Bright Lights Business Ciassilieds | Crossword Katght . North Shore Alert ‘ Sports saa 42 oes 15 wes 30 ooo 45 oeol Business pt5 Commiercial Avenues tastes the flavours of Horseshoe Bay The Voice of North and West Vancouver since 1969 Seniors set to swing Eagles finish third in AAA hoops NEWS pnoto Mike Waketield LORNE Rettle gets set to deliver a pitch to fellow members of the Competitive and Recreational Seniors’ Slo-Pitch Scftbail teams. The league is looking to attract players 55 years and older to North Shore diamonds when the new season kicks off in April. For more infor- mation or to join, cal§ John Bishop at 926-8728. Aana Marie D'Angelo News Reporter adangelo@nsnews.com PETRO-Canada has lost a full- service gas war with North Vancouver District (NVD). B.C. Supreme Court Mr. Justice L. Paul Williamson dismissed the gasoline company’s peti- Court backs full-service station requirement in NV tion to have a controversial bylaw quashed. The zoning bylaw divides gas stations into ine bars” and “gasoline service stations.” The v, enacted almost a year ago, required all yas stations to provide a full-service pump for a least 12 hours a day or all hours that gasoline was dispensed at self service pumps. The bylaw also required that a gasoline service station “must” include the service of repairing, vehi- cles. ‘The bylaw atfeets major renovation and redevel- See Petre-Canada page 13 ] Joi cS tyles Pa for about a clollar a clay Fourth Annual Readers’ Choice Awards inside Feature insert FREE concern raised Jan-Christian Sorensen Contributing Writer WEST Vancouver- Capilano MLA Jeremy Dalton is concerned about the impact scheduled summer closures of the Lions Gate Bridge will have on the North Shore tourist industry. Starting in May the span will be closed nightly from 8 pm. to 6 am, Sunday through Thursday and from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays as pare of the $100-million joint preject renovation by American Bridge and Surespan. The project is scheduled tor com- pletion this fall. “Summer closures of the bridge would kill the tourism industry all up and down the North Shore and up to Whistler,” said Dalton. “ft would be an absolute disas- ter.” An estimated 65,000 vehi- cles traverse the bridge cach day. During the closures traf tic will be re-routed over the Second Narrows Bridge and to the SeaBus. John Doyle, director of communications and public affairs for the — British Columbia Transportation Financing Authority (BCTEA), alse said that three entire-weekend closures — one in May, another in June and a final shutdown tenta- tively slated for September — were planned. During, those limes the span would remain closed from 10 p.m. Friday See Sunimer pane 4 fC tyiust ie 1. ayoers Of ptder Good at club. of onmotnnvent.