-Man jailed
for theft

A 33-YEAR-OLD Vancouver mas was sentenced June 7 in North
Vancouver provincial court to two days in jail and placed on proba-
tion for one year after he pleaded guilty to two counts of theft
under $1,000.

Godfrey Paul was originally charged in connection with Dec. 14,
1988 incidents in which a lady’s suit was stolen from Sears Canada
Inc. and a men’s woo! coat stolen from Tip Tip Tailors Ltd.

Appearing before Judge W.J. Diebolt, Paul pleaded guilty to
both charges and was sentenced to 2 day in jail on each.

The jail terms will be served concurrently.

- Spill trial
date set

A SEPT. 11 trial date hes been set in North Vancouver provincial
court for a freighter charged with poiluting Burrard Inlet.

The Lok Pratima, operated by the Shipping Corporation of In-
dia, was originally cherged with violating the Canada Shipping Act
by discharging a pollutant in connection with ar April 1) incident
in which approximately 10 barrels of bunker oil were alleged to
have been discharged into Burrard Inlet. The vessel was being
loaded with grain at the North Shore’s Pioneer Grain Terminal at
the time.

Two charged with

pot cultivation

TWO NORTH Vancouver men have been charged with two nar-
cotics-related counts in connection with an alleged marijuana
cultivation operation.

Aran Michael Goody, 22, and Christopher Redmond Goody, 26,
are charged jointly with cultivating marijuana and possession of
marijuana for the purpose of trafficking in connection with a
March 20 seizure of the drug from a home in the 1300-block of
West 17th Street in North Vancouver City.

The two are scheduled to appear Sept. 18 in court for prelimi-
nary hearing on the charges.

Woman fined for
ring theft

A 24-YEAR-OLD Vancouver woman was fined $1,000 Wednesday
ia North Vancouver provincial court after she pleaded guilty to a
charge of theft over $1,000.

Nadine Bolpitt was originally charged in connection with an in-
cident that occurred between Jan. 28 and 31, 1987 in which a ring
was stolen from another female in the District of North Vancouver.

In addition to the fine, Balpitt was placed on probation for two
years.

Thief walks away

with cash

NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are searching for a thief who
walked away with hundreds of dollars from the 1400-block
Pemberton Avenue main offices of Shaw Cable June 7.

Police ssy a man walked into the building through a rear door at
approximately 3:15 p.m. and made off with the cash on foot.

The suspect is described 2s being a Caucasian male, 25 to 30
years old, 5° 10°” tall, approximately 160 tbs., with sandy curly hair
and a tanned complexion. The man walked with a fimp and had
chewed finger nails. -

Police warn Pernberton-srea businesses to keep their back doors
secure.

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BC Rail shares kept CANADIAN

BC RAIL Ltd. has announced that the shares to pay off the high in-
only 524,555, or approximately terest short-term loans borrowed
seven per cent, of its eight million for construction of the railway’s
Series 1-A Preferred Shares were Tumbler Ridge line.

cashed in by shareholders on June
1, thereby allowing the company to
avoid having to re-finance $187
million of debt.

A total of 7,475,445 shares re-
main outstanding from the original
eight million issued in June 1984.
Holders of those shares will now
hold the issue for a further 10
years before redeeming the shares
for cash.

The shares, with a par value of
$200 million, provided a single
right of retraction permitting
shareholders to receive $25 for
their shares on June I, 1989.

Shareholders were required to
notify the company of their inten-
tion by May 17, 1989.

The shares, which do not include
shareholder voting privileges, pay
a 9.25 per cent annual dividend.

B.C. Rail Ltd. originally issued

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