Driver killed

A 39-YEAR-OLD North Vancouver man died carly Fri-
day as a result of a motor vehicle accident on the Second
Narrows Bridge.

A Vancouver Police Department spokesman said the
man was driving at a high speed when he lost control of
the car.

i The car mounied the bridge's east sidewalk, and hit
the railing and a concrete abutment.
i The man was taken to Lions Gate Hospital with
‘massive head and internal i injuries. He died at 2:50 a.m.
. The spokesman said the myu's name is being withheld
' pending notification of next-of-“in.

Murder hearing

A WEST Vancouver man who was charged earlier this
year with second-degree. murder in connection with the
beating death of his 83-year-old mother will appear in
West Vancouver provincial court en May 16, 1994, for a
preliminary hearing.

"Michael Boyd McCune, 53, of 1485 Ottawa ‘Ave., call.
ed 9-1-1 shortly after 3 a.m. on Jan. 28 to report the
death of his mother.

The West Vancouver Police arrived on the scene at
3:22 a.m. to find Barbara McCune wrapped in blankets
outside the house. :

' The suspect was with his mother and was arrested at
the scene.

A. subsequent. autopsy reveafed that Barbara McCune
died of internal injuries. - ;

McCune is the brother of Province newspaper colum-
nist and former North Shove News editor Shane Mc-
Cane.: .

in's prepared release shortly after his brother's arrest,
McCune said his brother was the sole caregiver of his
mother for the past 14 } years.

NORTH SHORE Police say area drug-related activities
are increasing.

A: North Vancouver RCMP spokesman made the
‘comment following the arrest of two people who have
. now been charged with drug-related offences.

Members: of the North Vancouver RCMP and West
Vancouver Police: Department drug squad sections were
~- watching two known drug traffickers’ in Vancouver at
“about & 330 p.m.on Wednesday, Aug. 18. 3
Asa result’ of the investigation, the police: “arrested

Hien Pham, 32, of. Vancouver and Dune Nguyegn, 32, of
’ no fixed address.

~ Both men have’ been charged with possession of: co-
" ‘< eaine for the purpose of trafficking.

“Said RCMP. Const. Marty Blais, ‘Police would like
‘the public’s: assistance in dealing with this unwanted

behavior. J/ you feel there is a narcotics problem in your
8 neighborkood, call the e police.”* |

i Liberal luncheon

!

y
. NATIONAL COLUMNIST and political commentator
- Allan Fotheringham will be the keynote speaker at a
.fandraising Junch for: Capilano-Howe Sound Liberal
candidate Audrey Sojonky.
_:/ ‘The Liberal luncheon will be held on Thursday, Aug.
6, at the Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver.
For more information, call 926-3876.

Over 400 new students expected |

From page i
the dispute.
-. »But on Friday,,Denley said ‘he
: was glad McArthur would again
be involved in trying to.reach a
contract settlement.

While the union has yet to.table
“a wage offer, Bell said the school
- -’ board cannet afford a salary hike

.. for District 44 teachers.

.He:. added that District 44’s
enrolment for this schoo! year will
-increase by 416 students to 16,785. .
. Bell said the board's 1993-94

budget of $97,660, 000 is: $700,000
less than what District 44 received

from. the provincial government ,

for the last school year.
Bell added that the NVSB has

,cut $14 million from its budgets

over the last three years.

District 44 teachers are currently '

paid between $30,856 and $66,328
annually, not including benefits.

They work 187 days a year, five
of which are’ professional, or
non-teaching, days. ©

Sunday, August 22, 1993 - North Shore News ~ 5

an bugs NV man

Local calls proposal doesn’t add up, resident claims

PETER PAPPAJOHN
wants to know what North
Vancouver has in common
with Newton.

By Chris Wong
Contributing Writer

He objects te a BC Tel proposal
calling for North Shore residents
and business operators to pay the
same amount for local calls as
people in suburbs such us Newton,
Ladner and White Rock.

Pappajohn, a B.C. Transit bus
driver and longtime North Van-
couver resident, said the proposal
doesn't make geographic sense.

North Vancouver is as close to
the geographic heart of the Lower
Mainland as Richmond is, he said.

“Give us the same treatment
that Richmond gets,’’ said Pap-
pajohn, who majored in geogra-
phy at university.

Under the system, which BC Tel
has proposed to the Canadian
Radio-television and ;Telecom-
munications Commission (CRTC),
there would be a three-zone rate
structure for local calling.

As part of Zone 2, the single-
line residential telephone rate for
the North Shore would be $17.50
a month, a $5.45 increase from
the current rate. .

As part of Zone 1, the same
rate for Richmond would be
$15.05 a month, a $.50 increase
from the current rate.

As stipulated’ by the CRTC,
referendums on the proposed rate
structure will be held in calling
areas where residents would see
more than a $1 per month in-
crease.

CORRECTION
NOTICE

In our ad that ran Aug..13.
the following error.
appeared: The Sound
Blaster Pro Deluxe that
read $144.99 should have ~
‘ read $179.99.

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