NEWS BRIEFS
Video store robbed

NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are searching for three
Oriental males who robbed a Lonsdale-area video store
at about II p.m. on Aug. 21.

The police report that the trio entered 24-Hour Video,
201-1200 Lonsdale Ave. and two of the males produced
weapons.

The trio then held the teller at gunpoint before escap-
lug with en undetermined amount of cash.

No description of the suspects was released. Anyone
with information on the robbery is asked to contact the
RCMP serious crimes division at 983-7417.

Sea chase

TWO MEN suspecied of attempting to steal an outboard
engine from Seycove Marina in Deep Cove were ap-
prehended Aug. £8 folowing a chase that involved a
loca} resident, Ports Canada Police and North Van-
couver RCMP.

According to ports potice Insp. J.W.D. Cruickshank,
a local resident saw a man carrying an outboard motor
at 11 p.m. When challenged by the resident, the suspect
dropped the engine and fled in a waiting 16-foot boat
with another man.

While the harbor police were being contacted, the res-
ident and marina owner K.J. Kim chased the suspects by
boat as far as Noble Towing Lid. where the men aban-
doned their ve. 31.

The witnesses then met with the ports police at Cates
Park and took ther: to Noble Towing where RCMP alsu
assisted in the search with a dog.

The suspects were later found in the 3800-block of
Dollatton Highway hiding in a bush. Another outboard
engine, believed to be dropped overboard near shore by
the suspects, was later recovered.

Charges of attempted theft over $1,000 are pending

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against the two suspects, Cruickshank said.
Six months’ jail
A 24-YEAR-OLD Vancouver man was sentenced to six
months in jail recently for being in possession of two
Appearing Aug. 2! in North Vancouver provincial
court, Barry Michael Sawyer pleaded guilty to being in
possession of stolen Toyota pickup trucks on Aug. 30,

1990 in North Vancouver and Aug. 15, 1990 in

Judge Ann MacKenzie also placed Sawyer on proba-

Canada Post urging union
to let membership decide

From page 1

technicians and other benefits
equalized for «il employees.

The current basic wage for

unionized postal workers is $14.24.

per hour.

“The union will no doubt con-
sider this far short of their more
than $1-billion job creation de-
mand. But we believe a commit-
ment not to lay off current
employees is a generous offer,”
Canada Post said in a statement.
“We cannot agree to job protec-
tion for the unborn.”’

But in the leaflet handed out at

the Lynn Valley Centre, CUPW
claims that Canada Post ‘‘has
made hundreds of millions of
dollars’ profit by drastically cut-
ting both our postal services and
the full-time jobs of postal
workers.

“While we have concerns about
wages and working conditions, a
major focus in our negotiations
with Canada Post centres on win-
ning an improved postal service
and keeping decent, full-time jobs
in our community,” the leaflet
stated.

Approx. half of waterfront
employees live on N. Shore

From page 3

The report has also found that
the industrial waterfront’s major
impact on the North Shore
economy is not well understood
by the public.

In his survey, Wallace found
that six companies on the North
Shore waterfront spend over $1
million a year in local purchases.
In total, waterfront business rep-
resents an estimated $43 million
annually in local purchases.

The report also found that 48%
of waterfront industry employees
are North Shore residents and that
the average wage of an employee
is $38,000 a year.

In 1990, 26% of the companies
surveyed in the report had reve-
nues under $5 million while 16%
had revenues over $50 million.

The report was produced with
help from the EDC and the
Waterfront industry Steering
Committce; funding was supplied
by the B.C. Ministry of Develap-
ment, Trade and Tourism, Com-
munity Organizations for Eco-
nomic Development Program and
the development services depart-
ment of the District of North
Vancouver,

Fifty-one North Shore com-
panies were surveyed for the
report.

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