Friday, January 28, 2000 - North Shore News - 5

City approves salvage funds Complaint probed

Anna-Louise Pentland
Contributing Writer

NORTH Vancouver City council

approved a $200,000 expenditure

Monday to match any federal and

provincial grants to salvage parts of the last sur-
viving Victory Ship to be built on the North
Shore.

The stern and engine of the HMCS Cape Breton, which
was built in 1944 at what was then Burrard shipyard, could
be used as a centrepiece in the proposed new muscum on the
former Versatile Shipyard site.

The city’s funding is contingent on the two senior levels of
government contributing to the project. An existing museum
building fund aiready has a balance of $110,000, so council
approved $90,000 in new money at the meeting. Total cost
of the project, mainly fabour costs, is approximately

$785,000.

Council made the decision outside of the regular budget
process to be able to demonstrate community support for the

federal Millennium Fund

Clark
lauded
as ‘white
Knight’ |

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De Genova said that
reclaiming the Chilco bus
loop as green space would
more than make up for losing
1.27 acres of park space to
vehicular traffic.

De Genova said the park
board had previously
informed the province that it
was opposed to widening the
causeway, but was “willing to
address safety concerns.”

The ‘S-curve’ at Lost
Lagoon, as the main site of
causeway accidents, is a prima-
ry concern of ICBC.

De - Genova said West
Vancouver Coun. John Clark
was “instrumental” in helping
to resolve the causeway issuc.

Clark, who has also been
promoting.a third, tunnel
srossing of Burrard Inlet, said
that for a while, causeway
negotiations kad been “so

_ tender, no one even wanted to
talk about it.”

“He’s a white knight,” De
Genova said of Clark, under-
lining the fact that a resolu-
tion “was not because of
(West Vancouver Councillor)
Allan Williams’ demands.”

West Vancouver District

deadline on Jan.

31, The

Millennium Bureau reports having ceceived

more than 5,900 applications, and this show

of local financial support could tip the scales

in favour of the project.

“H's a very difficult thing for us when we're

hoc in contral because the goal posts have
been moved by other levels of government,” Mayer Barbara
Sharp said.

Couneil has hired a consultant to examine the requests of
various groups asking for public money for development
along the city’s waterfront.

Coun. Darrell Mussacta, che single dissenting voice on
council, said he could not support the motion because it
wouldn't be fair to the other groups vying for municipal
money. The consultant is expected to make recommendations
by late February,

In the 1940s, 379 Victory Ships were built. Both the
Canadian War Museum and an American museum have

expressed interest in the ship’s rare triple expansion engine. If

the museuni project doesn’t proceed, the city should be able
to get some financial compensation for the engine.

The Artificial Reef Society is planning, to sink the HMCS -

Cape Breton neat summer.

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BYE bye bus locp: West Vancouver District Councillor John Clark (left) and
Vancouver Park Board commissioner Allan De Genova have helped broke: a deal
that includes widening the Staniey Pazvk causeway and increasing green space.

council had been considering
an injunction against the park
board, forcing it to widen the
causeway.

De Genova continues to
believe that Williams and for-
mer West Vancouver council-
lor Russ Fraser came to the
issue “not even at the Lith
hour, but at the 12th hour.”

“Nobody came out for
four years to say anything,”
he said, “and then they
demanded we widen the
causeway. The nerve!”

“1 wonder if he (Williams)
talks to his wife like cthat?,”
De Genova speculated.
“Does he say, ‘I demand you
cook for me tonight?’ or ‘I
demand you do my laun-
dry?”

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on Monday, work should
begin immediately.

As sidewalk widening on
the east side of the causeway
has already been completed,
extensions to the road will be
made on the west side.

“We've always been in
favour of wider traffic lanes,”

The $10 million cost of
the new improvements south
of Lost Lagoon wilt be cov-
ered in a four-way split
between BCTFA, ICBC,
Vancouver City and
TransLink.

Construction work includ-
ing the widening of causeway

lanes north of the lagoon will
cost around $5 million and
will be paid for by BCTFA.
There will be’ no cost to
the park board.
De Genova said assuming
the propositions are approved

leaism is a cult founded on
the adoration of the beautiful
arnong the sordid facts

of everyday existence

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said John Doyle of the
BCTEA, “so we're reatly
encouraged by this.

“In the jong run it will be
good for the park and good
tor people using the cause-
way.”

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until June 18. On Oct. 31 the 2.9-kilometre trail was closed
nightly from 4 pan. to 7 a.m. ft was closed uotil further notice
at the beginning of December. The trai won't reopen until
sometime this spring.

Greater Vancouver Regional District watershed manager
Ken juvik said he has no Enowledge of wintertime trail closures
on the Grind prior io the tragedy.

“ft underscored the need to provide public safery on the
hill” Juvik said.

Manning, who officially died of suffocation, was the subject
of a four-month saga that pitted the North Vancouver RCMP,
NSR and a private company hired by the victim's father in a war
of words. NS2 volunteers tried to find Manning in near-bliz-
zard coaditions after the avalanche, but the search was called off
because officials felt another avalanche was imminent.

Canadian Amphibious Search Team (CAST) was hired for ar.
undisclosed sum by Dr. Hubert Manning, Rory’s father. CAST
leader Tim McFarlane said he was threatened with arrest by
North Vancouver RCMP Insp. Keith Thorn if members of his
group caused more injuries or even death by stimulatirys anoth -
er avalanche. Unlike NSR, CAST was not accredited by the
Provincial Emergency Program. CAST eventually searched the
area atter signing liabiliry waivers with the GVRD and Grouse
Mountain.

Manning filed a statement of claim under the family compen-
sation act in B.C, Supreme Court July 27, the six-month anniver-
sary of the incident. He claims the RCMP, B.C. Ministry of
Attorney-General, Grouse Mountain, Greater Vancouver
Regional District and the North Shore's municipal governments
contributed to Rory’s death by negligence. The matter is nat yet
active because Manning is waiting the results of the coroner's
report and his complaint against the North Vancouver RCMP.

Chief Coroner Larry Campbell said his inquiry will be
released to the public by the end of February.

The RCMP’s Public Complaints Commission is investigat-
ing Manning's grievance against the North Vancouver RCMP.
Officers fram a London, Ont. detachment interviewed him
recently,

“L was asked to relate what happened and what we found se
offensive at the time,” Manning said from Brampton, Ont. “1
will expect some kind of culing on the complaint. That's up to
them to find it however they wish. Their duty is to find whether
ty complaint is founded or unfounded, f don’t know how they
could find it unfounded in view of the fact some of the things
said To us were so offensive.”

In previous interviews, beth Thoru and Insp. jamie Graham
said they sympathized with the Munaing family, but decided to
delay the search until avalanche risk subsided.

Firm criticized for response

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left tools loose an the trolley,” said Bruce. “It wasn’t a little bag
— it was like a duffel bag. If there had been anyone sitting in
the passenger seat of the car, they would have been kilied.”

Carter said he felt bridge contractors American Bridge-
Surespan were trying to “softpedal this incident. They're mak-
ing quite a stink about paying for the car. It’s as if it was my
wife’s fault for being there.”

Carter estimated that car repairs would run to “a couple of
thousand.” He said he was told by “the PR lady” chat they
might pay the deductible. “If they're spending $73 million on
the bridge,” he said, “they might as well write it off and nat ruin
their reputation.”
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