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Canadian Pudkcatons Mat Sales Procuct Agreement No. 9087,

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88 Pages

Man
Killed
in Cap

4 By Anna Marie D’Angelo

News Reporter
dangelo@nsnews.com

A Richmond man
died on Wednesday
after being swept
down the Capilano
River.

Gerard Rheal Desrochers, 34,
was fishing with a friend near the
fish hatchery when he fell into
the rushing water at 2 p.m.

According to) the North
Vancouver RCMP, the friend
tried in vain to rescue Desrochers
in the fast-flowing water.

The frend, a Penticton man,
was taken to Lions Gate Hospital
for hypothermia weatment.

Const. Ton Seaman said the
friend had been bashed around
in the water while attempting to
rescue Desrochers.

Desrochers’ body was recov
ered shortly before 4 p.m. near
the railway bridge at the bottom
of the river next to Park Royal
Shopping Centre.

NEWS photo Terry Peters

THE body of a Richmond man was removed by stretcher by B.C. Paramedics on Wednesday near the mouth of the Capilano River.
The man was fishing two hours earlier near the fish hatchery when he was swept away. See more page 3.

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ON the phone from Ontario, North . . . sal be made te ensure Canadian bids are placed for the supply
Vancouver's Stan Stanley said his voice build town in Malaysia of butiding materials. .
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fwas hoarse from answering reporters’ hard for the cus pany on both sides of the Pacitic Ris to the economy of B.C but tothe economy of Canada.”
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