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bus beef

Brady Fotheringham
Contributing Writer

GETTING other
people to accept you
as an equal can be
difficult if you're in
a wheelchair.

When you feel you've been
verbally abused by a bus driver,
things only get worse.

When Danny Patrick Hunt,
a quadriplegic, tried to board

. 229 Lynn Valley bus on

Aug 5. 18, he satd he was taht by
the driver that) the handicap
ramp was now working and was
equently denied access to

id be saw the bus oper
ater, whose name cannot be
released under BusLink policy,

ck up an elderly passenger

with a scooter further along the
route.

t Judas, media relations

for Westcoast BusLink, said the

handicap access ramp had been

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Bob Mackin

News Reporter

JUST in time for its LOth anniversary,
Lions Gate Studies is for sale.

Studio vice-president and general manager Perer Leitch said
the asking price is $42 million.
Owner Lions Gate Entertainment wants to use the proceeds
of the sale to fund its PV and film projects
“What we're doing isa sale/Tease back on the prope
take a 10-year ease with probably a couple of five-year
we continue operating the studio,” said Leitch.
‘re doing productions i in Vancouver, which is what really
the jobs up here.
ch aid Lions Gate wants to finance more productions at

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NEWS photo Paul McGrath

DANNY Hunt was refused access onto the No. 229 Lonsdale/Lynn Valtey bus. He alleges the bus driver discriminated against him by
verbally abusing him and plans to sue BusLink and file a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Commission.

! nd television production facility has
humerous production of film facades and sever-
al fong-term tenants offering on-lot equipment rentals and pro-
duction services.

According to company records, Lions Gate says it’s the largest,
ervice movie and “TV studio j in Canada and boasts a 90%

top-rated ‘drama tet for Hollywood after film-
ing ended for the 1998 season.
The vacancy was soon filled by higher-margin productions,
ccording to Lions Gate.
The studio division uf the company had a $3.9 million profit
during the vear ended March 31, 1999, on nearly $6.2 million in

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