere here is 

top-notch. A fun and 

friendly spot to catch up 

with friends. 

JUDAS GOAT TABERNA 

27 Blood Alley 

This hip new Gastown addition 

comes courtesy of the 

owners of Salt Tasting 

Room. With an open, warehouse-style 

décor and a 

menu consisting of mouthwatering 

tapas and small 

plates, it’s shaping up to be 

the area’s hottest joint. 

BAO BEI CHINESE 

BRASSERIE 

163 Keefer St. 

Chambar’s Tannis Ling is 

behind this innovative new 

eatery, which takes a fresh 

look at Chinese cuisine. 

Check out the homemade 

ginger ale. 

THE POURHOUSE 

162 Water St. 

This cozy, historical-minded 

pub offers hearty, soulsoothing 

fare such as pork 

and beans and sloppy joes. 

- KRISTEN MCKENZIE

27 

RECIPE 

Rhubarb and 

strawberry 

pinwheel 

cobbler 

QMI AGENCY — This is comfort 

dessert fancied up with 

strawberry jam pinwheels 

instead of plain biscuits on 

top.ConsiderEasterbrunch 

or weekend mornings to 

serve this cobbler with 

pouringcream.Somepeople 

like cobblers for dinner 

dessert with ice cream. 

5 cups (1.25 litres) chopped 

rhubarb 

2 cups (500 ml) frozen straw- 

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berries, thawed and quartered 

1/2 cup (125 ml) granulated 

sugar 

1/4 cup (50 ml) all-purpose flour 

1/2 tsp. (2 ml) grated lemon rind 

Food & Drink >Living Well 

Pinwheel Biscuits: 

2/3 cup (150 ml) milk 

2 tsp. (10 ml) lemon juice 

1-1/2 cups (375 ml) all-purpose 

flour 

2 tbsp. (30 ml) granulated 

sugar 

2 tsp. (10 ml) baking powder 

1/2 tsp. (2 ml) baking soda 

1/4 tsp. (1 ml) salt 

1/3 cup (75 ml) cold butter, 

grated or cubed 

1/3 cup (75 ml) strawberry jam 

In 9-inch square (2L) metal 

cake pan, combine rhubarb 

and strawberries. Sprinkle 

with sugar, flour and lemon 

rind; toss well. Set aside. 

Pinwheel Biscuits: In a measuring 

cup, stir together milk 

and lemon juice; let stand 

for 10 minutes. Stir. 

In a large bowl, whisk 

together flour, sugar, baking 

powder, baking soda and 

salt. Top with butter; with 

pastry blender, cut in butter 

until mixture is crumbly. 

Pour milk over dry ingredients; 

toss with fork to form 

shaggy dough. 

With floured hand, fold and 

press dough together until 

almost smooth, about 10 

times. Turn out onto floured 

counter; roll to 12- x 8-inch 

(30 x 20 cm) rectangle. 

Spread with jam, leaving 

scant 1-inch border on 

edges. Brush one of long 

borders with water. Roll up 

from opposite long side; 

pinch long edge to roll. Wiping 

knife after each cut, slice 

biscuit roll into 12 pinwheels. 

Arrange evenly over rhubarb 

base. 

Place baking dish on rimmed 

baking sheet to catch any 

overflow. Bake in centre of 

375F. (190C.) oven for 30 

minutes. Cover top lightly 

with foil; bake until juices 

are bubbling and the centre 

pinwheels are no longer 

doughy underneath, about 15 

minutes. 

Let cool on rack for at least 

45 minutes before serving. 

Makes nine servings, 

although eight people 

around the table would be 

happy to share the last piece 

of cobbler. 

>Classifiedsextra.ca

Sports 

puck talk 

Brendan Gallagher 

» Playoff scoring 

(all stats prior to Thursday) 

GP G A PT 

1. Cunningham (Giants) 

4 5 5 10 

2. Gallagher (Giants) 

4 4 6 10 

3. Schenn (Wheat Kings) 

4 5 4 9 

4. Calvert (Wheat Kings) 

4 3 5 8 

5. Wudrick (Rockets) 

4 7 0 7 

12. Bouma (Giants) 

4 1 5 6 

13. Henry (Giants) 

4 3 2 5 

20. Connauton (Giants) 

4 2 3 5 

» Special teams 

Powerplay: Ranked eighth: 

Five for 23 (21.7%) 

Penalty kill: Ranked 15th: 

Allowed eight on 20 (60%) 

» WHL goalies 

1. Stanford (Blades) 0.32 

GAA .989 SV% 3-0-0 W-L-T 

2. Branstable (Rebels) 

1.49 .949 0-0-1 

3. Guggenberger (Rockets) 

2.02 .924 2-0-0 

14. M. Segal (Giants) 3.46 

.857 4-0-0 



WHL PLAYOFFS 

One imperfect sweep 

HOSEA CHEUNG - It’s only natural 

to bring out the brooms 

after a playoff sweep. It’s also 

fitting considering the Vancouver 

Giants will need to 

clean up parts of their game 

with that extra time off. 

Despite the Giants finishing 

their first round series 

against the Kamloops Blazers 

in four games, there’s plenty 

of room for improvement. 

“Basically the penalty kill 

wasn’t very good in that series,” 

said leading scorer Craig 

Cunningham. “In the playoffs, 

you need to be able to kill 

penalties especially on the 

road.” 

While the unit allowed 

eight goals on 20 shorthanded 

chances, a 60 per 

cent efficiency rating, which 

ranks them 15th out of the 16 

playoff teams, Vancouver 

also spent most of the series 

trailing or tied with the Blazers. 

The Giants had four different 

leads, totalling only 26 

minutes and 39 seconds, with 

20:32 of those coming in 

Game 2. 

“You obviously don’t ever 

want to get down, you want to 

score the first goal and build 

on it,” said Cunningham, who 

had 10 points in the four 

games. “It does tire the body 

out.” 

Luckily for the Giants, 

they potentially have a full 

week to rest up and work on 

specific troubled areas for the 

next round. 

“The quickest you can get 

PHOTO SUBMITTED 

Giants’ playoff leading scorer Craig Cunningham of Trail, B.C., can 

see room for improvement on his squad despite its sweep of Kamloops 

in the opening round of the WHL playoffs. 

to four the better,” said the 

Trail, B.C. native. “We’re going 

to be fresh to start the next series.” 

Thursday was a day off for 

the team after a late – 6 a.m. 

to be exact – return home following 

Wednesday’s 5-4 win. 

“The biggest thing is taking 

a few days and recover,” 

said a tired Lance Bouma 

Thursday. “Just making sure 

we’re doing the right things to 

our bodies right now in these 

days that we have off, and 

then getting right back to 

practice and practising hard.” 

The Giants are no 

strangers to first round 

sweeps. It’s almost becoming 

a tradition. 

This is the third straight 

year where the Giants have 

gone 4-0 in the opening series, 

victimizing the Prince 

George Cougars in last sea- 

» Series schedule: 

Vancouver wins series 4 - 0 

■ GAME 1 

Kamloops 3 at Vancouver 4 

(overtime) 

■ GAME 2 

Kamloops 3 at Vancouver 6 

■ GAME 3 

Vancouver 5 at Kamloops 4 

(overtime) 

■ GAME 4 

Vancouver 5 at Kamloops 4 

son’s playoffs and the Chilliwack 

Bruins the year before 

that. 

Both Cunningham and 

Bouma were on the team for 

the previous two sweeps, so 

they have a good idea on how 

to stay fresh between the first 

two rounds. The break though 

is more important for Bouma 

this time around, after having 

just returned from a torn 

MCL suffered in February. 

“It’ll be nice to get some 

extra time off to let it heal and 

rest,” he said, also adding that 

his knee feels stable so far. 

As for having to chase the 

lead for most of the series, 

Bouma makes it out to be a 

positive. 

“It’s hard to fall behind on 

a team,” he said. “But at the 

same time, it’s good for us to 

be able to know that we can 

do that if we ever get into that 

situation again. We realize 

that we have the guys in the 

locker room to do that.” 

28 

whl schedule 

TRI-CITY vs. CHILLIWACK 

(Tri-City leads series 3-1) 

Game 1 - Chilliwack 2 at 

Tri-City 4 

Game 2 - Chilliwack 1 at 

Tri-City 8 

Game 3 - Tri-City 1 at 

Chilliwack 5 

Game 4 - Tri-City 4 at 

Chilliwack 3 OT 

Game 5 - Fri 7 p.m. Chilliwack 

@Tri-City 

Game 6 - Sun 5 p.m.* Tri- 

City @Chilliwack 

Game 7 - Tue 7 p.m. * 

Chilliwack at Tri-City 

EVERETT vs. KELOWNA 

(Series tied at 2-2) 

Game 1 - Kelowna 4 at 

Everett 5 OT 

Game 2 - Kelowna 2 at 

Everett 5 

Game 3 - Everett 3 at 

Kelowna 5 

Game 4 - Everett 4 at 

Kelowna 5 OT2 

Game 5 - Fri 7:35 p.m. 

Kelowna @Everett 

Game 6 - Sat 7 p.m. 

Everett @Kelowna 

Game 7 - Mon 7:05 p.m. * 

Kelowna @Everett 

SPOKANE vs. PORTLAND 

(Spokane leads series 2-1) 

Game 1 - Spokane 5 at 

Portland 4 

Game 2 - Spokane 4 at 

Portland 2 

Game 3 - Portland 2 at 

Spokane 1 

Game 4 - Fri 7 p.m. Portland 

@Spokane 

Game 5 - Sat 7 p.m. Portland 

@Spokane 

Game 6 - Mon 7 p.m. * 

Spokane at Portland 

Game 7 - Wed 7 p.m. * 

Portland at Spokane 

(*if necessary)

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VANCOUVER..24HRS.CA 

ew blindide 

hit rule 

EUTERS - The NHL moved 

hursday to curb blind-side 

its to the head with a rule that 

llows such hits to be reviewed 

or additional discipline. 

The new rule, which takes 

ffect immediately and will 

ast at least through the end of 

he playoffs, prohibits “a latral, 

back-pressure or blindide 

hit to an opponent where 

he head is targeted and/or the 

rincipal point of contact,” the 

eague said. 

“We believe this is the right 

hing to do for the game and for 

he safety of our players,” NHL 

ommissioner Gary Bettman 

aid in a statement after the 

ule was approved by the board 

f governors and players’ 

nion. 

“The elimination of these 

ypes of hits should signifiantly 

reduce the number of 

njuries, including concusions, 

without adversely afecting 

the level of physicality 

n the game.” 

Several blind-side hits to 

he head this season that 

aused injuries went without 

unishment as there was not 

lways something in the 

eague’s rulebook that prohibted 

them. 

FIGURE SKATING 

REUTERS - Japan’s 

Daisuke Takahashi 

produced a captivating 

free program to 

become the first 

Asian man to strike 

gold at the world figure 

skating championships 

on Thursday. 

The Vancouver 

Games bronze medalist, who 

led after Wednesday’s short 

program, took full advantage 

of Olympic champion Evan 

Lysacek and Yevgeny 

Takahashi 

REUTERS - The final report into the 

death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, 

who crashed on the 

Vancouver Olympics sliding track 

in February, will be published in 

April, the International Luge Federation 

said. 

Kumaritashvili slammed into 

an exposed steel pillar during his 

last training run at the Whistler 

WHITECAPS IN MLS 

BOB MACKIN - Vancouver 

won’t just be home of a Major 

League Soccer franchise, but 

it is expected to be site of 

some of the league’s marquee 

matches. 

MLS president Mark Abbott 

said Thursday the Vancouver 

Whitecaps could host 

the MLS All-Star Game and 

MLS Cup and challenge Mexican 

Primera Division teams 

in SuperLiga. 

“I anticipate we’ll be having 

some of those events up 

here in the coming years, it’s a 

tremendous market,” Abbott 

said. 

The 15th MLS season 

opened in Seattle on Thursday 

night. A five-year collective 

bargaining agreement 

was reached last weekend coinciding 

with the opening of 

the New York Red Bulls’ new 

stadium in Harrison, N.J. 

Vancouver was granted 

the 17th franchise in March 

2009. Play will begin in spring 

2011 at a temporary 27,500seat 

stadium in Empire Field. 

The renovated B.C. Place Stadium 

is scheduled to become 

the Caps’ permanent home in 

summer 2011. 

“We’ve seen such an out- 

Takahashi awesome 

Marquee matches on horizon 

Plushenko skipping 

the event. 

Takahashi, 24, 

started his routine 

with a quadruple flip 

and did not look back 

after recovering from 

knee ligament damage 

which destroyed 

his 2008-09 season. 

“I really felt the fans supporting 

me,” he told the 

crowd before dwelling on his 

eighth place at the 2006 

Turin Games here. 

Sliding Center on February 12, 

hours before the opening ceremony 

of the Games. 

“With regard to the fatal accident..., 

the final report of the FIL 

will include the findings of the 

commissions meetings (Sport and 

Technical Commission). The 

meetings of both expert commissions 

will be held in St. Leonhard 

MARK YUEN 

Left to right: Whitecaps CEO Paul Barber, B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, MLS president Mark Abbott, 

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Whitecaps President of Soccer Operations Bob Lenarduzzi pose 

for photographers Thursday. 

vancouver.24hrs.ca/mls 

pouring of support from fans, 

from the media, from the corporate 

community and from 

government officials that it 

TENNIS 

REUTERS - Andy Roddick 

was initially bitter when his 

wife Brooklyn Decker 

graced the cover of Sports 

Illustrated’s annual swimsuit 

issue last month in a 

tiny yellow bikini – and it 

was not because of her 

skimpy attire. 

The eighth-ranked Roddick 

has never appeared on 

the cover of the weekly 

magazine, not even after 

the American won his first 

grand slam title at the 2003 

has absolutely validated the 

decision,” Abbott said. 

Meanwhile, Toronto FC is 

vying with the Los Angeles 

Galaxy and the Red Bulls to 

host the 2010 MLS Cup. Abbott 

said a decision is imminent. 

He also said negotiations 

continue with Montreal 

Impact owner Joey Saputo 

Roddick’s SI nightmare 

U.S. Open. 

Decker, who married 

Roddick last April, teased 

her husband about beating 

him to the cover. 

“Trust me, that fact 

wasn’t lost on her. I 

promise you,” Roddick jokingly 

told reporters on 

Thursday at the Sony Ericsson 

Open. 

“That was one of 

the things I was bitter 

about... she gave me a little 

crap.” 

Olympic luger report published in April 

near Salzburg on April 9-11, 2010,” 

the FIL said in a statement on 

Thursday. 

“Right after the meetings of the 

commissions, the FIL Final Report 

will be published. FIL Secretary 

General Svein Romstad and 

Vice President Claire DelNegro 

(both U.S.A.) are in charge of 

preparing the report,” it said. 

about that team joining MLS 

in 2012. 

“They are positive discussions 

but I don’t have a timeline 

yet,” Abbott said. 

The Whitecaps open the 

2010 United States Soccer 

Federation Division 2 season 

April 11 when the NSC Minnesota 

Stars visit. 

REUTERS 

Andy Roddick’s wife Brooklyn 

Decker is already one step ahead. 

>Sports 

Well, Kyle’s 

got style 

Spill your guts 

Someone 

get Ripley’s 

on the horn 

because – believe 

it or not 

– the best 

player in a Canuck uniform 

the past 10 days has been Kyle 

Wellwood. 

I’ve said all along it’s a 

psychiatrist 

he needs, not a 

nutritionist. 

S i n c e 

packing on a 

few pounds 

recently, Wellwood 

has finally 

found a 

Wellwood 

happy medium (mmm, Happy 

medium with cheese and 

curly fries). 

For whatever reason, this 

suits his game perfectly. 

His confidence has soared 

to a season high and the 

proof is in the pudding 

(mmm, pudding). He’s finally 

scoring goals and getting 

plenty of offensive opportunities. 

Unlike earlier in the season, 

Wellwood now demands 

the puck and is more than 

content to hang on to it using 

that world-class stick-handling 

skill that has long been 

his bread and butter (mmm, 

butter). 

Management would like to 

see Cody Hodgson become the 

team’s third-line centre next 

year. 

So if Wellwood wants a 

new contract, whether it be 

with the Canucks or someone 

else, a strong finish to the 

season here is highly recomended 

and will serve 

as the perfect carrot at 

the end of a stick (mmm, 

butter). 

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Diversions 

Q&A with 

Miki 

My boyfriend and I have Qbeen together for four 

years. I love him very much, 

and he feels the same, however, 

because of his race, my 

dad is not accepting and doesn’t 

know we’re together. My 

mom knows and she’s slowly 

coming around. I want to know 

if he’s worth giving up family 

for. My boyfriend and I have 

had ups and downs and I’ve 

wanted to give up. If we fight or 

I think he’s being unfaithful it’s 

easier to give him up. Is this 

true love, and will everything 

work out someday? 

— Torn 

It’s a terrible situation when 

Achildren have to pick 

between the people they love 

or their parents. I don’t see 

your boyfriend being untrue, 

and I sense your fights have 

been based around the difficulties 

with your family. I feel that 

you love him, and if you were to 

give him up for the sake of your 

family, you’ll be a very unhappy 

girl. You’re very confused, so, 

give yourself six months to figure 

out if you want to marry 

him and if the answer is yes, 

then you will need to tell your 

family. I believe they won’t 

want to lose you. 

Daily Affirmation 

When you hold someone 

hostage by their heart, they 

eventually find a way to 

escape. 

— MIKI IS A PROFESSIONAL PSYCHIC. CONTACT 

MIKI AT 416-537-5955 OR ASKMIKI.CA. E-MAIL 

QUESTIONS, WITH PHOTOS AND BIRTHDATES TO 

ASKMIKI24HRS@AOL.COM. 

Make Your Day Ralph Hamelmann/Jesse Stong 

ARIES 

Good fortune often brings conflict. If you see this as 

invested interest, you will dissolve the tension. 

TAURUS 

Walk away from a difficult situation. Once you 

do, don’t look back. 

GEMINI 

Don’t over complicate matters of the heart. You’re 

overwhelmed because you’re feeling unworthy. 

CANCER 

Your romantic interest isn’t being reciprocated. 

Don’t overdose them with tokens of affection. 

Just be yourself. 

LEO 

You’ve taken a step backwards, but don’t let this 

disappoint you. You’ll gain a new perspective if 

you’re observant 

VIRGO 

Learn to receive when you’re in need and to share 

in times of abundance. 

LIBRA 

Now is the time to act on a new undertaking. Your 

instincts are dead-on and you’ll achieve a lot. 

SCORPIO 

Bring your warmth and passion to the surface 

today. This side of you is far more compelling 

than you realize. 

SAGITTARIUS 

The tables will turn in your favour in the workplace. 

An unfair incident will rectify itself. 

CAPRICORN 

As long as you’re torn between two paths, you’ll 

never have the conviction you need to fulfill your 

tasks. 

AQUARIUS 

Things are about to temporarily slow down. Use 

this time to do the things you love doing. 

PISCES 

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hold the key, but do you have the courage to 

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ACROSS 

1 Shopper’s paper 

5 Look for 

10 Streetcar 

14 “__ upon a time...” 

15 Knight’s spear 

16 Speed contest 

17 “Beat it!” 

18 Neatness 

19 __ Maria Alberghetti 

20 Inner __; private and 

very holy place 

22 Shelf support 

24 Owned 

25 Cut of beef 

26 Twerp 

29 To the __; fully 

30 Was confident 

34 Beaver Cleaver’s dad 

35 Ne’er-do-well 

36 Supply oxygen to the 

blood 

37 Commotion 

38 1, 2, 3, etc. 

40 Sever 

41 Become embarrassed 

43 On the __; fleeing 

44 Relinquish 

45 Lets loose 

46 For each 

47 More unusual 

48 Mixes 

50 White lie 

51 Adroit maneuvering 

54 Takes tiny bites 

58 Smell 

59 Film producer 

Spelling 

61 Nurse’s helper 

62 In case that 

63 Sudden and sharp 

64 Moxie 

65 __ and nights 

66 __ up; become 

less gloomy 

67 Sups 

DOWN 

1 Deprivation 

2 Peruvian Indian 

3 Read quickly 

4 Rather loony, 

informally 

5 Orally 

6 Friendly 

7 Most common conjunction 

8 Refrigerator’s ancestor 

9 __ cotta 

10 Farm vehicle 

11 Foul-smelling 

12 Pimples 

13 Beef or pork 

21 Actor Hunter 

23 Bonfire residue 

25 Talks on & on 

26 Sleepy or Doc 

27 Egret or ibis 

28 Deteriorate 

29 Silent 

30 

Yesterday’s answers 

31 Horse with a fast gait 

32 Piano piece 

33 Discourage 

35 Round dinner roll 

36 Upper limb 

38 Treetop homes 

39 Listening organ 

42 Sahara & Gobi 

44 Coleslaw maker’s 

need 

46 Give a sermon 

47 Curved bone 

49 __ Newton 

50 Less coarse 

51 Pleat 

52 Notion 

53 Too inquisitive 

54 Short letter 

55 Italy’s currency, once 

56 Blue-pencil 

57 Rolls the hair 

60 Regret

Here - Raj

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