WEST VAN
EDITION

Pt. Atkinson
Sunday

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SUNDAY
Mainly Sunny
MONDAY
Mainty Sunny:

FIRE PROTECTION
in West Vancouver pro-
gresses to a new level to-
day (Sunday, September
25) when Fire Hall No.
3 - the municipality’s
mewest at 4895 Marine
Drive - becomes opera-
tional.

By NOEL WRIGHT

Interested citizens are in-
vited to drop by today to.tour
the new hall, which replaces
an older, one-bay hall built
in 1949 by the then volunteer
firefighters serving the area,

Replacement of the old
building was the first step in
the upgrading of West Van's
fire protection service follow-
ing a comprehensive com-
puter analysis of response
times completed in 1982.

The upgrading program
has also resulted in the pur-
chase of diesel pumper units,
now in all West Van fire
halls, for the purpose of
quick response and economic
operation.

Other major steps wili in-
clude early opening of the ac-
cess road from The Dale to
Caulfeild Plateau and, at a
future date, construction of a
fifth and final fire hall in the
vicinity of Westmount.

‘

_ Lone Soced supporter

jeered at meeting

AN

EMOTIONALLY-CHARGED crowd of

about 100 brought the Operation Solidarity coali-
tlon to the North Shore at a public information

meeting Thursday.

' The meeting at the North
Shore Unitarian Church,
featured .psychiatrist Dr.

Sheila Thompson as chair-'

man; Judy Higginbotham,
chairman of the provincial
Liberal caucus; David

Schreck, general manager of

CU&C Health Services and
he provincial NDP can-
idate for North Vancouver-
Seymour, Hanne Jensen, the
former director of the

By JOANNE MacDONALD

Human Rights Branch of
B.C.; and Patsy George, the
past president of the B.C.
Social Workers Association.

Unofficially representing
the Social Credit party was
West Vancouver resident

rey

Frank Bernard,” who re-
quested the floor although he
was not on the agenda. In;
itially greeted with applause,
Bernard was later subjected
to occasional heckling by the
standing room only crowd.

According to chairman
Thompson, carlier  invita-
tions to members of the
Social Credit party had been
declined.

While cach panel member
was responsible for discuss-
ing various aspects of the

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Social Credit government's

restraint package, it was
Schreck'’s discourse on Bill
24, the Medical Services Act,
which offered the most
controversy.

Schreck' sald he was con-
cerned the proposed Icgisla-
tion would reverse the high
level of medical care now en-
joyed by British Columbians.

He cited Section 39 as the
‘*most controversial’’ aspect
of the new bill as it would
give government the power to

appoint inspectors who
would then be able to ex-
amine any personal medical
records housed in hospitals,
doctors’ offices or other
medical premises.

Terming the propose
legislation a “‘blatant con-

travention of  confiden-
_tiality,”” Schreck. stated he
hoped Health Minister Jim
‘Neilsen would make good his
promise.to amend
Section 39.
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