~~ Dear Ediior! © 5 Now i is ihe time for action. Canada. can ‘solve its west. . coast -oil’ port. problem’ by’ — opting. unreservedly for. the - Alaska Highway Oil pipeline _ route. It-.should also-back ~ this Foothills. -project ... because’’a: line ‘parallelling: the. Alaska, Highway can be used.” Canadian’: oil: - south:to > Canadian ‘vefineries:. coast to coast. os 2 Ottawa: "and Washington - now agree-on the .Alaska.. Highway -route. for. Alaskan gas destined for ‘the Lower. 48 States. Why_not use the: same transportation corridor for erude oil? It makes sense Kickbacks supervisor NOT to! -bring --northern.. from: : ; path from i a ‘short run ‘and 2 a long term point of view. | a “Otherwise | what - will | we. have? Alaskan. oil. will be | moving: -by tanker down the _ West -’ Coast “in. increasing. . volume. A: major oil port. _ will be built at Port ‘Angeles - _ _just.across the Strait of Juan de Fuca from: ‘Victoria, B.C. And. Chicago will. be ‘sup- . plied ‘by a: big pipeline running inland from’ _ Washington. State. : The advantages for 1 us of. the Alaska Highway route are obvious. They are en- . vironmental. and .they are -.economic. Oil spills won't be anything like as serious as - those which can: occur at. Dear Editor: - Reference "your page 3 ' To. describe . him “as a “council works supervisor” is therefore incorrect. story im the Sunday News of — July 22 — “Council works supervisor took contracting kickbacks” — I would like to correct two misleading impressions. Firstly, the supervisor in question was not a North Vancouver City council employee. He was an em- ployee of -the Greater Vancouver Regional District and his only connection with North Vancouver lay in the fact that the GVRD waterworks and sewage department has a yard here. _ about. 180 people ... Secondly, your story states: “The court was told the North Van waterworks and sewage district employs ” This again is an incorrect statement and should have read: “The GVRD water- works and sewage district North Vancouver City is not involved in that GVRD operation. Thomas J. Scott City Engineer North Vancouver City . . sea. ~ costs’ ‘canbe’ kept - to..a. ““Also.. “transportation | minimum by going ‘overland - in a relatively: straight line’ from northern Alaska. 'to. the ‘mid-continent area of the” U. S. A: Sanne An oil line built initially to- move: “Alaskan “oil - to’ the _ Lower 48 States ‘has an-on-- going value for. Canadians. Tt. ~ would bea common carrier. : It’ would carry northern Canadian - oil to British Columbia, “the” “Prairie provinces. and’ “Eastern Canada. It would; in other. . _words,: provide us with low - ‘cost _transportation: «for ° n—oil- found~in | the * I ‘would. dike to congratulate you on the successful change you: have - initiated “in your format. I think “itis an improvement worthy of note. - Dear Editor: This is a‘ letter of thanks - from the North Shore Museum & Archives for your co-operation, this past year, in printing our write- ups and photos of exhibits that we have displayed for the public. You certainly have been a great help in acquainting everyone that we are here. — Without you, I'm “afraid there would have been many Spec ) Moe pee: cu rae ‘What: are “our. Canadian alternatives?. ‘A. Kitimat. oil: pipeline. to. Edmonton: would ‘ ‘be: used, exclusively, © supply °-U.S.- -needs. tt wouldn't move our ‘northern -. gil-.to.Canadian -markets.- Trans --Mountain Oil pipeline would be ‘Worse. Not. only - -would it. Reversing °-the : bring tankers. in closer: fe - Vancouver,.” B.C.;. but - . could also limit movement. tof Alberta oil to the. West coast as well.: an oil Clearly. an = “tine ” following the. Alaska ” Highway route would benefit _~ you for the fantastic job the NEWS. has done filling the void:left by the strike which © shut down. Vancouver's two .daily papers. You have kept _ everyone on the North Shore — - entertained and informed at. hours of work ‘gone un- noticed. Please extend our thanks to everyone, in- cluding the carriers who deliver the papers, as we well know how many people can be involved in presenting the finished article. ° .- Smithy Waugh North Shore Museum and Archives ee: Ree cular 20% to 50% off “SE price Just in time for summer weather! A terrific sale. You will discover a super selection .of spring and summer outfits,.at 20% to 50% off their regular prices. Dresses - T-shirts - Blouses - Skirts - Sults. Both locations. Westlynn Mall 985-7615 Lansdowne Mall 273-3550 — prescription g | including photogreyand | plastic lenses, " convinced that the Canadian | land. ‘bridge for . Alaskan crude oil is just as economic Prairie Provinces. - British Columbia. Ottawa e, should therefore _ endorse the Alaska Highway _ project. as.°a . matter of | -national. policy. They. should © |: also. press for its. approval i in the United States. Time i is of "the essence and ‘unless we’ move quickly we are likely - to -See_ports, and pipelines _ built.» which will hurt. us in. ft ‘British -Columbia.: It. is also... py a sound: - ‘from: an “‘overal . MacKenzie Delta ‘and “off- ” Canadian © point © of ‘view. LA shore in the Beaufort Sea. ° President; Carter should be: ‘Nort Vancouver Seymour . Likes new-look NEWS — - Dear Editor: Wo I would also like to. thank | the. locat, “provincial, oa national and. international. -You - deserve. . our.” thanks and good wishes for . the future. level. a David Craig North Vancouver 6 and just as safe as‘a gas line - down’. across’: the ‘Yukon, - North Eastern. B. C. and the. ce and. . Why pay more, ot settle: for legs? ‘ ’ Bring your Rx or we'll: - : | duplicate your present gases. 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