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a red
nerring

in scuba

high’ -weekend: required an airdrop’ “Mudge thinks the ‘only, well do. more harm than:
moving into _of three loads of : chemicals reason a major fire hasn't good. .
=: ‘to’ prevent.’ it” Sweeping already. broken out-on. the “M
‘thre North Shore: is: because the aybe if we don’t get:a
lot of, rain our. Fe akcnreed

a Foe _ » Of the situation up tonow,
‘that one. Po ould have far’ he says: “People are being seve
. “more serious consequences. ; But that: very “awareness: " more careful and we haven’t. *
a " : : could: change “with . ‘the hadalot tof fires up tc to now. .
; forestry. weather’ and dee: fears a
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fanger for. the: area,

~—“"Phe residents“ are so mad
that they’ve ‘even. invited.
’ Municipal Affairs Minister
- Bill Vander Zalm to come to
_their aid, -

| . Early in July they ap-
j 7 oe ee i sine ; |) pealed once more to. council
a munannnde . | oe er “T-~to ban night Scuba diving at
| Copper Cove because’ they
say it invariably. winds up
with rowdy~ beer parties,
often continuing’ well into
the small hours, broken
‘bottles on the beach and
other litter strewn around
the neighborhood.

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Mostly sunny, highs 23-25,

PARKING LOT DRAMA at London Drugs on Lonsdale was witnessed handcuffed at gunpoint by plain clothes police. See page A4 for story. : THURSDAY

by shoppers and staff alike Monday when two suspected thieves were (Paol Hodgson photo) Mainly cloudy.