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February 6, 1980'

lorine secrecy slammed

By CHRIS LLOYD

A North Vancouver District alderman says it's
-’ time Mayor Don Bell stopped “playing God” with
the livés of North Shore citizens.

Alderman Ernie Crist is
insisting that the mayor
makes public a secret report
received by the council some
16 months ago which
predicted the likelihood of
“a disaster of major
proportions” from a chlorine
accident at the Hooker
Chemicals plant.

In an open letter to Bell
which he has sent to the
News, Crist’ expresses his
concern for council sitting
on the Beak Consultants’
report leaked to a journalist
who published extracts
September 29, 1978. The

_By VIC HODSON

article detailed potentially
catastrophic hazards _for-
seeable from anaccident with
chlorine shipments from
Hooker Chemicals beneath
the Second Narrows Bridge.

Crist also refers to News
articles which followed the
chlorine spill in
Mississaugua, Ontario, and
which revealed after in-
terviews with the emergency
services concerned that an
evacuation of the North
Shore was impossible except
by helicopters from the top
of Mount Seymout.

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Sey-Lyn firehall site protesters are going to
have an opportunity to be heard after all. North
Vancouver. District has agreed to hold a public

‘meeting Tuesday, February 12, in Sey-Lyn
Community Hall at 7:30 p.m.

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WEDN Y¥: Cloudy
with showers, some sun-
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THURSDAY: Some sun
but mainly cloudy.

But 11 was agreed that tl
will be held under strict
rules. A resolution presented
by Alderman Mike Lakes
proposing the meeting made
wosubyect to the following
terms

1 That the council has made
ts decision to proceed with
the firehall

2 That the council will not

accept unfounded tnnuen-
does concerning ‘misintor-
mation and untruths’ from
anyone at the meeting:

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UNEMPLOYED SINCE 1736, town crier Paul Taylor was more than pleased for the revival in tradition that required
his services Tuesday for Capilano riding’s “get out and vote” campaign. He was making his proclamation at Dun-
darave and Ambleside and is assured of continuing employment until election day, February 18. Tomorrow
(Thursday) he will be greeting morning SeaBus travellers before moving to Upper Lonsdale at 11:30 a.m. and then to

Lower Lonsdale at noon. Paul b one person who'd be quite happy to see elections held every six months on a con-
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