S One West Vancouver outlet considered Jan-Christian Sorensen Teapg S rT A oe OD x, < - News Reporter jorensen@usnews.cam {IT could soon be much easier for North Shore residents to observe the Sabbath with stiff drink. The BC) Liauor Distribution Branch {EDBa is Jooking to open at feast ene Of ats West Vancouver liquor stores on Sutdavs starting this tall. : The LDR is planning to open atdeast enght tidide steres in iVhwtler, Relowoa, Victora and The move comes tollow ima a report com piled tor the 1.DB list vear that recommended Sunday opemmys in beak trotficked tourist areas “We are looking at West Vancouver. but its prety preliminary” sand TE DB communica Hons manager Kate Pasteka Arr ean West Vancouver locaton to open, howeser, The PDB is planaing to consult wits the soumopality before mara alicad with ats Plans tor the West Vancouver store. West Vancouver District Coun. John & fark sand he was in favour of the Sunday opensies and doubted other members of counel would balk at the proposed move “Tsee no problem with othe Sunday oper ike all the stores that are open con Sunday! now Fes the 2h Century Let's vet wath the program.” Depending on bow the intial Sunday openings are recened. more stores across the provinge may be opeacd on Sundays in the future “We're gomg) to starr out small and look at large centres only ar this pomt, with a core tourist attraction,” said Pasicka, Stores wall sulf reniaar closed on) certain religious holidays that fall oa Sundays, suchas stores across the province -- other focations No decision has vet becu made as te which ings). Ee think a wall just be business as usual, Christmas and Restrictions on aroli on North Shore Deana Lancaster News Reporter dlancaster@nsnews.com IT’S a cheap, eco-friendly and relatively speedy way to get around. But on the North Shore, the rules about where you can and cat do it are a firtle fuzzy. For about five years 17-year-old Sebastien Roche has used inline skates as his preferred method of locomotion on sunny days. Saturday, Aug. 12 was just such a day. Since he had plans to meet a friend at the ScaBus he laced up his Salomons and head- ed for the waterfront. Two blocks into his tip, a police car rolled up beside him on 17th Street and the female officer informed him that it was a $50 fine for skating on that route’s street or sidewalk. “L told her that [ve never heard such a thing,” said Roche. After she gave him a warning and lec him continue on his way he decided te look into it further and find our what the rules about inline skating in the city really are. Easier said than done. The following Monday he stopped in at the RCMP detachment to get the full story, but the officer he spoke to there didn’t know there were rules about practising the sport on city streets, 90 he gave Roche a number to call at city halt. Even there, Roche had trouble finding an answer. He was passed from department to department and finally reached a voice mailbox where he left a message. He and some friends decided to visit North Vancouver City hall in person and get to the bottom of it. “There the people told us that the rules were the same as for skateboarding. The law for skateboarding says it’s illegal to skate- board anywhere on the streets of the North Shore but norton all sidewalks.” But when he returned home he had a telephone mes- sage waiting for him from a city staff member who said he was allowed to skate on all sidewalks, but not on the streets, “Everybody's been telling us something different, and { still don’t really know, It’s pretty confusing,” said Roche last week. In fact, the answer he gor when he visited city hall in person was the right one. Accurding to the city’s Street and Trattic Bulaw Nu 623-4, Section 408.2: “no person shall propel, coast, or slide ¢ duline page & Totem pole taken down at Cates Park Built in 1966 by non-native NVD employee Pieter Hofmann Contributing Writer WHAT had stood for 30 years took only a few hours to dislodge. Last Wednesday the North Vancouver District parks department decided to remove what was sim- ply named Totem Pole #2 in Cates Park, Located east of the concession stand on a grassy picnic area, the pole came down due to deterioration at its base. Ken Mayo, a non-native who worked for the parks department, carved Totem Pole #2. He also carved another totem pole for the park as well as a pair in neighbouring Lyan Canyon Park. Erected in 1966, Totem Pole 42 measures approximately 50 feet (15.2 m). A large crane and a flatbed truck were required co remove it, According to the district's acting parks manager, Richard Bolton, once the pole is inspected the parks department will decide if it is worthwhile to restore it. Bolton said when it was coming down, the workers could hear cracking. Upon closer examination rot was observed throughout the pole. Bolron’s main concern was that the pole had become a safety hazard and may have fallen on its own accord. The tree used for the carving, a cedar was originally taken from Stanley Park in the mid-1960s. Mayo, meanwhile, said he would be happy to repair the pote but hasn't been contacted by the dis- trict. “{ carved the pole in the district yards,” said the retired sign maker. “It took me about three months working eight-hour days to finish it.” travel to West Van Keith Lowe Contributing Writer IN the wake of TV’s game show Survivor, a group of West Vancouver and Nunavut teens took a completely different approach to relationships in foreign climes. With their way, everybody wins, The Ambleside Youth Centre hosted nine tcens and their leaders from tiny Rankin Inlet in Nunavut ata welcom- ing ceremony Monday night. West Vancouver had sent eight students to an Arctic survival camp, hosted by Rankin [alert elders, last July. The brainchild of Peter Chisholm, a youth outreach worker at the West Van centre, the second half of the Ambleside-Nunavut cultural exchange program got off tw a good start with a group of about 80 people in attendance and appearances by Mayor Ron Wood, Coun. John Clark vest. Vancouver: Garibaldi do Nebbeling. The evening inciuded speeches, gift presentations and 4 slide show ‘ t Ly of the trip to Nunavit. Bene, : a ay Nas But the real stars of the Be : Pye. 7 "evening were the young reupic Soar a hy ao NY : who have forged des with the NEWS photoTerry Peters = [nuit teens, many of whom SEBASTIEN Roche had better get his skates on the sidewalk — biading on the , roadway is illegal in the City of North Vancouver. See Friendships page 5 NEWS photo Paul McGrath A totem pole found to be rotting away in North Vancouver's Cates Park was taken down Aug. 23. The pole was deteriorating at its base. Although the pole was not carved by local natives, the Burrard Band was contacted regarding the carving, “FP wenr down and looked at the pole and [ understand why they want to remove it,” said Leah George, self-government coordinator of the Burrard Band. “It’s not an authentic piece so it’s not really a pole E was concerned akout knowing. It's simply a tourist piece,” she said. Ironically totem poles are not indigenous to the area. It és fairly recent in the history of the See Poles page