NEWS BRIEFS Attempted murder charge laid A NORTHEE Vancouver man was ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court on charges of attempted murder, assault causing bodily harm and setting fire to a building after a Nov. 7 prelimi- nary hearing in North Vancouver provincial court. James Reginald Watson, 27, is to face the charges in connection with events alleged to have occurred April 2, Watson is charged with the attempted murder of Liam Michact Schaeffer and caus- ing bodity harm to Schaeffer after allegedly assaulting him with a chair and a club with bolts and nuts attached to its end. Watson will also face a charge of setting fire to a building at §43 East 3rd St. Watson is scheduled to appear Dec. 12 ia B.C. Supreme Court to fix a date for trial on the charges. Man injured in furnace fire A MAN suffered minor burns to his hands following a Nov, 20 oil furnace fire. According to 3a North Vancouver City Fire Department spokesman, the man was working on a furnace when leaking fuel oil ignited. The fire department arrived on scene, at 532 East 8th St., just before 8 p.m. The fire was contained to an area near the furnace. First aid was administered to the burn victim. The house sus- tained some smoke damage. With winter fast approaching, the fire department spokesman recommends that oil furnaces be checked by qualified service per- sonnel. Trial ordered for B&E case A 22-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man was ordered to stand trial on two theft-related charges after appearing in North Van- couver provincial court on Nov. 9. Colin Warren Taylor will be facing 2 charge of break, entry and theft in coanection with an incident occurring between July 22 and July 25. Taylor is also alleged to have been in possession of a stolen photofax machine on July 24. Taylor will next appear in B.C. Supreme Court on Dec. 12 to fix a trial date. Man charged with trafficking A 21-YEAR-old Vancouver man has been charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of (trafficking following a drug seizure by the West Vancouver Police drug squad early Nov. 14. Acting on information received by the police department, police stopped a vehicle on Marine Drive at about 2 a.m. The vehicle was searched and police confiscated approximately 100 grams of hashish and ‘‘green leafy substance’’ individually wrapped in small quantities. The drugs had an estimated street value of $1,400, Charged in connection with the seizure is Henry Kwon of Van- RCMP seek robbery suspect NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are searching for witnesses fol- lowing a robbery Saturday of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce located at 17th Street and Lonsdale Avenue. A tone man entered the bank at approximately 3:55) p.m., threatened a teller and obtained a quantity of cash. According to a police spokesman, he then ran from the bank and was observed entering « “‘aewer,’’ full-size Ford pickup truck that had been parked in an alley on the north side of the 100- block West {7th Street. The robbery suspect is described zs being approximately 30 to 35 years of age, six-feet tall, 170 pounds, with dark, medium length hair. The man was wearing a hip-tength dark blue ski jacket. ; Any information about the robbery may be forwarded to the North Vancouver RCMP Serious Crime Unit at 985-1311, local 431. Prom pase & tor a landscaped butter extending the full length of the building. Varying between 20 and 30 feet wide. the buffer will incerporate a continuous shrub planting appros- imately three feet high and a number of full size trees. In addition, the service stauien’s height will be reduced by two feet to 22 feet, and the canopy over the gas pumps will be split into twin peaks, with a 30-deuree roof pitch that will lower its height from 29 to 25 feet. But local resident Doug Johnston charged in a letter to council that ‘tthe developer has Not responded to the communi- ty." Suid Johnston, ‘We, the resi- dents, will have to live with this complex day in and day out, look- ing at a gas station we feel is not suitable. ** Johnston also pointed out that the trees proposed for screening the gas bays were Cleveland maples. The maple, he said, was a deciduous tree ‘twhich in’ the winter will be sticks."* Mayor Marilyn Baker said. “Certainly the 10-foot setback, the split roofs and the peak height is an improvement,’’ but she agreed that ‘‘we should be looking at conifers." Baker also expressed concern over the location of the bus stop relative to the entrance of the cen- tre. Ald. Ernie Crist said, ‘It would appear that the developer has made a number of concessions and in my view they are sufficient to proceed with the project." But Aldermen Craig Clark and Joan Gadsby disagreed. Said Gadsby, ‘tf still have con- cerns that we haven't achieved the village concept even after more than a vear of negotiation.’’ In addition Gadsby said the lack of traffic signals for cast- bound cars turning north into the centre across Mount Seymour Parkway would create a danger- ous situation. Clark described the concern over the design of the gas station s “the tip of the iceberg’? when it came to the design of the shopp- ing centre as a whole and cited the example of delivery trucks having to reverse and turn across the parking lot in order to service the centre's Safeway store. Friday, November 23, 1990 ~ Nortn Shore News - 5 Parkgate design raises concerns {nog further debate, coun) alsa aereed to accept an ootfer from Brian MacDonald of the Bon Street Group of $25,000 towards “anew daveure facility. for the area’ instead of incerporatine 3 clock tower into the shopping cen- tre’s design as had been requested hy council. Clark deseribed the proposal as a vesture designed to buy council's vote on the development: permit, but Baker and Plunkett denied the charge siporousty. Suid) Plunkett, ‘tHe (Mac- Donald? did sot want to bring this torsard if there was eoing to be any indication or feeling on the part of council that it was oa means of busing the shopping centre in any way. shape or form.” Commented Ald. Rick Buchols, “DT didn’t Jike the clock tower to start with so if f can get $25,000 not to have it, I'm happy.” RICK BUCHOLS, ALDERMAN DISTRICT OF NORTH VANCOUVER . COMPLETE TREE SERVICE “’ CONSULTATIONS — SURGERY “Do it right or not at all’’ SAFE & PROFESSIONAL TREE CARE *tree removal, topping, thinning, pruning and hedges *stump grinding (even in hard to get places) *fully equipped mobile units echippers *trucks *boomstrucks esk about our new Arbor-green comiplete 2 yr tree fertilizer