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April 4, 1982

Damage total hits $782,000

ARSON is continuing to increase as a problem in
North Vancouver District, being attributed to 48
per cent of all fire loss last year.

District Fire Chief Bob
McDonald states in his an-
nual report that losses caus-
ed by arson and vandalism in
the municipality last year
amounted to almost
$782,000.

And the report suggests
that once again McDonald is
implying that he considers
the courts too lenient en

REACTION TO LAND USE ACT

‘To Hell with
Vander Zalm’

By CHRIS LLOYD

arsonists when they are
apprehended. a
“Although we have ap-
prehended and _ charged
individuals, and in 1981
appeared in provincial court
in one case, evidence is.not
always sufficient to convince

TOUGH TALK was levelled last week against
Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Vander Zalm's
proposed Land Use Act by North Vancouver
District council which accused the minister of
trying to “slide one by” the municipality.

weather

SUNDAY
Sunny but cool

MONDAY
Cloudy with
sunny periods.

Council attacked a letter
from Vander Zalm_ which
sought District's support
for the controversial Land
Use Act which has been
greeted by cold shoulders
throughout the province's
municipalities

GVRD united
in opposition
PAGE AP

Under the new act al
pianning and zoning func-
tions would be removed
from focal government and
be carried out by the
minister's office. In essencc,
Vander Zalm would control

Tel. 985-2131

the court that incarceration
is necessary,” he states. .
Arson was responsible for
the biggest fire District saw
last year, when a row of
commercial buildings in the
1000 block Marine Drive
were destroyed in a $497,000
blaze.
Two major fires occurred
again adjacent to the
site, with the same
restaurant involved on cach
occasion. Total loss was
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By CHARLES MAYER

and direct all planning and

zoning objectives for
municipalities.

However, District was not
casily swayed by the

ministor’s plea for support.
As Alderman Petcr Powcll
put it: “I think we should just
say, “Thank you very much
Mr. Vander Zaim, but to
hell with you.

‘We don't agree with any
one of your outhned op-
ttons.” ”

In the letter to council,
Vander Zalm suggests that
the Land Use Act “provides
a clear, concise framework
in statute for land use
planning.” He adds that,
although the act has been
staunchly criticized, “the
dissatisfied could not come
up with an altcrnative on
which a conscnsus” could be

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fter 70 years on N. Shore:

THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

APRIL FOOL! ycll these Grade 7 students of Seymour Heights School whe coflec-
tively managed to pall one over on the stall April 1 when they turned up looking more
ready fou a might’s slecp than « day's work at school, arriving for lessoms: wearing theis
py joes. (Eric Eggertscen photo)

Reaching Every Door on the Nor

rate