Help sought in noise fight From page| airborne noise irritating and would like to hear from those whe do ar fax number 925-1923. He said he’s prepared to “run with it” to get something done. ‘Transport Canada spokesman Rod Nelson said roughly a dozen jets fly over the North Shore daily. Regulations call for the jets to fly at altitudes of 5,000 feet over Vancouver by day and 8,000 feet by night, so planes are at least 9,000 feet to 11,000 feet by the time they hit the North Shore, said Nelson. A handful of North Shore com- plaints have been received by Transport Canada in a period span- ning more than a year, said Nelson. Nelson said that a similar num- ber of planes have flown over the North Shore for the past 10 vears. The Vancouver Airport Authority reports approximately 80 planes per day go over the North Shore flying to and from the airport. MINUTES before they were shot by conservation officers, a mother bear and her cub were spotted ina wooded area behind an East Keith Road property that attracted them with its reams of refuse. | 2 Around Town... W@ Bright Lights. | e Businoss | i Collins eo By lan Noble Then in March the hungry bruin and her cub the plentiful supply of garbage. would have again started to forage for garbage, he “Irs like doing everything wrong,” Hayden § a Entertainment. 28 27 & Mailbox........ 3 Municipal Record... j i North Store Alart. q @ Sports... m@ Table Hopping... forth Stora News, Scunded in 1909 as an independent H suburbert and quilified under Schedule U1, B Poragraph #11 of the Eacise: Tax ‘Act, is published each Feiday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press : Lid and distritaaed 00 every door on the North Shore. § Post Canadien: Publications Mail Sales Product ff No, 0087238. Mailing rites wailable on request. Martin Millerchip Consributing Writer WEEKEND shoppers at Lonsdale Quay had a chance to buy into the upcoming municipal elections. Chamber Commerce hosted an open forum Saturday for North Vancouver City mayoralry and The North Vancouver council candidates. The mayor's debate was a relatively Lame affair with one of the three candidates on the ballot a no- show. With Dave Janis missing from the podium, Mayor Jack Loucks asked voters to con- sider his track record, while challenger Dick Campbell emphasized his _ business a background and suggested a better job could be done with the city’s financial reserves. vayor for 18 years. He served two years as aiderman before that. While Campbell and Loucks differed on several issues, most notably on amalgamation, the Eveliest. sparks were struck by questioner Mary-Suc Atkinson on the subject of the con- struction of a martial arts studio next to Loucks has been cit Mosquito Creck at 238 Fell Ave. City council recently voted 5-2 to approve ene “ North Vancouver City News Reporter A trash-strewn back lawn proved to be a fatal attraction Monday for a black bear and her cub. The two bears had been tranquilized Wednesday and taken to the headwaters of the Seymour River about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the messy housc, which has now been scru- tinized by municipal bylaw officers. But the determined bruins returned to the filthy property, located near Mountain Highway and East Keith Road, not far from the roaring traffic on the Cut. Senior conservation officer Mark Hayden blamed the garbage for the bears’ early demise. “It’s a very strong contributing factor as to why the bears had to be put down in this case,” said Hayden. He said the property residents, who were not home when the News dropped by the house, ini- tially fed the bears hamburger. “she bears subse- quently broke into a rabbit hutch on the property and consumed some or all of its furry contents, said Hayden, and then turned their attention to of A vision for the future of Lower Lonsdale, the preservation of fish-bearing streams and ties to the NDP provided most of the discussion at Saturday's open forum for City North = Vancouver built within what sensitive” zone. hard on the federal department. fish. up. Pols sell campaigns to Quay shoppers By Martin Miilerchip Contributing Writer rezoning the site despite the fact that the studio will be Department of Fisherics labels a “fisheries- Loucks was unapologetic and came down “I don’t think ic is going to endanger the fish, but | wonder at times if there are any “! am certainly willing to work with Fisheries but I think Fisheries need to smarten “They have not done the job over several said of the residents. “One of the members ... described (the yard) as looking as though they were trying to create their own landfill,” said North Vancouver RCMP: Const. Catherine Galliford of the non-descript home on the smal! lot. Hayden said bears are usually relocated farther away, but the mother bear and her cub were taken to the Seymour Headwaters to give them a better shot at survival. Bears need a couple of weeks to a month’s time to fatten up for the winter and find a den. In higher elevations, snow is starting to fall and the bears may not have had time to fatten up suffi- ciently. Unfortunately, the bears went straight back to the messy home and returned to their pre- vious ways. The public safety risks, Hayden said, were unacceptable. Conservation officers shot the bears. “It’s unfortunate bur there’s little other choice they (the officers) had,” said Hayden. The bears had a den site close to the home, Hayden said, adding that the bear and her cub likely would have hibernated there for the winter. Council candidates. North Vancouver Chamber — of Commerce chairman Stuart: McLaughlin said the chamber's role was non-partisan in hosting opportunities for voters to get to know more about the candidates. But the crowded podium of candidates at Lonsdale Quay Saturday failed to attract a large crowd. Most shoppers barely stopped to register what was happening and much of the debate played to a crowd of less than 40. Nevertheless, McLaughlin said he was See Fireworks page 5 the — ing to encourage fish. know what they are doing sometimes.” a rural standard in a busy city. Loucks was equally ....phatic on the possi- bilities of amalgamation with North Vancou- years because | can show you places at the entrance to that where they have done noth- “So | don’t believe and I don’t think they can prove this is going to do anything to it. “] have learned to distrust some of these federal agencies because | don’t think they Loucks argued that a proposed 30 metre (98 ft.) protection zone would extend to Fell and that federal fisheries were trying to apply said. Once a bear is habituated to a garbage diet, it : will continue to eat the junk food, said Hayden. North Vancouver District has a nuisance bylaw thar, prohibits residents from collecting noxious, offensive or “unwelcome” matter such as rubbish ona property. Fines of $100 can be levied. - . David Pawson, North Vancouver District man- ager for permits and licences, said bylaw enforce- ment officers visited the home after the RCMP tipped the district off about the garbage problems at 1384 East Keith. é The officers have ordered the residents to clean up the outside of the property by Nov. 4 said Pawson. , Wildlife head of legislation and regulation Geoff Swannell said a proposed amendment to - the Wildlife Act would allow conservation officers to order residents to tidy their properues if they contain “attractants” to dangerous animals such as bears. The arnendment is being examined by a Cabinet committee, which will decide whether to forward the proposal to Cabinet. If the committec sends it on, the earliest it would go to Cabinet is the spring, said Swannell. ver District, arguing the city’s Tax Sale Land Reserve (interest from which is used to find capital projects) would be swallowed -up.and not spent to the benefit of the city. * He said amalgamation might haye been a benefit in 1968 but “most city taxpayers who have been here for some time have been opposed,” Campbell, however, supported amalgama- tion, arguing there were cconomics to be made by avoiding duplication of administra- tion and management. When Loucks told a questioner that need - ed repairs and upgrades ro the Lonsdale Recreation Centre would cost “more than we can afford in any one -yeur,” Campbell responded: “Pm confused. On the one hand we have all this moncy to protect from amalgamation and on the other we can’t afford needed repairs.” Asked to forecast what the next three years might hold in store for the city, Loucks listed: M the development of the Lower Lonsdale lands; 8 the bridging of Mosquito Creck to connect a section of the Law Level Road berween W. 5 Ist and W. 2nd; and @ development “on the sand pile south of Bewicke” to increase the tax base of the city. Said Campbell, “There hasn’t been any great plan that I can sec.” a