10 ~ Wednesdiy, July 21, 1993 -. North Shore News

LAST THURSDAY approximately 3,000 People watched
rock band Midnight Oil Perform at the Peage Camp set
clearcut ‘

Australian rock band was lending its Support to the an-
li-lopging farces,
ging issue at Clayaquot
was iavited (a speak with the Pro-lopping People, but dhe

up ina

ured at Clayoquot rund, The

By its Presence, (he bund made the log.
More international, The band

How do you feel

H
tel, Ely

Brian MacDonald
North Vancouver

I think it’s g great idea,
they're it’s a
have
world
issues,
hey're a great band and
fully supportive
of saving the rainforests,

Even though
Australian they
800d opinions on
environmental

they’re

Three men
draw fines

‘Most
board

_ crab fishing

GENT representing
tine ven who worked on

hineSe-registered
freighter Dabieshan has

uilty pleas to two
cece of illegal crab fee
ing in Burrard Inlet near

North Vancouver City,

Wu Wen Sheng, 21, Liu fia
Sheng, 44, and Gong Biao, 26,
from "Shanghai. In the People’s
Republic of China, were charged

nee possessing undersized
Dung eness crabs and exceeding the

: ta of crabs, ,
daily quota ie are limited to cat-

ing srabs daily.
oa tonarBes stemmed from a

seizure Of crabs,
fone soe Sheng and Wu Wen
Sheng were each fined $500, while
Biao was fined $750 in connection
i e charges. .
ne nt representing the men
eared before Judge Jerome
Paradis in North Vancouver pra-
vincial court on June 30,
Meanwhile, (0 Vancouver men
1 recently, fined $200 each in
connection with three charges of
iNegal crab fishing. a
Huy Thuc !¥, 22, and Tuan
Khang Ly, 50, Were found guilty

possessing undersized

g5 CraDS,
@ hecvine more than the daily
fimit of four crabs, _
@and abandoning fish
(Dungeness crabs) that were suit-
able for human Consumption,
The charges Smmed from June

3, 1992, crab s¢izures near North

ancouver Cit
vancON on {0 the fines, both
a :

men received SIX Months’ proba-

mon probation term order status

that both men 8re not to be in.

volved in any cfab fishing, ;
Ly and LY appcsred before
Ly ¢ c

Judge Jerome Paradis in North

Vaneeuver provincial court on
24,

um Viernamese interpreter was

required for the Court proceedings.

SOME MEMBERS of
Vancouver District Council want

Ld » .
fi illegal their representative to the board
Or P of the Greater T
Regional District (GVRD) elected
by the public at large,
‘ mayors
representation for

themselves, They do it because’

HEART-STOPPING,

FUN AND

Michelle Spray

North Vancouver

They had every right to
be up there, "but they
made a point of saying
we're not going to be
arrested, We're going to
Stand on the side and we
won't be arrested for our
views,

V’'m from the island and
i Pretty hot issue
Over there, [| like what
they did, They made a
g00d statement, but if
they have time to do
that, they should talk to
the other side too,

lors push for elected GVRD

Gadsby at a July 12 meeting of
the Corporate Services Standing
Committee,
when
Dykeman Suggested a legal opi-
nion be sought on the validity of
such a vote, Gadsby Proposed an
alternative that was adopted by
the committee,

‘unt NORTH VANCOUVER

DISTRICT COUNCIL

by Martin Millerchip But

Vancouve

retain the they need the money and that’s
not necessarily the best repre-
Sentation,”’ charged Coun. Joan

TREAT YOURSELE TO

SOME HAIR-RAISING,

EYE-POPPING

SAVE 4 BUCKS ON A

band refused. A recently publ
Columbians Shows 52%) Supporting the Provincial goy-
og Clayoquot Sound and 39% op.
Posing it. Because of the number of People drawn to the
concert, MacMiilan Blog
Thursday — the firs¢
blockades began three weeks ago,

erament's decision to |

lime

Brian Milroy

North Vancouver

I think that as soon as
the government realized
that Midnight oj) was
coming over to protest
logging in Clayoquot
Sound they Should have
been sent tight pack to
wherever they were
coming from.

Mayor

TAMILY fuN
LET YouRs

del Lid. e
it has done

She suggested that
recommend to the Minis
Municipa}
Murray and Housing that the
board
district be directly elected by the
public.

The suggestion will be referred

lo the GYRD board

hed poll of 590 British

lected nat to log on

SO since the

Cheryj Cunningham
Banff

I think it’s very good
that they’re getting in-
volved because it’s a very
important issue. 1 don’t
think that they have
enough support. { think
it’s very 200d that they
Participated for a good
cause,

representation

counci]
ter for
Recreation
GYRD
appointment for the

Affairs,