Woman assaulted A YOUNG woman was assaulted Feb. 1 in West Van- couver after she inadvertently interrupted two would- be-thieves at work. * According to a West Vancouver Police spokesman, the incident occurred at a home in the 1400-block of Jeffer- son Avenue at approximately 3:30 p.m. The 17-year-old daughter of the homeowner had entered the house through the front door to check on some pets. She was knocked io the floor by two male suspects. The assailants subsequently fled out the back door. The suspects had been removing some stereo equip- ment when they were inierrupted. Information regarding this incident may be forwarded to the West Vancouver Police at 922-4141. Helicopter help THE CAPILANO Golf and Country Club will be allow- ed to use a-helicopter to refurbish its golf course sand traps and bunkers, West Vancouver District Covacil agreed Monday night. But the project will go ahead only if club neighbors are properly notified. Council members were concerned about the noise from Cassiar Wharf division Friday, February 7, 1992 - North Shore News ~ 5 Cassiar workers to be relocated WORK WILL be found elsewhere in Vancouver for the laborers and operators of Princeton Mining Corp.’s in North Vancouver after the owners of the Cassiar asbestos mine in northern B.C. decided to shut the operation down Wednesday instead of taking up the provincial government’s suggestion for a six-month mine phaseout. International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union of- ficial Gordie Westrand said 20 full-time laborers and operators, and four full-time foremen work- ing at the North Vancouver dock- ing facility will move to other jobs, displacing workers elsewiere in Vancouver. The facility also employed about 66 longshoremen for four to five days whenever ships loaded asbestos at the dock. Financially-troubled Princeton Mining Corp., which operates the Cassiar asbestos mine in Cassiar, B.C., recently asked the provincial government for an_ additional By Anna Marie D’Angelo News Reporter $13-million loan. Without the loan the company said it would suspend operations. The provincial government ref- used, saying the mine already ow- ed the government $25 million in loan payments. Princeton Mining Corp. spokesman Tony Kana did not return News phone calls for a se- cond week. “We find out most of our in- formation from the media,”’ said Westrand. He added that all employees here have paycheques. In the town of Cassiar, 400 Princeton Mining Corp. workers were told Wednesday not to report for work after the com- pany’s abrupt decision to shut down. North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA David Schreck said Thurs- day he did not know what would happen to the North Vancouver wharf, but he said a receiver, Ar- thur Andersen and Co., had been appointed to oversee the management of the operation’s assets. Cassiar received the helicopter, which will make approximately 90 trips to and from the sand stockpile and the drop-off points. The project wili take about five hours. The work, which will be done by Frontier Helicopters Ltd., will take place either Friday, Feb. 7 or Monday, Our consignees are being forced by the Creditors to liquidate all assets by a specific date. We are thus offering UNBELIEVABLE BARGAINS to clear the entire inventory. Feb. 10. At present, the course's ground is too soft to allow sand to be dispersed by truck. Powder IMtn. discontinues huge lawsuit over resort POWDER MOUNTAIN Resorts Ltd. (PMR) has discon- tinued its huge lawsuit against big players in the former Socred government. PMR lawyer Bryan Shapiro said Wednesday his clients are currently negotiating with the NDP government over the pro- posed ski resort south of Whistler, and PMR, he said, didn’t want the lawsuit ‘‘hanging over the new government’s head.”’ “We are interested in the pro- ject proceeding. But in no sense is anyone absolved of responsibility of what has happened to our clients,’* said Shapiro. PMR president Nan Hartwick of West Vancouver and PMR in- vestors launched a lawsuit last Oc- tober against then-premier Rita Johnston, then-attorney general Russ Fraser, former Crown Lands Minister Dave Parker and former West Vancouver MLA John Reynolds. Former premier Bill Vander Zalm, Vander Zalm’s one-time principal secretary David Poole and former deputy premier Grace McCarthy were also named in the lawsuit. Hartwick and her daughter By Anna Marie D'Angelo News Reporter Dianne Hartwick, PMR vice- president, spent more than $2 mil- lion over eight years in four pro- posal calls to develop a $2-billion, year-round ski resort. PMR in- vestors believed they had a legal right to develop the area since 1985. In the lawsuit, PMR alleged civil conspiracy, abuse of public office and unlawful interference in the project after the Socred gov- ernment decided to restart the Powder Mountain approval pro- cess in mid-1990. Shapiro said negotiations are row at a sensitive stage with the NDP government. And although the lawsuit was primarily against members of the former Socred government, the provincial government, in general, he said, was responsible for what happened. 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