a 36 — Wednesday, February 17, 1999 — North Shore News {f? FOOD Festival celebrates locai food and wine IF you’re craving an Opportunity to try some of the best wines the Pacific Northwest has to offer, paired with food created by some of Vancouver’s most talented chefs, your chance is now. It’s not too late to pick up tickets for = the Bacchanalian: Wine Festival, taking place Friday evening at Sinclair Centre in Vanicouver, The festival is in its ninth year and this edition promis- es to be more spectacular than ever. Interest in the event has S consistently grown for both Pacific Northwest wine mak- ers and enthusiastic con- : " sumers who return each year ° oduct new and rare The Scotia’ Mutual Fund family offers 27 no-load Canadian and international funds. And there should be Research has shown that, over the long term, your RRSP will earn the best returns from plenty of those to try - with awell-balanced mix of Canadian and international investments. That's why it makes co mbe; wineries . . . . attending, 62 ‘in all. there sense to make the most of the RRSP 20% foreign content allowance by investing in will be more than 200 bor- global markets, You can even increase your foreign content beyond 20% by taking ' so vine to semple. the - advantage of Canadian mutual funds that invest internationally (indicated by an Bacchanalian Wine Festival asterisk below). allows us to provide a rare opportunity to sample very * Maximitm choice and diversification. special wines,” jaid Robert : . Simpson, general manager of 2 i ’ itori t exceed the 20% limit. Liberty Wine Merchants . Foreign content monitoring, to ensure you do not exceed the 20% limit _Who annually brings in an . ; * With Scotia Asset Allocation, your portfolio of Scotia Mutual Funds can be excellent selection for tast- ’ oe ing. _ ; managed by a professional, to help maximize return and minimize risk. “For. example, Quilceda : Creek has one of America's hottest cabernets and avail- '. able in very small quantities, in fact only ish cases will come into. Canada.. Liberty Scotia International , oe ea : will be featuring this and notional 15.3% 13.2% 8.9% 11.5%” others at this year’s festival,” Growth Fund ; he. added. Scotia American “yf The feast, one of the 29.2° 23.2% 17.8% 14.2% tempting features that sets Growth Fund % 3 ° this wine festival apart from “Scotia European ‘ ° many others, is to be provid- ; el 16.2% n/a n/a - Wa ed by. 22 local reaurants, Growth Fund . . . Ss os including: “ Aqua’ Riva,’ the ; Scotia American . Cannery, Diva at: the Met, ; : 34.3% n/a n/a n/a Ecco Ii: Panne, Horizon’s, . Stock index Fund L’Arena,- Raincity Grill, , 5 m° US ; mc Raintree, Rex, the Salmon ticket for public transit. The Safe. Ride Home program,. jointly sponsored by the B.C Liquor Distribution Branch, BC. Transit and ICBC, wil | be-on hand to promote tak- ‘ing :transit™ after . enjoying. ine:and beer festivals, 02 We: . ao ; wat ight oo thes : ag : ' : Bacchanalian - ine Festival: f. a are $75. a oo _ ‘Look after all your RRSP needs by phone. poceeds benefit’ the © : i mo, a | 800 528 3211 : Burnaby. Association for the Mentally = Handicapped and! —_ " > : PLAN, .an. ‘organization: to - os - www.scotiabank.ca support long-term planning for. people. with handicaps and their families. Sponsors : _ / ; _— for the event include the . @ Registered trade-mark of Ine Bank of Nova Scotia. ’™ Trade-mark of The Bank of Nova Scotia: Scotia Mutual Funds are offered by Scotia Securities. Scotia Securities inc. ig a -- North Shore News. . , ~ corporate entity separate from, though wholly cwned by, The Bank of Nova Scotia. Important information about Scotia Mutuat Funds is contained in the Funds’ ' "Bor. more information, or : simplified prospectus, a copy of which can be obtained at Scotiabank, National Trust and Montreal Trust branches and should be read carefully. Unit values and _ For.mo! * . investment returns will fluctuate. indicated rats of return are the historical annuai compounded total returns including changes in unit value and feinvestment of ail’ . io uy tickets, ‘call 291- distributions. Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Ai rates of return as of January 31, 1999. ; : ne —~ Deana Lancaster Lo Putting people first.