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_.MEMBERS OF the North Shore’s Iranian community celebrated Canada Day at

Norseman Park in North Vancouver. Sahar Alborzpour of the Atash Dance Group’
(above) is shown dancing in a traditional iranian costume. ;

IV park bomb

A CANADA Day. — bomb |
scare turned the faces. of
North Vancouver RCMP

officers mapie leaf red.
By Bob Mackin
Contributing Writer

Police were called to McKay
Park“adjacent to Capilano Mall at
10:42 a.m. on Saturday. Two sus-
picious packages —~ described as
six-inch long cylinders with pro-

“trading, wires — were found

scare fizzies out

wrapped in grey duct tape. :
Anarea of the park was closed
and the RCMP's Explosive
Disposal Unit (EDU) arrived.
Const-. Catherine Galliford
said the EDU's Cpl. A.P. Element,
used a robot and then water
devices to dispose of the device,
which police now believe to be
battery packs for remote con-
trolled racing cars. , :
“We always consider it appro-
priate to contact EDU whenever:
we feel that we're dealing with

-explosive mechanisms,” she said.

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Thursday: Mainly cloudy,
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Indian Arm fight

A DISPUTE between a steadfast

‘ provincial yovernment bidding to

designate Indian Arm a park and
a local native’ band providing
determined opposition threatens
to halt the treaty process. ‘

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By lan Noble
News Reporter

On ‘Tuesday, Victoria announced that
106 areas, including 6,821 - hectares
(16.848 acres) of land bordering Indian
Arm, would be permanently protected ‘as
Class A provincial parks under the’ Park
Amendment Act. !

Earlier the same day, Tsleil-waututh
Nation (Burrard Band) Chief Leonard
George told the News the band may pur-
Sue court action to prevent the park’s cre-
ation. Po
If litigation is initiated, the, treaty
process for the band will be terminated.
George said. . :

“We're all going to line up and fight
one another in court,” George said. “That's
what we're trying to avoid in the treaty .
process. oy

“Ws crazy.” he said. «

Although George said he does not want
the dispute to.go to court, he feels backed -
into a comer. : :

George and other discouraged native
leaders say the government did not consult
them on the creation of parks being
dubbed’ the Lower “Mainland Nature
Leguey. ae :

The NDP government's, first: legacy

See Consultation page 3

Photo Doug Waller | :

“A MEMBER of the RCMP’s Explosives Disposal Unit examines a
device with a bomb removal robot in McKay Park on Saturday. ©