NEWS BRIEFS Suspect sought THE NORTH Vancouver RCMP are requesting the public’s hetp in locating a sexual assault suspect. The police report that on Oct. 7 at approximately 9 p.m., a young woman was walking in the area of Lonsdale Avenue and East 28th Street. A male came out from ‘an alley, grabbed the victim and attempted to sexually assault her. She resisted and was able to escape. The police believe the same person may be respon- sible for a previous sexual assault that occurred during midday on April 9 in the area of Lonsdale Avenue and East 29th Street. The suspect is described as being a well-dressed Ori- ental male, between the ages «ef 23 and 29, 5°8”* tall, with smooth facial features and a medium build. He may also have 2 wispy moustache. Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call the sex crimes unit of the North Vancouver RCMP at 985-1311 or Crimestoppers at 660-TIPS. ‘Docksite secured THE VANCOUVER Port Corp. (VPC) has managed to secure 4 strip of land for a North Vancouver-based shipyard consortium for the operation of a $60-million floating Pangmax dry dock, which, until recenify, belonged to Versatile Pacific Shipyards Inc. (VPSI). VPSI had been leasing 3.8 acres of port corporation tand in Nort: Vancouver. The twa parties have now struck a deal for that land to be returned to the VPC. The port in turn witi allow the Yancouver Drydock Co., s shipbuilding consortium headed by North Vancouver- based Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd. and Allied Ship- builders Ltd., to use the waterfront land. The consor- tium has the responsibitity for operating the dry dock. VPC spokesman Barbara Duggan said Friday that the consortium approsched the gost for help in securing the tand feased by VPSI. . | “The strip of land required wiil be needed by the con- sortium ¢o operate the dry dock. [t's part of the port's contribution to the overall package,"’ s2id Duggan. Death investigated FOUL PLAY is suspected in the discovery of skeletal human remains found by 3 hiker Saturday in the Cypress Bowl provincial park area of West Vancouver. The police say the body was found in a dense bush near a littte-used trai) at the upper end of Cypress Road. The remains are those of a white female who was xp- proximateiy 20 to 30 years of age. She wes small-boned, approximately 5°0" to 5°4” in height and had brown hair with bleached biond streaks. The police are requesting assistance from the public in determining the ideniity of the woman. Information or inquiries should be forwarded to the West Vancouver Police at 922-4141. New reform bill should improve justice system From page 4 @ Victims may attend a parole hearing 2t the discretion of the parole board, rather than at the discretion of the offender. 2 A tightening of the granting of passes froin prison. Wo unescorted passes will Ge granted to those classified ss maximum security inmates. Said Provos? of the bill's initia- tives addressing victims, ‘‘This is a very big step to recognizing that there has been an injustice to vic- tims."’ During the one-hour meeting, Provost read a plea for victim- information reform from a North Vancouver mother who recently encountered the killer of her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend. “After the shock of that and once again trying to work through the feelings — one is left with the total unfairness of the situation. As an outsider has put it to me — our family is receiving emotional abuse from an unfair justice system,’ Lewis and Gibson heard. The woman asked that victims be provided parole information upon request and a chance to at- tend parole hearings. Lewis pledged to see the bill passed. “Tam not known for wasting my time. | intend to do everything I can to get this bill through —- we? ve consulted enough, now we've got a bill.’’ Lewis said he was optimistic that the reform bill would see “‘speedy second approval’? in the House, and targeted approval in principle by Remembrance Day. The bill would then go to committee hearing stage. “L suggest all of you take this bill, compare notes, get together a brief so that when the committee hearings start you've got an open- ing philosophy,’’ Lewis told the group. Lewis said that groups such as the CUSJ have been key to the inclusion of victim rights initia- tives in the bill. Parkgate trees will be replanted NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL IT AIN’T like they’re going to pave paradise and put up a park- ing lot, but North Vancouver District Council has decided to remove the trees along a 70-metre strip adjacent to the Parkgate Shopping Centre and begin al! over again by replanting the area. By A! Hardy Contributing writer The trees, located along Mount Seymour Road, became a_ hot topic last year when two pedestri- ans were almost hit by falling tree debris. The municipality’s forest technologist has since discovered the hemlocks, in poor condition and susceptible to windfall, are rooted in the surrounding trees and that once this happens, ‘‘they come down.” The threat of liability and the imminent onset of November rains and winds convinced council to make a decision. BC Hydro and the Parkgate developers recently sent letters to the municipality ‘indicating they would hold the district liable if any further damage occurs. Ald. Ernie Crist said too much time and money had been wasted on trees that could not be saved anyway, Crist said it was time ‘‘to give the developer carte blanche to cut the trees down.”” Ald. Rick Buchols agreed with Crist, saying that the municipality could one day be faced with costs associated with not taking im- mediate action. The municipality’s forestry technologist Ron Meyers has recommended that all trees along the strip be removed, and that the existing boggy soil be replaced, after berming, with new soil and that the strip be replanted with native trees and shrubs. The measures, Meyers said, would prevent the same problem from occurring again in 30 or 50 years. Noting that the strip got in its present condition because of Nearby construction, council re- quested that the forestry technologist come up with the Specifications as to what is a healthy parks, recreation and open space zone near a construction site. 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