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February 24, 1985

News 985-2131

Classified 986-6222

Burn trash
report says

A DRAFT Solid Waste Manayement Plan for the

Lower. Mainiand has recommended that

North

Shore garbage be incinerated at the Premier Street

site now used as a landfill,

But) the timing recom.
mended in the report may
not sit easy with North Van-
couver District council which
has served notice ft wants the
dump closed by the end of
this year,

The draft plan, the result
of a lengthy series of public
meetings and investigation
of possibilities by the Lower

NORTH

Hy MARK HAMILTON

Mainland Refuse Project, is
recommending that con-
struction of an incinerator
tuke place in North Van-
couver between 1987 and

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VANCOUVER RCMP huve arrested

one man and are seeking another for the $1-
million armed rubbery at the Lynn Vatley home
of a family of well- known jewelry merchants last

Friday,

Rajvinder Paul Singh Gill,
37, of 3431 Monmouth
Avenue, Vancouver, has
been charged with several
counts following the robbery
which netted two thieves
diamonds, gold and assorted
jewelry taken from the
North Vancouver home of
Kultar Chauhan, the owner
of Carat Jewellers.

The family-run business
operates stores at the
Guildford and Lansdowne
shopping centres,

According to police, the
majority of the jewelry taken
in the robbery was recovered
from a dwelling in Ease
Vancouver.

Staff Sgt. Tom Hill said
Gill was arrested about 8
p.m. Wednesday, however,
he said the information was
not made public until late
Thursday as police felt it
may have hampered the
search for the second man
involved in the heist.

“But the investigation is
continuing with every effort
being made to locate the se-
cond suspect,’ said Hill,

By JOA MacDONALD

The robbery occurred Fri-
day night between 9 and
10:30 p.m., when two miask-
ed and armed bandits broke
in on four members of the
Chauhan family and a fami-
ly guest.

The father was slightly in-
jured when the thieves
roughed up the occupants
while searching for the jew-
elry, but he was released
later Friday night after
receiving stitches for a face
cutat Lions Gate Hospital.

The police, who confirm.
ed a shotgun, pistol and
knife were used in the rob-
bery, have focussed their in-
vestigation on interviews
with associates and past
employees of the company.

However, Hill said: it was
not known if the arrested
man had beea known to the
Chauhan famity.

According to ‘news
reports, Gill was employed
asa Delta municipal police-
man during the late 1970s.

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NEWS photo Stuart Davis

Kids at Ridgeway elementary school give a hint of good things to come as they fake to the outdoor playground equip-
ment during the springlike weather spell experienced by Lower Mainland residents recently, 2 weleome respite from the
harsh winter weather of only a few weeks ago.