National nomination

THE NORTH Vancouver constituency association of the
National Party of Canada will hold a candidate nomina-
tion meeting on Thursday, Aug. 5 from 7:30 to 9:30

p.m.

It will be the first B.C. nomination meeting for the

THE NORTH Shore food bank in
the North Shore Neighbourhood
House surpassed the decade mark
earlier this month, volunteer
director John Hegeman reported.

in that 10 year history, the
depot has prepared and distributed
over 86,000 bags of groceries to
over 200,000 people.

The drop-in distribution centre
operates from noon to 1:30 p.m.,

Wednesday, August 4, 1993 - North Shore ‘News - 5

Food bank surpasses decade mark

three Wednesdays a month.

“The North Shore community
and business sector have been very
supportive ’’, said Hegermin, ad-
ding that al! the food distributed
originates from the Vancouver
Food Bank.

On the first day of operation —
July 5, 1983 —- Hegeman and
other volunteers gave out 58 bags.
Demand peaked in 1985, with a

record 12,000 bags handed out.)
Last year 7,340 bags went though
the depot.

After #0 years of service,
Hegemar is looking for someone
to take over the reigns of the once
a week service.

For more informaticn about the
North Shore Food Bank, call the
Neighbourhood House at 987-

National Party of Canada.

The following three candidates will
tion:
© Dallas Collis, who has served on North Vancouver
District Council advisory commission on community ser-
vices, as well as other North Shore community organiza-
tions;
© Jeff Jewell, president of the North Vancouver constit-
uency association of the National Party of Canada;
@ Willy Spat, a teacher who bas taught at the University
of Edinburgh, the University of Paris and Kwantlten
College.

The nomination meeting will be held at the Leo Mar-
shall Centre, 2132 Hamilton Ave., in North Vancouver.

seek the nomina-

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Council dates

DUE TO the holiday on Monday, ne North Shore
municipal councti meetings took piace on Aug. 2.

North: Vancouver City council is holding a meeting at
6 p.m.,/ Wednesday, Aug. 4, to clear agenda items not
discussed at the July 26 meeting. Council will meet on
Monday, Aug. 9 with a new agenda.

North Vancouver District council’s next meeting is
Monday, Aug. 9.

The West Vancouver council is on summer recess and
will meet again in earl: September.

Hot bike

WEST VANCOUVER Police are crediting an alert resi-
- dent in helping them arrest 3 youth suspected of stealing
a motorcycle. .
.! Police were calied by a resident at about 1 a.m. on
Friday, July 23, who reported seeing three males running
~ through ‘the 5600-block of Daffodil Road pushing a
“. motorcycle.
Pelice secured the ares and located one of the suspects
_ in’ possession of the stofen motorcycle at Eagle Harbour
- Road and Telegraph Trail.
A 16-year-old Horseshoe Bay male faces a charge of
possession of stolen property in connection with the inci-
dent. :

BC Rail staying firm on

no cost of living clause

"the « strike,

“From page 4

, tle,:are attempting to take advan-

tage of the BC Rail strike.

“These (labor disputes) situa-
tions’ don’t help at all. Our com-
petitors use this to their advan-
tage. /

“i was in Seattle last week
meeting with members of the port
there and they were all smiling
about the BC Rail strike. It’s
ironic because when I was in
Seattle, the longshoremen’s union
had gone on a half-day study ses-
sion and the entire port was shut
down.

“But do you think that made

headlines up here?’’ said O’ Hara.

While some have called on the

‘provincial government to invoke

legislation to end
North Vancouver-
Lonsdale NDP MLA David
Schreck said it is too early to
order the two sides back to work.

“Premature intervention en-
courages future strikes. It sends
out a message that someone else
will solve’ the. strike,’’ said
Schreck. :

West Vancouver-Garibaldi
MLA. David Mitchell rejected the

back-to-work

‘call ‘fer back-to-work legislation

but said the NDP government has
the power to end the strike this

week by either appointing an in-
dustrial inquiry commissioner or
sending the labor dispute to bind-
ing arbitration.

He added that people in his
coastituency, especially ‘in
Squamish, are hurting because of
the strike and called the strike a
“test of wills’? between the unions
and the NDP government.

“The NDP government has no
respect for free collective
bargaining with public sector
unions,” said Mitchell.

Meanwhile, Wall said BC Rail is
adamant that any contract settle-
ment wiil not include a COLA.

‘Our shareholder, the provin-
cial government, ‘is firm that
there’s no room for a COLA
clause as part of a settlement.

“We don’t think 2% (salary
increase) is unreasonable in to-
day’s economic climate, especially
as. BC Rail wages and working
conditions already compare
favorably with those of other
railways,”’ said Wall.

The current .wage rate for
unionized BC Rail workers ranges
from $14.60 per hour to $27.55
per hour,

Union officials could not be

‘reached for comment to press time

Tuesday.

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