Fatal fire

AN ELDERLY North Vancouver man died in a house

fire Thursday evening.

~ North Vancouver City Fire Departraent firefighters
were called to 440 West 6th St. just after 11 p.m.
Upon breakieg into the home they found a 65-year-old

‘nan dead in the basement.

A fire department spokesman said power to the home

had been disconnected.

The man had been living in the house using coa}-oil
lanterns for Hight and a two-burner propane stove to

cook with.

-Fire investigators found rooms of the house filled with . .
“gefuse that included empty Chinese food contsiners,
empty catfeod tins, éntpty cigarette cartons, discarded *
focd refuse, empty coal oil and propane containers.

Fire damage was confined to the house’s basement.

Heat and smoke caused damage throughout the housc.

North Vancouver RCMP investigators say co foul play

is saspected.

Autopsy results show that the man died'as a result of

the fire.

The nase of. the deed ‘man had not becu released to

ress time Friday. Soe

Ne ew facilities.

TM REID. president of:

the Canadian Chamber of

Commerce, is scheduled to address the North Vancouver
Chamber‘ of Commerce on -Thursday, Sept. 24, -at 12
noon at the North Shore Winter Club, 1325 East Keith

Rd. in North Vancouver.

. The 170,000-inémber Canadian Chamber of Commerce
bas taken 9 strong position on such federal issucs as‘ the

-Nostit’ “American Free Trade

Agreement (NAFTA),

constitutions) ‘reform; employment cquity, the national
“deficit, and the education and training cf Canadians
competing in a global economy.

+." For. more informatios about the Sept. y | meeting con-
‘tact Judi Ainsworth ai the. North Vancouver Chamber of

Commerce at 987-4488.

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* “He (Cragg) confronted the in-
truder and the. altercation took
place in several ‘areas. We're not
sure of what happened where. __

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the front entrance of the. home.
All we can tell you is that he died
as a result of a stab wound, ”
McBrien said.

According to Madiil,: Crage’s
father, George Cragg, is a former
chief of staff at LGH. He was
A of the medical staff in
-.. A long-time general practitioner
on ‘the -North Shore, the elder
Cragg retired several years ago.

Meanwhile, the killing has
stunned friends’. and medical
associates on the North Shore.

Said Madiil of Cragg, ‘‘He was

. a.very friendly, pleasant, outgo- .

ing, hardworking doctor.”’

_ The killing is the second murder
of. an LGH dector this year. Dr.
Verne Flather was shot dead in
April in front of his North Van-
couver home,

NORTH VANCOUVER
City will face increasing
demand for specialized
housing for its growing el-
derly population, warns the
Lionsview Seniors’ Planning
Society. .

By Stephen Wisenthal
Contributing Writer

Representatives told North
Vancouver City Council on Mon-

day night that many older people -

want “accessible,’’ purpose-built
housing, near to hospitals, shops
and other services.

Fifteen per cent .of the 197
North Vancouver residents, aged
55 and over, who were surveyed

&& The farther
people live from.
outpatient
services, the
more Strain is put

On
HandyDART. 99

-Lionaview member
- Sheite Gilmour

by the society said they would like
to move to special-purpose seniors
housing...
Based 0 on the total number of
people in that age group on the
North’ Shore, the percentage in-
dicates demand for about 1,000
units: over the next few years, ac-
cording to the society’s. Seniors
Housing and. Support Services in
the City of North Vancouver
report.
But report author Jim Wilson
‘said the 1,000-unit figure repre-

sented a “wish list,** and past ex- .

perience. showed actual demand
could be as little as a quarter of
that number.

The society expects to complete

“studies on North and West Van-

couver districts by next June.
Findings of the “ North’ Van-
couver City study include: -

@ About two out of five of North - .

Yancouver’s older people live in
poverty. Nine per cent of the
households surveyed have incomes

‘of less than $9,000 per year, and a

further 29% have annual incomes
between $9,000 and $15,000. -

These compare with Greater
Vancouver poverty lines of

$14,155. for one person and .

$19,187 for two, currently used by

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demand for specialized

seniors housing - report
Lionsview Seniors Planning Society

CITY COUNCIL.

Statistics Canada.

@ Forty-five per cent of seniors
spend more than 30% of their in-
comes on housing-related costs.

@ One in four seniors rates his
heaith as fair or poor and has dif-
ficulties with personal mobility.

@ Less than half drive a car.

@ Two-thirds of seniors are

‘widowed, divorced, ‘separated or

have never married, and 85% of
these are women, most of whom
live alone.
@ The number of seniors in
North Vancouver City will grow
rapidly over the next few years.
The 1986 census counted 8,375
people over 55 and estimated that
there would be 11,580 in 1996 and
13,560.in 2001.

 Lionsview member’ Sheila

Gilmour said’ there should be
‘more mixed residential and com-
mercial zoning so that seniors can
live in the largely commercia! area
close to Lions Gate Hospital.

“The farther people live from
outpatient services, the more
strain is put on HandyDART and
‘other services,’’ she said.

Gilmour added that there- was
continuing demand for more
HandyDART services.

“It is very ‘much appreciated
and very well used, but there is

always the difficulty of getting, a

tide when you need it,’’ she said.
Wilson concluded by saying
there was still time to act on the
society’s recommendations.
“We don’t have masses of old

people roaming the streets looking 3-
for a place to live. It's not going.

to happen *S smorrow,”” he said.

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