Tar. SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 aa Auto 000 25 ag, Classttieas eee 39 rr Crossword ooo 38 >e Lautens ooeG § Mercer | Tatking Personals ++» 31 ooo] Deana Lancaster News Reporter dlancaster@nsnews.com CHRIS de Beaupre was cleaning a car for delivery on Tuesday, at about noon, when he saw the accident hap- pen. “It happened so fast,” said the Jor manager for Subaru Specialty Motor Cars on Marine Drive in North Vancouver. A 1 ear-old West Vancouver girl and her friend were trying to catch a buts. They were crossing Marine Drive at Pemberton Avenue against the signal and outside ofthe marked crosswalk when she was struck by a vehicle: travelling wesc on Marine Drive. “The bumper hit her and See Witness page 3 Keith Lowe Contributing Writer WHEN it comes to wayward bears, the carnage in the streets has just begun. yo Kirkaldi, in reference to So says animal activist E — a death Kirkaldi feels was North Va incouver’s latest bear ki ’ ing, an adult black bear was shot and killed by RCMP officers after it was tracked to a condomini- um courtyard in the 200-block of [4th Street. The bear w aght attacking a bird feeder when the offi- cers discharged two slugs from their shotguns into the bear's chest. To date six bea year, Last y ’ shave been killed on the North Shore this ugust, 25 were killed in urban areas on the Rubbermaid DECK BOX 3.5'Wx2'Hx7D. Durable 8 idea! for storing outdoor deck items. SKURSIIO91 reg $129.99 sate 5-423 415 West ist St., N Van (behind Capilano Mall) 385-3000 visit us at www.homebuilders.ca CiaAth Prov 4 Lppart This Week pi2 Photographer John Swope’s Hollywood images on view Tuesday’s NV killing brings death toll to six shot this year North Shore. Police had been trackin reports of the bear killed trom before 9 am., when it was observed in the v Hope and Garden. Their nest report came an hour larer fane off McKay and Keith. At about 3 p.m. they r number of calls reporting a bear sighting near McKay Road and Highway 1. They finally found the bear in a children's play area at Mahon Park at about 6 p.m. RCMP Const. Dan Guilfoyle said police had contacted conservation officers, but decided not to wait for their arrival, knowing they were stationed in Surrey and would be battling tush hour traffic over two bridges. Limping from point A to point B with Cap’n Jake Onen Road p27 FREE NEWS photo Terry Peters FRIENDS of a 15-year-old pedestrian struck by a car in North Vancouver on Tuesday comfort each other while paramedics prepare to take her to hospital. The quick actions of staff at Subaru Speciality Motor Cars, who used a jack to lift the car off the girl, helped save her. Rick Hahn, who is reviewing tistied that the officers: had no s in the inter Senior ccaservation officer the RCMP report, said he i recourse and the killing v since the bear was demonstrating ag; Hahn said the bear's aggression was the ‘deci the decision to destroy it, since it was not yet desig habitual scavenger. “It's said. (It) refused to back away from ‘people who were tryi it and was starting to smack its paws ... It was clearly a situation where they had to take that kind of action.” But don’t try to tell this to Kirkaldi. “North Shore RCMP are not using the bear management r had to die,” said Kirkaldi. ing to teach them.” ‘The RCMP have received a number of non-lethal “bear- Sce Bear page 3 GE SOLUTIONS by Rubbermaid Vertical STORAGE SHED 6OWIL DAA H, Fits full size ne guiboge co cans! Lockable id & dou $KURS116037 Rubbermaid Horizontal STORAGE SHED §5°Wx25.5°Dx33.5H. Lockable double doors © & lockable lid, SKUNS1 16064 reg $248.95 , sate GL Rubbermaid Slide Lid RA Rubbermaid Vertical , $70 GE SHED STORAGE SHED Sits 6D. all 59.0Wx3). 8x77, Full walk, in height with Lu me lad onc, © ing double skUa51 16028 teg $540.99 Sian 16082 reg $699.99 SALE