A8 - Wednesday, April 21, 1982 - North Shore News

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Dear Editor:

In his column of Apmnil 4,
Bob Hunter said B.C. Hydro
blocked responsible _ par-
ucipation by B.C. residents
who would be affected by
the Cheek ye-Dunsmuir
transmission project.

The facts are that from
1976 to 1980 Hydro took part
in more than 30 _ public
meetings concerning _ the
project which is required to
supply electricity to Van-
couver Island. These
meetings ranged from large
gatherings to day-long “open

house” sessions in com-
Dear Editor:

I believe a word or two to
the public on behalf of the
firemen is needed.

Due to the road _ con-
struction on 13th Street, N.
Van. the firemen can no
longer drive their extension
ladder truck into the alley

and directly into’ the
firehouse as they cannot
leave via 13th Street; thus

they have to back the truck
into the firehouse so that it

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munities on the Sunshine

Coast and on Vancouver
Island.

Some of these meetings
were hosted by Hydro.
Others were chaired by
regional or municipal
governments or by other

organizations.

It is unreahstic for Mr.
Hunter to suggest Hydro’s
plans “become public policy
without the public having
any say”.

He should be aware that
Hydro has a board of 15
directors representing a
vanietv of interests from all

rivers snag firemen

will face the alley. This
means backing across St.
Georges Avenue, with the
aid of flashing hghts, back
up beeper signal and two
firemen directing the driver
of the rig.

On Friday evening, April
16, at approximately 9:20
p-m. the firemen were
returning from a run to a fire
and were all prepared to
start backing across St.
Georges when a small car

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Hunter unfair to Hydro?

over the province and is a
regulated utality. It cannot
build any major project or
raise its rates without ap-
proval of the B.C. Utuhties
Commission. It is

ac-
countable to many other
bodies, including the

National Energy Board.

The Uthtes Commission
is presently conducting two
public hearings involving
detated examinations of
Hydro's operations, not only
by the Commission itself, but
by a number of organizations
representing business and
public interests.

which stopped for a second
obviously aware of what the
firemen were about to do,
suddenly decided it couldn't
wait for them to back across
the street and drove forward
(heading north) around the
end of the firetruck and
narrowly missed the second
directing fireman on the
other side of the truck. As if
this wasn't outrageous
enough, a second small car
which was stopped directly

Bouquet for WV police

Dear Editor:

On Saturday, Apmnil 10.
several friends and myself
were involved in a motor
vehicle accident with a
motorcycle on Westmount
Road in West Vancouver.
The motorcycle dnver was
pinned underneath — his
motorcycle, apparently with
a broken lep and possible
back injures Ihe West
Vancouver police were the

linst to arrive at the scene

and promptly
driver.

They operated as a team
of professionals during the
clean-up of the accident,
and after it was all over.
were sull able to maintain a

freed = the

professional cheeriness.
They were aio source of
comfort: for all present It

seems that peace officers are
constantly being chaslized.
however, | would hike to
take this opportunity to

congratulate the West
Vancouver Pohce Force on
their = professionalism = and
genuime humanity in the way
they handled themselves at
this accident. Thank you!
Rancy Kaye

West Vancouver

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Mr. Hunter said Hydro
was ordered by the Utilities
Commission to refund power
rates charged to industnal
customers. That is only part
of the story. On March 25,
ten days before Mr. Hunter's
column appeared, the
commission reinstated the
industrial rate increases it
had ordered refunded. They
will now apply one year
later.

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Douglas K . Coupar
Vice-President
Affairs

B.C. Hydro

Public

behind the first decided it
also. couldn't wait, and
pushed forward on the tail of
the first.

If I had been at street
level, 1 would have gotten
the licence plate numbers of
the cars and thei dnvers,
who after reading this know
who they are, would have
gotten a personal warming.

Mind you, this is not the
first time I have seen the
exact same thing happen.

Please, don't you, the
public, think the firemen
deserve as safe a work area”
as possible for us to give
them? We many need them
someday ourselves.

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