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Two female characters–Sandy and Heather, who are both hookers working out of a massage parlour–present similar obstacles to us giving a fig about them: Sandy (Megan McGeough) is sweet, but most of us would feel she settles for less; Heather (Tara Pratt) is a hottie. The third woman, Beth (Claire Lindsay) is engaged to Curt, and she’s one cold fish. So who do we care about?
After a bungled raid on the massage parlour, Curt strikes up a friendship with Sandy. Beth is furious, Curt is bewildered, and Doug and Heather hook up.
Sabrina Evertt, director and artistic producer of Twenty-Something Theatre, has once again chosen a play with appeal to an audience of 20 or 30-somethings. All five of the characters are youngish and uncertain about meeting their goals–assuming they have any. This is not an uncommon state in which to find oneself–young or old.
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Pratt, as Heather, has a couple of good drunk scenes, and it’s pretty funny when buck naked Doug flashes his badge at her in the massage parlour.

See the full article from “Vancouver Courier”

Louisiana: An attorney is charging a class action suit on behalf of Filipino teachers against employment agencies. They were recruited to teach in Louisiana schools, but were thrust into massive debt, unsavory living conditions, and in effect, indentured servitudes. The teachers also had to pay exorbitant amount of application fees, transportation cost, housing costs, and demanded 30% of their salaries to the agencies. 
Oregon: A TV show highlights human trafficking and child prostitution in Portland. Due to its its location on the Interstate 5 Corridor, Portland provides fertile ground for those who make money off of exploiting children. 
Alaska: Nonprofits and police reach out women who are prostituted on the street. According to the report, many run away children are victimized by the prostitution. And chronic runaways, in particular, were prostituted at one point. 
Georgia: Massage parlor law becomes effective today in Macon. The new legislation allows law enforcement not only to go after the employees but also the owners and operators of the businesses that hire unlicensed masseuses. Prior to the enactment, only the employees were punished for offenses like prostitution massage parlors. 

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In California, a law was passed last year that sought to “put the unsavory past behind us,” as Bill Brown, director of government and industry relations for the American Massage Association told the . The law made it possible to grant state certification to massage therapists who complete 250 or more hours of training and who pass a test that include questions about ethics as well as anatomy.
However, some say the law has done little to de-stigmatize the industry, or crack down on the prostitution rings that use massage parlors as fronts. “I think anybody that really wants to make a business knows they can get around anything,” said Eileen. “A lot of massage businesses are out-call businesses, which are very hard to police, because you don’t have a legal address. They’re businesses where you call them on their cell and they arrive at your place. It’s really unusual for someone to check for credentials.”

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Hollywoodnews.com: More bad scuttle bucket for former Vice President Al Gore – and it’s not even like he’s running for president!
A Portland, Oregon masseuse, 54, has accused Gore, 62, of sexual abuse after a three-hour $540 massage session in October 2006 according to Police Reports which Page Six and the National Enquirer are following. At this time, Gore was in Portland to speak about climate change.
As proof of the incident, the woman saved the pants she wore that night, which has some suspicious stains on them.
The masseuse kept mum for years on her run-in with Gore, but decided to come forward in light of his divorce with Tipper Gore (Supposedly she always had a raised eye brow about her hubby’s frequent visits to massage parlors). The woman’s lawyer did contact police in December 2006 about her victimization by Gore, but she ignored police interviews.

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Let the sex games begin. Olympic fever is taking hold in Metro Vancouver’s sex industry, with businesses and workers preparing to welcome a deluge of eager visitors.One purveyor of sex for sale is seeking to entice new prostitutes with promises of tens of thousands of dollars. Vancouver’s most prominent strip club is planning Olympicthemed decorations, but keeping them secret for fear of a clampdown by Olympics authorities. And one Metro Vancouver escort service is hiring dozens of women from across the country for the Games — and is already catering to Olympics-related demand.In Vancouver, hotel doormen, bell captains and concierges who refer guests to entertainment venues have been warning Brandy Sarionder to expect hordes of clients at her high-end strip club Brandi’s and her massage parlour The Swedish Touch, she says.”We’ve been told that however busy we think we’re going to be, we’re going to be a thousand times busier than that — sort of like Expo on steroids,” Sarionder says.To respond to the demand, Brandi’s will ope …

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… It’s nice and warm in here,” Mike Pattison, the family patriarch, told the students. “But this is where Apolo and J. R. learned how to skate.”
The Pattisons traveled to Vancouver to watch the two Olympians they helped produce. They paid $1,200 for four tickets and sat in the front row, the best seats in the house. They watched Ohno win his sixth Winter Olympic medal, the most for an American man, and saw Celski secure his first.
At that moment, the memories flooded back. Like a teenage Ohno break-dancing between skating sessions, performing his patented windmill. Or Celski rolling past adults at age 3, his skates and body nearly equal in size.
“Everything started there,” said Yuki Ohno, Apolo’s father. “That was the beginning.”
Pattison’s West sits on the Pacific Highway near a massage parlor, a storage facility and a chiropractor. The sign out front advertised this week’s adult R&B night.

See the full article from “New York Times”

In the last two decades Richmond has become Vancouver’s new Chinatown, home to the second-biggest Asian community in North America; Asian Canadians now make up about 60% of Richmond’s population.
Stepping into one of Richmond’s shopping malls is a quick trip to the contemporary Orient. Yaohan Centre has a giant pan-Asian supermarket, and Aberdeen Centre is classic, over-the-top Hong Kong, right down to a showy multimedia water-fountain production in the foyer.
There are Sikh temples, the biggest Buddhist temple in North America, Chinese foot massage parlors and herb shops, but I go to Richmond to eat, especially at the Richmond Night Market, open weekends throughout the summer. You can smell the spicy lamb kebabs and sautéed noodles long before you reach the maze of 300 stalls lighted by strings of lights and hazed in plumes of smoke from grilled squid and prawns.

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VANCOUVER – Olympic fever is taking hold in Metro Vancouver’s sex industry, with businesses and workers preparing to welcome a deluge of visitors.
Vancouver’s most prominent strip club is planning Olympic-themed decorations, but keeping them secret for fear of a clampdown by Olympics authorities. And one Metro Vancouver escort service is hiring dozens of women from across the country for the Games – and is already catering to Olympics-related demand.
In Vancouver, hotel doormen, bell captains and concierges who refer guests to entertainment venues have been warning Brandy Sarionder to expect hordes of clients at her high-end strip club Brandi’s and her massage parlour The Swedish Touch, she says.
“We’ve been told that however busy we think we’re going to be, we’re going to be a thousand times busier than that,” Sarionder says.

See the full article from “The Province”

The 2010 Winter Olympics are just days away – and brothels in Vancouver are preparing for an onslaught!
‘Faster, higher, further’ – in the light of the latest information from Vancouver, maybe the Olympic motto should be ‘Faster, harder, wilder’…
BILD has already reported how the Games organisers in Canada have been distributing so-called ‘safe kits’ with condoms to Olympic athletes, coaches and observers.
Now Brandy Sarionder, the owner of a strip club and massage parlour, told the ‘Vancouver Sun’: “We’ve been told that however busy we think we’re going to be, we’re going to be a thousand times busier than that.”
She added: “I’m a little worried about my staff burning out.”
Is it really possible that prostitutes fear burnout from all the Olympic visitors?
The city of 600,000 residents faces the greatest influx in its history with brothels facing greater demand than during the World Exhibition in 1986.

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VANCOUVER – Olympic fever is taking hold in Metro Vancouver’s sex industry, with businesses and workers preparing to welcome a deluge of visitors.
Vancouver’s most prominent strip club is planning Olympic-themed decorations, but keeping them secret for fear of a clampdown by Olympics authorities. And one Metro Vancouver escort service is hiring dozens of women from across the country for the Games – and is already catering to Olympics-related demand.
In Vancouver, hotel doormen, bell captains and concierges who refer guests to entertainment venues have been warning Brandy Sarionder to expect hordes of clients at her high-end strip club Brandi’s and her massage parlour The Swedish Touch, she says.
“We’ve been told that however busy we think we’re going to be, we’re going to be a thousand times busier than that,” Sarionder says.

See the full article from “Montreal Gazette”