12 - Sunday, February 12, 1989 - North Shore News

Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society. Taxpayers
will pick up the cost of the $10,600 program which was
proposed by the city’s medical health officer. Inquizing
Reporter asks people if the North Shore should introduce
a similar needle-exchange program.

VANCOUVER CITY Council gave the green light this
week to a program which will see 10,000 needles a month
distributed to intravenous drug-users in an attempt to
stow the spread of AIDS. The needle-exchange program

reporter

Evelyn Jacob
bs

begins Feb. 27 and will be provided to drug users in the
downtown area through a storefront centre run by the

Should North Shore introduce needie program?

Isobel Houston

Shawn Sturgeon

North Vancouver

No. We don’t have the
same kind of drug pro-
blem over here. While it’s
good to stop the spread
of AIDS, the program

Heather Leckie

North Vancouver

No. I think that a pro-
gram would encourage
people to take drugs
knowing that it is safe.

Rob Andre

North Vancouver

No. It still encourages
drug use. The problem of
AIDS will still be there.
We wouldn't be hitting
the problem with such a

North Vancouver

I’m sort of 50-50 on the
question, but deep down
inside | guess I really
don’t think that such a
program is the way to go.

could promote drug use.

program.

This week at councils

NORTH VANCOUVER CITY
COUNCIL, Monday, Feb. 13 at
7:30 p..: 1989 Conference of the
Federation of Canadian Muni-
cipalities/ Police Liaison Commit-
tee/ Heritage Workshop/
Skateboard and Bicycle signs.

NORTH VANCOUVER
DISTRICT CGUNCIL, Monday,
Feb. 13 at 7:39 p.m.: Community
and Neighborhood plan program
outline for 1989/90/ Proposed fees
for use of City and District parks,
playing fields and tennis courts/

1989 frontage-tax court of revi-
ston/ Banning of chlorofluorocar-
bons and halons/ Proposed
enhancement emergency telephone
system/ Proposal for North Shore
Museum and Archives building.

WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT
COUNCIL, Monday, Feb. 13 at
7:48 p.m.: Zoning bylaw 3481 Col-
lingwood Schooi/ Development
variance permit application Coll-
ingwood Schooi/ North Shore Arts
Commission/ Proposed relocation
of B.C. Sports Hail of Fame/

REMEMBER HOW BUSY WE
WERE iN SEPTEMBER WRAY ?

YEAW DicK, BuT WE
CANT LIVE IN THE PAST.

North Shore 1989 Tourism
Budgect/ Proposed expansion
Evergreen Squash Club.

Agenda items ia this colamn are
incladed as space permits. For a
compvehensive agenda, interested
parties should contact the reepec-
tive municipal halls.

Tt would be abused.

Ferdinand Christensen
North Vancouver

I believe that a needle-
exchange program would
be a good idea. I'd like to
see everything done, pro-
vided it’s safe, to slow the
spread of AIDS.

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