THIS IS the second instalment of the North Shore News’ Year In Review feature, highlighting some of the events and quotes that shaped 1995 on the North Shore. ® Band to halt North Vancouver park plan A dispute between a steadfast provincial government hidding to designate Indian Arm a park and a local native band providing deter- Mined opposition threatens to halt the treaty process, Victoria announced that 196 areas, including 6,821 hectares of land bordering Indian Arm, would be permanently protected as Class A provincial park under the Park » Amendment Act. > “Tslteil-Waututh (Burrard band) Chief Leonard George said the band - was considering court action to pre- “ “vent the park’s creation. ’ BE Vancouver boater i in submarine . crash ; The operator of a Horseshoe Bay yacht may have been responsible for ’ ‘his own fate, according to the prelim- inary report of a Transportation Safety B Board investigation into a col- NEWS photo Mike Wakeflold “THE: NEW ‘Mosquito Creek ’ bridge goes up as part of the . Jong-awalted Westview ‘Interchange Project. “Histon between the 50-foot ketch Moonglow and a Chilean submarine last September. Skipper Jory Lord calls the report _ inaccurate and biased, ‘® Father charged in brutal attack _on kids "A 41-year-old North Vancouver man was charged: with murder and attempted murder in connection with a brutal attack on his two children. Miche! Andre Caouette faces the ‘: charges. ' i Pair charged in murders ; Two North Vancouver men face ‘first-degree murder charges in the bludgeoning deaths of tee former North: Vancouver residents — in Bellevue, Washington. The battered bodies of Tariq Rafay and his wife Sultana, both 56, were found on July 13, 1994, in the family’s Bellevue home. Their daughter ‘Basa, 21. was found badly beaten. She later died in hospital. The Rafay's son, Atif and his friend Glen Sebastian Burns, were charged with three counts of premeditated. aggravated murder. Jury finds Abdur Khan guilty “A. West Vancouver businessman “The Charter is advanta- . geous to lawyers and criminals at the expense of sodety.” - Noreen Provost, coordinator for the North Vancouver branch of the Citizens United for Safety and Justice, on Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. (From a May 28 News story.) was sentenced to life imprisonment after a B.C. Supreme Court jury found Abdur Rashid Khan guilty of second- degree murder. Khan faced the charge in connec- tion with the death of his daughter-in- law Naazish Khan, 23. Her body was found in the trunk of Khan‘s Camry. @ Pedophile fears bring North Vancouver action North Vancouver residents called a meeting over concem about the pres- ence of a convicted pedophile in the community. Robert Roy Owens, who was recently released from a prison after serving a full six-year sentence for sexually assaulting three girls, said he would leave North Vancouver. @ Truck crash claims two A msh-hour accident on Highway 1 that killed two and injured five had the potential to injure dozens, accord- ing to a paramedic in charge. of the accident scene. A semi-trailer truck unit's brakes failed on the steep Cut section of the Upper Levels Highway. The driver lost control of the truck. Six vehicles were involved in the accident. @ North Vancouver therapist's cures questioned An unlicenced North Vancouver man who says he can cure deadly dis- eases such as ALS and AIDS and all types of. cancer treats seriously ill patients at his home for at least $26,000 each. The RCMP investigated Frank Ludde, a self-proclaimed “metabolic therapist” who lacks a busiriess licence, and at least one federal inves- - tigation is ongoing. @ Road link gets NVD OK Completion of the controversial Montroyal Connector should take place within the next five years fol- lowing a council decision to add the road link to its capital budget plan. “It ‘News’ s story. rp: tl Say sake @ NV schools seek $2.6 million deficit OK The North Vancouver District 44 school board moved to seek approval from the Ministry of Education for a $2.6 million operating deficit, The fig- ure exceeds the $1.7 million deficit for 1994-95 already approved — by Education Minister Art rt Charbonneau. @ Councillors debate amalgama- tion of North Vancouver la a renewed debite over North Vancouver reunification, district politi- chins were set to embruce the city, but their amalga- mation advances were again NEWS photo Paul McGrath NORTH VANCOUVER parents up in arms in August over pedophile Robert Roy Owens. “sound off” about amalgamation. @ Allied awarded $19.6-million ferry job North Vancouver's — Allied Shipbuilders Ltd., whose ship repair business has eclipsed its shipbuild- ing contracts in recent years, received a contract to build a 100- car vessel for BC Ferries. Allied contracts = manager Malcolm McLaren said the BC Ferries vessel will be the biggest built at Allied in the past decade. @ Pedophile arrested in North Vancouver A pedophile who said he would leave North Vincouver in August after a neighborhocd uproar was sparked over his presence was arrested Monday living near the same area of Upper Highlands. Owens appeared in North Vancouver provincial court and was transferred to Victoria where he appeared in provincial court the next day. Information presented there was banned from publication. @ Seymour, forest rezoned to park An- unexpectedly wide 6-1 margin of North Vancouver District. — councillors supported a bylaw to rezone Cove Forest and Mountain Forest to it parks designation. Mayor | Murray Dykeman was all alone in opposing the com- plete preservation of the heavily forested School hoards to amalgamate? North and West Vancouver school board chairmen aren’t applauding the possibility dit their two school bowds will be amalgamated. The NDP pledged to reduce the number of boards across the province from 75 to, 35 and that the North and West Vancouver boards would be amalgamated. 8 MLAs debate toss of NDP leader Premier Mike Harcourt's announcement that he has resigned as NDP leader and will be off the provin- cia! political map before an election in 1996 came as no surprise to local MLAs. ‘West Vancouver spurned. North Vancgu- ver City Mayor Jack Loucks said he respects the dis- trict except, when its politicians clinical counsellor . Pat Kitchener, on why: wonten ee chocolate over se. (From a Sept 29 News story.) “You : can't: ap date the North $ Our Town special. Section. ) THE KILLER Cut claimed two in August. A truck lost its brakes and slammed into cars, “This change will make it possible to increase the chances that we can stop the opposition from rolling back all the accomplishments we've made.” said North Vancouver-Lonsdale NDP MLA David Schreck, minuies after Harcourt’s announcement. ®@ CMHC takes on NVD Bylaws passed by popular demand to preserve forested Seymour lands are challenged by the Canada Mortgage and Housing NEWS pho Terry Petors PASSENGERS ON a Sept. 14 Royal Hudson Customer Appreciation Day trip were delayed'50 minutes after the train struck a vehicle, injuring two, at Sunset Beach. Corp. (CMHC), a major landholder in newly protected Mountain Forest. CMHC, which owns 206 hectares (310 acres) in Mountain Forest, filed a. petition in Vancouver! Supreme Court Registry challenging three bylaws adopted by the district. fi Floods ravaze neighborhoods North Shore residents ‘mopped up after days of heavy rainfall washed logs, stones and mud into yards and left many basements flooded. killing the truck’s criver end a Burnaby man. Homes: in West Vancouver, » Woodlands, Deep Cove and Upper: Lynn Valley in North Vancouver were hit by flooding. The brunt of the damage occurred in the Upper Capiiano area of North Vancouver District, where 25 homeowners report- ed damage - after - 1 McKay ‘Creek ‘flooded. @ $3.6-imillion North Vancouver Winter Ciub deal. struck - North Shore Winter Club mem- bers have taken a large. leap toward regaining control of their club, Club officials ‘and landlords Marksearch Properties and Cooperators © General — Insurance agreed to a deal that will retum the club's facilities and the land back to club members. - @ Criminals busy on port's water- front - The Ports Canada Police force has lost contro! of the Port of Vancouver to intemational organized crime syndi- cates, according to a report by the Coordinated Law Enforcement Unit. NEWS photo Paul McGrath IT LOOKED as if the only bus that would be passing through this Upper Capilano road in November would be a SeaBus.: Heavy rains and blocked culverts resulted in area flooding.