PAAT ONE: JANUARY - JUNE n this first instalment of the North Shore News’ two- part Year In Review feature, the newspaper presents a summary of the major news events that occurred on the North Shore from january to June 1994, as _ recorded in the pages of the News. . The second Year In. Review instalment, which will “appear in the next issue of the News, will look at July to December. B 5-lanc bridge pushed; Government consultant names top Lions Gate Bridge ption but committee jury still out: |, A report, commissioned by the provin- ial government, suggested that a new five- “Jane bridge comes closest to meeting the .province’s goals in dealing with the aging’ Lions Gate. Bridge. The new structure =. would run parallel to the existing bridge. ; A_Jocal community focus “committee | said the consultant had only done an envi- ,fonmental assessment, and that the issue - “needed further study.” Reckless drivers targeted; Lions Bay ‘ introduces ‘99 Watch’ to help cut Sea- to- v Shy. carnage: ‘A Lions’ Bay’ parent, whose daughter “had: ‘been seriously injured by. a dangerous - driver,on -Highway 99, spearheaded a :Neighborhood: :-Watch- style program formed to inform drivers of the dangers of - : Speed, to report offensive drivers to police, ' “and to’ help ensure that dangerous. drivers _ would, be prosecuted: : The previous’ year, seven ‘people were : ‘killed and 100 more were injured as the: ~ result of 258 accidents on the highway that “stretches. between’ the North Shore and : Whistler. oN A Tobacco road blocked; Local teens say : = mew : cigarette restrictions won't put damper on smoking: Some local teenagers ‘said a new provin- _ cial law, that raises the minimum age for ”- cigarette’ buyers to 19 will have little effect : “on their smoking habits. f, Although the stricter laws ‘are aimed’ at. Winter. Games is coming to the North Shore in 1996: Government Sports and Services Minister. Robin Blencoe announced thit North Vancouver was successful in its bid ‘for the 1996 B.C. Winter Games. The joint venture between the city and district will éost $40,000 up front, but the 1992 games in Vernon generated $1.6 mil- ‘lion for the local economy. No new facili- “es were proposed in their bid, @ A peak performer celebrates 25 years: The 25th anniversary of the first edition of the ‘North Shore Shopper is celebrated. That paper was later renamed the North ¢ - Shore News. : preventing ‘young people from purchasing q . Cigarettes, ;teens say ‘that if their ‘ parents ‘allow them to smoke, the government can’t do much to stop it. . Loe, ‘ Strike: stiangliag. ‘port; ‘Waterfront e shutdown hits Nerth Shore tugboat and bulk terminal operations: * :A clongshoremen’s: strike shuts © down : B.C. ports, including facilities on the North . Shore.. Repercussions are felt throughout ithe B.C. economy. The federal government ‘legislated an : “end to the two-week-old strike after the ‘. union refused to consider a mediator’s rec- _- ommendation for a wage increase. The dis- “pute cost the Vancouver Port an estimated $1 million a day in lost business. * rt " Mother-in-law charged; British 7 _ Properties woman is charged’ with sec- | -ond-degree murder: : Rashida Khan is charged with ‘second-. degree murder and ordered to’ stand trial ‘< jointly with her husband, Abdur Rashid : Khan, . who was. charged with the same * “ offence in December. “! The couple were ‘charged in connection with. the ‘death’ of. their daughter-in-law, - Naazish Khan, who‘ was~found dead on : Dec. 11, 1993, in the trunk of the family” s » Toyota Camry j in Coquitlam. 8 North Vancouver lands Games; B.C. NEWS photo Terry Peters SQUAMISH , BAND |:iawyer . Harry *: Slade holds hands’ with counciilor Gilbert Jacob before negotiations. 7) Treaty talks begin; Squamish band insists that Crown lands be on the table in discussions: . Historic ‘negotiations for some of the most valuable land in Canada. began between the Squamish band, the province of B.C. and the government of Canada. The Squamish, a nation of 2,600 people, are claiming much of the most heavily developed, densely populated land in the Lower. Mainland, . including parts «of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, Squamish and Whistler, as well as lands on both sides of the Burrard Inlet and the islands of Howe Sound. @ Logging road row; Major paper mill and new town are planned for Howe Sound site: The Ministry of Forests and develop- ment company Britannia Beach: Holdings disagree over land the government needs for a forestry access road above the Sea- to- Sky Highway. The government wants to take land | owned by the developer to gain access to old-growth forest that it wants to lease to logging companies for clear-cutting. The developer, however, intends to build a $650-million community: on the 500-acre_ site, including a world-scale paper mill. obstruct views and diminish “headwaters of Indian River . NEWS pholo Nall Lucente SPORTS. MINISTER Robin Biencoe stands between North Shore mayors Jack Loucks and Murray Dykernan during the games award announcement. ' @NYD height fight; debate over zoning toe. control ‘mouster’ homes heats up , in districts. Proposed, amendments to the; District of | North Vancouver's single-family zoning regulations will limit house. size, devalue neigh- borhoods, diminish property values “and; pit - neighbors against neighbors, according . to local realtors. Whiie they’say the regula- ‘ tions infringe on, the home- owner’s: right to, renovate, owners | of existing district homes ‘are - anpry . because. large- -scale homes have been _ built on their ‘street, saying that these. larger structures the value of other existing ‘ properties. ‘ ae Ba Booming population ‘pushes water. supplies to limit: : The. Greater’ Vancouver. Regional District seeks public input into ‘decisions that will affect the GVRD’s three water- Sheds and the drinking water supply for the Lower Mainland. - :°\- The two main issues are the water stor-" : ‘age capacity and proposed changes i in water treatment. ; 5 Band talks land; |" closer to claiming their traditional territory _when the Burrard Band sat down for its ini- tial. meeting with federal‘ and ‘provincial. representatives “of the B.C... Treaty Commission, Chief Leonard George said the band is, laying claim to ‘an area stretching from the to’. Port Atkinson :and bounded by Burnaby; F Port. Moody ; and Belcarra, ° 88 Gun feud settled: The big guns have been silenced ina long-running feud between a group of Lynn Valley residents and the North Shore Skeet, Club.: The B.C. Supreme Court granted North Vancouver District’s application for a per-_- manent injunction restraining the skeet club . from breaking the municipal noise bylaw. @ Life ‘sentence for. ‘killing of Filipino sailor: : Ryan Jacob’s argument of innocence unraveled in less than seven hours as a‘jury found him guilty of murder in the beating death of a Filipino sailor..in North | Vancouver two years ago. ; Jacob, 27, of North Vancouver, ended * his three week .B.C. Supreme Court trial: with no final comment as Justice Kenneth: Meredith passed down a sentence of life imprisonment for second-degree murder./ W Cuts criticized: - * Frustrated parents, children and teachers : jamiied a North, Vanco! The: people of the inlet came one step ‘OW STRIKE. sean ac. MARITIME. EMPLOYERS o ASSOCIATION * agscaut ‘C, PRARITIM EMPLOYERS “NEWS photo Na Hi Lucente ; STRIKING LONGSHOREMEN Rinaldo: Mini,- ‘Doug i NMcAndless and Don Ewen picket at Lynnterm, “ " Schosl District 44 meeting demanding the ‘board Teverse its decision to close the district’s two diagnos-: .|f tic centers for special-needs students. . The closure of special-nee . Ecole Andre Piolat, Which vould, save the district an estimated $340,000; followed a series‘ of staff and service’ reductions in’ District 44 since June 1992: pa Spa B Cove sewage spill: : Human error was the: ‘likely c cause, c of ave 250. ,000-galion “raw sewage spill into ~ . Parkside Creek in Deep Cove. : According to a North Vancouver Disuict ; report, an employee ‘may have caused a small retention tank at the pumping station | located at the corner of Covecliff: and Banbury to to overflow May, 6. . : _) Chlorine gets go-ahead: : The Greater Vancouver” Regional District pleased the 60% of those opposed ° to using chloramine as a secondary disin- fectant in local drinking water. But environmental groups were “upset that the regional water authority has opted - to add more chemicals of any kind to Lower Mainland drinking water. ‘, a Milgaard rescued in suspected suicide attempt:. . David Miigaard, the falsely jailed ; Prairie man who was the focus of national ' attention following an appeal of his murder. conviction, was rescued from the i icy waters of Lynn Creek. ‘Police treated the incident as an attempt- ed suicide call, a NVD seeks log truck traffic ic ban: Logging trucks using Lillooet Road and * Capilano - Road north. ‘of Edgemont : Boulevard could face the axe. North Vancouver District Council unan-! imiously supported'a motion proposed by Coun. Ernie Crist that will prohibit vehicles: over 30,000 ky (66,138 Ibs.) from using the roads that connect the watersheds adminis- ‘ ’’ tered by the, Greater, Vancouver Water District to the Trans-Canada Highway.