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WEST VANCOUVER lizard lover Adam Reveley feeds pet iguana
Zachary a tasty leaf of lettuce. The large Latin American reptile

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FRiadio hams
ready
for quake

loves to eat insects, fruit and vegetables. Iguanas are a colorful
alternative to the usual family pet.

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

Canyon falls stretch services

ACCIDENTS STRAINING LOCAL EMERGENCY CREWS

and

THE GROWING = number
of accidents occurring at
Lynn Canyon Park | this
summer has placed demands
on local emergency services
that are stretching local
resources to the limit.

By SURJ RATTAN

News Reporter

And focal emergency officials
say that the continual servicing of

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canyon accidents threatens to
leave local emergency services
without enough staff to cover the
rest of the North Shore.

In most cases emergency calls to
the park involve someone who has
attempted to dive off a rock cliff
into one of Lynn Creek's many
natural pools,

in most cases the call will in-
volve someone who has gone pasi
the park’s posted safety bound-
aries.

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In mast cases the call will in-
volve someone who hus been
drinking.

With the Lower Mainland’s re-
cent hot) summer weather, the
number of people swimming at
Lynn Canyon Park and diving
from the canyon’s sheer cliff walls
has increased dramatically.

The resulting increase in swim-
ming-related injuries at the park
has consequently put a major
strain on North Vancouver am-

bulance, paramedic
firefighting manpower:
eLast Tuesday a 25-year-old
Delta man suffered severe head
injuries after attempting to dive
off a Lynn Canyon cliff. He
struck his head on a rock and is
now listed in critical condition in
ihe intensive care unit of Lions
Gate Hospital.

* Last Sunday two men were puill-
ed from the creek suffering from
hypothermia after they were

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caught by strong creek currents,
® Last Wednesday a 25-year-old
North Vancouver man suffered
severe injuries after he had at-
tempted to dive from a tree into a
Lynn Creek pool. He hit a rock
before landing ia the pool.

Tim Jones, the North Van-
couver unit chief of the B.C.
Ambulance Service, who respond-

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