12 - Friday, October 25, 1985 - North Shore News Nurses push for law change NURSES across the province are marshalling support for legislative change that would make registration of nurses mandatory. And the North Shore chapter of the Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia (RNABC), is throwing the support of its 1,700 members into the cause... In an effort to inform the public of what it’s trying to do, the Jocal chapter of the ‘RNABC will be staffing mall displays at Park Royal | tomorrow (October 26) and Lynn Valiey Centre WAITING FOR a bus won’t be an exercise in capitalism according to a West Van Council decision. By DEAN CUMMER Council was split during the .Monday; October 21 meeting in’ a decision to allow,” installation of. bus shelters ‘with illuminated advertising by: the Seaboard Advertising Company... “. The. company -‘ installed two glass shelters on .a trial basis:in the municipality last winter.in the hopes of secur: ing a contract: to install a further six shelters in 1986. The company installs the shelters for a maximum price of $4,800 per unit and in ex- change takes responsibility for maintenance costs. The company also receives all advertising revenues. Ald. Gordon Rowntree and. David Finlay led the fight: to approve the Seaboard contract. . Rowntree thought the coun- cil would be letting the com- pany down by not approving ‘ the contract. ; VANDALISM PROBLEM “A ‘representative of the company stated’ that’ van- | dalism is a potential problem with glass shelters, and that. ° repairs often cost as much as" $500 a month. He argued: that the municipality was getting a deal with Seaboard |. taking on maintenance’ ~ responsibities. Ald. Mark Sager and Diana Hutchinson battled against the Seaboard shelters stating that the municipality didn’t’ need more commer- cialism on the Marine Dr. strip. - . . Finlay countered that, “Marine Drive is a hodge- podge of advertising already’? and that the adver- tisements in the bus shelters will:“‘not make an iota of difference."’ . Sager argued that bus shelters could be produced cheaper locally. Hutchinson added that the shelters “were a blatant mistreat- ment of the sign bylaw’ and that Seaboard would have an unfair advantage over local merchants for advertising space. with the shelter’s . lighted advertising panels. Evenly split on the issue, Mayor Derrick Humphrey’s broke the tie vote in favor of ‘discontinuing the Seaboard contract. November 2, North Shore nurses at- tended a meeting last week and listened to a speech by Gloria Parker, president of - the RNABC., In her speech, Parker said, “These changes are in the best interest of the 8.C. public. RNABC has the support of many health care organizations and others. They understand how im- portant it is for patient safe- ty.” The RNABC has proposed two major changes to the Nurses Act. The first would see ail nurses wishing to practise in the province reg- istering with the appropriate provincial regulatory body. As the statute stands now, any person who chooses can claim to be a nurse and practise nursing, providing they do not use a protected title, such as Registered Nurse. 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