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Newsstand Price 25¢ January 13, 1982 Tel. 985-2131 Classified 986-6222

DISTRICT PLEADS GUILTY
POLLUTION CHARGES

Claims
mitigating
circumstances

GUILTY was the plea
by North Vancouver
District at Monday’s
trial in North Van
provincial court on
four charges of
pollution in connection
with the Premier Street
Landfill.

A stay of proceedings had
been entered on four other
charges of depositing
deleterious substances in
water inhabited by fish.

Meanwhile, defence
counsel James Mackenzie
claimed ‘mitigating cir-
cumstances” in defence of
the Ditstnct against the
charges to which it pleaded.

Crown counsel Digby
Kier, prosecuting the
Distnet under Secuon 33(2)
of the federal fisheries act.
suggested that no less than
the public interest was at
stake in the tnal,.

The Distncet had been

“extremely neghgent” in
. ; faihng to prevent pollution
i CHARRED REMAINS of home in West Vancouver are examined by which caused an estimated 370,000 damage to the house at 1872 Fulton of Lynn Creek, Kier told the
Chief Fire Prevention Officer Art Ridley for clues to the cause of the fire Avenue. See story page AS. (Ellsworth Dickson photo) court

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Council, school board challenge Victoria
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. , . ae MLA. Attorney General taxpayers of this areca, and
PUNITIVE TAXES Allan Wilhams., secking an the Municipal Grants from

threatening West urgent meenng to cxplore Resources formulas
Vancouver homeown- ways of tackling the “We suggest the afternoon
ers this year have problem of Fnday, 22nd January, in
created a united front Signed by School Board the council chambers tn
between the school Chairman Mark Sager and camera and will welcome
Mayor Dernck Humphreys advice oor information on
board and municipa} the telegram read ways to relieve the
council to pressure “Phe Board of School $1,250,000 estimated to be
Victoria into providing Irustees of School District levied on our taxpayers to Cloudy with
relief by amending the 45 and the Municipal finance school Costs dnazling rain
education financing Council of West Vancouver clse where THURSDAY
formula. request your attendance at a We will look forward to Cloud with

joint mecting to discuss the your carly acceptance
The two local government catremely senous effect: of CONTINUED ON PAGE A4

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