. dent” loose’ Without ieeth, mply usel are Si Dear Editor: I am writing you this let- ter as I want the public to know about the Jack of jus- tice in Canada. - My father, Bjorn -Bjornson, was killed by a dump truck in West ‘Vancouver last year on - September 27, 1996, that was overloaded and had lit- tle or no working brakes at “the time of the accident. T use the word “acci- the, driver “of the truck was supposed to be trained to drive and maintain the truck in a safe ‘manner, and since the driver did not, I personally believe this to be more of an act of ‘murder. ’ Since I-did not rely on my father for financial sup- ‘port, [ have. no legal recourse to make the driver held accountable for his crime, and now that the Crown has decided that they will not press charges, it appears that the driver will get away. The Jase time I checked, au was illegal to kill someone in Canada, even if it was an accident. Apparently, we have a legal system that protects the guilty and not the inno- cent. What good are laws if they cannot or will not de enforced? Te was explained to me thar the reasons the Crown was not pursuing the case was — one, it did not appear to be in the public’s best interest. Two, the Crown «sas not confident in strength of the evidence for a guilty verdict. IT cannot believe that the people of the North Shore and Canada are willing to MAIL Box Certainty found in living laws ESS accept the rash of deadly dump trucks on our roads, or that the Crown can not find a huge dump truck with no brakes and enough dirt to fill nwo trucks is eneugh evidence to convict the dri- ver with anything. I can only hope that the driver’s God will try and convict him. The police forces in British Columbia do such a wonderful job of enforcing the laws only to be back- stabbed by the inept and lazy court system. I wonder if the truck had come down the hill five minutes later and had killed several of the students from the nearby school — would they have pressed charges? T am just thankful that J never will know. Daniel Bjornsen West Vancouver Practise racial harmony Dear Editor: _ .While searching for parking at the Park Royal Mall, I had a very disturbing encounter. 1 feel it is important for me to bring this to the attention of the community, especially for future gencrations if we are to live in harmo- ny. 1. Who got there first is a debatable question. I may have or she may have. I had already given “way. once before. I was in no hurry. I would have given way again, to the other car, into the parking spot. . ; . .. However, what irked me is that this persc n “not only did not have the courtesy to gesture, "by your leave, but had the audacity, once in the This AS Another top quality Sosa project. ‘This 1 year old, 2 bdrm apt. unit is clase to all. 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