this first instalment of the North Shore News’ two-part Year In Review feature, the newspaper presents a summary of the major news events that occurred on the North Shore from January io June 1993, as recorded in the Pages of the News. The second Year In Review instalment, which appears in the next issue of the News, will cover July to December. ] SeaBus hits dock; Coast Guard investigating accident that injured eight people aboard transit ferry: _ Eight people were injured when the Burrard Beaver SeaBus struck Canada Place on Burrard Inlet’s south shore. The mishap occurred after the BC Transit ferry changed its course in thick fog. : B Band to tax lands; Squamish strike deal with municipalities to collect. taxes on band’s North Shore properties: After months of negotiations between the Squamish Nation . Indian Band and local municipal representatives, the band began col- lecting property taxes in 1993 from taxpayers located on its North Shore lands. The taxation base includes its Park Royal areca property, which covers the south side of Park Royal Mail, the Park Royal Towers apart- ments, and the trailer park on the east bank of the Capilano River. Squamish Nation land manager Chief Philip Joe estimated the band will collect between $3 million and $4 million annually on the. North NV Tory MP dies; Chuck Cook loses battle with can- cer on eve of retirement: North Vancouver Tory MP Chuck Cook died at Lions Gate Hospital. Cook, 66, was diagnosed with lung cancer after being admit- ted to the hospital for tests. Cook. had announced his deci- sion to retire from the political fray on Nov. 30, 1992. At the time he told the News that he intended to - serve out his current term to 1993, Cook was first elected to federal office in 1979 as the MP for North “Vancouver-Bumaby. B® Bridge toil proposed to fund Lions Gate upgrade: A trip across the, Lions Gate Bridge is going to cost a loonie, according to B.C.'s Transportation and Highways Minister Art Charbonneau. The three proposed options for upgrading the bridge: $86 million to Keep the existing bridge with three widened lanes; $118 million to widen the . existing span to four lanes; °$121 million to build a new five-lane bridge beside the existing crossing and dismantle the present bridge. NEWS photo Nail Lucente VOLUNTEERS HELPED to clean up the area at Maplewood Marsh in an ongoing program t to restore the site as a saltwater marsh. _ & BC Rail buys terminal, Vancouver Wharves to oper- ate as separate company under new ownership: After nearly a year of negotia- tions, North Vancouver-based BC Rail acquired 100% of the shares of neighboring Vancouver Wharves Ltd. for $15.75 million. Vancouver Wharves, which is also located on the North Vancouver iadustrial waterfront, is the largest multi-purpose deep-sea terminal on North America’s west coast. It has operating assets of nearly $85 million. Boards brace for cuts; school districts face more staff, program reductions: The North Shore’s two school districts will again be forced to slash staff and programs due to cuts in their 1993-94 school year budgets, according to schoo] board officials. ~ In North Vancouver District 44, school board chairman Don Bell said the district will reccive about $140,000 less in funding for the 1993-94 school year..In West Vancouver District 45, the board’s estimated block funding for the 1993 school year is $31,173,561, down 2% from 1992-93's $31,810,690. @ Raid revelations heard; Possee friend testifies officer blamed police in NV inci- dent: The man targeted by North Shore police on the night of a drug raid gone wrong said a police offi- cer told him that the police were to blame for the fatal shooting of 22- year-old Danny Possee. Crown counsel dropped drug charges against Justin King, 21, in exchange for his testimony ata coroner's inquest examining the ill-fated raid and shooting. “He (a , NEWS photo Mike Wakefleld | PARK RANGERS patrol the water at Lynn Canyon Perk. The - use of park rangers at the popular North Vancouver wilderness area has been credited with reducing accidents and incidents Involving injury in the park. police officer) basically told me throughout it that it was: the police’s fault. He kept saying: ‘Sorry, it was our fault,’" said King. @@ Northtands course OK'd, $9,5M 18-hole golf facility: A four-year planning process for a golf course in the Northlands area of Seymour in North Vancouver is capped by a council approval. The project is planned to include a 133-acre (54 hectare), 18- hole golf course with a driving range, clubhouse, restaurant, coffee shop and lounge, a community park, 127 units of housing, a sec- ondary school and an elementary school, Hi Loss of Hillside rec facili- ties riles residents: When West Vancouver's Hillside middle school is demol- ished to make way for a residential subdivision, the local neighbor- hood will also lose tennis courts «and playing fields. Loss of the recreational facilities was greeted with dismay at a public hearing, The proposed 30-lot subdivision planned to replace the school would generate money to build a new school on the Caulfeild Plateau. GVRD heaves hose: The Greater | Vancouver Regional District imposed sprin- Kling restrictions to take effect on May 29 to avoid a repeat of water shortages experienced in 1992. The sprinkling restriction were to be maintained for the duration of the summer, despite relatively damp weather. The sprinkling : restrictions will be implemented every year. Bi Cleanup to restore saltwa- ter marsh: ‘ A volunteer day was held to clean up Maplewood marsh as part of the overall plan to restore the North Vancouver District water- front wildlife area. The marsh is considered to be’ the last saltwater marsh left on the Burrard Inlet. a Rangers reducing risks: 7 Three. park rangers ’. "began patrolling Lynn Canyon Park in the summer’ as part of task force rec- ommendations to improve ‘safety. i in. the park. The ranger. program, increased police coverage in the’ park and the instalment of warning signs were credited as being responsible for an uneventful sum- mer in what some have called the “killer canyon.” ~ woo 1 Ei Report cards missed: | Report cards were not distrib- uted to schoolchildren at the end of the school year as purt of job action by the North Vancouver Teachers: Association. Parents and students expressed concern and disappointment over - the move. " Watershed logging endorsed: North Vancouver District Mayor Murray Dykeman voted to allow the logging of a 36-hectare patch of forest in the Capilano watershed. Dykeman said at.a Greater Vancouver Regional District board meeting that he had no concerns about the logging, ; although his own council was | against logging in local watersheds.