lo truck traffic ban Move would block logging access to local watersheds LOGGING TRUCKS using Lillooet Road and Capilano Road north of Edgemont Boulevard could face the axe if the Minister ~ of Transportation and Highways approves a regulation pro- posed by North Vancouver District Council] on Monday night. NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL by Martin Millerchip Council unanimously supported # motion proposed by Coun, Ernie Crist that will prohibit vehicles whose gross weight is over 30,000 kg (66,138 Ibs.) from using the roads that connect the watersheds administered by the Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD) to the Trans-Canada Highway. Crist attempted to stickhandle a similar motion through council in i992 to stop logging in the water- sheds. But Crist said the focus of his current initiative is to prohibit extraordinary traffic using the dis- trict road infrastructure. Legal opinion provided to coun- cil suggests that Section 58! of the Municipal Act provides council with the authority to regulate log- ging trucks “so long as council rea- sonably concluded that the use of dug up at N. Van cemetery CALL US: 983-2208 these roads by logging trucks ‘sub- stantially alters or increases the burden imposed on the highway through its proper use by ordinary traffic. and causes damage and expense to the highway beyond what is reasonable or ordinary.” Coun. Janice Harris cited GVWD teport detailing the number of fog loads hauled from each watershed since 1990, The figures show that the num- ber of loads from the Seymour watershed has dropped from a hi:h of 1.400 in 1990 to an estimated 30 loads in 1994. Meanwhile, annual loads from the Capilano watershed increased from a low of 250 in 1990 to an estimated high of 1.700 for 1992. Projected loads from Capilano for 1994 are estimated at 600. “Our streets bave been subjected to a tremendous amount of weight and stress,” said Harris. scribed fully-loaded log- ging trucks as “an extraordinary hazard and safety concern on our streets." Several residents of the Capilano area have appeared before counci! to offer examples of danger posed by the logging trucks and signatures on a petition supporting Crist’s motion continue to trickle in to district hall. But the municipal solicitor has warned council that it cannot use Section 581 to “directly interfere with the management of the water- shed by the GYWD.” A GRAVEDIGGER at the North Vancouver cemetery thought he had seen everything until he arrived for work last Friday. By Kate Zimmerman and Anna Marie D’Angelo The gravedigger found a pile of fresh dirt strewn across the manicured grass above several graves after someone had, the night before. dug up a one-month-old grave. On closer inspection, he found the cement cap of NORTH VANCOUVER District Fire Department firefighters were called to a preschool in the 2300-biock of Mountain Highway on June 22. An electrical fire was quickl firetighter was injured while responding to the fire. He hurt his leg while on the roof. NEWS photo Terry Peters extinguished. A First-place fish not fresh; WV derby winner stripped of title THE WINNING salmon looked a little fishy at the close of a June 12 fishing derby near Horseshoe Bity. By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter Trevor Jones’ unofficial first- place salmon, weighing in at 25.81 Ibs. (11.7 kg), was dead, but for just how long? “Pm aot qualified to say how old it was,” said derby sponsor Brian Kask. “There were people there that said it looked very, very suspicious.” Questioning eyes were cast the fish’s way during the afternoon weigh-in at Sewell’s Marina for the Curtis Lumber and Kask Bros, sixth- annual Fishing Derby. The suspect salmon was dark itround its gills in sharp contrast to the bright red (fresh blood) observed in the losers’ Lineup. The unofficial winner, some derby participants claimed. also had the wrong skin color for a freshly caught chinook salmon, Apparently some experienced fishermen in the 300-person crowd attending the weigh-in were becom- ing so mad that they could have stood up in canoes. Organizers revled in the complaints and prompt- ly decided to study the first-place fish story. NEWS photo Torry Peters THE NORTH Vancouver RCMP conducted a sombre investigation Friday near a dug-up grave at the North Vancouver Cemetery. Grave “You get used to a lot of weird things up here, but this is a first for me,” said the gravedigger who did not wish to be identified. He spoke to the News on Friday afternoon just before he began to re-shovel dirt over the coffin. North Vancouver RCMP Staff Sgt. Ron Babcock said the body in the coffin had not been disturbed. the steel coffin lifted and one end open to expose the body of an elderly woman. THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: Do you support the position of striking community health nurses? About six North Vancouver RCMP were at the grave site at the Lillooet Road cemetery on Friday morning investigating the incident. “There was nothing to indicate that this is anything other than vandalism,” said Babcock. See Next of kin page & Kask said the alleged top fish was sent to Nanaimo, where the Pacific Biological Research Station found “bugs in its gills” that proved it wasn't caught on the derby day in question. Kask declined to comment on the difference between the unofficial winners’ list and the official win- ners’ list. Trevor Jones’ name was not on the latter. The charity event ended with a trip to a lawyer, said Kask. The solicitor suggested forward- ing information to the West Vancouver Police for investigation. 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