Norman Porsch
North:Vancouver

It’s the pits. The cold and

the snow has put me out

. of work. I can hardly wait
until its gone.

‘Loniie McBee
North Vancouver

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A think. the snow is ‘great.
- ‘I'm a ski fan and this is
“.what I've been waiting
for.

Raul Suarez
North Vancouver

It's beautiful. I've noticed
the = drivers
through my crosswaJk are
“ being extra careful with
all the ‘children running
around.

Debbie Farrelly
North Vancouver

This snow has been a real
treat. T just hope they
close my school hke they
did in West Van

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and pilin as. there’s.a thin,

‘dusting of snow on the
‘ground.

The. RCMP speculate
that the - weather had
Blready turned: cold.
‘enough for everyone to
‘be prepared for the snow
when it:finally came. Or
maybe it was just having a
stimulant to lift us out of
the mundane that was
responsible for most
people ‘keeping calm to
handle it and even enjoy

‘the situation.

\Whatéver the reason,
trouble | was minimal,

‘most people were in good
spirits and even those
waiting ‘in the cold for
buses had smiles on their
faces. Some even used it
as the first opportunity in
a long time to take to the
streets on cross-country
skis, while others stuck to

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. police ‘received were” of
_tobogganists in the  < -
‘streets: In. North : ‘Van, Ok
‘there were only ‘about 30 - ©
~ accidents, compared with -
185 on the previous day
the area experienced
snow. t

tobopgans .. and ‘snowball “
- fights- .

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For West “Vancouver
students, . the snow
brought a day. off school.
Whereas most teachers
went to work as usual,
schools superintendent
Ed Carlin declared the
schools closed to:students
because of -the. difficulty.
many people would have:
had on the municipality’s
steep hills. :

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Due to snowy conditions i in the: past week’

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He made the decision.
after recommendations. to.
do ‘so by West Van
Police, the public works.
department .and the.
authorities in charge of
the'blue buses.

‘youngsters school men ‘to.
reach .Grouse-, Mountain
and the car park became
quite full as skiers took to
the slopes.

Accidents were at a
minimum throughout the
North Shore. There were
about a dozen minor

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