Man to stand trial for B&E A 22-YEAR-OLD New Westminster man was ordered to stand trial on a charge of break, entry and theft after appearing at a Dec. 10 preliminary hearing in North Vancouver provincial court. Paul Jordan, also known as Paul Charles Ring, will face one count of breaking into, and stealing from, a locker room at rec- Centre Lonsdale on Nov. 24. Jordan will appear in B.C. Supreme Court on Jan. 3 to set 2 trial date. Uttering threats charges laid A 19-YEAR-OLD man was ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court on several charges of uttering threats after ap- pearing Dec. 4 in North Vancouver provincial court. Phillip Parsons of no fixed address will be facing three counts of uttering threats to 9 man and one count of unlawful confine- ment in connection with events alleged to have occurred between Oct. 7 and Oct 24. Parsons will next appear in B.C. Supreme Court on Jan. 2 to set a trial date on the charges. CN management, union face off over delivery times A SLOWDOWN in Canadian National Railways’ (CN) bulk-cargo delivery times is having an impact on the operations of several North Vancouver waterfront terminal facilities, and one of CN’s unions has charged that the problem is being caused by a new brake-test system in- stituted recently by the Crown corporation. But CN officials say there are various reasons for the slow delivery times, one of which is that unionized employees do not want to work a regular eight-hour shift. And officials at one North Vancouver waterfront terminal facility say the operation is on the verge of laying off employees because of the slowdown in cargo delivery time. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers said CN has instituted a new brake-test system on trains of up to 14,000 tonnes running between its North Vancouver and Port Mann yards. The system, according to the union, has cut train speeds and is the sole reason for the slow delivery times. But CN spokesman Marian Robson said the new brake test system and the slow delivery times are ‘‘quite different issues.’” **We’ve made some changes in the way yard crews operate. Be- fore we had an early-quit system where the crews used to work and quit early once their work was done,’’ said Robson. ‘‘That was changed to increase productivity, and the crews now work regular eight-hour shifts. There’s some dissatisfaction (among) the employees.” Another reason for the delivery delays, she said, is that the Cisco train bridge in the Fraser Valley was washed out several weeks ago by heavy rains. “v’s a combination of factors that has caused hiccups to the North Shore,'' Robson said. “We're trying to move an enor- mous amount of cargo.” Pioneer Grain terminal manager Gerry Skura agreed with Robson By Surj Rattan News Reporter that labor problems and weather conditions are to blame for the slow delivery times, but he added that the service has improved recently. “It’s a matter of a few minor labor problems and weather con- ditions. The volume has improved over the last few days. The Cisco bridge caused problems and then BC Rail was on strike and then their tracks were washed out so traffic was very congested on the North Shore,’’ said Skura. “Hopefully all of the problems are now behind us.”’ He added that Pioneer had been running at only 60 per cent capac- ity because of the delivery delays and that the company was on the verge of laying off workers. But Tony Nardi, Neptune Butk Terminals (Canada) Ltd. director of transportation, said he doubts that the train service will improve in the near luture. “This is going to be with us for quite some time. [ don’t think the change in (train) speed is the problem. The change in shifts is the underlying problem,”’ said Nardi. ‘‘We have been noticing a drop in service.’’ In a November News story, the Canadian Auto Workers’ union, another CN union, charged that CN was compromising safety by switching from a type ‘A’ brake test to a type ‘B’ test. The union said trains were leav- ing CN’s North Vancouver yard without their brakes being proper- ly inspected, a charge denied by Murky water cause debated From pape 3 fall, According to the GVRD, a re- cord i44.em (57 in.) of rain fell in November, beating the previous record by 22 cm (nine in.) The tunoff from the rain) combined with snowmelt) caused approxi- mately 30) slides in the three GVRD_ watersheds. Twenty-nine of the slides were in unlogged areas... But Stoltmann said the Jamieson Creek slide adds weight to the argument against logging. “Given the 29 slides in unloge- ed areas,”' he said. *‘does it make sense to be doing something such as logging and roadbuilding that will only increase the hazard?”* Stolimann said the GVWD is using an ‘‘argument of the past’’ which claims that logging is neces- sary to keep the forest healthy. “*The purpose of the watershed is to produce good water, not good timber,’’ he said. Meanwhile, the GVWD has re- tained a group of soil consultants to investigate the causes of the watershed slides. But the group’s progress may be hampered by heavy snowfall, Morse said. “The only way our consultants can make any informed comment on the slides is with access.”' Also on Dec. 10, North Van- couver District Council passed a motion by Crist that opposes con- structing any road access to Squamish through the western side of Indian Arm. The provincial government has hired a consultant to do a feasibil- ity study of a possible highway route through the western side of Indian Arm in addition to the government's own in-house studies of access routes through the Capilano and Seymour watersheds and the east side of Indian Arm. **We oppose any road access to Whistler through the district of North Vancouver. It is not open to discussion,’” said Crist. 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