From: paac fully finctianal through the driver’ route, but yertor altercation on the bus berwees’ Uar and the driver led to Hant’s being retused access. Judas said Bushink drivers are per mitted under union rules to deny pas sengers entry ona bus based on the operator's discretion Ces. a drunk, dar- serous or unruly person) Now Hunt, who was paralyzed trom the collarbone down after a car accident Ubree vears ago, has retained a lawyer and is ting a chim with the B.C. Human Rights Commission. Hunt claims a previous encounter with the same driver on Aug. 4 led to verbal accusations that, coupled with the Aug. 18 incident where, accompa: nied by a News photographer, he was denied access to the bus, detail diserim- inarory behaviour on the part of the dri- ver. During the Aug. 4 incident, Fount was making oii OF Ais daily trips on the bus to de some errands. Stolen car recovered A Burnaby man arrest- ed by RCMP officers in North Vancouver last Friday has been charged with posses- sion of heroin, cocaine, and stolen property over $5,000. The man was caught at 14:51 a.m. while returning to a vehicle he had allegedly stolen — a 1994 yellow Chrysler New Yorker parked in the 100-block of West l4th Street. The car was reported stolen Aug. 18 in Vancouver. City bylaw officers had noticed the car earlier in the day. A computer check of the vehicle's licence plate revealed that the car was stolen. The RCMP were alerted and awaited the driver's return, The accused, Timothy Eari O’ Malley, 33, was on probation at the time of his arrest and had an outstand- ing warrant in Burnaby for failing to appear. As Fiunt pre the fvdrauhe ramp penton ailepedhy sand Go Phont there's asether top from ined.” Avcording te Hunt, once aiside the bas, adispute wrth che driver and Hunt over how ro propery backic the frame ofthis S14 000 wheefuhar fed the dnsver Tosa “Shut up veulre not gem any where.” Hint sud he was concerned tor fas safety and: didi’: want othe driver to strap the more tansy handrests which muvhe break senda the wheelchar rolling through the bus. “He jeopardized my safety by not locking me in properly” Hunt sad. The driver did receive suppert trom a passenger ina seoorer seated: acrass trom Hint. According to both fuddas and Hunt, the passenger told Hant to °Give the driver a break,” and stop berating him. The conversation degenerated fur- ther between Hunt and the driver to the point where Hunt became concerned about his safety on the bus. teoeyviooan aims acces said che driver ce Pohope vou mak TOW von off! tiune “Cie a phat : che. You people chink wou can clan cee timer” Pant sad he tel arthe meres oF che able bodied diver and is contemplating sung Busb ink. “Pom pursue teal acnen.” Hunt sand “TC. toe bad there fas ta be an indi vidual ’e this when Pye had excellent service over past years from other iri vers” Hiurat said Anoieternal investiqation conducted by Judas and other Buslink statf has been concluded and ono disciplinary action is being taken, The driver has bees instructed to pick up Huntin the future. “Em ooet looking for any special treatment. | want to be treated fair like ether people,” Hunt said. Hunt organizes a group called the Quad Squad which records information about paraplegics and quadriplegics who have experienced discrimination. CONT: anvane Friday, August 27. 1999 — North Shore News — 3 d j = ms ve NEWS phate Paul McGrath WHEELCHAIR passenger Danny Hunt looked on in confusion when told that the handicap ramp was out of order, when it was fully functional as verified by BusLink. He has been remanded in custody until his court appearance. — Katharine Hamer NV Districi pushes Seym Martin Miiierchip ur Seal Barrett’s concept of a SeaBus network con- US NEWS photo Paul McGrath TUAOTHY Ear! O’Maliey, in handcuffs, is escorted to a police car atter RCMP officers were tipped off about a stoien vehicle he was allegedly driving. O’Maliey, whe was on probation at tive time of ihe arrest, is now in jail. News Reporter martin@nsnews.com SEYMOUR commuters to downtown Vancouver should have the option of their own SeaBus service out of Maplewood. So says North Vancouver District council, and it’s hoping the other two North Shore munici- palities will support the proposal. Council unanimously (Couns. Trevor Carolan and Janice Harris were absent) endorsed a motion by Coun Ernie Crist on Monday requesting the board of TransLink facilitate such a service. Crist’s proposal also calls for the establisii- ment of a bus shuttle service linking the Maplewood SeaBus terminal with the rest of Seymour. ““This idea is certainly not new,” said Crist. “(Former B.C. premier) Dave Barrett promised us three SeaBuses. We never got the second and third one.” necting both Wesr Vancouver and Seymour with Vancouver was reinvestigated by BC Transit in 1995. Sandwell Inc. examined the costs, benefits and associated engineering challenges of imple- menting additional ferry services at three sites: B Ambleside; @ Capilano; and @ Greater Vancouver Regional District land ar the mouth of the Seymour River. The study pointed cut the available space at the Seymour site for a bus station and park and ride facilities and concluded that it might “offer some reductions on overall travel time.” Allan Orr, chairman of the district’s Transportation Planning and — Advisory Committee (TPAC), told council two weeks ago that “the need to provide better transit ser- vices in Seymour has increased significantly since that study was done and the access prob- lems to Second Narrows Bridge are no closer to See Maplewood pane 5 PARK / AUDI Leta tans baer ‘EXISTING BOOMING = =| ——— WOR AREA FILL 1H RESERVE NG, 2 POTENTIAL WI _ LOG BUMP SITE _ ON. PASSENGER AREA \ FEPRY TERMINAL AREA =O.2he POSSIBLE Maplewood SeaBus terminai. revenues up $10m From page revenue, Lions Gate Entertainment reported $118.3 million in gross rev- enues, a S54.2 million leap over fiscal 1998. [ts profit was $25.4 million, $10.5 million more than the previous ver. While the studios made up 5% of company revenues, they accounted for 15% of its prof yi zie LIONS Gate Studios’ manager Peter Leitch. On Wednesday the compa- ny released the results for the first quarter of the new fiscal year, ending June 30, 1999. Revenue increased $10 million to $28.2 million, but the company registered a $3.4 million loss. ft had a $25,000 profit during the same period a year before. Much of the revenue increase is related to the com- pany’s motion picture divi- sion. Lions Gate chairman and chief executive officer Frank Giustra said the company is on track for total revenues this fis- cal year in the $240-million range. Among the new produc- tions being filmed at Lions Gate are TV series Cliffhangers and Hope Lland, beth are being produced by Lions Gate subsidiaries. A movie of the week called Shutterspeed is also being shot. The — first’ production planned for the new sound- stage is Sole Survivor, another Lions Gate property.