through the house because
we can't live with broken

Canadians. Except for one
thing: A Canadian, as
- defined, has no particular
.skin color or language or
culture and. doesn’t. come
. from ‘any one particular

os of . the
a ‘was attacked, was

‘Canadians a trifle special.
id :th: thing — our very
“is what: is at-

amuck in a neighbourhood,
terrorizing - anyone because
of their background.

ese

o cure

it’s what the residents re-
* quested.
“. The department hag set up
a crime analysis position to
“carry out what Fox calls “a
comprehensive internal data
People: in West Van are analysis study.”
not.‘concerned. their. purse This study, he says, will
will be snatched or someone pinpoint crime areas and aid
ats, Ser eeved said thet will. attempt to steal in the “improved deploy-

car tes have had dof put °
plexiglass. ‘windows all

ized. in _something | from them by ment of resources.”
Fox says that when the
‘Almost half the ‘residents new system is in place police

said they. -would like more will be able to localize. pro-
blems and assign officers to
problem areas regularly.

The police will soon work
with a zone system incor-
porating West Vancouver

District planning districts.

between the police and the
municipality is unique, Fox
says.

I's all an attempt to
change West Van's crime
prevention unit from a
public relations branch
distributing leaflets into a
unit
with preventing crime.

says ‘When questioned” on” ~ already: en
citizen involvement," “18% of - “ erease police efficiency.
aire “We will continue to act
would calll the police if they on the concerns expressed as
_ over h a result of the survey and will
pleted, More than half of those "either modify’ ‘existing pro-
Over'99% of those polled felt it would be a good or initiate new ones
di felt the West Van idea for neighbors to join that better serve the com-
crime prevention unit pro- | together with the police to munity.”
vided a useful service. prevent crime. Fox says foot patrols by
’ Ome in ten residents and The survey showed West West Van police officers
businesses surveyed had Van residents are concerned have been increased because

N. Van students tops in Frenc

North Vancouver Grade 5

because the provincial average North Vancouver

anymore.”
pias anymore” like racial
- harassment to me:
‘ees .

Now, unlike most °
‘Canadians, 1 don’t think © pic fan y he J
there's superior OF Pye Keown him almost that
extra. wonderful about ‘long. Know. his wife, © his

kids. Have been introduced .

. place in the world. sessions conducted ‘by a
. .That’s. about the only thing - &@ C
I can think of that does make Brahman in. my friend's

long and boring as anyone

primarily concerned

French has on French in

to his mother. ]
My wife,- and I, curious
about various religious -.
practices, have becn allowed.
to sit in on Hindu prayer

home. (Note: The Hindu
methods of prayer are as

s.)
“This East Indian fellow

and I have often discussed. j
The Bhagavad Gita, the ©
“Bible” of _Andia, which I

individuals call:
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The district’s) French
| Program was expanded to

schbol year. It is taught in 21

Grado 5 in ‘the 1979-80 _

classrooms in the district. no
{Ten Grade 5. classes. ‘were,

students have a more education department Grade 5 score was higher highschool.
required an evaluation of the than the scores obtained by By the fall of 1981,
Grade 5 French program 66 per cent of other British students entering cither the
before North Vancouver can Columbia students. University of British
receive provincial funding The school board plans to Columbia or Simon Fraser
for the program. conduct further studies in University will have to have

1981 to determine the im-
pact clementary school

a second language at the
Grade At level.

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