12 - Sunday, November 18 , 1990 - North Snore News splinter grcup of the 1,200-inember Mount Currie band. Loggers and their trucks were prevented from using the THE BLOCKADE on the Duffey Lake Road in Mount Currie reserve turned violent last week as RCMP ar- rested 62 people. Since July, the Lilwat Peoples road. Federal Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon has Movement has blockaded a section of road near discounted warnings that the increasingly dramatic Pemberton to assert its sovereignty over the area. The Mount Currie dispute could escalate into a heated Oka- natives stopping vehicle traffic are described as a small type confrontation. Anna Mari o Are the Mount Currie arrests disturbing? D’Angelo INQUIRING REPORTER Bev Reid Burnaby Richard Nikkel North Vancouver Al Pletcher North Vancouver Clare Conti Vancouver Mark Livingston Norch Vancouver Tthink that if you believe 1 don’t think that they The natives aren’t getting It's good for them to I see their point, but I in something strong have any right to anywhere with the gov- fight) for their own — think at a certain time enough, you should blockade roads. I think ernment. The only way tights, no one else seems the government shonld to be. It’s also good to fight to save the forest. step in. | also think that Natives should have all that they should be talk- ing with the government. to get the government to stand up for yourself and listen is to do something your rights. | have sym- pathy for the native In- dians. that gets pubiic attention. rights on their property. City endorses joint proposal for funding A COLLABORATIVE North Shore Healthy Communities Initiative has been endorsed by North Vancouver City Council, allowing social planners to 2epply for a provincial grant recently made available for such projects. City social planner Chery! Kathler said that council’s endor- sation did not commit the municipality financially because the first year of the three-year project would be provincially funded. The city can also opt out of the program 18 months from now if it doesn’t want to spend any money on it. But if the city decides to become involved in the program, city Mayor Jack Loucks said its share of the $211,834 program cost would be $5,600 in the se- cond year and $12,000 to $13,000 in the final year. But Kathler pointed out that the city may not be asked to con- tribute that much because other money might be available. The North Shore program will be a collaborative effort between the social planning staffs of the three municipalities, as well as the United Way and North Shore Health. Council endorsed the collabora- tion to apply for the provincial grant, and three points that the province has required the Healthy Community Initiative to contain: ea broad public policy ap- proach to health, based on a review of municipal policies to determine their impact on the health of the communis; : edepartmental!l and in- ter-departmental committees to analyze and revise policies that may affect the health of residents; e full community participation in municipal decisions that affect health. “Health is all-encompassing,”’ said Ald. Barbara Sharp, adding AFTER HOURS 645-8989 -ARDAGH HUNTER TURNER Barristers & Solicitors Personal Injury FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION 986-4366 #300-1401 LONSDALE NORTH VANCOUVER, BC. By Pameta Lang Contributing Writer that she’d like to see more background information on the program. She also said a policy meeting on the issue should be held before the project was endorsed. Approving the project now, Sharp said, could lead to people in other municipalities making decisions that affect North Van- couver City. Ald. Frank Morris Sharp’s concerns, He said the three North Shore municipalities have different ideas and needs. The concept, he said, echoed could cause some jurisdictional — problems. Ald. Rod Clark said that while the endorsation would be a ‘‘leap of faith’? on council’s part, ‘‘it costs us nothing. But, if we don’t get in line now — the money won't be available.’ Kathler pointed out that it was council’s last opportunity to en- dorse the project before the Nov. iS deadline. If the city did not give its ap- proval immediately, she said the project would not receive any seed money. Supporting the motion, Ald. Stella Jo Dean reiterated that the city is not committing to any funds and could still opt out of the program in 18 months. “Pm quite willing to take that leap of faith,’’ said Dean. But Sharp disagreed that rejec- ting the project in 18 months was an option. “Once you provide a service to FAX 986-9286 NORTH VANCOUVER CITY COUNCIL the community, you can't take it back,’’ she said. The government is offering up to $30,000 per municipality in seed money for ‘‘action-oriented projects,’” according to an Oct. 30 report from the North Shore municipal social planners and rep- resentatives of the United Way and North Shore Health. The collaborative effort was suggested because, for economic reasons, many health-oriented groups operate North Shore-wide. In addition, the group wants to “ensure the efficient and effective use of existing resources to tackle problems and initiatives that in- clude: * evaluating social munity health needs; * establishing task forces to and com- evaluate specific needs; * evaluating social and health impacts of large scale develop- ment; * evaluating the impact of local and senior government proposals; @ developing new resources and funding to help meet com- munity-wide needs; ® and making authoritative rep- resentation to other levels of gov- ernment on social and community health issues. | Coming to your Community November 21st Starting at 9am there will be specials, prizes and fun : Le eo See our ad November 21 on the backpage of your North Shore News ; for more details! 986-8180 CANADA'S LEADING BRAKE SPECIALIST HOME OF THE WHITE GLOVE SERVICE 1350 MARINE DR. TIN) NORTH VANCOUVER