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NEWS photo Julie Iverson

TRUCKS like this witi scon ve excised from Horseshoe Say ferry line-ups, as PacitiCat service replaces con-

vetional vessels or: the Nanaimo run.

Truckers predict problems

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applauded by West Vancouver council, which has been concerned
for years about the growing caftic problem at Horseshoe Bay.
West Vancouver Mayor Pat Boname greeted the initia! diversion of
‘tucks as. “wonderful news.”

But the truckers don’t quite sce it that way. In 1998, says the
BCTA,: about .22,000: commercial vehicles: travelled through
Horseshoe: Bay. Théy BCTA believes thar once: all trucks are re-

- routed, traffic congestion at- Tsawwassen ‘will skyrocket.

any extra sailings from ‘Tsawwassen to accommedate the extra traf
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fic.

But Clay Suddaby of BC Ferries said the corporation has every
intention of adding sailings “when the demand warrants it.

“The increase in track traffic will definitely play a key role in

our five-year capital plan deliberations,” he said. “We're not gaing
to sit idly by and wait until we have gridlock. But we will have a
gradual phasing in (of extra sailings).”

Yako said the trucking association has made past attempts to
communicate its concerns to BC Ferries, but has heard nothing

from them: since July, 1998. Clay Suddaby denies this. BC Ferries -

: “(BC Ferries) are not just moving the problem, they’re com-
the’ problem,” said Louise Yako. “They're not adding

Daughter worries about father’s release

unding,

: “The nurse came in and said, ‘We need
the bed,” said Fisher.

cmpty, house with fio food” with an intra:

unt needle still in his arm. Fisher

said. her."father, could; walk alone at a
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¥ pace” for less than nwe. metres. He

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Fisher said her father had to go back to
LGH the next day to have the shunt
removed. Efforts to Speak to his doctors
that day were futile. The sick senior is now
supposed. to have a community health
nurse visit him once a week,

“I_know he is going to have another
heart attack,” said Fisher.

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has been in “regular cantacc” with the truckers, he said.

Meanwhile Adams said only six of the
hospital’s seven operating rooms were
open. Handley said that LGH has tried ta
recruit nurses front as far away as Halifax.
He said that 33 LGH nurses were paid by
the heaith region to. specialize in emer-
gency and operating room care. Handley
said 15 more LGH nurses are being
trained for specialized arcas.

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