LIONS GATE PROJECT UPpatTe The neat badge Uosure is scheduled fam 10 pom. Saturday, October ith to the early afternocn of Sunday, October [Sth: For updates on bridge con strucnon information hsten ta 945 FM. OCTOBER 4, 2000 rage Bright Lights eee 12 Classifieds wow §9 y Crossword oe 56 Hams &Garden +s 59 o00 45 Talking Personals ee 49 ACN boatanon Compan, Pamtet Heter Sseon 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, “an Varawet BC FM OHS Caradon Puttacds 7 ial Soles Product Agermant t., 28 Edgemont (3 Petre Can , puns shut down Jan-chris tian Sorenven - News Reporter .-frorensen@nsnews.cont DIVERS looking to fill ap their tanksin = Le Edgemont Village are . -down to one option. ¢ * The propane and gas tanks at cthe Petro. Canada’ station on — Queens were. permanency shut ~~ off on Friday. Station owner and. eperator Gordon |: Kothluw said the Certigard aute repair portion of the location will remain in oper- ation, however. Kothlow. ‘said’ Petro Canada ‘served him with written notice on August 28 that they had . opted to close the gas. station ‘side of the business. : “They've been talking about : “closing it for years. ‘They. just - finally decided to close it dcwn.” He said the decision was like- : yy made because the pumps sim- See Corporate page 3 Jan-Christian Soreasen News Reporter srorensen@nsncws.com "A young man was rushed to hospital after being attacked by a gang of youths | ‘outside the 7-Eleven convenience store and gas bar in Lynn Valley late Monday night. North Vancouver RCMP received a call from the store's employces around 11:10 p.m., reporting that a fight had bro- ken ‘out in the: store’s front parking lot at the corner of = Mountain Highway and Lynn Valley Road. Cpl Bob Perry said ‘at the scene that the altercation 7 appeared to have involved a group af males in their lace teens The Yoice of North and d West Vancouver siz 1Ce 1969 Youths attack man in Lynn ‘Vailey 7-Eleven parking lot and early 20s that attacked a lone white male. “There was a report that one male had either a golf club or a machete, we're not sure which,” said Perry. “Upon our arrival we found the victim, who is a white male, bleeding pro- fusely from an injury to his (right) hand.” Perry could not say if the incident was gang-reiated or ifthe victim’s injury was a defence wound. “Ail we can say at this point is that he seemed to be the main focus of subject of the group that was ... going after him in the parking lor.” The victin ran inte the store and remained there until "t it about time? ~ Now Enrolling ‘2 Gets You Starved PER MONTH ORT BCS) AT CLUE EN ANT Living Room p15 Twenty-two days of home work wraps up Special auto feature gets you ' ready for fall Car care 127 nEWS photo Cindy Goodman : OWNER/OPERATOR Gordon Kothtow said he wasn't curprised when Petro Canada pulled its gas and propane fanks out of his Edgemont _ Village service station | en the weekend. Kothlow will continue to service vehicles out of the station’s Certigard repair facility. emergency help arrived to take him to Lions Gate Hospital. RCMP Const. Annie Joyal, who arrived shortly after the incident took place, said the victim appeared to be badly hurt. “1 don’t have all the details but it seemed like it was a ... pretty good injury.” Perry asked several officers to conduct a perimeter search of the area. Seven police cruisers and a fire engine sat idle outside the store, lights bathing the gas bar in reds and blues, as officers rounded up a group of young males for interviews. Inside the store, a bloodied navy parka and a pair of black leather belts lay on the floor in front of the magazine and candy bar display. White pockets of down feathers from the jacket were scattered across the floor. Sve Escape page3 ust He, 19 years or oer: Good: