Man charged with
ransacking home

A VANCOUVER man faces three charges following the recent
ransacking of a Horseshoe Bay home.

According to a West Vancouver Police spokesman, 3 woman had
contracted a landscaper to do some work around her home. Upon

-.€2turm home June 26 at 6:50 p.m., she found that her house had
been broken into. She called West Vancouver Police and ‘hey
responded with police dog Trooper.

’ & police search warning was given. Police say there was no
response and the dog was ordered to search the house. Trooper
went upstairs and a suspect was located in a bedroom and ap-
prehended.

Police estimate the home sustained $2.000 in damages.

David Guy Baranyi, 29, was charged June 27 with break and
enter, unlawfally being in a dwelling and mischief to property over
$1,000.

Man jailed
for charges

A 22-YEAR-OLD Harrop, B.C. man was sentenced June 14 in
North Vancouver provincial court to one day in jait and placed on
probation for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to three criminal
charges.

Robert Ryan William was originally cherged with possession of
marijuana in connection with a Sept. 2, 1938 drug seizure, and was
further charged with assault and mischief in connection with inci-
dents the same day in which a female was. assaulted and the St.
Alice Hotel pub kicked.

Cab drivers
taken for a ride

A 44-YEAR-OLD Vancouver man was sentenced Tuesday in North
Vancouver provincial court to three months in jail after be pleaded
guilty to two counts of obtaining transportation by fraud.
Bradford Wilsor was o: charged in connection
with March 21 and March 28 incidents in which two cab drivers
were defrauded. ;
In addition to the jail term, Wilson was ordered to pay compen-
sation of $63.70 and $80 to the victims.

Sewer and water
funds approved

THE PROVINCIAL government recently approved a total of
$776,555 in revenue-sharing grants for North Shore sewer and
water system projects.

The money was part of an overall $18.1 million in revenue-sha-
ring grants approved for manicipalities around the province.

Of the $776,555 approved for the North Shore’s three
municipalities, West Vancouver will receive $572,055, while North
Vancouver city and district will receive $127,000 and $77,500,
respectively. :

The provincial revenue-sharing program provides 25 to 50 per
cent of eligible costs for sewer and water projects.

RCMP complaints
office opens

A NEW regional RCMP Public Complaints Commission cpened
recently in Vancouver.

The office will be responsible for complaints originating in B.C.
and the Yokon Territory against members of the RCMP. Approx-
imately 25 per cent of the force’s members are based in B.C., but
according to the commission, 40 per cent of the complaints arise in
the province. The Yukon Territory accounts for about one per cent
of complaints.

Siace 1983, the force has received about 2,000 complaints an-
analy. The average for B.C. has been 747 and the Yukon has
averaged 19.

The aew Vancouver office is located in suite 970 at the Robson
court building, 240 Howe Street. The office telephone number is

696-7363.
The commission’s toll-free sumber in Ottawa is 1-800-267-6637.

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GVRD wants vehicles inspected

IN A bid to improve North Shore
and Lower Mainland air quality,
the Greater Vancouver Regional
District plans to implement man-
datory vehicle inspection.

The user-pay program is design-
ed to ensure that emission control
systems in Lower Mainland vehi-
cles are properly maintained. Once
in place, the program could serve
as a model for the entire province.

GVRD directors approved the
project after receiving a report
stating that carbon monoxide and
ozone leels in some parts of the
region exceed federal standards.

Motor vehicles were identified as
the principal source cf air pollu-
tion throughout the district.

GVED staff, working in con-
junction with officials from the
provincial ministries of environ-
ment, and transportation and
highways, are now examining
methods to implement the inspec-
tion programs.

Three options are being studied:

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In all of the above options, the
enforcement mechanism is the
same: motorists are unable to
renew their annua! vehicle registra-
tion without an emissions inspec-
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borne by the user. Motorists pay
an average of US$IO for the in-
spections in Portland and Seattle,
with charges ranging two or three
times higher in California, where
the decentralized system is used.

Experts say federal standards for
new vehicles should reduce
hydrocarbon emissions by 30 per
cent over the next five years and 45
per cent over the next decade.

The GVRD’s motor vehicle in-
spection system should mean a
further 15 per cent reduction.

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