There are
; quite a few North
Shore residents who take a dim view
of having to pay for one of the main
accesses to the rest of the Lower
Mainland. Victoria might not have
many bright lights but a couple of
foons will buy you some.

icke Lions Gate to start apply-
ing tolls to pay for large public pro-
j -Parhaps a go. at the fotterics is
th eket to change your fortunes!

governms etaction,
irming up. with a 2 hockey ;

Wednesday, September 3, 1997 —- North Shore News — 17

dining arts business

NORTH CHORE ] IFE

Taxes, the

GST and now the- ;
Lions Gate toll. The government :
always seems to be siicking it to us...
Get back with a little adhesive Scotch
tape for only the cost of a deubloonie..

With the comi- -
cal escapades 7
o gs Bunny
or Archie .

- Andrews, or.
Tumors of *

who's sleeping |

_ with whom in,

the gossip rags,:‘
it's clear the provincial leg
doesn’t hold the monopoly on

funny business. A quick trip to

Supermarket newstands will do the
trick.

A: consumer twoon-up: a doubloonie bin
collection of what a two-dollar Lions Gate
Bridge toll could fetch you in various

Do you think the.
provincial govern-
= ment is just paying
‘! the North Shore lp
service in'addrassing
its bridge concerns?
_Perhape a liitle lip-
stick would
fill the pre-

push through
fore twoonie-toll :

North Shore boutiques and stores.

TWO bucks. A twoonie. A doubloonie. Two hun-
dred pennies,

Unless you have lived under a bridge for the past
month, you’ve no doubt heard that to cross the new
and improved First Narrows Crossing is going to cost
you. And while no sum has yet to be ascribed to the
one-way fare, two doilars appears to be the early
favorite in the name-the-toll game. ,

Old-timers wiil tell you two dollars doesn’t buy
what it used to. However, a warm twoonie in the
hands of a discerning shopper can be a powerful
thing.

In chat spirit, we sent our photographic team into
the shops and boutiques of the North Shore in search
of what two bucks can get you.

Incidentally, if you start putting aside a twoonie
every week until the toll is expected (the year 2001)
you'll have enough coinage for 174 crossings — or
four months and change if you’re a daily downtown

commuter.
— Andrew McCredie

To para-

_phrase -

Hamlet, some--:

thing is rotien

in Denzaark -

when you

have to sheii

out two bucks

just to go over a ‘
city bridge. Spruce things up :
and buy a fiower for the same ©. ~
cost. ;

The NDP may have lost their marttes. :
Pull out a <woonie and buy them ;
some replacements.