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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

north shore

May 30, 1984 Newsroom 985-2131

NORTH VANCOUVER
RCMP have not yet
released the name of as.
80-year-old man who died
after suffering a heats
attack while driving
Friday. -— 7 ey

The man is believed to
have suffered. the attack
while driving west on
Marine Drive near’
Bridgeman. His car went:
out of control, left the:
road and crashed iftto the
front of a convenience
store, causing heavy
damage to the store.

Ambulance crews
provided first aid at the
scene and rushed the man
to Lions Gate Hospital,
where he died Saturday
evening.

His name is being
with-held pending
notification of next of
kin.

NEWS photo Terry Peters

CITY, DISTRICT

Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 Price 25¢

help sought: A23

BACK LOCAL TV

BOTH NORTH Vancouver councils are supporting
an intervention by Shaw Cable into a request by
television station CKVU to switch from its present
position on the dial and bump community cable
from its traditional home on channel 10.

Shaw Cable president
and general manager, Ken
bowler said if the Vancouver

By JOANNE MacDONALD
and MAUREEN CURTIS

independent station is

granted Channel 1O asia cable community channels
transmitter, it would cause (channel 10) on the Lower
the movement of all the Mainland

As «a result, the
munity channel
forced to move to ou cleat
channel, ctther 4 (ABC), 4
(NBC) of 9 (PBS) and one of
the three affected American
channels would then have to
move to the converter band

If channel 9
transferred to

com
would be

wis rhe

another sport
on the band, Fowler said
CKVU's application, which

calls for che tnstallation of a
320,000 watt: transmitter on

Saltspring Island, would sul
disrupt the PBS signal

“The antennas for our
cable system now face
toward Seattle, but the
strong Saltspring signal

would cause interference not
onty to the adjacent channel!

9 but to channel Pl from
Tacoma,’ said Fowler
CKVU onginally apphed

for and was given licence to
broadcast on channel 21.

which has a limited range

Shaw © able has provided the
station by Vik
channel 13

CKRVUCS latest appik ation
is scheduled to be discussed
at the (RIC

Victoria scheduled for
1h

cable on

hearings in

June

Phe deadline tor
submissions,
against the
June &

Shaw Cable is being rep
resented at the © R I¢

ctther for oon

application 1s

teas

ings by the Association of
Mainland € able
Operators CALMCO)) The
group represents cable op
creators from White Rook to
the North Shore

Ald Craig © lark
was the most vocal supporter

lower

[distract

of Shaw Cable's intervention
at Monday's C ouncel
meeting, saying (he approval

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