Pedestrian killed

A MAN was killed Monday morning when a 1991

Chevrolet
he was ero:

ain driven bya

23-year-old man struck him as
sing Pemberton Avenue at [4th Street.

The incident happened at 8:30 a.m. and the 79-
old man was taken to Lions Gate Hospital where he

passed away,

Pending notification of next of kin, the police ure not
releasing the name of the deceased.
The incident is under investigation by the North

Vancouver ROMP,

Fire alert

A SECURITY company

2359 Hyannis Dr.

The fire started in the bas
an electrical problem, said a North

alerted
District family that their house was on fire on Jan,

a North Vancouver
15 at

ement family room due to
Jancouver District

Fire Services (NVDFS) spokesman.
The Hames apparently activated the motion detector

of the intruder alarm.

A security company worker phoned acneighbor con-
cerning the alarm at the house, said the spokesman,

The residents of the home were at a neighbar’s

house

and became aware of the fire after the phonecail at

7 approximately 10 p.m.

The spokesman said the residents helped put oul the
‘fire &: Sore firefighters arrived.

A STATEMENT issued by the
Ministers of Environment. Lands
and Parks — clatming a dramatic
reduction in harndal contaminants
being discharged fo the vuviron-
ment is misleading. according to
Howe Sound caviranmsatalist
Terry Jacks.

By Kevin Gillies

Conuibuting Writce

BCOs Pulp Mills: Efflucat

Stats Reports clains a I8G reduc-

tion in the release of chlorinated
organic compounds into B.C,
walers since 1990,

The report was made public
while Environment Minister Moe
Sihota made an appearance at the
Howe Sound Pulp and Paper mith at

Friday, January 28, 1994 - North Shore News - 5

Pulp pollution claims questioned

Port Melon on Tuesday.

Dioxin discharges drapped by
RAG according to the report. ‘Whe
report stated thal dioxins are
estremely losic and persist in the
environment for yours

Dioxins are a byproduct of the
mils bleaching process and iar
considered to he the imast toxic
compound ereated by man.

Bat Jacks said the report is mis-
leading. While po tonger flushing
waste mito the water, the mills now
leave the effluent in settling ponds.

The leftover. toxic sludge is
then burned in mill boilers.

Jacks claims the announcement
is merely a rehash of an earlier
tninistry release from (993,

Ve said that both the release and
Sihota’s visit to the mili were part
of the provincial government's. pub-

lic relations work aimed lo coincide
with Premier Mike Harcourt’s
European visit.

Harcourt is attempting to
asstaige European fears that B.C.
has peor environmental stindards,

A ministry spokesperson said
that although this week's release
deals with the same information
from the same report as issued in
the earlier release. the fittest is more
detailed and “puts the findings into
perspective.”

She said the cleaner water is
due, in part, to newer technology
and stricter government regolations
instituted two years age.

Frovineial law bans the dis-
charge of chlorine-based pollutants
into water by the year 2002. .

Area waters were closed to fish-
ing five years ago.

STARTS
FRIDAY 9AM

Strollers roll

WEST VANCOUVER police are looking for the families
that belong to-two baby strollers found earlier this
month, One stroller was discovered Jan, 10 in the Village
Square in the 1400 block of Marine Drive, The ather was
found Jan. 14 near Shoppers Drug Mart in tire 1506

biock of Marine Drive.

Contact the West Vancouver Potice at 922-4141,

Conditional licence refused

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the increased seating: “The legion
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the: [ast-iwo months. in trying to

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