"6 — Wednesday, September 3, 1997 — North Shore News Li. praises to North Vancouver District for taking a stand a ently to lobby for better bicycle access to more of the Upper Levels Highway traffic corridor. It is shameful that cyclists must continue to fight for something that should be considered at a fundamen- ‘tal level of urban traffic planning. -In-this specific case, the Westview ; upgrade. of the Upper Levels Highway is configured to accommodate cyclists. .. According to a North Vancouver City staff member, the highways ministry waiting to make the highway com- pletely bike accessible from Capilano Road to the Second Narrows bridge. north shore news VIEWPOINT This sunks. It’s fantastic that North Vancouver is progressing on the designation and construction of bicycle routes. The North Shore should be aggressively promoting and facilitating this com- muting option. Spot checks conduct- ed last year at intersections to pave the way for the local bicycle commuter network showed a 1% to 7% share of cyclists versus other wheeled traffic. While it is encouraging, the numbers could be much higher. North Vancouver City and District . staff are meeting later this month with highways staff to sce what can be done to allow bike access on the Upper Levels strip between Capilano Road and Lyna Valley . Road. Allowing, cyclists legal access to this strip would be an casy and useful step. Let it roll. :.. THE North Shore News Free Speech Defence Fund mo ed bey ad ms om fom on ived: will help "defy whe thé News in its battle with ights Tribunal over a complaint laid newspaper and its columnist Doug as by the Canadian ‘yewish Congress. The g into the matter, which began on May 12, ded on June 27 with final arguments at the ty Plaza Hotel, 1015 Burrard St. The deci- i from Nitya, Iyer, the tribunal of one hearing complaint, -is expected’ some time later this fore KCerpts from the hundreds of respondents . ‘to the cause: ee _ Ooo belief shat free speech i is too impor- . ‘Alshough the irony is comical, it is sad our supposedly well-educated and enli ight- ned society, so many of the people complaining of bigotry did sot even read Doug’s columns. I salute jou and the North Shore News for carrying the torch or all of sis in defence of our right to free _ Beven Kocay, North Vancouver aod onations to the fund can be sent to: 1139 Lonsdale “Ave.;"North Vancouver, :V7M 2H4. Cheques should be -mad out to the North Shore News Free Speech Defence — trenshaw@direct.ca . Win Diana’s blood on media’s THREE days later what on earth is there left to say about the tragic death of Princess Diana? Maybe just two things. First, a sad admission from a sincere monar- chist (which I shall “temain), The 20-year-old fairytale princess who married Prince Charles in 1981 proved to be much more than the star at the wedding of the _century. Her rapidly maturing character and personality, her out- standing talent with peo- le and her compassion for the suffering offered the royals a unique chance to join today’s real world and become a more meaningful 21st cen- tury monarchy. alas, they missed that golden oppor- . For ‘although ousted from ors’ inner circle after her divorce from Charles, Diana continued to have by far the highest profile of any of the royals and to be the most admired by the great mass of people in Britain and around the world for the many good causes she s used. She said she wanted to become ¢ queen of people’s hearts.”. The instant outpouring of grief from all cor- ners of the globe suggests she had more than succeeded. Diana did not fail the rovals. To their loss they failed her. Second, the details of the tragedy — an atternpt by Diana’s drunk driver to outrun the asotorbike paparazzi chasing her — send an urgent message to the - world’s media. If they lay any claim.to - responsible journalism, they must end their incestuous relationship with these... freelance telephoto bandits, whom they . now routinely reward with preposterous - sums for tormenting * innocent celebrities. Genuine news pic- tures, however dramatic. or emotion-laden, are always legitimate media material. Not so, ruth- less and often secret: invasions of personal _ privacy because the subject is famous. World reaction © ’s hor-.7 to Saturday ni ror suggests it will be in the media ‘sown self-interest to swiftly collaborate in’. : putting such paparazzi out of. business. As it is, publishers and editors wha’ sign the paparazzi’s obscene cheques can- Not escape Blood on their own hands this - week. Nor can drunk drivers everywhere, _ as the world mourns Diana. eee. WHERE, OH WHERB:is the reincar-» - nated W.A. C.Bennett whom B.C. so badly. needs? He was certainly nowhere in sight at fast Saturday’s Reform BC convention in .. - Surrey, described by The Province’s Michael Smyth as looking “like a bad theme party at an old fol two bailots it elected as leader Wilf. Hanni, an unknown Interior oilindnstry consultant who's never held political ;: office, over Richmond anaiytical chemist Adrian Wade and Burnaby lawyer John Motiuk ‘ 16 titillate sleazy’: " .:sensation-hunters solely -.; : with only | two MLAs.: party: -buiidi ng right away. lose. weight ‘as rl home.” After LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters must include your name, full address & teephone number. ; VIA Internet: transhaw @ direct.ca COMPUTER BBS < $80-8027 User ID:mailbox Monde Shore itpves, founded in 1963 as an independent suburban nevispaper and qualified Under Schedule 111, Paragraph 111 of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press ‘Ud, and distibuted to every door on the North i | Shore. Canada Post Canadian Pubiications Mat 2 inda Stewart < PETER SPECK lone: Hurran Resources Manager Sales & Matting Directs. 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