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INFORMATION OFFICE” IS

NOT A PROPAGANDA MACHINE |

—BUT A CLEARINGHOUSE

TO PISSEMINATE CONTROLLED

AND SCREENED TRUTH,
IDEAS ANP? FACTS THAT Wie
FURTHER THE FEDERALIST
CAUSE WHILE MAKING THE
SEPARATISTS LOOK LIKE A
BUNCH OF MORONS — WHICH

\> THE TRUTH —T HEREFORE

wor PROPAGANDA !

quotes of the

“When you hit something, it’s

"very unpleasant .. These are big
dogs.”

“Greg Goldring, on repeatedly

‘encountering dog excrement while

mowing the lawn in front of his
British Properties home in West

Vancouver. (From a July 19 North
“Shore vows story. )

“You can’t keep ‘West

- Vancouver unique by making
~ them all the same.”

Land surveyor. Bill Chapman, to
‘West Vancouver Council, on the .
impracticality of a proposed bylaw: -

coritrol housing design through °

tiare footage and floor space
Tatios, (From aJuly 17 North .
‘Shore News story. ). -

* <a felt terrible and I was light.

“headed half the time. It felt tike
‘: my head was swelling up: and =

Don’ t palm

wreelc

' that [had a neon tube inside my

head and there was something~
going around inside the soon
tube and it was going bang, . (
bang, bang. It’s the only way I~

- can describe what it was like.’

Former North Vancouver fire “
chief Archie Steacy. on the symp-

_toms he suffered from 4 mysterious

virus he picked up while travelling.

(From a July 14 North Shore News a
Story.)

a Q a
“The driver of the Honda. by

. this time, was scared enough that

he theught the detachment was |
the safest place to go.” .
: North Vancouver RCMP Const.

‘Catherine Galliford, on the finale...

of a car chase involving a Honda
and a Chrysler in which the two
vehicles crashed i into each other a an
estimated six’ times and finally”

ended up at the North Vancouver

RCMP station. (From a July 10

North Shore News tory)

off ‘naples

. relocating these “problem” trees to

# pa writing sin regards to an arti-

3 cle printed in the June 15 Vancouver

Sun... Boye,
“Wt pertained ito. the removal of «
seven red maple trees in our water-
front park.

__ Perhaps the city could consider

another, urban location via a tree

spade,
Expetsive? Yes, but so is trading

maples for palms.
To our national pride. that is.

Scott Olesen ° |

North Vancouver -

“news viewpoint .

 AlDS outrage _

‘UCH ado about AIDS. As illus."

forces to peddle their own views:. paint-

those who see
to kill Canada

A well-deserved black eye last’ Noel

week for the tiny separatist and
native minorities who say . Weight |

Canada isn’t worth preserving’
— so let’s destroy it. .

For the fourth time in six years the
United Nations named Canada as hav-
ing the world’s best overall quality of
life, measured by health, education and
purchasing power. Second came the.
U.S., followed by Japan.
Sure, there's stili plenty of room for :
improvement, especially with the UN-
warning about the growing gap — even in Canada — between rich
poor. But ‘those like Lucien Bouchard and Ovide Mercredi, who thir

many of them smaller Seveloring nations, are now Poorer | than a
decade ago.
a Smaller ‘developing nations are-exactly what paris of, Quebec: an
“sovereign” Indian reserves could expect to become, once severed.
What poker player holding four aces would ever be crazy enough.
; throw away three of them i ina hopeless bid bid to draw a royal flush?.”

FOR NICOTINE- STAINED wretches a ‘glimmer of comfo at
Toronto’s and North Van's total ban on the weed
pubs is stirring even some dedicated non-smoke!
we want our elected servants to invade areas.of priv
only a few years ago, were completely. legal and sociall
Surprisingly, some recent media articles and sre :
cited reputable. studies debunking the “health, hazards”

save medicare money by dying before old age.:B
is whether the: “anti- ee fascists", herald

> eists” * forbidding you to'exceed 1,000. calori dail) 4
fume fascists” allergic to Chanel, Nina Ricci and. Oscaride |! 2 Renta Ses

THE BENTZEN TUNNEL: recently featured in th spacey
‘i

to be attracting increasing support: among ‘News reade:
He

to mention self-financing) Third Crossi ng’ ‘solut
‘them ask me, can we band together/t Bi
‘ly. force it to take action on the Bentzen,

Tacit"
- Bentzen project. Write to himic/o my elf the North h Shore News:
in:

Or fax. "your thoughts to 925-3193. Ask.

‘Crosbie, formerly of oe Van.

wishes to West Van's Den Maimill

July 23, to his felt ow West Van meri Gor
ql re

—The North Shore News believes strongly itd.

right of all sides in a-debate to be heard. The coiu ts published

“the News present differing points af view, but those iews are:

sarily those eof the newspaper itself. -

ated disctissioz be
A lot of discussion.

‘trated in the July 17 edition of
A V4 the News, the issue of AIDS and
Doug Collins do not mix well.

There is a built-in incendiary compo- ‘

nent when the two collide.

Reaction to the News’ columnist’s
. July 7 column “AIDS circus is in town”
has been relentless...”

' Much of the initial response was crit-

_feali in the extreme, still more well onthe
- columnist. And therein resides the point

road to emotional hysteria. .

ee That first barrage hasbeen followed -

by a less voluble chorus of support. : :
- Facts have been challenged, opinions

“refuted. ‘Extremists have ‘marshalled

‘against

ed graffiti was splashed across the North
Shore, News entranceway Tuesday
morning. Also circulated was a vitriolic
leaflet calling for a boycott of the News .

and demanding charges be laid against’.

Collins for: “promoting hate literature. _
constitutionally’ protected -
minority groups.’ Telephone calls from
all over the province flooded in. : ;

All in resporise to the views of a News

of the whale exercise. ce
Regardless of where readers ‘stand

on the issue‘of AIDS and the views of

Doug Collins; the July 7 column gener-

It is only through i free and

serious diseases facing, ou
ety. As the AIDS, pare
quently: put ‘its ‘Ignorance is"
stage of infection. ps oe