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federal and provincial haws ting to forestry and fish

prese i will pay income (axe that they will

be subject to the same rules and regulations governing

health, education and policing. Some people are now

arguing that the principles involved should not be feft to

sW. Mackenzie King once said in all seriousness: “HH af

the people say yes. Half the people say no, Where do T stand? I stand with the people.”
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Will Stiphout

North Vancouver

T think it needs one. Tes a
really farge issue thar all of
the population should be
invelved in, not just the
politicians. We have a tot of
immigrants and they should
be heard.

deal tor not just them but
everyone.
them,
got something back.

lan Ross McDonald
North Vancouver

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get it over. Rete:
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anything,
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process.

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its about time they

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ndums in

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used to delay the

Film crew set to make some noise in city |

Liam Lahey
Contributing Writer

DON’T mind the explo-
sions down at the
Versatile Shipyards.
They have the blessing
of North Vancouver
City council.

GEP Productions Ine. i:
filming an NBC-TV mini-serie:
called Atomic Train. Re

in the Lower Lonsdale area can
expect the sound of fireers
going off on occasion, ¢
ed at the shipyard on
Thursday and shoc in this
coming Monday, Tuesday and
Vednesday JLo pam. curfew,”
Filming begins at 9 am. explained to council.
and generally wraps up by or noise or explosion,
before 1] p.m. P's location firecrackers
manager Steven Sach appeared = Halloween night -
before council on Monday
night to request permission to

after HT p.m.

make a litde noise during the
filming, seme of it possibly

“Sometimes situavions arise,
such as technical difficulties,
that may require us to pa

similar to
popping ons during the night
2 We're CY
ing to simulate the aftermath of

an atomic explosion, we're not

ing one.”
GFP had polled th
neighbourhood twice
infurm resider
dares and tine

states that “a pe
a non-continuons §

time of 75 decibels or t

in the municipality.”

¢ further explained that

at the filming
The applicable
section of the city’s noise bylaw

received at a point of reception

Coun. John Braithwaite,
who is abo the chairman of the
city’s Noise Control
Committee, expressed some
concern over whether 75 deci-

55 deci-

Is is the normal night time

(of noise),” Braithwaite

said. “Pm not knocking this

industry, but what do we mean

it’s not Tikely to exceed 75 deci-
bels?™

Sach replied the _ film’s
sound and special cffe
would be using eight dit
sequences to light off the mini-
explosions, and that they had

justed their formula to keep
it as quict as possible. “We've
planned to go as late as 5 a.m.
bur in all likelihood, the latest
we'd go is 2 a.m.”

Council voted unanimously
to allow GEP to work beyond
the curfew if necessary.