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November 6, 1985 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 48 pages 25¢

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licensing boaters

LICENSING pleasure
boaters was the key

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The jury also recommend.

the B.C. Ferry Corporation.
ed the corporation. reassess

A number of the recom-
mendations involved the

Queen of Cowichan to -
launch its rescue craft came
under question a number of

_ The jury said the corpora-
tion should implement fre-
quent rescue drills simulating

. poration practices launching
its rescue craft only once a
month and only while the

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advice among 15 rec-
ommendations handed
down by a coroner’s
jury investigating ‘the
August 12 collision be-

tween a juinbo ° ferry ~

and a .33-foct pleasure
craft.

-- By ROSS MEEK 7 _

The. crash. killed Kim
Kwok and her two sons. —
Martin,- 12, and ‘Michael,. 3
— when the Kimberley col-
lided .with the Queen of

Cowichan’s starboard -bow -
and, ‘was dragged under.

water in Queen Charlotte
Channel.

The Kimberleys owner
George Kwok, who was last
to testify at the inquest, and

his 10-year-old son Nelson .

survived. |

The two-woman,
deaths as homicide, /a term
that attaches no fault to the
deaths. .

They recommerided
federal government
law requiring vessel opera-
tors to obtain a_ licence,
despite testimony from ‘Ca:
nadian Coast Guard Capt.
John McGrath that licensing
boat. operators would not
help prevent accidents.

“It’s too ‘pat a solution,”’
McGrath had testified. “We
have experienced people get-
ting into trouble out there.’’

TIME WASTER

Power
Penny

Canadian
Squadron . D/Lt.
Thompson agreed.

She said while her
organization, which — pro-
motes safe boating through
education,. does not take an
official position, she feels
licensing boaters is a ‘‘waste
of time’’. that would just
‘*create another
bureaucracy.”’

Thirteen of the 15 rec-~

ommendations. made by the
jury. were directed toward

vase a :

corporation’s

-Yeadiness. .

three- a
man jury classified the three .

rescue

real emergency situations.

Presently the Ferry Cor-

ferry is at dock. /
The time it took the
f

times during the six-day in-

Seo Inquest

WV climbs into bed and breakfast

WEST VAN council is making its bed, but
whether it lies in peace with the decision to allow
bed and breakfasting in the municipality remains

to be seen.

Council agreed in princi-
ple Monday evening. that
local bed and breakfasting
be granted during Expo,

Staff was directed to bring
forward recommended

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guidelines for such accom-
modation and any amend-
ments to existing policies or

bylaws.

But not all were happy
with the decision.

Ald. David Finlay said
bed and breakfasting ‘‘is
ludicrous in a place like
West Vancouver...we'’re on
the wrong side of the bridge
for Expo.”’

Ald. Gordon Rowntree
was concerned about rob-

bery that might take place in
B&B homes.

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David North of the British
Properties Homeowners
Association had four points
of concern about bed and
breakfasting in the area. He
stated that many roads are

not wide enough for the ex-
cess parking’ which | the
visitors would need and ‘that
the arteries will be clogged,
reducing ambulance and fire
reaction time. He also stated
concerns over health stan-
dards, signs on neighbors
lawns advertising, B&B and

See Council’