The Horth Shore News is published by Koith
Shore Frea Press Ltd., Publisher Peter Speck,
, from 1139 Lonsdale Avenue
8.C., VIM 2Ks

_ PETER SPECK
Publisher

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Wright

THE “baby” of the merry-
makers in the dining room
of the Kerrisdale Legion last

: Tuesday was their leader,

| De it Ivy St. Cyr, a mere youthful
985-2131 (im) ; ' : The other 125 or so ladies ranged in
age from the early 70s to the over-80s,
though in many cases you'd never have
} ; guessed it from their locks and agility.
, . : A unique group of women, never to be
repeated, they’d gathered to celebrate a
BENING PREPARES FOR THE i997 TAKEOVER half-century ye life in Canada. . 4 a
bearers of the 48,000 overseas brides Ose of them Bushy whon,
Canada's soldiers, sailors and airmen brought back home with the
"1945-46. Accompanied, incidentally, by 22,000 children :
that even amid the horrors of war life goes on. |...“ :

The North Shore News can take a modest bow for a'little pas
help in kicking the whole thing off eight years ago. Back in Decem
1988 we saluted North Van's Winifred Rose and Maureen’ Harvey f
launching the then North Shore War Brides Club, :

Timothy 5

Managing Editor. °

985-2131 (116)
quotes of the week

Artist Alistair Bell, 82, on his
work and future plans. (From a
July 10 North Shore News story.)

O00 :

- “Develop! Develop! Develop!
Doesn't council ever give it a
rest?” :

’ Seymmour-area resident David
. Sadler, speaking out against a pro-
' posal for a nine-storey apartment

“] like to use it as a format so
that I can educate people to what
_building opposite Parkgate Centre _it really is: take responsibility for
“on Mount Seymour Parkway. "your own life; love is where it’s
.. (From a July 10 North Shore News at.”

" story.) ° Astrologist and News columnist
re .. O00 Robert Aiken,’on newspaper astrol-
“Really, is that why there’s ogy columns and his column in
.two inches of water inmy — particular. (From'a July 10 North -

house?” : Shore News Life profile. )
«North Vancouver resident _ ' OQ

Wendy Wong, whose home was © personally. have troubles”

flooded by water from fire trucks, .. getiing to the bank.”

to a fireman who told her there was’. /Coach House general manager.
"a fire on 19th Street near her home. Jack Zydel, on the impact on the
(From a July 2 North Shore News North: Vancouver hotel from the
© story.) Second Narrows Bridge repaiis and
: gon’ + the resultant taffic jams all over

“vil Just carry on until I pop ‘the 'North Shore. (From a July a

‘off.”” ; North Shore News Story.)

" the entire metro Vancouver area. Similar associations exis!
other parts of Canada — including . Abbotsford which sent
of 34'to Tuesday’ § Celebration.” 4
’ The evening, predictably, was ‘British to the core. ‘Wartn,
structured, with lots of laughter and nobody in ah
whiles emcee Jack Blackburn contributed to the merriment, with an’
ongoing collection of hilarious shaggy-dog stories.
Turkey dinner, birthday- -cake and The Queen ‘dispo
scribe was called on to sing’for his supper by proposing
the dozen or so husbands and widowers present ~ — the Toast to th

There followed tributes: and presentations by vic Flor
Cooper to ete Mrs. St. Cyr and treasurer: Winifrs Rose.

“si 8:
Rose and Cathy Patterson ererforined 8 some wane professi nal danc
"routines: and finally music for dancing wound up the: evening
’ _’ Many ’such club and association events follow a similar. pat
here one sensed Something more: a Pun

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mailbox. ri

Start reading the News

Dear Editor: on
. _-In-a‘June 9 letter to the editcr
Steven Smith of..North’ Vancouver ~

n
" of them —- lived amid the daily perils and deprivations of.
mbs, blackout, ‘shortages of food-and everythin
served in the armed forces, the factories, the Land Army, onthe balloo
barrages, as nurses and firefighters and air raid wardens é
Wooed by Canadian service men, they'd. bade emotia:
families and birthplace, and followed their husbands to'a ne
and often tough country. Many of them now widows, they'd survived iG
with heads held high and contributed much to their adopted land:
Canada will never again see a bunch of brides quite like:these!

poll in which people were asked
whether Doug should be prosecuted
under the NDP’s Human Rights Act

‘complained that there should. be a
mail-in referendum ‘as’ to whether
Doug Collins should continug writ-

. -ing.for the News. ‘

i
It seems. ‘that this man can’t read.
Nor can the other person who made a
similar request.shortly before that.
On May 24 you ran the results of a

news wiew point

for the columns he writes. Only 7. 4% |

- said he should.

Not too fong before that a similar

_ Survey found that 75% of the people

on the North Shore read him.

Start reading the paper, Mr. Smith.
Wilfred Blair
Surrey

‘eataseeman ive pranmeennanven Beton marten

around someone else’s dog.

Laipar pame

T’S tirae to hone your. deep breath- .

‘ing skills: it could be a difficult labor
ahead for British Columbians.
Delivery of reforms te the Canada
Labor Code is first up.
Among the changes being considered
is a requirement that employers give

union organizers the addresses of |
‘employees who work out of their homes.

Union organizers would also be given

: permission to enter home workspaces to
‘try to recruit workers. .
Direct union -invasion of private’
worker domains.
" Closer to home, the Independent:
‘Contractors and Businesses Association

(ICBA) i is livid over a study by pro-labor
.think-tanks: the Canadian Centre for

Policy Alternatives and Simon Fraser
University’s Centre for Labor Studies. ,

_ The study argues that the Fair Wage
Act is not going far enough.

Its conclusion defies logic: paying
workers artificially inflated rates. to
work on government projects as dictat-
ed by the Fair Wage Policy reduces the

‘overall cost of said projects by increas- .
«ing productivity and efficiency.

The ICBA dismisses the study, calling.
. it a “smokescreen to divert attention
from what. we have been: saying all
along: the Fair Wage Policy is costing

Labored logic at best