Friday, May 7, 1999 - North Shore News - 5

n.van | Plug pulled on sports festival

when the se called “Asian

bear Bob Mackin_ Economic woes cancel Pacific Games 2001 3.0% tines!

News Reporter ws Repor to
P The Chilean whe aw arded

moved A $148-million sor would pay $94 million the cconamic situanen in wait until the whole world Vancouver the Pacitic Games,

Olympic-style sports for operations and capital Britikh Columbia and the economy -- particularly the Pacific Ocean Basin) Sport

festival has been can-  “YPemes. The rest was to be problems the International Pacitic Rim ceonomics isin Organigations’ chairman

away celled tunded by federal and provins — Olnpic Committee has” he better shape. oo Sergio Santander Fantini, was

. cll governments, sand. “We just felt it would be The first Pacitic Games expelled from the TOC in

. North Vancouver's Bill Winnett blamed economic better to pulbthe plug on this were held in Cal, Colombia, | March for taking a $10,000

A bear munching Winnett told the News that woes on both sides of the thing right now, rather thin’ in 1995, The 1999 version bribe tro an official of Salt

on dandelions in a the Pacific Games 2001 won't Pacific. run the risk of going ahead in was slated tor Santiago, Chile, Lake City’s 2002) Winter
ditch in the Mount happen. “You've got the Asian flu, othe climate thar exists and but it was scuttled dast year Ob mpies bid.

“We're ormrivoia
Seymour area We're definitely not
throwing in the spenges we

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ly dangerous tourist possibly look at 2003, that : : FUTON BLOWOUT : : Freedom from $2,495
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Conservation ofticer committee. ‘ eer yon
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continually arrived. BC Hydiro’s treasurer
Barnes said = North More than 3,000 athletes

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sidered killing the bear were invited to compete in uheww.
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for public safety. the Lower Mainland in June

He told the News last 2001. Winnett: hoped spon-
week that bears can't be
relocated now because of
snow in remote areas,
Barnes said he was
epposed to relocating the
bear, but was overruled
by =a manager. He
declined to say where the
bear was relocated, but

said the area was near the ANY OIL CHANGE
snow line. PACKAGE

Barnes said that peo- “ Formerly Shell Rapid Lube ; Da mi
ple who throw food at a WN Vencguver The Great Canadian & : Gorgeous Fresh Flowers
grazing bears shou i cs . :
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fear of people.
A bear was killed by

Barnes on April 26 in
Upper Capilano. It tried
to get into a home : : ‘
through ; glass patio ‘a ' ; fa

joor in the 5200-bloc i epee © oe ; 1 -
of Malaspina Place. There ; 1 a ‘ / Hand Tied Bouquets
was a bag of grain in the ‘ : ’ : ae , with fragrant lilies, stocks, orchids
house near the door, said : aa" 7
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10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, _ $30° 98
The unidentified body was | a aes Pars A | in decorative containers from
decomposing in the tent, ; im ;
which was found one kilome-
tre southeast of the lake.
“There were no obvious
injuries that would have indi- : i?
cated foui play,” said West Ree ; ad OPEN
Vancouver police Const. Ian i ie i we Mond Saturdi : OPEN
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