Martin Millerchip News Reporter miller @usnews.com NORTH Vancouver District could get big- ger. A lot bigger. Counal has directed statfte find out what the province, the Greater Vancouver Regional District and othe | Greater Vancouver Water District iGVRD and GVW; would think if the district annexed Electoral Area C, Electoral Area © is approni- mately 95 square miles of unor- ganized teritory directly north of the district, Ir used) to. be called Electoral Area B. In 1989 the GVRD asked its municipalities to consider annexing portions adjacent to them. North Vancouver District completed a staff study and ini- tiated a public process on annexation. The few residents within the area were mostly opposed to the concept. By 1993, the district was ready to formally ask the minis- ter of municipal affairs for Vhe distract subsequently desided to abandon the annes AGH POEs, However, ib ois not dear whether such a GVWD request tor Tax cxempuon weuld be supported by the GVRD board since otter muneipalities tn the region would lose tax revenue. Electoral Area C comprises approximately: B 62.5 sq. miles of Greater Vancouver Water Supply Areas BSA sg. mies of Lynn Headwaters Regional Park; @ 55 qo miles of Sevmour Demonstration Forest, @ 12.2 sy. miles of Crown provincial land; BB +.2 sq. miles of Mt. Seymour Provincial Park; BB 3.5 xq. miles divide between private holdings and the newly created Indian Arm Provineial Park. Federal and provincial gov- ermments do not have to com- ply with municipal fand use policies and the GVRD and GVWD contend they are not bound by municipal bylaws. Coun. Ernie Crist initiated the current interest in annexa- tion about nine months ago. He maintains that without con- . Future - Provinciat Greater Vancouver Park! Water District . Water Supply Area Electoral Area ‘C’ (Annexation Area) Lyan, = men cae J Headwaters ~«" Seymour - Wh. Seymour Regionat _ Demenstratiod Provincial © Park =” Forest | Park District of West ancouver District of North Vancouver ELECTORAL Area C is directly north of the district. Tsleil Sunday, October 18, 1998 — North Shore News ~ & North Van man brutally attacked in apartment hall | A man was pistol whipped in a North Vancouver apartment hallway early Oct. 15. North Vancouver RCMP were called to an aparrment building in the 200 block of West) 2nd Street at) 3:35 am. on Thursday. Police were tipped) off that a man was being beat- en ina hallway by two or three men. Investigating — officers arrived to find a badly injured man. He was bleed- ing from injuries to. his head. Police determined that while the man was sleeping in his apartment home the attackers burst in through his balcony door eoran trom his apart: ment burt was caught by the suspects in the hallway. Police believe the man was struck several times with a handgun. Witnesses reported: sec ing a handgun used in the assault, One of the resi- dents opened a door in a bid to seare off the attack: er. but one of the men pointed the gun at the per- son and said he was with the police. Police believe the attackers knew the victim and that he may have been indebted to them. The vic- tim) has) provided little information to the police. Cail Crime Stoppers at 669-8477 and reler to file 98-35083. trol the district could be affect- ed by roads, logging and other development initiated by the GVRD. Meanwhile the Squamish, Musgueum and Waututh First nations have all included Electoral Area C in what they consider their home territories. approval of the annexation. 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