access to all park areas ‘From page 1 for all parks regarding com- mercial invasions,” Steig said . «, She said commercialization in’ parks” appears’ to be an entrenched Williams* recommendations. “It goes: back to the ques- tion .of what ate Parks, for,” said Steig. Steig said’ conservation ” BTOUPS approve of government . paying for - public facilities such as sewer and water in the j park: It will allow the govern- ° | ment to control the public's J: access to water and sewer. . The accepted recommenda- 5 tions include: :@ no. commercial expansion beyond CBRL's 600- -hectare ; park-permit area; approval to upgrade CBRL’s ': neluding building | - facilities, more. lifts, increasing’ parking “Tots,” providing. “four’. season’. 9957 ‘services’ and. ‘building ..a : Testaurant on the top of Mount ‘Hollybum Mountain - “eld growth to ee ‘protected in the ‘Lower’, Mainland.. “Black mountains; : ‘free. public access ‘through’ ‘ski ‘area .to.;all “parts. of. park through’a new formal arrange- " j- “ment between B.C Parks and 2 CBRL; ae: : Bn new vashvooms for the park’ and CBRL area.’ ene ‘ The provincial government ©. plans to spend $1.3 million on. ; the park. The government also id it: would pay $2 million r sewer and water infrastruc- | tures’ which; would be recov- = ered by. user fees. + °The provincial governinent “will pay for “enhanced park : ‘facilities maintenance.” North Vancouver Lonsdale “NDP: MEA. David ° Schreck - called ‘the accepted - recom- ; “mendations a ‘win-win situa- - ton.” - was hopéless,” said Schreck. : (oa MIF the protagonists now set their goodwill into making this work, we should hear the end of i it,” said Schreck. “West Vancouver-Garibaldi: ‘MLA .: David | Mitchell said he. is. satisfied . a Independent : with. the. recommendations. They ere in line with a submis- sion he. made to. the commis- “sion: ‘that ‘there ‘will be no’ further expansion into the old growth “sand that - old: growth will be | preserved for, all “time,” ‘Mitchell. - Meanwhile Booth suid ‘the . lawsuits’ were ‘still. in” place ‘between. CBRL _and --B.C. ‘Parks. Booth said: CBRL was “anxious to resolve. the issues. ould: appear that , the. - Williams’ report: did what Park: should have done,” concept.” in- Nature «| ; Legacy.. No. ski’ expansion to. : take ! place’ on. Hollybum or. “At one ‘point, 1 thought ‘this “What we have ‘achieved i is»: said © said ; Bosni 6,000 donated to war-torn land. A NORTH Vancouver woman ‘is behind the babies in Bosnia. By Anna Marie D ‘Angelo News Reporter Jane Kwon, co-owner. of Diapers Naturally Cotton Diaper Service, region of the former Yugoslavia. ~ donated 6,000 diapers at the end of August to needy babies in the worn- tom “IT think babies: have nothing to do with war. If | can help these poor babies, 1! will. mother of two children, It's really a little thing to do for them.” said Kwon, who is the Kwon said‘a representative of Toronto-based Canadian Feed the Children inc. approached her about a desperate shortage of 60,000 cloth diapers for Bosnian babies. “A worker in Bosnia said there was a big shortage of washable diapers.” said Kwon. Kwon was aware ‘of the ‘hardships in the civil war through media reports, “When you think about a war you think about tanks and that the (civil- ian) people need food, you don't think about diapers. Little ones get for- gotten,” she said. i Kwon said that new diapers at her business last about 18 months before they become a little tattered and worn and unusable for a North American - market. The old diapers ire usually sold for rags to cleaning companies.’ but Kwon decided to donate the latest batch for Bosnian children, ‘Kwon is parmers with her brother, Jay Kwon, in the home diaper deliv: ery business, which has been Operating in North Vancouver for six years: Canadian Feed ‘the Children Inc. is affi liated with Feed ‘the Children , Imemational. / ‘Meeting sought for contentious road link. RESIDENT FEARS that two ‘dead-end halves of a road will’ become a. major traffic artery have called into’ quéstion how: ‘the - Tsleil-Waututh © Burrard | Indian. Band). will’ have access. to ‘planned development on reserve dand i in eastern : Seymour... — ; : NORTH VANCOUVER ~~ DISTRICT COUNCIL. | By Martin Millerchip "Only oné week after meeting with the Burrard Band | to discuss.. its: development plaas,; North. Vancouver. District Council deferred a decision Monday ona pro- “posed southward extension of Roche Point Drive: “If ever. there was a need for comprehensive, ‘coordi-. nated: land ‘use planning, . this “is it,” ‘said Coun.: Jim Cuthbert i in support of the deferral.«-% . Despite pleas from” Mayor® Murray” Dykeman and “Coun: Janice Harris, council voted 5-2 in favor of Coun. Pat Munroe’s motion asking the mayor and the Burrard * Band to.organize a public meeting for the residents to “which the North Vancouver District 44 School Board. would be invited. “ Dykeman and Harris contended that there was no reason to hold up access ‘to planned development on band land and that the debate on the future connection of Roche Point Drive could take place later. “TI raise before council the spectre of the situaticn Jat Tsawwassen where’ you can create unnecessary. unpleasant situations,” said Harris. Earlier this year the Tsawwassen Indian Band pro- ceeded with its own development of Tsatsu Shores after failing to come to terms with the municipality of Delta’ ._over the supply of Sewer and water services, ” The Burrard Band has just completed construction of os the 136-unit Raven Woods complex where Roche Point _ Drive presently ends south of the Seymour Parkway. ° The :band now wishes to begin work on the much * denser Windsong development and an adjacent “adult community” project. ; . These two sites, iotalling ‘approximately 4 hectares, : would house approximately 500 multi-family units: ; ‘The band has told council that no further residential - ‘development ‘is planned. on the land forthe next 25 years... The band has ‘also indicated a willingness to negoti- | ate a site for the future provision of a school. |; To the ‘east of. the Same area is: approximately ..12 t "NORTH VANCOLVER'S Jane Kwon’ ‘glaaly responded te. ‘an _ urgent diaper call for Bosnian babies with 6, 000 nappies from. ° ro _ her cotion diaper delivery service. hie » Graphic submitted NORTH VANCOUVER District Counell deferred a decision Monday on the controversial Roche’ Point Drive extension. ; hectares of district land slated for future development Area residents emphasized Monday that their prob- lems are not the development of band fand, but road "access and the lack of long-range’ planning in the area as awhole, itt is Chief (Leonard) George's job io do what i is best for his people. We understand and respect that. It is this council’s job to look after our concerns for our commu-., nity,” said Dave Sadler. '~ Sadler was one of several Roche Point residents who met with planning staff to discuss access to band land. i Sidler claims he was told an environmental. study was prime consideration in the decision not to pursue access to the reserve directly from Dollarton Highway. “No such report exists,” said Sadler. “What does exist is an engineering study which indi- i cates that connecting to Roche Point Drive will save the, ' band Digt bucks. ” ; so hoch PL page 4 . ‘Vancouver branch Communications’ acquisi- “tion of the, company’s + cable television systems i the North Shore and White Rock z as “an emotional day . for all our staff.” "By » Titiks Green uF ; Conmbuting: Writer. Rogers vice- -chairman ‘Phil Lind. .| hopes » » the ‘: deal, : announced Wednesday, will be. * . heard by the Canadian Radio- . television Telecommunications “ Commission (CRTC) as’ soon. as November. Approval ‘could. | :, take upjto.a year, However, the. } CRTC itold. the News that. Rogers | has yet to file an appli- cation. : In the meantime ‘the imnpli- : cations for Shaw’s North Shore employees are not clear. © ...»- “We don’t know at this time’ what the likely impact will be,” “said Medd from Calgary. “That ‘ will be up to the new emplo yo er, Rogers Cable.": *. When asked ‘whether the - acquisition. will create’ more” “jobs at: the | company’s , North ; Vancouver : ; * Pemberton Avenue, Medd said . / he didn’t know. mye Office... ‘on Shaw has!50 employees in : North Vancottver. ’ ‘Part of the “deal involves : Rogers selling its 34% stake in ‘youth specialty channel YTV, to Shaw. “Medd _ described ° the:, YTV - : minority acquisition as “a good » . for Shaws, but : affect: the “North: Strategic inov it:-was “unlikely staffing |: levels”