Hiker found A 30-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was found early Thursday morning near Crown Mountain behind Grouse Mountain in the Capilano watershed after a failed eight-hour hike. __. James Spittel set out on the hike on Wednesday morn- ‘ing from Lynn Headwaters Regional Park to Grouse Mountain, said Ross Peterson, North Shore Emergency Program coordinator. .. Spittel was located by North Shore Search and Rescue _ team members at approximately 7 a.m. on Thursday -after being reported missing at 1] p.m. the previous “night. » “We located him by following his tracks,” said : Peterson. ’ At-press time on Thursday, four rescuers and Sjittel an walking | out of the area in an estimated two-hour hike, { |. | ft Body recovered THE ‘BODY: af white male was discovered ‘Wednesday “hing upon a; log and rock jar in Holmden Creek near the ocean in Deep Cove. Foul play is not suspected, said North Vancouver. RCMP Insp, Jamie Graham. “Kt: (the body) was consistent with being in the water for a while, a ‘month or so,” said Graham. He'said no clothing was on the -hody except for a pair of hiking boots... Graham declined to ‘speculate on the. identity of the decensed man ‘or reveal whether. the recovered remains were headless; as had been reported in other media. “Graham said a resident who lives near Holmden Creek i ‘in the: Thwaytes area, north of Deep’ Cove, spotted o the body on Wednesday afternoo ‘An autopsy. was slated-for Thursday, morning at ‘ Vancouver General Hospital. “FUTON BLOWOU BLOWOUT! Queen or dbl. only $397 ‘= SENIORS NEED help from all tev- els of government when it comes to housing, but particularly from municipalities. By Kate Zimmerman Contributing Writer That's one of the conclusions of The Breaking Wave, a report on housing for seniors on the North Shore which was recently released by the Lionsview Seniors Planning . Society. The report, which was written by former professor Jim Wilson. suggests the municipalities have the most important role to play in ensuring the availability of ade- quate, affordable housing for seniors. “Councils’ main obligation i is to ensure that enough land is zoned in suitable locations to accommodate the demand,” the report notes. . The report also advocates more permissive municipal zoning to ‘allow more secondary suites to be available to seniors. It notes that the Provincial Commission on Housing Options’ 1993 report (subtitled New Directions in Affordability) | described secondary suites as “an important source of affordable housing... the most cost-effective and efficient method of producing affordable ‘rental housing without requiring Significant government expenditures.” Wilson admits this is a con- Friday, January 7, 1994 - North Shore News -~ & Seniors’ housing needs munt help tentious issue on the North Shore. where councils have been dealing with the matter of secondary suites in various ways. The city of North Vancouver has made secondary suites legal in single family dwellings as long as they are up to the building code established by the province. ~ in the district of North Vancouver and the city of West Vancouver, homeowners can only segally operate a “family residential unit” or suite for another family member: secondary suites are oth- erwise illegal. 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