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Sur’s up
in West
Vancouver

IF it swells, ride it.

Three locals rook the gnarl
notion to heart Thursday atterncon
when they donned wetsuit, grabbed
their surthoards and paddled out
into the break off West Vancouver's
waterfront.

Strong winds made for some tasty
waves under dazzing sunny skies as
the three carved, shredded and rode
the salty break for a couple of hours.
Gulls and a few curious onlookers
were among the audbence.

“Tt happens carey” surter Steve
Hoiles said of the West Vancouver
swells. “Even this seasa't that wood
of a day.”

Nevertheless, Hotles took a break
trom running his Sceund Wave surf
and snowboard shop in’ Lower
Lonsdale to catch same waves,

Hoiles said that surtable waves
form along the West Vancouver
watertront when a combination of
strong west-northwest winds blow
and the tide is high, On Thursday
those two clements came together to
give a few brave souls a reminder of
endless summer just cight days shy of
Christmas.

— Andrew McCredie

Katharine Hamer

Contributing Writer

WHEN Greystone Properties Ltd.
bought the Fullerton Fill site in North
Vancouver two years ago, the company
wasn’t planning on footing the bill for

an environmental cleanup.

That was supposed to be the responsibility of Limperial Oil
Lad., whose old fuel site at the foot of Fell Avenue was leach
ing contaminants inte Grevstone’s Lind.

Imperial, already served with a pollution abatement order

by the provincial government, edimitted that the contamina
tion was its responsibility.
The company promised to clean up the land: within sin

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months of the implementation or North Vancouver
resonmag bylaws cartier this year i March,

But the oil company “filed to perform its obligations,”
decording to Greystone, which eventially cleaned up the site
and is now filing a lawsuit for the recovery of costs and dam
anges upwards oF STO million against Faiperial.

At the time Greystone purchased the O8-acre site (27.5
heenires), i was aware chat contaminants were leaching onto
nwo acres (0.8 hectares) of its land from the Imperial Oil Ltd.
fucl site.

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NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

VANCOUVER'S North Shore resembled Hawaii's fabled North Shore Thursday as Jason Claridge caught breaks off West Vancouver.

by the BoC. Ministry of Environment ro clean up the land,
which was contaminated with hydrocarbons and [caching
inte nearby Mosqaite Creek.

Emperial’s deadline for the remediation of the site was
extended to Dee. TS by the ministry.

But the cleanup progressed too slowly fer Greystone,
which has development deadlines of its own ta meet on a site
due te include a business park, auto inal and retail facilities.

“We had to proceed (with the cleanup? this summer
because of groundwater conditions,” said) Peter Martin,
Grevstone'’s manager of industrial and commercial proper-
les.

“Tf we didn’t, we would have had to wait another year —
and we weren't prepared to do that.”

Greystone is set te begin construction on the site in mid-

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