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Squamish
women
lament
land bili

Bob Mackin
News Reporter

FRIDAY, June 11,
was a sad day for
aboriginal women
in North Vancouver
and across Canada,
says a Squarnish
Nation member.

The Howe of Communs
sed for summer after
ng Bill C49, the First

Nations Land Management
Act. by a EE7-45 vote. Wendy
Lockhart-Lundberg, a
Squamish Nation member
who fives in Richmond, said
the legislation will prolong
discrintination against native
women,

“I chink it's shameril the
government ignored abongi-
nl women in’ Canada,”
Lockhart-Landberg said.
“We do not have the same
rights as all other women in
Canada. fb cans inherit or
pass-on) land. ff there is a

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Brady Fotheringhain
Contributing Writer

A year and a half after West Vancouver
council torpedoed a proposed western
recreation centre, council has approved
plans to construct a smaller recreation cen-
tre across from the Gleneagles golf club
site.

In addition, the

isting community centre at 22nd and
Marine Drive will be re

wed with a new $13.5 million central

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Basement fire

NORTH Vancouver District firefighters remove items from the burned-out basement of 145 East St. James Rd. on Monday. Three trucks
responded to the call at 7:10 a.m. Firefighters found an unexpected aily in neighbour Archie Steacy. The former chief briefly came out
of retirement and sprayed the fire with a garden hose until fire crews arrived. The fire was apparently caused by faulty electrical wiring.

Council moves ahead with plans
at Gleneagles, 22nd and Marine

recrealion centre,

Council received a recreation fcilities master plan trom its
sanding committee and reported back to the commitice’s chair-
man Coun. Allan Williams.

Pending several studies, the two new recreation centres will be
finalized for construction at the end of the vear.

A $6 million 22,500 sq. tt. western reereation centre will be
constructed at the Gleneagles site in consultation with residents
to mect the increasing leisure needs of the community.

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slated to be twice the size of the
NIM recreation fac
and Marine Drive and m > house an arts centre.

The West Vancouve is Club on 21st Street will atso be
relocated toa new site — possibly Hugo Rav Par!

‘The three projects will be completed over the next five to 10
years under the municipality's recreation master plan.

In addition to) the pwo recreation centres, council has d
nated as high priority capital projects upgrading the ice arena
($800,000), upgrading existing sports fields and constructing
new fields ($1.5 million) and expanding the aquatic centre with a
new leisure pool ($2.5 million).

The central reer
Gleneagles sit

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