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32 + Wednesday, April 11, 1990 - North Shore News

submissions,

SENIORS SHOULD have the right to die, according to a
provincial seniors committee. After listening to 1,000
the committee released a report
recoramended the government introduce legislation to
allow seniors to exercise more control over their medical
treatment, including the right to die. Living wills should

that

also be legal, the committee recommended, so that a per-

Shirley McGurran
Vancouver

i do because I’ve been in
the nursing profession.
Why hang on when
there’s no hope and it’s
right down to life support
systems?

MISSING: PART of the front

Royane McFarlan
Vancouver

ido. As far as I’m con-
cerned, a vegetative state
isn’t life. If it was a rela-
tive of mine, I would say
they have a right to die.

the new duplex, began laying 180

Do you support right-to-die

Bruce Flanagan

North Vancouver

1 do definitely. When
you’ve lived your life and
it’s over with, it’s over
with. Why take up time,
money and expenses
when it’s time to go.

son’s wishes about medical treatment would be carried
out if that person were incapacitated. The government
has balked at the idea, perhaps fearing an onslaught of
legal battles with such legislation. Others have criticized
the recommendatiens or religious grounds. But still
others have supported the proposals.

legislation?

Ruth flex
North Vancouver
1 think

whether to die.

they should,
especially if there’s suf-
fering and there isn’t ary
hope. They should have
the free choice on

lawn of a new duplex development
at 4th Street and St. Andrew’s
Avenue in North Vancouver.

A North Vancouver landscaping
company is the victim of a late
April Fool's prank that went too

Rossco Landscaping, the com-
pany responsible for landscaping

Canad

Ministére des Finances
Canada

rolls of turf on April 2.

Installation of the instant lawn
was completed April 3 when land-
scaper George Pithers left at 7

p.m.
But when he returned at 7 a.m.

the following day, a large chunk —

30 rolls — of sod was missing.
“This has never happened to me

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§ The CST is sckeduled to replace the
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& NO GST charged on most health and dental
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before,’’ Pithers said. ‘“‘I have
never heard of this type of thing
happening.”

Pithers managed to flag down a
passing RCMP cruiser to report
the incident. :

Although anery that his com-
pany will have to foot the $60 bill
to replace the missing sod, Pithers
is able to chuckle about the crime.

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Phil Pearce

Nozth Vancouver

I think 30, especially if
they get so oid and sick
they can’t look after
themselves. They have the
right to end it peacefully
rather than suffer.

“It’s a little too low for anyone
to steal something like this,’’ he
said, ‘‘but I’m amused more than
anything else.”’

‘He added that Rossco will have
to send a truck to a sod farm in
Pitt Meadows to pick up the new
supplies, which may increase the
charge.

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