THE B.C. government has reached an agreement with Makin Pulp and Paper Ltd. of Calgary that will see a modern .pulp mill and a paper mill built at Britannia Beach. By JOHN PIFER From Victoria Forests Minister Dave Parker announced Friday that the com- pany has been granted 220,000 cubic metres of aspen annually for the pulp mill, to come from nor- theastern B.C. A spokesman for the company says it will invest $350 million in the project, which includes a chip- ping plant in the Hudson’s Hope/Chetwynd area to serve the chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp mil! and the coated paper mill at the Howe Sound site. West Vancouver/Howe Sound West Vancouver Villager. MLA John Reynolds welcomed the announcement, saying it was WEST Vancouver-Howe Sound MLA John Reynolds. ...‘‘preat 99 news for our cotamunity. “*preat news for our community, which will create 370 new jobs at Britannia Beach.”’ Another 50 jobs will be created at the northeast chipping plant. The deal means that Makin must begin construction of the three plants within a year, and must have them in full operation within three years. The deal is tied to the gov- ernment’s offer of access to the stands of aspen in the Fort St. John and Dawson Creek timber supply areas, announced in March. .Makin has actcpted the offer, and two other firms are expected to conclude agreements with Victoria this summer. Makin Pulp and Paper Ltd. is a private, independent company established specifically for such a project, said its spokesman. It first identified Britannia Beach as a probable site in 1985, after ruling out an Alberta venue. CAPILANO CHRONICLE, WEST VANCOUVER VILLAGER News launches new papers THE NORTH Shore News has successfully Jaunched its first two neighborhood newspapers. Launched June 1 and July 10 respectively, the Capilano Chronicle and the West Van- couver Villager provide an’ in- timate community voice for two of the many distinct neighborhoods that constitute the North Shore and provide it with the vitality and diversity that make it one of the Lower Mainland’s most sought-after places to live. News publisher Peter Speck said the smaller papers have been launched to recognize the various natures of North Shore neighborhoods. ‘And it gives usa place to ex- pand,’’ he said.‘‘It provides a vehicle to publish things that might be of more interest in those neighborhoods, a vehicle for more personal news.”” The Chronicle, which is published the first Wednesday of every month, serves Pemberton Heights, Capilano, The Highlands, Canyon Heights, Grouse Woods, Delbrook, Edgemont, Westview and Upper Lonsdale. Published the second Sunday of each month, West Van- couver’s Villager services residents and businesses from Capilano River to Horseshoe Bay. In addition to the Chronicle and the Villager, the News plans to unveil a third neighborhood newspaper, the Lynn. Valley Echo, at the end of August. “Editorial focus of the papers,’’ said News managing editor Barrett Fisher, ‘‘is to recognize the individuals who make each neighborhood special. The papers are very much a pro- duct of the neighborhoods, so to ensure their success it is vital that we have input from residents and businesses in those areas.”’ She said reaction to both neighborhood papers has been very positive. Local submissions specify which of the three neighborhood newspapers they are for and can be dropped off or mailed to the News at 1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Van- couver, B.C. V7M 2H4, Readers can call news tips into the news- paper’s editorial department at 985-2131. For advertising call Bruce Methven at 980-0511; for classified advertising call Joan Patterson at 986-6222. should _ The News, with a circulation of 59,000, has expanded twice since it was established in 1969. The original Wednesday News was augmented with a Sunday edition in 1977 and both were joined by the Friday News in 1984. 3 - Sunday, July 17 1988 - North Shore News A PUBLISHING ¢rror omitted the photo caption a NEWS photo Terry Peters for Friday’s North Shore News front page photograph. The picture, shown here, is of eight-year-old Robert and his five-year-old sister Betina with the castle their father, Paul Buten, built in their backyard. ‘The castle is a replica of the royal castle Neus;>wanstein in southern Germany. Buten has spent more than 350 huars constructing the wooden castle. Beach pollution narrowed down to three SOUrCGeS A SYSTEMATIC search of Deep Cove bay by the North Shore Health Department has narrowed down continuing Panorama Beach pollution to three sources. North Shore senior public health inspector Bill Kimmett said Friday high fecal coliform readings have been traced to two creeks and a storm sewer feeding into the west side of the bay. Panorama, which suffers from chronic coliform contamination, was first closed June 10 when tests showed fecal coliform at 270 units per 100 millimetres of water. Beaches in couver Regional District are con- sidered unsafe for swimming if coliform exceeds 200. Coliform counts at have reached up to 600 since its in- itial closure, but the latest test results available to press time Fri- day show the count has dropped to 255. In a July 8 News story, the health department announced that, following an exhaustive inspection of all area sewers and sewer pump- ing stations by department in- vestigators and North Vancouver District engineers, it would begin saturation testing of Deep Cove and take 15 water samples daily the length and breadth of the bay. Kimmett said subsequent tests taken out in the bay have revealed minimal coliform counts of less than 20, but tests taken from a smal] creck feeding into the west side of the bay and the storm sewer that empties just to the west of Gallant Avenue have indicated col- iform counts of approximately 5,000. Another small creek, which runs into the bay just to the east of the By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter Deep Cove Yacht Club, has ‘also registered coliform counts of sev- eral hundred. the Greater Van-., the beach -. ane e il NORTH Shore senior health in- spector Bill Kimmett... ‘‘looking for a fecal coliform source is like looking for the Invisible Man." Health department investigators will now concentrate systematic coliform tests farther up all three prospective sources. ' Kimmett said he can understand the frustration of area residents and beach users who have com- plained about how long the search for the pollution source is taking. “But looking for a fecal col- iform source is like looking for the Invisible Man,’? he said. ‘It’s not like red tide, which you can see. It requires a systematic approach, and because of that it takes time.”