- Wednesday, October 28, 1892 - North Shore News Trio : attacked at Quay Doctors target of unprovoked assault at restaurant A NORTH Vancouver doctor who has been trying to con- vince a colleague to move to B.C. to start a medical prac- tice said his friend is no longer interested in moving here after he was the victim of an unprovoked assault at the Lonsdale Quay complex on the night of Oct. 17. Dr. Guy Morum said he, his friend and sister were aj! assaulted by two men after they had left the Waterfront Bistro restaurant. He added that a bistro. bouncer came to their aid and managed to apprehend one of the suspects. The North Vancouver RCMP are now investigating the incident, and the B.C. Crown counsel's of- fice is determining whether charges will be laid. “Frank (Dr. Morum’s friend) came out here from Regina, and he’s a doctor. We've been trying to convince him for four months to come and start up a practice - here, and ve told him B.C. is peaceful, and that it’s great to live here. We thought we'd show him -the city.”’ _ Dr. Morum said the trio went to the bistro to have a few drinks and talk. ““We kept to ourselves and did Sy Surj Rattan News Reporter not talk -to anyone else,’’ said Morum. But he said that when they left the restaurant, someone appeared “out of the blue and punched me.”’ “Then another fellow started swinging behind me, and J didn’t know what was going on. I thought I was in the middle of a fight between two guys.”” Morum said he managed to get hold of one of ihe suspects and then a bouncer frum the bistro ar- rived and the two suspects left the scene. He said they waited with the bouncer for abcut five to 10 minutes and then left to go out- side. Morum said his sister had forgotten her jacket in the bistro, and, along with his friend from Regina, the pair went back upstairs to get the jacket while he brought the car around the front. Morum said that when his sister and friend got back in the elevator to go back outside, ‘a fist came through the closing doors of the lifr,’’ and his sister was punched in the face and fell back against the wall of the elevator. His friend was also assaulted and suffered broken ribs, among other injuries. Morum said one of the two suspects was then caught by a bouncer from the bistro. He added that his friend now has a negative view of B.C. as a result of the attack, “He's pretty anti-B.C. now. ft (assault) was totally unprovoked. It’s just so unbelievable thai you can be attacked like this."' B.C. Transit bus drivers recent- ly called off their boycott of the Lonsdale Quay bus terminal after transit officials agreed to increase night security in the area. The drivers had complained that groups of loitering youths were harassing drivers and passengers. Garden shop expansion raises W. Van neighborhood concerns AN ISSUE: surrounding ‘the expansion of the Maple Leaf Garden Spot in’ West’ Vancouver has been tabled to the -Nov.:2 meeting of West Vancouver District Council. “There is a concern that Maple ‘Leaf Garden Spot may have. ex- panded beyond its legitimate “non-conforming use,’’ Coun. -.. Diana Hutchinson said at the Oct. 19 West Vancouver Council meeting. Council: received a collection of * suomissions concerning the garden _ business, which operates in a resi- dential neighborhood a block west of Dundarave, between Haywood Avenue and. Marine Drive. In. one of. those submissions, ‘West Van Florist Ltd. contends ‘that the municipality would be ‘giving Maple Leaf Garden Spot an By Maureen Curtis * Contributing Writer unfair commercial advantage if it allowed the business io continue Operating in contravention of the Municipai Act and municipal zon- ing bylaws. According to the West Van Florist. submission, some of the contraventions include making structural alterations or additions to buildings. “It is my opinion that the failure to enforce these bylaws has — WEST VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL added to the scaic, extent und degree of Maple Leaf Garden. Spot's business, changing it from a neighborhood backyard nursery to a full-fledged, thriving garden cenite in the heart of what was ence a quict residential area,” wrote a Haywood Avenue neighbor Donald Weillstead. The lot, purchased by George Lloyd in 1912, was operated as a4 small-scale nursery by his son An- thony Joseph Lloyd, from 1959 uatil 1971, when it passed into the hands of the Dynstee family. VISIT US AT OUR NEW LOCATION Moved to Serve You Better inside Park Royal North Mall 11 stores down from Woodwards Department Store Still offering Private Collision and - Comprehensive with Free Emergency Road hs Service to qualifying buyers. SC aa Royal Insurance Canada - Bullock Michele Davies For All Your Insurance Needs Park Royal North (inside) Tiffany Glimore Fad! Moodad Open until Spm Friday October 30/92 922-9321 Find out more about the Proposed Parkgate Civic Centre The District of North Vancouver has applied for a development permit for the property shown on the | map below. The proposed civic centre will consist of a: @ two-storey library @ one-storey recreation centre © day care centre youth centre and community meeting rooms el nn a | i Saat Pn MQUAT SEYMOUR AOAD ee — = Information Meeting You're invited to find out more about the proposal. on Wednesday, November 4 at 7 p.m. ° at St. Pius X Parish -1150 Mount Seymour Road. (Located opposite the development Site) This is not an official Public Hearing. Council will formally consider issuance of a Development Permit at a later date. Further information on the proposal is available by calling the Planning Department ac 987-7131. Notice Fireworks Bylaw The Distriée of North Vancouver regulates the sale and use of fireworks and firecrackers under Bylaw #5576. ; It is illegal to: @ sell or offer for sale fireworks to any person under the age of 19 years, and @ sell or offer for sale firecrackers, and @ use firecrackers. Why not enjoy the thrill of fireworks i in safety this Halloween at public firework displays jointly sponsored by the District of North Vancouver and Firefighters Local 1183 IAFF. Be at Norgate Park, Myrtle Park or Lynn Valley Park for blast-off at 8 p.m. Saturday. For more information call the Fire Department at 980-7575.