22 - Friday, January 15, 1999 - North Shore News

WELCOME TO THE ICE AGE

At Ice Sports North Shore everyone is a win-
ner. That’s because this privately operated
ice sports complex has taxpayers seeing
‘green’ and North Shore skaters seeing more
ice time.

DOUBLE THE ICE FACILITIES

“I am absolutely ecstatic,” says North
Vancouver Minor Hockey's Dan Morrison, who
says the new ice complex has literally doubled
the number of full-size ice sheets in North

Vancouver. “In recent years, adminis-

tering our hockey program has been

the equivalent of trying to fit ten gallons into a
five gallon. pail,” says the association's presi-
dent and life rnember. “Not only have we elim-
inated our waiting list — North Van Minor
Hockey has grown from 375 children a decade
ago to almost 1,100 this year — but we have
created many more opportunities for both

Congratulations te
ice Sports North Shore on your
Grand Gpening!

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youth and adult ice users in our community.”
And at a reduced cost to the taxpayer too!

A MONEY-SAVING
PARTNERSHIP

The new complex is the result of a part-
nership between Canlan Investment
Corporation and The District of North
Vancouver. While the District made land
adjacent to the Ron Andrews Recreation
Facility available, Canlan developed and
constructed the new ice complex, virtually
eliminating millions of dollars in municipal
capital expenditures. And because the facili-
ty is managed privately, hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars a year are also being saved in
operating costs, says Pat Doyle, Vice-
President, Development of Canlan. “It’s a
great way for the public and private sector to
work cs-operatively with each other and make
better use of their resources,” he says. “Our
partnership was developed on business prin-
cipies that made it a win-win situation for
both Canlan and the Municipality, who are
able to provide the lowest cost method of
delivering rink facilities to the people of
North Vancouver.”

MGRE RECREATIONAL
QPPORTUNITICS

The Director of Recreation, North Vancouver
Recreation Commission agrees. “The
Municipality and the Recreation Commission
saw a chance to expand the recreation

Congratulations ice Spests
on your Grand Opening!

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Suiider of lee Sports Herth Shore.

opportunities

to the citizens of North
Vancouver. We're very
pleased. Ali of our users
have expressed a high level
of satisfaction with the ser-
vices and facilities that are
being provided,” says Gary
Young. “The ice rinks have
been excellent and support
amenities, like the dressing
rooms, are well designed
and functioning without a
hite' ”

The ice faciiity opened
Thanksgiving Day afier a
first on the ice contest was
heid for would-be skaters.
The winners received an Ice
Sports North Shore
Welcome to the Ice Age t-
shirt as well as the opportu-
nity to christen the rinks.
For its grand opening, ice
Sports North Shore is now

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