set eae Re age JSR HEN Ga, weet er APs near: Weta eag SEIS qari re Pore eT Big ee aware Oe ate EY Ee x. & a b. ae? 2 ee: SOE Eee NEE EE TEE ta vow ae NE ee 7 Poa Canada’s Number One Suburban Newspaper THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER ‘Bill Holmes photo : 40, was airiifted (o hospital after tumbling 40 feet down Black Tusk ountain’ in Garibaldi: Park Sunday. Former Province publisher. Paddy Sherman “witnessed ie fall. and ‘comforted the seriously injured man while friends obtained shelp.-T ere wasn't. room. for” @ stretcher so Sherman: and the ambulance altendant Joseph Cantafio is wearing a big smile — a $56,600 smile. ’ By BARRETT FISHER The Arts Council presi- dent. fiually received the $50,600 cheque promised from North Vancouver City, matching Arts Council fun- draising, to go towards the ' Waterfront Park sculpture at Lonsdale Quay. After controversial mine whether the sculpture was appropriate for the park; and after delays from_ city staff over whether the Arts Council’s fundraising. should. be in cash, receipts: or. A NORTH Vancouver man is lucky to be alive after 2 propane fire broke out in his apartment. Robert Eadie, 20, of 302- 116 West 21st Street, only suffered minor smoke in- halation early Monday when his apartment caught fire. But if it wasn’t for astute neighbors, Eadie may have died in his sleep. North Vancouver City Fire Department was called to the three-storey apartment block at 4:37 a.m., where fire broke out after fuel from a leaking propane tank ignited. Eadie managed to escape Serious injury when neighbors, realizing Eadie was not around when the building was evacuated, ran back into the building and pounded on th: door until he woke. Insp, Dave Burgess from the fire department said Eadie was saved from possi- | By DAWN BURKE | ble death by rolling out of bed and crawling to the door. Burgess said Eadie may have been overcome by the smuxe had he stood up and tried to walk to the door. On arrival, firefighters raced up to Eadie’s suite and quickly extinguished the fire, which was first found to be only on the balcony. But as a precautionary measure, Fire Chief Ralph Meldrum and Capt. John Roberts ordered the apart- ment’s ceiling be torn down after they noticed a vent above the source of the fire. Firefighters then found the fire had travelled about 20 feet into the ceiling and was about six to eight feet wide. city - council meetings tc deter- . Deep Cove Days: work in trade, “antafio says he’s happy the money has come through as promised. “I’m very, very pleased that the money is now in our account . and © rot theirs,”” Cantafic said. Tuesday. “We mei with staff and provided documentation. They “con- - See Controvarsial “Page 5° Burgess said the fire ap- peared to have been started when a 20-pound propane tank was leaking propane and the fuel ignited. Burgess said there appeared to have been a torch-like effect. as the blazing fuel shot, upward to the balcony overhang. The fire was then sucked in- to a three-inch vent space. Damage to the suite has not been estimated, but Burgess said although dam- age was contained to one suite, the entire ceiling was brought down by firefighters, the balcony rail- ing was damuged, there was smoke damage throughout the suite and corridor, and water damage to the suite below. The joists in the ceil- ing, which burned through the roof of the building, were severely damaged. Fire officials are in- vestigating how the propane started leaking and why ‘it ignited.