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The Squamish Indian band
longhouse on Mathias Road
in West Vancouver burned
to the ground on Saturday
afternoon - the third such
incident in ten years.

After investigating the fire
Monday a West Vancouver
Fire Department spokesman
said a fire in a small wood
burning stove was felt to be
responsible for the blaze
which turned the wooden
structure into little more
than a pile of charred
lumber.

The spokesman said the
fire department was called to
the scene at shortly after 2
on Saturday afternoon.

Indian longhouse

“When they (the fire
fighters) got there, it was
totally involved,” the

spokesman said.
“Once the fire got going
there was no saving it.”

One person on the scene
said it took little more than
15 minutes for the longhouse
to burn to the ground.

People were preparing a
dinner in the longhouse just
before the fire occurred.

The spokesman said that
when the last person left at |
there was no sign of any
problems.

Nobody was in the
building at the ume of the
blaze, he said.

Although the fire
department did not have an
exact cause of the fire, it is
felt that a stove that was
used te-firovide a little heat
in the building was
responsible.

It is the third time in the
last decade that the
longhouse has burned down
while being located on that
site and it was the second
time in two days that firemen
were called to the scene.

On Friday afternoon fire
fighters were called to a
Smithrite truck in the
vicinity of the longhouse
after a fire broke out in the
engine compartment of the
vehicle.

James escapes suspension

(UPC)

Maverick lawyer Jack James
has temporarily escaped
suspension for refusing a
Law Society of B.C. order to
stop using the name The Law
Shoppe for his practice, but
he may have to defend his
actions later at a full inquiry.

The society's disciplinary
committee decided not to
suspend James, although
committee chairman George
Cumming labelled the
lawyer “defiant” for ignonng
the Jan. 25 order that the
title was not acceptable for a
law practice.

The society must now
decide whether to proceed
with a citation against James
at an internal heanng or
grant a public hearing.

James has said he would
like to poll the public to see
if people think his firm's

name is inappropriate for the
legal profession.

This is the latest in a series
of appearances James has
made before the society
since May, 1978 for ad-
vertising his services.

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