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Newstand price 25¢ _ January 12, 1977 .

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_. Bulk loading terminals in North Vancouver are
anxiously watching a dispute between CP Rail and
_.Canadian National Railways about a 300: per cent
hike in charges for moving rail cars to the north —_
shore of Burrard Inlet across the CNR-controlled ~~
bridge adjacent to the Second Narrows'span. The |
outcome could have serious economic consequen-

ces for the North Vancouver plants.

" The hassle- between the © CP Rail has refused to pay
two railways presently con- more than $10.44, with. the.
__ cerns the movement of. grain | result that there is presently...
cars over.the ‘CNR bridge: --. . a difference-of over'$300;000.
the only ‘rail access to the between CNR. billings and.
North Shore for deliveries to actual CP. Rail payments.
- the Saskatchewan. Wheat The dispute has now. been
Pool’s 5.5 million bushel referred to” a~ three-man
North Van elevator. — arbitration tribunal, which
mo will sit in March. ;
It could also affect the new - So Se
$30 million elevator to be Although the dispute is
‘built in North Vancouver by confined for the moment to —
Pioneer Grain Co. Ltd. as a grain car traffic, two other
replacement for the Burrard big bulk terminals on the
Terminals elevator, which’ North Shore -- Neptune Bulk ©
was partially destroyed by ' Terminals Ltd. and Vancou-
fire in Octeber 1975. ver Wharves Ltd. -- could
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_ For the past six years CP the greatly increased charges [())) 0 Ue
- Rail has been paying $10.44 claimed by CNR. ss Pee EEO AOS rele
per grain car crossing to the . | . ee te ,
North Shore, and has been a ee I ae ee Ae:
charging .CNR the same

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amount for reciprocal facili- ;
ties over CP Rail trackage

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from CP Rail. Neptune is.also
interested in winning CP Rail

serving Vancouver water- coal traffic, because only 44
front elevators. per cent of its coal-handling
capacity is presently being
However, CNR is now used. 7 |
demanding approximately . _

| ; ; _ ACAST OF TWO North Vancouver Skating champions. Karen Magnussen [right] nurses fiodgiiag champ Jayco Fordyce’s leg
four times this rate nor the If CNR’s rate hike for grain for a personal autograph. Both were on hand when Karen presented a painting of herself [backgrov=dj to Mayor Don Bell for
use of its Secon arrows

5 cars is confirmed, charges the city. The painting, donated by Prudential Insurance, hangs in the lobby of the arena name# in Karen’s honor.at Lynn Valley
_ railway bridge. continued ou page 4 Rd. (Ellsworth Dickson photo). |

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 Girlsrob child ofcandy ~ =i —(asi‘(ststé‘<‘C;SS”~S~*~SSCSC#C(WWV constable in scuffle
Four 14-year-old ghrls robbed a 12-year-old girl of a Hit-run doctor hit for $75 West Vancouver Police Cat. Fox suatained a knee

pack of candy around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, according to injury in apprehending Randall Grent Wilson, 19, who
. | W.YV. Police reports. The girls allegedly followed their was charged with “shouting and screamiag’’ in Taso’s

A West Vancouver doctor has been fined $75 for failing
victim out of a hamburger restaurant to a convenient Pizza & Steakhouse, 1337 Marine Dr., around 10 p.m.

to stop at the scene of an accident In which he was

store nearby where she bought some candy. As she loft
the store girls bullied her, police said, and stole her
candy worth $1.40. The parents of the suspects were
contacted, Police spokesman Mike Hooper sald. Three of
them were of a West Vancouver address, the fourth
“‘bully,”” of Noril Vancouver.

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involved at 2 a.m. last August 28 In the 1500 block
Esquimalt. Dr. Derck Michael Tye of 4678 Keith Road,
West Vancouver, pleaded guilty to the charge before
Judge Alfred Watts In West Van provincial court.
Meanwhile, the Crown entered a stay of proceedings ona

charge of driving with a blood alcohol level in excess of
08.

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last Thursday. Wilson allegedly began swearing and
shouting when the resiaurant refused to serve him any
more beer. He made a fuss Inside, and was ejected.
While outside he continued swearing and shouting and
later allegedly entered an cpen kitchen window. When

police attended a scuffle broke out between the suspect
and Csi. Fox. |