Blaze damages |
ON, Van. home |

A HOUSE fire caused approximately $3,000 damage to a home ‘at
405 West Queens Road in North Nancouver April 16, rae

“4 North Vancouver District Fire Department firefighters wer
called to the home just after 4 p.m

Owner Gary Wirram, who recently purchased ihe “house, was /
* = gepairing the plumbing, when the flame from a soldering torch ig- Le
‘nited- ‘Reoring insulation installed: belween the, basement and, ‘the -f

-. diving room. : i
The bulk of the damage,

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| acclaimed in NV .

- CONSERVATIVE“
‘Cook’ has been acclaimed to run °

MP / ‘Chuck

jas the party's: candidate in the
.[ new riding of North ‘Vancouver
fh. in the next federal election, ; Gs
Cook, 61,/: was the Jonty can-
didate | at’ s Wednesday: night’ 5
“nomination meeting. a "
s. He said Thursday he expected
a tough election and decided, to

run again i because /I 1 think, tls. “

Mary Collias “was -
, March 23 as the party's candidate |

syle by sinake. There way also
structural damage to some walls

[Ml P Chuck Cook

every Conservative ‘
who has a'jchance. fo win i run’

to. ensure: re-election of. a.Con-

servative government. "

: Cook: predicted a majority win
- for the Conservatives in the elec-
~ tion, but one that would De, much
reduced from the 1984 landslide
sweep Jthat elected 211 Conser-
vatives: jn the 282 seat House of
Commons. i

‘He. ‘sald ‘the proposed
‘ Canada-U. S.i.free trade, agree-
‘ ment and the Meech Lake accord
would be the two siafor ixsues in

” the’ upcoming election,

' Cook was’. first: elected to the

House of Commons as a Conser- | .
" -vative in: 1979 and was re-elected |

/ta 1980 and 1984.. .
I Approximately, 150 people. ate

tended Wednesday night's
i

meeting.” :
/Capiiano Conservative MP
- acclaimed

if

er MP Chuck.’ | i in the North. Shore's other .new

| federal Y riding of Capltano-Howe

is expected to, be completed early next month.
5 :) There: are ‘currently’ two bidders for B.C.'s largest shipyard: a
group: ‘of B.C. investors and an eastern Canadian company. :

| An/ offer, formulated Jate last year from a group headed by the
shipyards management to buy the yard from its’ corporate parent,
’ Versatile Corp., has since been dropped. |

Eastern Canadian shipyards expected to bid for Versatile include

ontreal’s massive Marine Industries Ltd.

: ersatile, which, is currently completing the $7. 9 vailtign contract

to design’ the $359. million Polar Class 8. dcebreaker, hopes to begin
‘coustruction on the vessel in mid-1989. ~ : oh,

ersatile . Corp. ‘shareholders, meanwhile, gave. almost ‘unani- :

‘mous-support Thursday to 1
B.C. Capital Corp..and re
and invest:

pany’s plan to. rename itself. the:

ju nei:
guilty | to breaching ‘the terms ‘of his probation. ‘
s' Andrews Royle’ was originally, charged : after he! aited to,

NOR) 1 ite

> DISTRICT COUNCIL,

we

e. its’ operation into a ‘financial :
corporation: :

This week |
at councils

ANGOL

COUNCHL a Monday .

6 p.m. committee ‘af the whole §
{in-camera}/ | goning text. amend-
“ment for prohibition of commer:
‘cial casinos and bingo halls’ pro-

' posed -site plan. changes’ Park: a0

Tilford shopping centre: +
NORTH VANCOUVER J
Monday, 9
.. April 25, at Mi 30: p.m.: policy and’ /
planning.’ Teasibility, study >
“Dollarton "foreshere. parkland/:
. committee on group homes/ Tegu-:
Jatian’: Mega : sites, Council

“ meeting’ te: development, permils.:
‘WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT
COUNCIL, Monday. April .25;-at
2:45 pom.: policy and.. planning
‘committee re: Dundarave’
revitalization/ 1988 Coho. Festival.
Council. meeting re: ‘reconvened :
public hearings, | imecting, for
1441;45 Bellevuc/ bylaws. | :

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