March 11, 1984

Newsroom 985-2131

Classified 986-6222

No decision until May meeting

IT WILL be at least May before the Squamish In-
dian Band of North Vancouver decides what it will
do with the 25.9 acre chunk of Ambleside Park and
other lands returned to it this week as part of the
cut-off land claims settlement.

By MARK HAMILTON

The provincial government
announced Tuesday at has
transferred utle of cutoff
lands to the Squamish Band
The land transfer is the final
technicality in compicting the
settlement

Chief Joc Mathias of the
Squamish Band,  spcaking

Reachin

from OQuawa where he

was
attending the constitutional
conference on aboriginal

nghts, said the future of the
park will be decided when the
band considers its) over-all
land use plans and pohtcies at
a meeting in May

He said the future of the

289 acres of Ambicside,
which the municipality of
West Vancouver has been

leasing from the provincial
government, will be con-
sidered along with ail other
pieces of land through the
area as the band moves
toward a comprchensive land
use plan

He also suggested that the
future of the Ambleside land

will not be as public
parkland
The fate of Ambleside

Park has been the centre of
considerable discussion since
agreement on the cut off land
settlement was announced
last fall West Vancouver
council has struck a commit

tec, headed by MLA John
Reynolds, to negotiate the
future of Ambleside land with
the Squmaish band.

While that commitice has
indicated to the Ministry of
the Attorney General that it
is ready to begin discussions
on the property, there has
been no direct approach to
the band

Spokesmen for the
Squamish band = had = said
there was no point to ncgotia-
tions over the land unul ttle
for the property had been
transferred from the provin.
cial government to the band

SUNDAY
cloudy, some showers
MONDAY
cloudy, some showers

_ Point Atkinson
~ 7." SUNDAY

Caustic soda
spilled on
West Van
highway

A “RELATIVELY ?”’ large amount of caustic soda
spilled from a tanker truck in West Vancouver
Thursday night leading to closure of one lane of the
Upper Levels Highway for about an hour.

The 50 per cent caustic soda
solution leaked from an ICP
Transport tanker onto a
stretch of the Upper Levels
Highway from Horseshoc
Bay to Fagleridge

The chemical, which left a
slppery surface on the road,
was hosed down by the West
Vancouver Fire Department
on the advice of Environment
Canada officials who visited
the scene

The tanker was reported to
be leaking the soda shortly

after it left Squamish on a
trip to Langley. Police in
West Vancouver were advis-
ed of the leaking truck
heading their way but not
before the spill occurred.

Caustic soda, or sodium
hydroxide, is an tndustrial
chemical that 1s capable of
corroding human Mesh.

When heavily diluted with
water, the substance is not
considered a danger to the
environment

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