6 - North Shore News -— Friday, July 14, 2000

- LL the public relations exertion

in the world will not ease com-

unity opposition to BC

Ferries expansion intentions for
Horseshoe Bay.

It must be acknowledged, however,
that BC Ferries president Bob
Lingwood has proven to be a brave
man, offering himself personally as a
target for angry Horseshoe Bay resi-
dents. Earlier this week the Ferries
forces rallied to host a walkabout —
with . Lingwood present — in
Horseshoe Bay to illustrate to resi-
dents the changes planned in the
Crown corporation’s $26-million
reconfiguration in the Bay.

At issue: the transformation of the
village of Horseshoe Bay into a pit
stop parking lot.

As a Crown | corporation, BC Ferries

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Vancouver council to proceed with its
plans. This means BC Ferries can do
exactly as it pleases. Consultation is
fundamentally a hollow gesture of
appeasement. Given the dynamics at
play, things are pretty polarized. On
Monday the Horseshoe Bay Business
and Community Association opted
not to attend the walkabout.

The good citizens of Horseshoe Bay
are right to be shouting out against
this development. For again, the gov-
ernment is acting in an ad-hoc fashion.
There are serious planning issues that
must be addressed before Horseshoe
Bay is touched, even in a more limited
way. What’s missing is a long-term
transit plan to address growth in the
Howe Sound corridor, on Bowen
Island and the Sunshine Coast as well
as longer range plans to address

does not require the approval of West

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Most dog walkers are OK

Dear Editor:
Re: Joan Klucha’s June 25 column. .
“2. Ms. Klucha’s article was extremely negative towards dog-
. walking, companies; but the two examples she referred to
“had nothing to do with professional dog-walkers.

Joan, please do your homework before you write articles
‘that can adversely affect so many peo le ands many dogs.
~; According to the column you're the owner of Sierra K9
‘taining, so I assume that makes you a professional dog per-
‘son. You of ali people should know the importance of a dog

“getting proper exercise. Every working person doesn’t have
the luxury of time to. walk their dogs and give them the
proper eéxctcise,they need. -

Over the: years I have scen many dog-walkers walking -

~dogson the trail, but I have yet to run into the scenarios you
published. .

rofessionals that cared about

cir ir charge: :

ive-month- old baby could enid-v up =

ed by. the environment inside the home
that was built 35 years ago by the grandparents of said child,
‘dian’ vung children playing so soccer at the school that you
have decided to live beside. :-:

can’ come. and “n° on. ‘ae and I will Res % ile °
ear they have alot’.

_of good fields over there. i
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the car and drive to Deep Cove, where I
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Pubications Company and Cistributed to “every oor
von: the: North Shore, Canada” Post . Canadian °F

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Vancouver Island access.

Of projects launched and sunk:

WELL, Her Majesty may not put

a ring around the date for the
event. But here’s a scoop that
even Joy Metcalfe has missed:

A member of the
royal family — his iden-
tity carefully concealed
at present, but it appears
he may be a bloomin’
duke — late this year
will officially re-launch a
vessel in these parts that
will expand the life-sav-.

‘ing network on our scas
_ and inland waters.

And also to mark the
occasion, the Bayshore ;
will be the site of a gala :
gala ball. (Sorry, Joy, the phrase just
docsn’t have the authentic Metcalfe -
punch when it srumbles from my finger-
tips.) .
P ; The vessel was British-built but has -

: been extensively refitted to the capabili-

ties of a coast guard ship — which, if
mariners are to be believed, are all too

. few around here... +»

‘++ And without a penny of “govern-

ment” {i.c., your) moncy. This is the

Millennium Launch Project of the

Canadian Lifeboat Institution. Project

‘ manager is former West Van councillor,
! sometime actor, businessman and wit
; 1 Andy Danyliu. »

Say what you like about the royals —
they’re glam stuff. A surefire draw.

Eat your hear out, Joy. And d’you
le me a ticket for
that gala gala ball, huh?

O00

late co weigh in, but North Vancouver
MP Ted White is on solid ground in not
hoisting sails to pursue federal moncy for
the highly dubious Cape Breton project.
The plan is to preserve the engine and
indparts of this ersatz
“Victory Ship” as a
museum piece, and then
scuttle the hulk off
Gabriola {sland where it
would be a toy for the.
: Artificial Reef Society of
North Van Coun. Bill
Bell huffed'and puffed |
in perfect imitation of

the parochial windbag. -

who would grump

‘about Ortawa’s yvaste-
fulness if East Pumpkin, Saskabush,
taxpayer dough to mummify its dere ict
grain clevator for all to admire.
Government waste is, by definition, some

_ other region’s kabbyhorse.

White's sensibie conclusion: Let the
hobbyists pay for their own hobby. NVC
council’s motion that the Alliance party.
MP appear on its carpet to explain why °
he didn’t hustle for a place on this Teaky
bandwagon was comically pretentious.

The guts of the Cape Breton may have
some margial technical interest, but try .
to imagine hordes of tourists from the —

- four corners of earth clawing to get into ©

the North Vancouver. Museum and
Archives to > get a alimpse o of this marvel:

a a Q°
‘And s sp eaking of the Alliance party:

Stockwell Day’: 's aceprance speech as the
~ national party’ s leader was a campaigit

classic of humility, rah-rah inspiratio:
heart-lifting hope, and admirable gen

_, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR must include your .
‘ name, full. address and telephone number. .
Subeeit via

- crosity toward his competitors, especially

Preston Manning. .
Loved Peter Mansbridge’s immediate
deadpan reaction to it: It was, sayeth
Peter, “ interesting; ” Ah, it’s wonderful.) =. ->~
how cautiously objective the CBC can be:
when it chooses. -
And — perhaps great journalistic -
minds think alike. After this 1i”! column /
guffawed at the patently anti-Alliance : :
analyses of John Ibbitson in the Globe |
and Mail, on the brink of the final vote
last Saturday. the paper ran much kinder“ -
copy on Day including a huge, and well
done, touchy-feely profile. I bitson’s a
prose was nowhere to be seen: Maybe
even the Globe editors decided to let up’
on the “religious bigots” stuff and similar

’ slams at the Alliance. ©

Or maybe they concluded that th
Alliance is now a serious threat to the’ ::
Ottawa establishment; the Globe’s natural *
turf, and can no longer be treated like a-
gaggle of western n stable-muckers, :

: ey a de oy
How to gencrate more and more crit

“ies: The West Van School Board swiftly

bulled past parents’ groups, the local “:
teachers’ union, ‘and Victoria to éstablish
user-pay, all- -day kindergarten. Cos

__ thumping $3, 500 | a year, Clearl

ublic ed cation for ‘ots aged ol

ces: 1139 Lonsdale Avenu