7 CE | NEWS BRIEFS Steres smashed A 29-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man faces charges after the vehicle he was driving went out of control and crashed into two stores on Marine Drive on Saturday night. According to a North Vancouver RCMP spokesman, the accident occurred just before 11 p.m. in the 1500- block of Marine Drive in North Vancouver. Nathan Baker was driving a 1988 Horda Prelude. The vehicle was westbound when it jumped a curb. The car struck Destination Ski Rentals and Livingspace Interiors. Destination Ski Rentals sustained about $20,000 dam- age. Livingspace sustained about $1,000 damage, said the spokesman. Baker’s Honda was destroyed. He suffered severe cuts and was sent to Lions Gate Hospital. Police believe alcohol was a factor in the accident. Al’s burned NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP and North Vancouver City Fire Department officials are investigating a fire that damaged Al’s Produce on Sunday. Firefighters were called to the store at 179 West Se- cond St. at 4:27 a.m. The fire, which resuited in heavy smoke and water damage to the store’s stock, is believed to have started at the northwest coraer of the building. Diving awareness event set for Lynn Canyon THE TOP sports risk for injuries in Canada will be the focus of attention Saturday at Lynn Canyon Park. Each year young people are injured or killed in the park as a result of diving accidents. University Hospital, the B.C. Paraplegic Association, the North Vancouver District Fire Depart- ment and the Canadian Red Cross Society are co-hosting a diving event at [:30 p.m. at the park to increase awareness about the risks of cliff-diving at Lynn Canyon. The event is scheduled to in- clude a simulated rescue of an in- jured person. Joan Beck, a quadraplegic who sustained a serious injury while diving, will speak about the dangers of diving and other out- door-related injuries. ' Three pecple died at Canyon last year: @On Aug. 22, 21-year-old Thomas Lee of Coquitlam and 17-year-old Sung Un Yon of Burnaby died at Third Falls Pool; Lynn @ On June 27, a 20-year-old Surrey man, Michael Donald Sokolowski, drowned near 30- Foot Pool after attempting to cross the creek. The average Lynn Canyon tisk-taker is a Lower Mainland male between the ages of 16 and 25. A full 90% of such risk-takers use seme form of intoxicant. Things can go wrong for many reasons: lack of knowledge of the area, impairment, peer pressure, curiosity and simple foothardiness. To date this year there have been no diving-related accidents at the park. North Vancouver District Fire Department spokesman Gary Calder credits a stepped-up police presence in the park. . “The RCMP, as a result of Lynn Canyon Task Force recom- mendations, are walking in and doing spot checks for alcohol in the area. It does appear to be im- pacting on our calls, considering the beautiful weather we’ve had,”’ he said. . Last year there were two div- ing-related incidents at Lynn Canyon in May. Safeway announces closure of Woodward’s Food Floor WOODWARD’S FOOD Floor is out and London Drugs is in. Canada Safeway, the owners of the Wocdward’s Food Floor in the north mall of West Van- couver’s Park Royal Shopping Centre, has announced that it will close the facility on June 13. Meanwhile, Park Royal management has said a deal has been reached with London Drugs to have one of its outlets open in the site currently occupied by Woodward’s Food Floor. The London Drugs outlet is ex- pected to open in November. Canada Safeway public affairs manager Don Bell said the Park Royal store had not been viable since Safeway took over its opera- tion from Woodward’s in 1986. Bell said a major renovation in 1988 improved. the store’s opera- tions, but not enough to ensure its economic viability. “We are very disappointed to have to make the decision to close this store,”’ said Bell. ‘But cur- rent experience and future projec- tions do not see our situation im- proving significantly.” Woodward’s Food Floor staff’ will be relocated to other Safeway outlets. Tribunal rules in favor of purchase From page % A summary statement released by the tribunal registry notes the tribunal panel was not convinced that the Vancouver-area daily and community newspapers compete with each other for the same ad- vertisers. But the tribunal panel decided the acquisition of both the News and the Real Estate Weekly ‘‘will substantially lessen’? competition for real estate advertising on the North Shore. The tribunal panel directed lawyers for both parties to par- ticipate in a further hearing to ex- plore ways to resolve the real estate advertising issue. 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