Mayors go green

FRIDAY

Test drive
the Subaru Legacy

Automotives: 21

NEWS photo Terry Peters
TURNING OVER a new leat in 1991 is going to be easy for North Shore residents. In the Sunday,
Dec. 23 North Shore News, ail homes and businesses will receive a 12-month ‘‘Going Green on the
North Shore” calendar filled with environment tips and useful community information. Starting their
year off right are (left to right) North Vancouver District Mayor Murray Dykeman, West Vancouver
District Mayor Mark Sager and North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks. For more information on
the Going Green calendar, read Ecolnfo on page 16.

Bowen ‘disaster area’

Island residents suffer in dark
as wind storm takes its toll

BOWEN ISLAND residents continued to suffer Thursday
in the aftermath of a brutal winter wind storm that toppled

trees and snapped power

lines

throughout: the Lower

Mainland and Fraser Valley Monday night.

While most of the 30,000 B.C.
Hydro customers on the North
Shore who lost power during the
storm had had that power restored
by Tuesday or Wednesday, Bowen
Island residents continued Thurs-
day to be without heat, electricity
and water as frigid arctic
temperatures continued to grip the
Lower Mainland,

But fresh BoC. Hydro crews bad
been dispatched Thursday morn-
ing to the island in an attempt to

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

restore power to Bowen Islanders.

“On Bowen Islind, we have a
major crewing situation happen-
ing.” said Brian Demerse. B.C.
Hydro's manager of customer
service for the North Shore. We
had 36 bands of wire dawn on
Wednesday.’

~ PAUL ST. PIERRE:

Bowen Island resident Sandi
Whyte said a@ tree fell on her cot-
tage and her house but did nor
cause any major damage.

But Whyte said other Bawen
Island 1 ssidents were not so lucky.

The area, she said, ‘‘looks like
an earthquake hit it.

“It really looks fike a disaster
area. There are trees down all
over the plece and Hydro wires
down,’ said Whyte, who added
that she and her boyfriend were
forced to stay in a hotel on Wed-
Nesday night.

“Our pipes are frozen solid: and
there’s been no Hydro since
Monday night. We try to keep the
house warm with the fireplace. |
but it’s impossible. It’s just too
cold,’ said Whyte.

Demerse said most of the power

NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP had their hands ful! this week as
frozen road conditions made driving conditions hazardous for

See Trees page 3 motorists.

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