A YEAR and a half ago, Bob Adams stood outside the West
Van White Spot with a loaded rifle. Police recovered five
rifles, two bayonets and a handgun — all registered — from
his North Vancouver apartment. When his case was con-
cluded Jan. 30 a Wes? Van judge dismissed it because a schiz-
ophrenic Adams was deemed not criminally responsible. In
Vernon Mark Chahal shot his estranged wife and massacred
cight members of her family before killing himself. He was
allowed te own a gun, despite Rajwar Gakhal’s repeated
complaints of abuse to police. These two incidents are chill-
ing reminders that North America's gun problem does not
stop at the Canadian barder. Gun owners say more legisla- .
inquiring tion will only. penalize legitimate sportsmen and collectors.
reporter But anti-gun activists insist that restricting access to guns
will keep us from turning into our volatile American cousins.

NORTH SHORE DEMOGRAPHICS

Horseshoe Bay

Dundarave/Ambleside

British Properties

Norgate/Pemberton ficights
Capilano/Deltzook Highlands

Lower. Lonsdale

26 DON’T
YES NO KNOW
66% 19% 29% Eleanor Woodman
69% 12% . North Vancouver
B5% 0% 1 think it’s too casy. That
83% 10% woman (in Vernon) went to
os police and told them she was
771% 14%. frightened and worried. 1 fee!
89% 4%

like they should be called up.

Kathy St. John

North Vancouver -

I think it is and} think
there’s too much violence.
There should be more con-
trot over. the guns issue. The
world is basically becoming,

Robert Bukowsky 7:
North Vancouver..6 0°:
No. I am a gun owner and I
think current restrictions’ are
fine, I'm a very safe person and '
it makes me feel like a criminal ,
the way people treat gun'ot

ers, they generalize and assume.

Central and Upper Lonsdale 71% 17% on that. It’s really scary that too violent.
Lynn Valley 68% 12% he was able to geta gun after -

__ Blueridge/Deep Cove 73% 12% ° _ that. I think all the increased

ns violence in Canada is a result
esevensvenscescecnscasssees 74.8% 12.7% 12.5% of our gun control faws.

that anyone who owns'a-21
is a maniac. I’ can’ see.‘thei
point bait if they look at c

rent restrictions I’m sure ihey
agree that at they'n re Sufi ien

“While other ae goverhments are

“SENIORS: LOOKING. to:
“expand their housing opper- .

tunities in the tight North
‘Shore | Housing: Market
received help from Victoria
_ April 12.

’. Lionsview Seniors Plan-
“ping Society. received a

. $15,000 grant to develop a -
- working group that will find

‘Ways to preserve: existing
affordable ::: housing” and

“build - community, pariner-
ships to..expand affordable

“> housing options:
‘The. seniors planning
society will draw on service
‘clubs, churches, developers,
‘ planners and seniors to
build the working group.

The grant is part of the

Community . Housing
Initiatives component of the
province’s Homes‘ BC pro-
gram, — .

"Cutting édication in reaponse to reduced
», federal! funding, British Columbia is

instead cutting the size and coat of our

_ ~. government - - and using the savings to
Ube protect ‘education, health care, and other
. services.

- The British Columbia government is:.

e's Protecting services for students by

increasing funding to operate schools
and accommodate the 10,000 new
students expected to enrol this year.

Maintaining funding for special
education; English as a Second
Language, and Aboriginal programs.

Bringing greater stability to classrooms
by moderating the pace of curriculum

and policy changes in the Kindergarten.

to Grade 12 system.

Freezing | tuition fees for. college and |.
university students. -

Guaranteeing access to college and
university for every qualified student
by creating more than 7,000 post:
secondary spaces in the coming yea

Creating 11,000 jobs for’: young people, :
including students continuing their. post-
secondary education. _

for more details about the government's
plan te protect education, watch for your, .

Report to Parents, which is being sent home -.

with Kindergarten to Grade }2 students.,

For additional! copies, please contact: ;
Ministry of Education, Skills and Training
Communications Branch
3rd floor, 620 Superior St.
Victoria, BC, V8V 2M4

_ Ph: 604-356-2500 Fx: 604- 356-5945

BRITISH
COLUMBIA

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