NEWS photo Terry Paters MONIQUE FRYDRYSEXK end son Matthew stand in front of a crack in the living room wall of her family's Fern Street house. She believes the cracks are a result of the dynamic compaction work being done at the North Shore Winter Club to prepare the ground for the foundations of a highrise building. Residents annoyed with pounding From page 1 started. “We do agree that the house is settling but for gaping holes in two weeks? We don’t accept that,’’ she said. But she said Barter told her after inspecting her home yesterday with a district engineer that her house was not built in compliance with the building code. He told her that although Index B Automotives @ Classified Ads i Ecoinfo @ Editorial Page @ Home & Garden @§ Paul St. Pierre @ What's Going On....49 Weather Saturday and Sunday. mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs near 17°C. Second Class Registration Number 3885 the nearby construction may have accelerated the damage, the cracks would have eventually appeared anyway. As well, Frydrysek said she was told it would cost between $2,000 to $3,000 to get a second opinion from an engineer. Meanwhile at the site, Millen- nium Development Corp. plans to build a 16-storey residential highrise for seniors. The site was rezoned in November [988 tol- Jowing controversial and often acrimonious public hearings. East Keith Road resident lan Morrison said he is annoyed with the inconvenience of the dynamic compaction process. “Our house is literally rock- ing on its foundations,’’ said Morrison. *‘Everything that isn’t fastened down is shaking. It's very disruptive, "" Friday, September 28, 1990 - North Shore News - 3 Policing agencies uneasy with seizing criminals drug assets fn this fifth instalment of North Shore Mean Streets, News reporter Michael Becker examines the use of Cunadian proceeds of crime legislation as a potential ’ means of fighting drug trafficking | on the North Shore. The first four instalments of the NorthShore Mean Streets series examined drug and gang-related activities on the North Shore. HE NORTH Shore community has a potentially powerful tool at its disposal in the fight against drug traf- fickers — but it is rarely used. By Michael Becker News Reporter Section 462. of the Criminal Code allows the granting of special warrants to policing agen- cies which enable police to seize assets gained through drug or criminal offences. The Canadian proceeds of crime legislation was proclaimed in January 1989. Similar legislation in the United States is being aggressively utiliz- ed. By seizing assets, well-funded drug squads operate in the black. According to one focal legal source, uncertainty in B.C. over who in fact draws benefit from seized assets coupled with the ex- pense involved in investigating and proseculing the cases are some of the reasons proceeds of crime leg- islation is not used more frequent- lv here. In B.C., the court system and police departments have little practical experience with the legis- lation. In the United States, municipal, federal and state agencies share regularly in the take. But in North Vancouver, RCMP Insp. Dave Roseberry said no move has been made to step up the seizure of assets identified as proceeds of drug-related crime. Roseberry witnessed the U.S. system at work earlier this year during a visit to Orange County, California. “Their drug squad seized an Drug stats TO JULY 1 of this year, North Vancouver RCMP laid drug offence charges including: @ Three heroin trafficking charges (total 1989-two). @ Six cocaine possession charges (total 1989-14). B® Six cocaine trafficking charges (total 1989-25). B 19 marijuana possession charges (totai 1989-79). @ five marijuana trafficking charges (total 1989-30). @ four marijuana cultivation charges (total 1989-10). ® 10 hashish possession charges (total 1989-19). @ three hashish trafficking charges (total 1989-five). Last year, North Vancouver RCMP also laid one heroin importing charge and five restricted drug (including LSD) charges. estate.,.that’s their training ground now,’ he said. Roseberry would like to have the money available to support the detachment’s six-man drug squad. “There are two sides to the story. You have people saying, ‘We don‘’r want that blood money." The other side says, ‘We want all that so we can enforce it better.’ J am one of the believers who says [ would like to have that money."* But, he said, the North Van- couver police department has yet 10 establish a policy on the issue. ‘The Canadian chiefs of police are pushing for that. They want it to go back into the drug enforce- ment area where it was seized. As of yet, nothing has happened,”* he added. Meanwhile in West Vancouver, police Chief Hal Jenkins believes the asset-seizing response to drug offenders is a potentially effective strategy, Said Jenkins, ‘‘lt’s certainly a possibility and it’s certainly some- thing we are looking at. Our laws on the Canadian books dealing with the proceeds of crime — the application of those laws — have not been tested to the degree they have in the States. “IT can tell you there is interest and we will be pursuing that avenue whenever the opportunity presents itself. We believe it is possibly the most effective tool in dealing with people who dabble See Legal Page 5 Gadsby joins race for NVD mayor IT’S A three-way race for the mayor’s chair in North Vancouver District. On Wednesday Ald. Joan Gadsby confirmed that she will be running for district mayor in the upcoming Nov. $7 municipal clec- tion. Gadsby topped the poll for aldermanic votes two years ago with a 10,436 total. Ald. Murray Dykeman, also aspiring to be mayor this year, placed second in 1988 with 9,310 votes. And may- oralty candidate Ald. Craig Clark placed third during the last municipal election with 8,621 voles. Said Gadsby of three-way battle NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL to become mayor: ‘) think it’s good we have a lot of candidates — it gives the people a fot more choice."’ Gadsby, a business professional, is wrapping up her tenth year on council. Key issues in her campaign in- clude balanced growth, en- vironmental sensitiviiy and im- proved local transportation and transit. Gadsby also proposes that a committee structure be set up in the municipality to streamline council efficiency when dealing with community issues. ‘‘The task forces that have been established have done a lot of good work and have spent a lot of hours. Howev- er, I believe appointed committees are much more effective in dealing with issues. The committees would be comprised of several aldermen meeting on alternate Mondays to look at issues in depth with staff people. ft wouldn't be an ad hoc thing: continuity is very impor- tant,"" she said. With three incumbent aldermen vying for the mayor's seat, the field) for aldermanic candidates secking a place on council is wide open. : SE os NORTH Vancouver District Ald. Joan Gadsby ... topped poll in last election. Bee eee ©