ONGOING: SUMMER GARBAGE PROBLEM

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“TWO BLACK bears were:
“shat on Tuesday near residen-
tial garbage containers on
Indian River Road in a remote
area of North «Vancouver
District.

By Anna’ Marie D'Angelo
‘News Reporter

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ace: One. bear was shot because it
. Was aggressive toward a resident
of.the Woodlands community and
“to..the RCMP, according to
Conservation Officer Rick
Grindrod. ; Jl
‘ The second * bear!. was shot
- because it. was addicted to garbage.
vy “At least two bears. were shot or
; relocated on’ Indian | Road’ last
sxyear,” said Grindrod. |’

“There is a large :volume of

garbage there and the way that it is

~ handled and. the design of the cans

is just a feeding ground for bears,”

“said Grindrod. a

North» Vancouver” ‘District
‘(NVD) public works manager Bob
~.West-Sells said. two new. garbage

“containers ‘for the community. of
‘about _ 80: residents «are, being,
ordered. There were Six containers
> there on Tuesday.’ :

West-Sells: said’ fasteners will.”
be placed on thé lids of the garbage.

“containers ‘to help prevent’ bears
“from ‘getting in; ;

“We. are = going to! maintain a.

‘Searchers find.
woman's body
on. Crown Min

AN’ OVERNIGHT. search. of »

the Lynn Headwaters Regional

Park ended ‘with the discovery
of a: Burnaby , woman’s § body -

Wed esday morning."

By lan'Noble.
News Repérter

Pamela » Trainor,’ 313 WAS ‘ifted. ;
from the side ‘of: Crown: Mountain |
by. helicopter. and ‘delivered to the’;

coroner at the park’s parking lot...
Coroner Jeannine Robinson said

Trainor: likely died ‘of. hypothermia » :
during.a long eekend of, cold and 2

wet, weather.
“<> North Shore Rescue Team search

- manager Allan’McMordie said the"
tragic death highlights the need for |
hikers to tell friends where they are

oing.
Pamela's ‘48-year-old husband
‘Michael Trainor'was in Lions Gate
Hospital’ Thursday morning in sta-
“ble condition.
~ Pamela’. had gone hiking
Saturday with Michael to Seymour
Dam, McMordie said. :
"Instead of staying on the trail to
the dam, they ‘travelled to the west:
to. Lynn: Headwaters, Park. and its’
lengthy : ‘Hanes Loop «Trail, . said
'MeMordie, a 16- year search and
rescue, veteran. .

Their” route. took them about
“eight: kilometres into , the Hanes:

* Valley. By Sunday, rain set in, The .
- couple continued up the. valley and °
cleft the 1 trail to walk thé rough east
‘slope. Lof.. Crown .: Mountain.

“Overcome by darkness they. attempted to shelter '

from the rain under‘a rock overhang at the 1,000 .

- metre /(3,300 feet) elevation. Michael awoke on
Monday - but’ Pamela.-was ‘not very responsive.

Michael went for help...

The search for, Pamela started after a disori-
“ented Michael Trainor was found Tuesday after-
neon iby hikers just off the rough trail, T he traili is

& & There isa

healthy population of

bears in the North

Vancouver area. JF

- Conservation Officer
Rick Grindrod

high standard of cle sanup in the

area and work with the community

- fo encourage residents lo maintain -

the area in as clean a state as pos-
sible,” said West-Sells.

West-Sells said NVD has been :

aware of. bear problems near the
Indian River. Road dumpsters for

six weeks. West-Sells said the’

aggressive bear shot. on Tuesday

showed no fear in the presence ofa ‘
 coons, can’t get in.

NVD worker. . |!
West-Sells said NVD has tried
other garbage containers .in ‘the

past to-solve the ongoing | bear

problem.

on

ver Road

killed near the dumped garbage i in

carly May. said Grindrod.

The conservation officer. said
bear problems rena worse -this
year than in past years on the
North Shore. ;

A fourth bear was. shot, and -
killed by conservation officers in.
the lower Delbrock area about two
weeks ago.

The Delbrook bear was deemed
aggressive and had been in the area:
for about a month before it was”
killed, said Grindrod.

Another bear caught on Bowen
Island in April was relocated. The
bear. swam across “to the: island
early in the year. ;

Grindrod -said August and.
September are the busiest months
for reports. of problems between
bears and people.:

“The biggest thing is control-
ling the garbage. People shoutd put
out the garbage on the morning of
the garbage day. not the :night.
before.” said Grindrod. '

He said garbage containers and
composts should be securely fas-
tened. so animals, « including rac-

He said that people should Keep.
garbage areas clean and pick up
any ripe fruit on the ground,

“There is a healthy population

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Grindrod -isuid ‘conservation of bears in the North. Vancouver
officers have been called out to the - area,” said Grindrod.
Indian River Road dumpster site Grindrod said all’ bears killed -
three times this year... * on the North Shore have been idult
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“THE TRAINORS initially planned to hike through. the Seymour. Demonstration Forest, but their”

route took, them into the upper reaches of Lynn Headwaters Regional. Park.

o At 6°a.m. the next morning, Searchers were’
“back onthe job, said McMordie. °° ;
When rescue, workers found Pamela about one
kilometre: from Hanes ‘Trail,. she ‘was already
“dead, satd McMordic. y
’ Pamela was. wearing running shoes, jeans and
a light jacket. She and her husband, who are both /

© As rescue workers brought Michael out, the
search for Parnela began. ..
When he was found, Michael's body. tempera:
, ture. had dropped to 33° C, his blood glucose level
was low and he was exhausted and cold, said
MeMordie. Local. search and rescue: members
were ‘calied to begin searching for, Pamela at 6°
“p.m, ‘and continued a fruitless search until | a.m.
; : : =e stay. out overnight.

I: ‘Shore, News. me
i By! lan Nobie
News Reporter

mildly’ mentally iriesieaem were not prepared.

concert. by” “the

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Wednesday. Janet Steinberg, :
associate principal cellist, will'be among VSO musicians per-
forming in the symphony’s popular. mountainésp concert .
Whistler this ‘Saturday. Tickets available: through’ T icketmaster. :

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THE B.C. Press Counei :

«will delay its decision in‘

~ complaint ‘ against; Doug.
“Collins. and . the

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Press * council: ‘chairman 4
‘Robert Yanow initially said the.

A council would . hand®down. a

‘decision 10 days after the July
24 press council hearing...)05 7. f
“But. the ’ press -:¢ neil”
~anneunced : - Wednesday: it will
- reserve a decision until ‘eany
| ee Sie
Yanow said” the council ‘
wants’ to give complainant
Lionel Kenner ‘‘ ‘every: ‘oppor-:
tunity ‘to’ make ’a; proper
response to reports * that Mr. :f.
“Collins said are important. tof

_ his position.” -°<.-
Collins was asked to ‘sub-

mit two \Red ‘Cross ‘reports: J

after! the“ raucous | hearing.
Collins said those reports sub-.
stantiate his position that. far:

“less than the'often-reported six] ~

«million people were, killed in’
the Holocaust.” :£

~ Kenner told tite préss coun:
cil the Red Cross would take a”,
month to determine, the “
-report’s “validity “and another

_ week’ for: him to prepare: a

4, proper response.”
During the hearing, Collins

“ aetended himself against alle-

“fations that five of his articles

“on. the ~ Heloc

‘designed to mislead readers.
Kenner said by printing the

i articles, ‘the’. News: misled’ °

readers * and . contravened _ the
_, B.C. Press Council Code’ of
Practice. .
‘countered that he
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