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FRIDAY
January 5, 1996

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@ Turn trouble spots
into creative design: 13

@ Weekly Real Estate
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NEWS photo Paul McGrath

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL members Andy Somody (left), Violetta Kokolus and Sophie Depauw, hold candles of hope
for people throughout the world imprisoned for their beliefs. The three Amnesty International (Al) members attend West
Vancouver secondary, where students formed a club active in Al letter-writing campaigns. See story page 11.

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aN. Shore Alert
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$7.7™m-GVRD reservoir project

. NORTH SHORE residents could be drinking water from
Gi Test Drive... So a the Coquitiam reservoir in 1997.

@ Tide chart. By tan Noble
News Reporter

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hat water source is larger and more dependable than the Ci
and Seymour sources, which both experienced increased turbidity
(murkiness) in the fail of $995.
The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) announced
Wednesday a $7.7-miflion plan to constrict a major pumping station at
the Westburnco Reservoir in New Westminster.
The station will pump farge volumes of water from the Coquithim
reservoir to supply the North Shore, Vancouver, Richmond and parts of
. : Burnaby when problems occur with the Capilano and Seymour systeds.
Travel writer David Currendy, the North Shore can only receive water from the less sta-
Wishart tours the ble Capilano and Seymour wi heds. GVRD figures show the
A ' Capilano watershed exceeds Canadian turbidity standards 54 days a
Caribbean on the world’s year, the Seymour J8 days per year and the Coquithim reservoir four
largest cruise ship.

ys .
According to the GYRD, the nature of the terrain, rock and soit inthe NEWS graphic Linda Dougins
THE GVRD's pumping station project would allow Coquitiam

See Coquitlam paye 5 reservoir water to flow west imo the North Shore system.