Green sweep

A cleaner sweeping the floor at Lynn Valley Centre on Friday found several thou-

sands in American mo

North Vancouver RCMP Const. Tom Seaman said the

money was in bills of $100 and $50. The maintenance worker found the money
two hours before closing time. The money was tumed over to the communi-

policing centre in the mail. Seaman said anyone

that attempts to claim the money

‘must describe the container it was in and where in the mall the money was found.

tise mcer;
i ic “attacks . and other

nbians- die leach year of
ancer caused by expo-
‘ond- hand smoke.

‘ ictig heart pine and

Jung.-cancer in otherwise
ca thy. non-smokers.

: Workers exposed to tobac-
co smoke, including those in
“the hospitality industry, face
elevated cancer risks.

“New WCB occupational
ealth and safety standards on
second-hand’ smoke, which
became éffective April 15,
require employers inmost
B.C. workplaces to protect
workers by prohibiting smok-
«ing on the job or restrictin
smoking toa designate
smoking 2
‘equall falls effective ‘means...

A designated smoking areca
must be either a safe, outdoor
’ Jocation or a separate inde-

“pendently” ventilated room
‘the workcrs do not -have to
enter except in an emergency
or until all-che smoke has
cleared.

Restaurants, bars; games
roonis, bingo halls, sporting
arenas, extended care facilities
and prisons have until Jan. 1,

-.°2000, before the fulf stan-
‘dards apply to them.

According to the agree-

ment, the WCB will imple-
ment the second -hand smoke
standards in the majority of
B.C. workplaces.
For pubiic entertainment

= al'shorelines

EVERYBODY loves a

: The Vancouver Aquarium’s
“Community Outreach Team is
‘coordinating clean-up crews of
call ages from across the
“province to-represent B.C. in
the > International. Coastal
Clean ‘Up.

 =*Voluntéers: armed with
“

Oves Pots cand garbage

sweeping along

‘beaches in. their _neighbour-
hoods,” said Jennifer Shaw, for
the | Friends’: of the
Environment Foundation.

During cach cleanup, all
and amounts of debris
‘will be carefully recorded on
data cards, Cleanup crews will
send their completed cards
back to the Vancouver
Aquarium where the results
for B.C. will be recorded and
relayed to the Centre for
Marine. Conservation ir
Washington D.C. for global
Processing.

The cleanup goes to Sept.
27 with more than 1,200 vol-
unteers from 75 community
groups across B.C. taking
part.

ities, will assist with

. by other -

cand long term residential

-. work laces; the minister of
: health,

eration with
ealth author-
ublic
education and information.
“The Union of B.C.
Municipalities will encourage
local governments to support
implementation in their juris-
dictions.

-*At. the 1997 Union of

» in ¢
tegional public

‘B.C. Municipalities conven-

tion, members endorsed a
resolution calling . for the
UBCM ‘to work with the

- WCB to implement regula-

tions which will protect all
workers in B.C. from expo-
sure to second-hand smoke,”
said Gillian Trumper, chair-
man for the UBCM health
task force.

WCB’s health and safety
requirements for second-
hand smoke are based on
extensive consultation with
workers and employers con-
cerned abour safety on the
job.

The requirements are part
ofa new package of standards
called the Occupational
Health and Safety Regulation
and, according to the WCB,
are just one outcome of the
most comprehensive public
consultation process on work-
place health and safety ever
conducted in North America.

cleaned

Among the groups partici-
pating and the areas being
cleaned: 29th Street and
Panorama Beach — local resi-
dents; Whytecliff Park —
Pescaderos Dive Club; Cates
Park Vancouver
Aquarium /North Shore
Canada Trust; Ambleside

Beach _ Hollybu m
Etementary; Maplewood Fiats _

— Wild Bird Trust; Lions
Gate Bridge — Westcot cle-
mentary and Deep Cove,
Underwater Council of B.C.

For more: information call
Shaw at 659-3503.

Sunday, September 27, 1998 — North Shore News — 13

Lightning strikes spark

blaze in Cap watershed

LIGHTNING strikes caused a small forest
fire in the Capilano Watershed last week.

The fire, less than a hectare in size, was
triggered by lightning last Thursday evening.

Tt was located in difficult terrain in the
watershed’s Hesketh Valley, just north of the
Lions.

Said Bill Morrell, spokesman for the
Greater Vancouver Regional District’s
(GVRD) fire protection crew, “The fire crew,
assisted by helicopter reconnaissance from
the ministry of forests coastal fire centre,
used existing road access to the valley to
approach the fire, which was a kilometre back

into the forest.”

He said dircfighters contained the fire and
crews worked to combat flare-ups and hot
spots. Additional patrols-in the watershed
will ensure no other fires are burning as a
result of the lightning storm.

Morrell said the GVRD uses Environment
Canada’s satellite-based Lightning Locator
System, as well as ground controls, to spot
fires in the watersheds.

A network of well-maintained roads in the
watersheds allows access to remote areas for
firefighting and other watershed manage-
ment activities, he said.

Renovation Specialists.

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