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Power out

SEVERAL THOUSAND North Vancouver residents
were left without power on Saturday when a local B.C.
Hydro substation lost three circuits,

B.C. Hydro corporate communications officer Verne
Prior said between 6,000 and 8,000 Hydro customers
were without power shortly after midnight on Saturday
morning when three circuits were lost from the North
Vancouver Hydro substation at Third Strect and St.
David’s Avenue.

Prior said that high winds are suspected as the cause
of the outage.

“Service was progressively restored throughout the
morning and the early afternoon with the final hook-up
being at about 3 p.m.,”’ said Prior.

He added that the power outages were bounded by St.
Georges Avenue to the west, Rufus Drive to the east, Se-
cond Street to the south and 18th Street to the north.

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Gibson said the accident occurred when the suspect
tried to escape from the police in the 1600- block: of
Taylor Way.

The suspect was arrested after.a short chase.

Charged with possession of stolen property over
$1,000, impaired driving, driving with a blood alcohol
level over .08, breach of recognizance and driving
- without a licence is 36-year-old Alexander James Smith.

Search for missing
NV elder continues

FAMILY AND friends - of
an elderly North Vancouver
woman, who has. been
missing since Nov. 20, are
putting | up posters in hopes
of receiving information on
her whereabouts.
Meanwhile, police say they have
no clues in the woman’s disap-
perance,.which they have called
‘anusual.””
Teresa Catherine Downey, 77,
was last seen at about 6:30 p.m,
on Saturday, Nov. 20,. near the
Karen Magnussen recreation cen-
tre in Lynn Valley, ‘where she
often went to feed squirrels.
Police said Downey was on an-
ti-depression medication, but had
not taken her medication since
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“‘We've got to find her. Some- still have no clues in the
one out there must have . seen disappearance of 77-year-old

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her,”’ said Downey’s daughter
Terri Nelson.

But North Vancouver RCMP
Staff Sgt. Peter Eakins said the
police have no new clues on
Downey’s whereabouts.

“We still get the odd phone
call, but right now we don’t know
what to expect, especially with a
lady that age. It’s (disappearance)
not a common occurrence. We're
still searching,’' said Eakins.

Downey is described as being
five feet tall (1.5 m) and weighing

Teresa Catherine Downey, who
went missing on Nov. 20.

122 pounds (55 kg).
She has a fair complexion and
short, curly grey and white hair.
When last seen, Downey wus
wearing a navy blue jogging suit
and white Reebok running shoes.
_ Anyone with any information
on her whereabouts is asked to
contact the North Vancouver
RCMP at 985-1311.

Crown counsel considering charges

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During the knife fight, said
Boland, a group from
the party located the assailant’s
car and shattered the vehicle’s
windows.

.“*As. the (police) members were
arriving, they heard the sound of
smashing glass,’’ said Boland.

Police arrested one 15-year-old
youth as the teenager was

smashing windows of the
assailant’s car with a large piece
of wood.

Boland said the vehicle received
extensive damage.

While several arrests were made
at the scene, no charges were laid
to press time Tuesday.

Crown. counsel is considering
possible charges.

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