arnar An “aK. NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge FIRE ravaged the Barraclough Block in October. The building, located on the cor- ner of Lonsdale Avenue and 2nd Street, went the way of the Paine Hardware and Ming Court buildings before it. The cause of the three fires remains a mystery. From page 3 Two fire department pumper trucks holding about 600) gallons of water cach arrived on site and a pump installed at the facility's swimming pool. The caretaker’s cabin was completely destroved. The club vowed to rebuild. OCTOBER MP raises passport fraud issue @ Immigration Minister Lucienne Robillard “is very lazy or has a distorted view of reality,” lashed out) North Vancouver Reform MP Ted White. White said Robillard was dismissing his concerns about passport fraud = by not responding to the issue. Fire guts another Lower Lonsdale building @ For the third time in less than a vear fire severely dam- aged a Lower Lonsdale her- itage building. The two-storey Barraclough Block on the northwest corner of Lonsdale Avenue and 2nd Street went the way oof the Paine Hardware and Ming Court buildings before it as an unexplained tire nearly lev- eled the structure. Cuff ban crumbling B West Vancouver Mavor Par Boname released information pertaining to her within the Cuff report after coming under heavy council ti The report was commis- sioned by council earlier in FEELING ALL ALONE? Discover the compan- ionship and happiness that comes only through faith in the year and was the first ganizational review ot the municipality, in 25 vears. George Cuts (an indepen dent consultant trom Alberta) final report was heavily edited before being publically reicased. CanOxy development a go @ What has been bare Land buffering a chlorine plant from its Maplewood neigh- bours will soon be a major ness development. the bottom ling to North Vancouver District councils decision ta pass a rezoning bylaw that had been three vears in the making. An occasionatly bitter debate saw Mavor Don Bell cast the deciding vete to Wreak a deadiock on council. 22 as NOVEMBER Big boxes abandoned @ Park Roval’s big boxes are bust. A senior vice-president for Park Roval Shopping Centre mall owner Larco fnvestments Ltd., told West Vancouver District council the company bad withdrawn its contentious Phase IV Sailor dies in lifeboat accident L > en re Pa Wols K ar drideootr € ates Park The Philippines, Inquires ULE in the htebeat. Wind storm strikes M Power cut out and trees toppled across the North Shore as wind gusts of more than 100) kmh blasted through the North Share. Lower inland’s strongest sts ned winds of 83) kin-h were recorded ar West Vancouver’s Pt. Atkinson. Gust. mothe area were clocked at 103 kin-h. Parkade postponed @ Opponents of a BC Ferries plar to expand its Horseshoe Bay terminal claimed a partial victory. The Crown) corporation announced it would dete building a planned multi-mil- lion-dollar parkade in) the community for at feast a vear ~ to study alternative propos- als, The decision was NEWS photo Paut McGrath POWER died and trees fell across the North Shore as wind gusts of more than 100 km-h hit the North Shore in November. “ALL - LEN. STORE: PRODUCTS ‘ON SALE™.-: BOXING WEEK JL AUDIO SUBS WI! SUBWOOFER SALE ECEMBER Fasitive arrested Roaborr WV 2 ot. od wh . 180n Baca Ca withona Sprngneld, Caforade Mountain fall kills boy scout BMobhe North Shore’s mous bainads terrain chumed its tirst dite of the winter sea Nhitp MelLeod. an vearold member of Adventure-secking Seventh Snow covers North Shore ‘ La uw fear the heave Mufers op horniny 24. heavy snaw AcCypres: Bowl, 30 cen res af ano te 2heur period b Deo 240 Vi weather upset sume Christmas travel plans as flights were cancelled ar the Vancouver airport. 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