Jn meee oy 7 { for Ae Looking ‘| NORTH SHORE AUTC DEALER PAGE 18 . 1989 News 985-2131 See Patra kane SS ale Re DE a car? Classified 986-6222 Distribution 986-1337 72 pages 25¢ SIXTEEN MEMBERS of the Vancouver City Police SWAT team swarmed through a house slated for demo- lidon at 265 East 27th Street Wednesday. The heavily armed police officers were on hand to practise entering § barricaded premises. Left, Const. Larry Butler of the @ Emergency Response Team displays a 9mm MPS gun — some of the deadly hardware the feam works with. Above, a SWAT squad springs into action. 400 GALLONS ACCIDENTALLY ENTER BURRARD INLET NV canola oil spill A SPILL Sunday night of approximately 400 gallons of canola oi! along the North Shore waterfront has resulted in the deaths of at least 10 seabirds. Rick Mckelvey, of Environment Canada’s Canadian Wildlife Ser- vice, said Thursday an additional 20 oiled birds, including horned grebes, poldeneye and scaups, are being cleaned. Mare birds, he said, were prob- ably caught in the spill but their bodies had likely been scavenged immediately by other harbor creatures. While the number of birds af- fected was relatively small, MeKelvey said ‘It could have been alos warse.”" ‘SHAW By TIMOTHY RE News Reporter He added that the ingdent was the third vegetable oil spill in the harbor in the past 10 years. Though canola oil is biodegradable and non-toxic. Mekelves said it breaks down a bird's. feather structure the same as any petroteum-based oil and results oan othe foss of a) bird's buoyanes and reduces aps ab ity bo retain heat. The spill occurred at Neptune Bulk Terminals Ltd. Sunday night al approximately [1 p.m. A faulty loading valve at the terminal's Berth One began spewing oil into the harbor from Neptune’s oil tank reservoir while a vesser was being loaded at the adjacent Berth Two, Brent) Sands, Neptune vice- president of operations, said the company was extremely concerned about the spill. “Its un unfortunate thing,” Sands said. adding that Neptune would be examining and repairing the faulty valve. Neptune stores approximately 24.000 tons of canola oil in 14 res- ereoirs at its North Vancouver waterfront operation. Sands said most of the spill was cleaned up by Monday, but addi- tional patches were discovered Tuesday and hav2 since been con- tained. Because darkness presented an accurate estimation of the spill’s size when it) first occurred, En- vironment Cunada spokesman Paul Ross said it was initially thought the spill could be dispers- ed. But the aeed te recover the oil became obvious the next morning. The spill is the second alone the North Shore waterfront this vear. Approximately 250 vallons of Bunker ‘C’ of] wis discharged Jan. 30 into Burrard Inlet at Versatile threatens seabirds Pacific Shipyards Inc. after a freighter’s fuel tank was punctured during docking procedures in high winds. Ross said no dead seabirds were found following the Versatile spill. He advised anyone finding oil- covered birds ta call local SPCA offices or the Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. at $26-7275. People, he said, should not at- tempt to clean oil-covered birds themselves. {f a bird is found after regutar business hours, Ross said it should be put in a box, in a dry, quiet focation until wildlife officials can be called.