THE News continues a summary of some of the events that shaped life on the North Shore during 1999. In this issue, July through December: ; i . JULY | Chlorine plant fined B® After more than four years and a court challenge to the Supreme Court of Canada, a North Vancouver company pleaded guilty to polluting CXY Chemicals, which has been Jocated at 100 Amherst » Ave. in the Maplewood area for several decades, was fined $5,000 and ordered to_ pay $45, 000 to Environment Inlet. “On Oct. 13, 1994, a 3% hour power outage in the Seymour area resulted in chlo- tine. being released into water effluent.. discharged — into Burrard Inlet ftom the plant. The - er. outage occurred after a tree hit two hydro lines, * CXYs_ backup and. moni- toring systems: failed during power outage... CXY Gs cals has spent about $4 investigation resulted in a land- bent ion. from. the 2 people th- ered ‘at Victoria Park in North Vancouver to: protest the crackdown ‘ on the student-led “raostly. ie protesters, . carried Iranian‘: cx atriates, aS: signs ‘and ted slogans B English and ‘Farsi denouncing. mservative ° ‘backlash - “at tien — r ~ patien Collcen Shobrid c. ag, pees oa NEWS plot Jutle werson ENJOVING political freedom in Canada, a crowd of mostly Iranian expatriates gathered at Central Lonsdale’s Victoria Park in July to protest a crackdown on the student-led, pro-democracy movement in Iran. son Frank Ngo, 5, Vancouver’s Marilyn Waye, $1 and West ., Vancouver real estate agent Scope Susie Chen, 53. used in the pollution Chen’s husband Louis, 50, ahome builder, antique collec: ‘tor anc’ diver, is missing umed dead. PeNine . The Sun Bellevuc, Washington man. The exact cause of the accident has yet to be determined. Eaton’s closes @ = Park Royal _ Shopping Centre’s oldest anchor tenant announced it: was closing its doors. Eaton’s, with 64 stores in le were rescued. Canada, got court permission 5 captain is'a. and having 2 blood alcohol level greater than .08. Goethals, 43, was driving the wrong way near tic top of The Cut when her car slammed head on into a pickup truck, killing the driver, Marlisse Richards. Richards, 34, died instandy of a skull fracture. Richards was a married mother of two. The North Vancouver woman was on her way home from work. when she died. Goethals’ blood alcohol level was .228. The legal limit is .08:: Newth Vancouver provin- cial ‘court. Judge srame dia noted that Goe ilar and profitable Eaton’ liquidate as assets s after declar- ing bankruptcy. oThe Park Ro Royal Eaton's was . one of the chain’s most’ prof- ‘itable department = Eaton’ Ss piadeleg another Park Woodward’s, , ‘which i in the carly 1990s closed gon _‘the way. to “the Symphony of Fire fireworks off - lest: Vancouver. - drowned, including itle’s ¢ Manfat Ngo, 36, and ‘all of its department stores. . Drunk driver jailed HH West Vancouver's Patricia Goethals was jailed 18 months ‘after pleading guilty. to crimi- nal negligence causing death - /Stores..<: heres as aratar eas knew she had an alcohol prob- * lem and that she had a com-~- pulsion to drink in a social set- i something that occurred er in the night. SEPTEMBER AB.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that an over-the- counter diet drug taken by Julia Campagna, 28, of Kirkland, Washington, had precipitated a “psychotic men- tal fal disorder” and that a could not be held camaly responsible for her actions. Campagna rear-ended the vehicle of North. Vancouver’s Monique Ishikawa, 19, and her friend Kimberly Brooks, 18, at the Peace Arch border crossing. The Sutherland grad and her Port Coquitlam friend died instantly in a fiery crash. The girls had been on a shop- Woman ‘not responsible ine deaths . uf two teens in.a car crash last year walked out of court a fice woman, leaving behind two charges of. dangerous driving causing death, -@ The Anietican’ who Killed . [ ARTIST... Christian Cordell Corbet. investi- gated for theft in August. ping trip to Seattle. Campagna had been taking Xenedrine, a diet drug con- taining Ephedrine. At the time of the e oudent, she was suffer- ing from a delusion that she was carrying NHL hockey player Joe Nieuwendyk’s baby. Police investigate artist @ An artist who received national alleged commissions for the ’ British royal family was investi- ted by the police. en Chrvtian Cardeil Corbet, a former Deep Cove resident, was investigated for theft over $5,000 in West Vancouver. “Corbet, whose Christian” name is Alfred, signs his corre- ndence ween Elizabeth the Queen Mother.” He made headlines in 1995 and 1997 for his por- traits of British’ royal family members. However, a‘ News story-revealed that Corbet has - no such royal appointment. - No Former CEO suss @&. The controversial ‘ former “CEO of the -North. Shore.’ si -Eicalth Region ‘sued her old?) Inge Schamborski, _who had not found work since. she _was fired on March 2, 1998, “launched a lawsuit: in B.C. Supreme Court: asking ‘the health’ region. for. another :10 months’ . salary above ‘-and . . beyond the $180,800. sever- ance (equivalent to 14 months’ pay) given to hi * The West Vancouver: resi- dent earned $155,000'a year *. plus benefits as - North Shore ‘Health Region's CEO, accord- ing to the statement of claim.’ Schamborski worked . for.’ ¢ health region for 15°" onths before she was fired. A nsultant reported +. that Szhamborski’s . management style was perceived as autocrat: “ic during her stormy tenure. ; Boughs breaks baby’s fall 7a *- 18-month-old -:miraculously- survived a_fall girl from. the mid-span of the Capilano Suspension Bridge. Kaya . Werbes, who, has attention for his . “Artist. to HM | es were laid con-. | cerning the alleged theft. of approximately ci ‘and sketches “ West Vancouver artist... t paintings ~ le by a senior. Down's Syndrome, was in her mother’s arms before she dropped. Kaya’s mother Nadia Hama said she tripped on the bridge, losing hold of her daughter. North Vancouver RCMP investigated the incident as an attempted murder case. No charges have been laid. OCTOBER Accused killers in limbo @ The fate of nwo North Vancouver men charged with three murders in the United States was put on hold by the Supreme Court of Canada. Atif Rafay, 23, and - Sebastian Burns, 24, were charged with the 1994 slayings of Rafay’s parents and handi- capped sister. The planned murders took place at the Rafay family home in Bellevue, Washington. The state; can impose the death penalty if the men are convicted of the crimes. Burns and Rafay returned to the North Shore after the murders. They were charged a. year later following an‘ under- cover operation in which both men confessed. - Then federal Justice : Minister Allan Rock allowed the fugitives to be extradited to -... Washington without condi- : tions. Rock did not seek assur- ances that the pair not face. possible death penalties. Rock’s = decision! was”. appealed to the Supreme : Court of Canada. In October, the highest court in Canada ordered a. re-. hearing of the case. The first hearing was held in March in which nine justices’ of the Supreme Court of Canada received written sub- mission and heard ents. . Department of | - Justice. laivyer David Frankel said he expected a new hearing would ; ., be held next year, money is not the reason for bed closures. at_ Lions. G ital (GH)... . © 335- bed hos; ital a 39 acute care beds: becatise there were not enough | registered nurses (RNs) to do: the work. ; ‘North’ Shore Health Region . spokesman’. - Clay": Adams said the beds will -be closed for. an‘ indefinite ‘time: He said that people waiting for.’ surgeries | may. have . ‘longer : Waits because of the: bed ‘‘clo- * Simpso: up for court to ‘face ijuana : trafficking ‘charge: warrant . was subsequently See West page 8