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WEEKEND WARRIOR OctObEr 2016 BCBusIness 93 PAUL JOSEPH I like a variety of sports and activities, from curling to cycling to skiing to dancing and singing.Ultimately it comes back to balance and making sure you're healthy in life: mentally t and physically t. I began curling in high school with my dad and brothers in Osoyoos. In a small town, it can be quiet in the winter. There's lots of activi- ties you have to get involved in to keep busy, so I learned curling from my dad and all the people around me, which was awesome. Then I went o• to university and started a career so wasn't able to keep up curling. Competitive volleyball became my go-to sport. I'd done volleyball all through high school, kept it up in uni- versity and played in the B.C. volleyball association. Twenty- ve years of competitive volleyball resulted in enough injuries that, about 10 years ago, I needed to re-evaluate my sports activities so I wouldn't be hobbled by the time I'm 60. I could instead continue to pursue lots of sports and activities but not abuse my body as much. Curling became a great alternative to go back to. It's fairly low impact, but it actually has pretty decent cardio. If you're sweeping a lot in a game, you are up and down the ice every shot virtually, and when you're sweeping hard, you burn quite a few calories. A lot of people think it's kind of a beer sport, and I think there's some truth in that histori- cally, but it's gotten a lot more intense over the years. It's a really nice recreational and social sport. —as told to Felicity Stone RaIltown Cafe, which once again is offering its thanksgiving- to-go holiday dinner package through sister operation railtown catering, is branching out. chefs Dan Olson and tyler Day are opening three new cafés in addi- tion to the original railway Street location launched in 2012. the first, a 60-seat, 1,700-square- foot space, opens this fall at 980 Howe Street, to be followed in late 2016/early 2017 by a 30-seat, 1,200-square-foot space at 1691 Main Street and a 60-seat, 1,800-square-foot space at 409 Granville Street. All will have patios and serve railtown's signature comfort food, including fresh sandwiches, artisan bread and pastries, locally roasted cof- fee, cold-pressed juices and local craft beer, wine and spirits. taCofIno, the little food truck that could, has also expanded into a restaurant chain. Launch- ing the original tacofino food truck in tofino in 2009, founders Jason Sussman and Kaeli robinsong now have three food trucks and four brick-and-mortar restaurants in Vancouver and Victoria. the latest, at 1025 Mainland Street in Yaletown, is a counter-service and take-out restaurant with '80s-style surf-punk decor, a 38-seat dining room, 12-seat patio and full bar. the california-inspired menu features products that are Ocean Wise-approved, antibiotic-free, hormone-free, raised ethically and made locally. –Felicity Stone From modest beginnings, two B.C. restaurants move up the food chain with new locations Sweeping Interests YVR director of customer care Reg Krake on maintaining balance, on and o the curling rink down the line YVR's Reg Krake finds balance on and off the curling rink Director of customer care for the Vancouver Airport Authority, Reg Krake says, "There are over 23,000 people that work at YVR, so it's like a little city, really. Every day is different, which is one of the things I love about it." NEW + IMPROVED WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT

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