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nell Studios that the proposed film studio, facility planned:

rants assurances from :Can-

forthe Park and Tilford. ‘property will fo ahead.

Atia special council meeting

Monday, city council approved an?

in-camera move--for staff-to‘seck
"required ussurances”’
film studio will proceed.

Buti what. form. thos:

far uncertain.

ooo“ is simply a ma
LCannell what a’suraaces: they

‘offer,’ said city development’..: 4
« Hieensing director’: Fred) Snrvth.
“We're not going to’. demand
“anything...(but) we're looking: for
” something substantial from them.”

As:part of the, proposed ‘shopp- :
ing centre-film studio development“

planned. for the: 30-acre foriner
» distillery’. property, the ~ Cannell
studio must be included in the pro-
ject. Without. the’ studio, : council
has said, the centre
‘ceed.

quential : issuance

THE GRASS| vis “aly ays greener < ‘on 1 the, other side of ‘the fence.

“that! the’

dev elop-- :
Ment assurances might: take, is ay

Jof-ast ing °

cannot pro-

An ‘Aug..10 move ¢ calling for Ser:
-of building’ per--

By SPE PHEN BARRINGTON
“News Reporter.

mils to ‘ensure: that the. shopping |

centre doesnot leap ahead. of the
studio remains unchanged.

“At another. ‘special: council
Ieeling Monday, the city formally

opened the way for-tax: breaks’ for
“the film snidiog when Mavor Jack
*daucks

ks) and 0 Municipal oA ffairs
Minister Rita Johnston signed a
provincial-oiunicipal
agreement... © Lok

Under! the agreement. the city
van, vive. the, Los~ Angeles-based
firm: large; tax” breaks. on all nev
buildings ‘constructed for the 14-
acre tilm studio fucilirv:

Following - tne ‘official signing,
C ‘annell Studios is: now in line for
tax breaks reducing the’ annual tax
bill by ‘almost .S15 *0,000 over, the

three years,

partnership

‘Monday

MUNICIPAL AF FAIRS Minister Rita Jolinston (efQ and North:

32M ednesday,

NEWS phote Tom Burley
"aie

couver’ City; Mayor Jack Loucks put theic signatures on the’ dotted. line

sector development and job creation, |

MAMMALS | CAPTURED |

The old adage holds true

v0 inhabitants of the North Shore Equestrian

‘North Shore News

signing -the. city up in a joint agreement 0 encourage private

ptember 2,

very
{Mainland - in the

“WaT =

: Questioned onthe p ibility of:
conflict with: the new B.C. - File

‘Cenue in Burnaby, into which the
‘provincial vovernment .fias poured

millions “of ‘dollars, Johnston, said
isting film. work should be “able

o support an-added studio.

“H's. any industry, that has. been
) prominent «in; the Lower.
ast. couple of}

cars." Johnston said invan imer-

Mew after the signing. fy
“We should be ‘able. to accom- / a
“omodate all parti

5. * Johnston told;
the News. 0 5

City: staff: vin: the: ‘past
recommended against: joining thd
province in’ the pariership agren-
ment, ysaying ‘the. city would: ng
benefit from such @ move:

‘AcsfTinal’ draft: developm
agreemeni “between shopping ‘ten-

“tre developer: .BCE » Developinent

Corp..and the city could be finish.
ed by NeXt week, said Smith. !

F ‘public hearing on the project's 8
rezoning © application fis 3

. Sept. 2

A RABID bat warning printed. in ‘the «he “5 issuc ‘of the

infected bats... :

has led to the successful capture oft two

Acting. senior: ‘public’ health of. oa

ficér®: for the. North: Shore: Rick

Kwan ‘said Wednesday. his depart='
oment has dealt with two: cases of
“rabid : bats on

the: North
since ‘the ‘article. was’ published,
“and because of the:article, people

have “Known what® to - do... They

handled the situation very carefu

The Aug: 5 News article follow-
ed di

ng.in the. middle‘of: the road: near

- her-home:in: the 600-block, of: West

16th Street
‘Kwan said ‘the health department

“received another. rabid: bat ‘call the

same. evening: the® ‘article*. was

‘printed’ from™.a® resi n. the

District-of North Vancouver.

A subsequent. rabid bat sighting “

in West, Vancouver-was reported. to

che department, Aug : 10.

Shore)

“Kwan echoed advice | given in ‘the
Aug. 5, story: saying that | anyone.
noticing ‘a bat, Acting.s rangely dur-:
ing the: day ‘should nol attempt to

pproach™ the! animal or pick it up,
“but should; instead ‘call ‘tne® North
Shore Health Department |: En-
vironmental : Health |: “Division at

+ 988-5231 .¢:
: ery, by.a’North Vancouver: :
- woman of a half-dead ‘rabid bat ly-

He added that pet ow ners 5 should.
have’ their animals: vaccinated’ im-:
mediately‘: as’ as preventative

haman beings if the disease is” ot
treated soon after infection.

has ~