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FOR | 35-YEAR-OLD Ken
McCrady,: an unemployed
struck driver from West
Christmas looked
pretty blue. ,

y. By taw Noble
_ News Reporter

Until Thursday morning.

Thats when MeCrady walked
his dog to-a local store to buy a
pack of smokes,. carrying a fisdlul
of lottery tickets purchased in the

“previous weeks for different draws,

At the store, he discovered he

as one of two grand prize winners
“in Wednesday's 6/49 draw.

The dazed. and — shocked
" MeCrady told the -News while
“waiting. for his $1,284.511.70
‘cheque in ‘Richmond. that he need.
Jed a beer. ‘

: ‘(Winning) takes alot out of
you,” he said. “But for, that kind of
money I can go through this.

"s gol ake things very

» So where will all the dough go?

“To his-truck, which needs body
work “anda paint job, family.
nvestments, and a holiday to let i it
all sink in, he said.

Will -all the cash change his

a hope’ $0," * said McCrady,
“He: added most peop want to

Cap College
hears of 14
shot in Que.

SUZANNE LAPLANTE-.

EDWARD’ Si.

nne- Marie,”
1/14th of the ‘casualties i ina
murderous:
Montreal : six years ago.

By ‘Anna Marie D ‘Angelo.
‘News. Reporter

“My daughter.’ s_always

referred to as ‘a 14 women’ and:

this guy, at the same time, is
always ° referred to by name,”
said’ Laplante-Edward ._ on
“Thursday.

*... “It. created-sympathy towards

daughter, «
was -not just

“rampage -in-

n
million

Will provide for him. he said.

“Pov not going to go out and
blow it he said. “in going to
invest itand make it fast”

MeCrady lost his jot six
months ago when the compary he
had worked for for five years foid-
ed, leaving him “high and dry.”

McCrady did set collect unem-
ployment insurance because he
was twehnicaily self-employed. and
wasn't eligible,

He bought
Monday. at
Harry’
Market on
Marine
Drive.

Until
Thursday's
big win, the
mo st
McCrady
“had won in
the | lottery :
was $10 here KEN) McCRADY
and there. es * $1,3-milllon

He said 6/49 winner.:
he'll keep a,
playing the lottery. Us
“You don’t play you don’ L wine
he said, Bs

McCrady may not be the only
lucky North Shore..
Wednesday's draw. i

A ticket sold somewhere in
North © Vancouver 9 was. oa
$256,902.30 winner:

tie tucky> ticket

lime Friday morning. ;

him as if he were the victim and .

he wasn “t. Ut-was our daughters
and us,” she said.
“The 56-year-old Montreal
mother conducted a slide pre-
J -sentation . at_Capilano College
earlier in the day. ;

She* calls-.the: -presentation |

“Putting a Fa tice on the, Victins.
aplante-Edward . said’ ‘she
nt over the lives of each ehgi-
neering. “student murdered

winner in

The winner’
_' had not claimed the prize to press

____ Sunday, B December 3, 1995 — North Shore News - 3

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_Non more : Iusions

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NEWS Photo Mike Waketietd

A CHARRED. huil ‘is all that's ieft, of the filusions, a 37-foot
sailboat valued at $30,000. it caught fire Wednesday evening
in West Vancouver after a propane heater was turned on.
Within seconds fiames erupted, consuming -the interior,
police said. The boat’s owner, a 53- “year-old Maple Ridge man,
was reported in’ good .condition in hospital with second-
degree burns to hig. hands and head.

} The’ ,, women “killed
Montreal on Dec. 6,
“were:

“Anne- Marie Edward’

Genevieve Bergeron
Helene Colgan

: Nathalie Croteau_j/

. Barbara Daigneault
“Maud Haviernick

- Barbara’ Maria Klueznik

“Maryse Laganiere \!

» Maryse Leclair.

“Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michele Richard
-Annie St.-Ameault: =
Annie Turcotte

i NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

MONTREAL MOTHER “Suzanne Laplante-Edward ‘spoke | ‘at Capilano College ‘on.
"Thursday about the happy life of her daughter, Anne- Marie, who was killed in 1989.

ats: 1 Ecole

Mare Lepine, an; anti- feminist . under-

athe ground and into the ground” and address- - |

‘on Dec. 6, 1989,
‘Edward, was 21 years old

u,have to realize’ that as: sad as this
vent: may be, these girls were happy. well-

djusted, very successful girls and that is pre-’
-said Laplante- -

“cisely why. h
Edward. ’. a
“They Were a threat to that man.” she said.
Laplante-Edward © never ‘rentioned her
hter's killer by name during the inter.

illed ‘them,”

achiever, gunned - down. the young: women “
before taking his own life.

Laplante-Edward said she’ is pleased with
new gun control legislation recently passed i in

Ottawa. .
. “it: was-really touch and g0 for a long
time,” said Laplante-Edward.

All gun owners will have to register their

firearms under the new law...,

Now that the tougher gun-control iegisla- ;
tion is law, Laplante-Edward's other. goals
include getting the Women’s Monuneat. “off /

ay

ing ‘TV violence in Canada. ;
Laplante- Edward has one: other child, a

“son, now 29, who was born two yeurs before

her daughter. *

‘}Laplante- -Edward: said her daughter would
be proud of what she is doing today... ..

' Laplante-Edward is the founder of the Dec:

6th Victim's Foundation Against Violence.
“ “The hurt’and the loss of these girls is §
incalculable. We want to make sure their lives” §
counted ‘for ‘something. said Laplante-

‘ Edward.

Losses
4 add up
in wake
of local
flooding

From page 1

That could mean one fridge. televi-
sion, washer and dryer, furnace and
furniture, said Heemskerk, /

‘Alternative. accominodation..
also be billed to the program:

Items not covered jare, luxury
goods; recreational items, including -;
rec rooms; damage to landscaping and j
land Jost through erosion. ;

A $1,000 deductible is taken’ off)
~ the total claim with 80% of the bal-":

“an

ance . payable: to claimants up to. 5

$100,006. ‘
Adjusters employ formal insur.
ance, . principals ¢when analysing.
claims, Heemskerk said. a .
. Karen McDougill. the manager of
tinance and administration forthe
Provincial Emergency Prograrn,
hopes to have an office set up in North
Vancouver on:Monday or’Tr uesday,
The office's location, she said, has.
not been determined, So far: 24-resi-
dents of North’ Vancouver District...
have made claims undet the assistance :
program.
» Meanwhile. mang local flood vie-
tims’ are disenchanted, with : their
insurance firms because the
provide compensation for ruine Pos:
sessions. ;
“Why have home insurance?” :
asked | Ranger Avenue’ resident’ Ali
.,, Ardakani_ after bein stold the flood
was ari uct of God “ind therefore not:
covered by his policy. :
/“You pay. at least a grand! ‘every
year and when the! time comes ‘they ’
say thank you very ‘much bul we can’t
do: anything,” he said: “It's quite:
unfair.” ar : :
He estimates damage to his hose

; : including a Persian carpet, ata mini-"

mum $15,000, which excludes; the
work already done. —- ce
 Ardakani said he’ has sent’a ‘etter
to the -district asking for, financial;
~ compensation, ‘and is awaiting areply.--
“He said, however, he would prefer to

"get compensation from his insurance.
company. i fs _

District communications “officer,

Diana Nelson ‘said! the district won't“
provide . financial compensation to
homeowners, but has helped with the
clean-up: “a

“Most of the properties are pretty
well cleaned up now,” she said. 0°"

One couple who have not finished
cleaning up the torrent of mud :that-
collected up to a foot deep in the base-
ment are Prospect/Avenue residents
Barbara and Brian Phillips.

They said the district assured them
Nov. 24 it would, help remove heavy
clay’ and mud covering the patio and
take away debris —~ including
destroyed carpeting, linoleum. flo!
tiles, and a rufned hot water tank —°
‘from the driveway. |

The “district finally removed the
debris on Nov, 30.

“We're just in a terrible. ‘muddle
and no one. seems jto give a damn.”
said Barbara," :

Phillips said she’s upset Noods are
not covered by i insurdiice,

“We just assumed we! were cov-
ered.” she said. ‘There should be
some sort of compensation for people
who don't abuse the system.”

* Insurance Bureau of Canada com-
“munication systems smanager Keith
Frew said residential flood insurance

is not offered’ because the only ones’ |

who would buy it‘are the ones who
“need it. ‘Therefore, premiums would .
not cover losses. :

Call the local emergency program ee

office at 985-3713 for more inform
don on making claims under the assis
tance program.”

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