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October 30, 1985 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 56 pages 25¢

CRASH INQUEST CONTINUES

CONFLICTING evid-
ence has left the truth
adrift at the coroner’s
inquest into the August
12 collision of a B.C.
ferry and a small pleas-
a craft.

| By ROSS MEEK | ROSS MEEK

During the first day and a
half of the inquest, the jury
heard varying evidence as to
the number of whistles
sounded by B.C. Ferries’
Queen of Cowichan, the
rescue response time and the
course and speed of both
vessels involved.

Three of the five passen-
gers of the pleasure boat
died as a result of the 9:30
a.m. collision. The bodies of
mother Kim Kwok and son
Michael were recovered at
the scene of the crash, and a
second son Martin is missing
and presumed drowned.
George Kwok and son
Nelson survived.
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FUNDING SHARE CUT BACK $150,000

WEST VANCOUVER school trustees voted a bilingual exchange of 23 Total cost of the cight-day

Monday night to cancel approval of all District 45 west Vancouver students trip aner subsidy of ee
. . with an equal number of eral plan, she said, would be
field trips until the school board has reviewed its students from Quebec, $3,802,
policy governing such trips. Hillside Secondary French Trustee Michael Smith
The decision resulted from teacher Hilary Matts told said he disagreed with such
trustee debate over requests trustees the spring trip, student field trips because
by three West Vancouver sponsored by the federat they discriminated against
schools to take students on Under District 45 policy, Open House Canada pro- those students whose parents
out-of-province excursions all out-of-province school gram, would be an excellent have enough trouble ‘keep-
to such locales as Mexico excursions must be approved opportunity for all students ing their kids in shoes.””

and Quebee at per-student by the board. involved to improve their But Smith added: ‘“We’d
costs ranging from $166 to In requesting approval by French language skills See Field
$850. the school board to sponsor through a family situation. Page 13