OO ELECTIONS CANADA A profile of the two North Shore federal ridings. CAPILANO-HOWE SOUND: ® Population: 1991: 83,407. 1986: 74,243. 1981: 72,773. 1988 federal election results: @ Enumerated: 52,585. @ Number voted: 43,402. * @ Progressive Conservative: 20,219 (46.58%)}. @ Liberal: 12,828 (29.55%), ® NDP: 6,174. (14.22%). » @ Other: 3,996 (8.19%). NORTH VANCOUVER: -@ Population: 1991: 93,938. 1986: 85,093. 1981; 80,755. '.1988 federal election results: : - @ Enumerated: 61,099. .): @-Number voted: 49,348. '@. Progressive | Conservative:. 18,525 (37.51%). @ Liberals 13,382 (27.11%). V@.NDP: 11; 5735 (23.78%). ° ‘Other: 5,554 (1. 31%). CONVICTS SERVING less ‘ than two years in prison and ‘the judges who sent them to jail will: be able to cast votes : for the first ‘time. in the. up- coming federal. election. : Wednesday, August 18, 1993 — North Shore News — 3 NORTH VA iCOUVER £ i By Sur] F Rattan. eg ee eae NORTH VANCOUVER — Bee NEWS grephic Joan Padersen when and, where to vote during advanced polis and on election day. If the name and address is incorrect on the card, the voter ‘must call’ a - telephone number listed onthe card. =< “People have to take more re- sponsibility than they have in the past by ‘checking the information << __ ~ CAPILAN - HOWE SOUND | Those: are just two of several changes * contained ». Nn recent : ; ' Canada, said the new changes are the result’ of recommendations made by a. 1988 Royal Commis- sion. that was struck to examine: the Canada Elections Act. Amendments to the act were passed in May. The federal election campaign wili now last a minimum of '47 to deposit the ballot in the ballot box. Only. deputy returning of- ficers were allowed to deposit voters’ ballots previously. Canadian citizens who are away from the country during a federal election campaign will be allowed to vote by special ballot. Rochefort said all voters will be There is no maximum number. of days a federal election campaign can run. Also new this year will be physical changes to the polling stations. Rochefort said there now must be level access to all polling stations which, he said, will result in ‘‘barrier-free access to voting.”’ liquor during polling hours. and oting by. mail..The voting ‘privi- lege will be extended ‘to: Canadian ; lIness. 2, *Richard . Rochefort, director. of mmunications for.’ Elections lucky. to be alive after fa “jing “about 30. metres. (100. feet) ‘in North Vancouver's -Capilano. Canyon on! ‘Sun- ‘day. ‘By Chris wong. Contributing Writer . The accident occurred after "Watkins and his friend. Ken Halberg hiked down into an ‘area south of the Capilano Suspension Eridge. “We got off the beaten track,’’ Halberg said. He said they reached a dead- end and attempted to go back up the canyon. -“Be slipped and went down ‘straight on to the rocks,’’ Halberg ‘said. ‘He flew by me and just about took me with him.”” & Budget Beaters . “ Business ......- Crossword... .. - &B Cuisine Scene .. -, BB Lifestyles. ..... “ days, instead. of the: previous 50. After the fall, Halberg made his way. out:of the canyon and called 0 Both the West Vancouver .and North Vancouver district - fire _ departments were involved in rescuing Watkins, 30. Watkins, a Burnaby resident, was taken to Lions Gate Hospital. He said his injuries include a bruised arm, a gouge below an eye, and “‘road rash.”’ What’s it like landing on rocks? “It’s not too pleasant,” said Watkins, adding that he is ‘‘stiff and sore.” But he said the consequences of his tumble could have been much worse. “7 feel really lucky ‘that I'm alive.” Watkins cffered some advice to hikers seeking adventure: ‘Stay on the trail, no. matter how expe- rienced you are.” News of the Weird . fA North Shore Now .. Wi Sports .......... HATV Listings ..... 88 What’s Going On Weather Thursday, a mix of sun and clouds with a 30% chance of showers. ’ Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement Number 0087238 Another change allows the voter , Seniors question validity of issued .a card that will tell them on the card,”’ said Rochefort. . Db = |findings | in new aging study Report interviewed 20, 000 Canadians, aged 45 and over REPRESENTATIVES OF North Shore seniors’ groups say some conclusions reached in a federal government- sponsored report on older with a grain of salt. Federal Minister of Health Mary Collins released the report — Ageing and Independence: Overview of a National. Survey — last week when she met with seniors’ representatives in West Vancouver: The 159-page report is based on data collected from a survey involving interviews of 20,000 Canadians, aged 45 and over.’ . Said Collins in’ a letter in- cluded with the report, ‘It is my hope that by providing Cana- dians with a glimpse of the survey’s main findings, this report will help increase their understanding of some of the policy and program chailenges, and, most importantly, oppor- tunities; which face our aging society in the 1990s and beyond.”’ While the seniors’ repre- sentatives stress the meeting with Collins went well, and that the minister was knowledgeable about seniors’ issues, they ques- tion whether some of the report’s main conclusions reflect reality. Canadians should be taken By Chris Wong Contributing Writer According to the conclusion of the report’s chapter on economic well-being, ‘‘Among Canadians 65 or over, the level of satisfac- tion with income is particularly high; even among those with household incomes: under $10,000, 70% report that their incomes meet their needs either ‘adequately’ or ‘very well’ .”’ The conclusion of a chapter on living arrangements. and transportation states: ‘‘... most Canadians aged 45 or older feel safe and secure at home and satisfied with life as a whole.” But said Jean. Taylor, coor- dinator of the Capilano Com- munity Services Society Seniors’ Hub, ‘I think those: are very sweeping statements.’”’ . Taylor, 69, said it’s true that many seniors lead satisfying lives. But she also noted that a significant number of seniors suffer from conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and demen- tia. “They obviously didn’t ques- tion thern,’’ Taylor said. , Sheila Gilmour, vice-president of the Lionsview Seniors Plan- ning Society, said it’s possible that the seniors who were inter- viewed downplayed their fevel‘of hardship. i “They (seniors) are very, very reluctant to admit that they’re feeling hardship,’’ said Gilmour, 67. ‘“‘They’re incredibly indepen- dent and proud.”’ A recent survey conducted dy the society revealed that {2% of seniors living in West Vancouver survive- on incomes. below the poverty level of $75,175 per year for one person. But Collins, the MP for Capilano-Howe Sound, said the report is not meant to provide a sole perspective on seniors. “It. has to be read with the recognition that there may be. another reality there as well.” But Audrey Scjonky, the Liberal’ party candidate in Capilano-Howe Sound, said there’s no evidence from the Conservative ‘party's’ past record that ‘the government will use the findings to. improve such pro- grams and services.