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October 27, 1988

News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

ESQUIMALT
RY RENFREW

NEWS photo Terry Peters

MAKING his way through the crowd of delegates at the annual Social Credit Convention in Vancouver this weekend,
Premier Bill Bennett stops to greet a delegate from North Vancouver Capilano.

FISHERIES CHARGES: against two 6 Squamish.
and members were. outs Mote

a “Mike Lewis, 24, of
Squamish and Floyd
“Joseph, 31, of Victoria
“were each originally charg-
-ed with seven counts under
section 61.1 of the federal

ure

Fisheries at in ‘connection
with a September 10, 1984
incident in the tidal waters

coe

. of the Capilano River in---
ws volving 41. salmon. :

Though” four charges

“against Lewis and Joseph

were dismissed February
26, 1985, they were con-
victed July 9 on the re-
maining charges.

In the original
defence counsel

trial,
Harry

Slade’. argued that band

~~ bylaw ° 10.6, which allows
band’ members to-catch as :
many salmon ‘as: they want. -:
by any.’ means~ they. want:
excluding’ explosives, -

over-rode- the ° Fisheries

Act,
Buc.

Judge

provincial court
Reg. Grandsion

‘unrestricted.’ fishing of

HIGHWAYS MINISTER Alex Fraser and Socred

MLA Angus Ree
highway reconstruction
couver Thursday.

The project is scheduled to
begin in the spring of 1986
with construction of a $15
million eight-lane  inter-
change overpass spanning
the Upper Levels at
Lonsdale and will include

reconstruction and paving of

four kilometers of the
highway from Capilano
Road to Lynn Valley.

A second overpass is ten-
tatively planned for the in-
tersection at Westview Drive
and the Upper Levels. No
date has been confirmed for
the Westview overpass,
though Fraser said construc-
tion could begin in 1987,

pointed out that though the
federol.Indian Act.

“authc rizec ‘Indian-bands'to °°
‘Pass, bylaws ‘for ‘the’ conser-

vation of fish'and wildlife, :::

salmon did not accord with

‘a rational support. of that-

conservation,
In acquitting Lewis and

announced a $30 million

project for North Van-

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW

subject to ministry approval.

Approximately 50,000 cars
per day pass through each of
the two North Vancouver in-
tersections.

HIGHWAY EXPANSION

Addressing Thursday's
press conference, Deputy
Minister of Highways Tom
Johnson said the Upper
Levels would be expanding
from four to six lanes be-

See Lonsdale
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scheme ° for mi naging ‘it
--fishery.’”: :

A federal “Fisheries y
spokesman said he is hoping |

.an appeal will be launched”
by the department.