- rs | Weather Manday: Cloudy, sunny periods High 9C, low 2°C. SUNDAY November 5, 1995 ) hag cae er athe a Serer Are ite ia & ah ws iene SS nsec as Soe Fea TEC me ae ae inside Seer raed, the news @ Business... 7 & Christmas Calendar.46 & Classifieds..............45 8 Camics. sauvaneceseeseee ME @ Crossword... & Entertainment 41 @ Fashion... D7 i@ Guest Appearances..40 Horoscopes............. B Inquiring Reporter..10 B Mailbox... BS @ N. Shore Alert...........8 Sports. ene 1S @ Talking Personals...50 BF Ta eneccseee BB @ TY Listings..................42 Vintage Years...........22 G@ Weddings........... a am opinion & Collins — Mike’s 1996 TV address: # Wright — Escape to Dutch Harbor: features @ Guest Appearances: 40 @ Flavors of Vancouver pull-out section: 23 reesei MIDLAND WALWYN BLUE CHIP THINKING™ Our chequing Account Pays Does yours? 925-9210 West Vancouver Office NEWS photo Terry Peters COVE CLIFF elementary school students (left to right) Jonathon Appleton, Kevin Addison and Sarah Whaley were among a group Of five children, which also included Jil! Appleton and Sabrina Addison, presented with an award by the NV RCMP for saving the fife of a teen on Wednesday. They found him unconscious on the Deep Cove waterfront. See story page 3. Burrard Band and North Van District rethink rejected link NORTH VANCOUVER District Council’s redection of a Roche Point Drive link to Burrard Band develop- ments threatens to drive a wedge between (he two parties. By lan Noble News Reporter Band members continued to push for die tisk at a session with council members Thursday nivhe. Council may consider the request ata pub- He meeting en Monday evening. The band is using future relations between band und council and a prior agreenicut between the two parties as leverage in trying to vet coup- el to overturn its rejection of Roche Point Drive aevess to the band’s proposed Windseng and Seasons developments. Said the band: “Politically (proposing access from Dollarton Highway at this stage} niay cause dissension within the band and spoil the coopert- tive and consultative spirit that has been fostered over the years, “This will be remembered when the shoe is on the other Toot and tae band obtuins additional land through the treaty process.” Council turned down the ink on Oct. 1G wader pressure fron residents Worried about traffic fit: out atthe heavily used Roche Point Drive and Mt Seymour Parkway intersection. But the band argued in a brief presented te councillors that taffie at Roche Pomt Drive and Mt. Seymour Parkway would only marginally increase delays ut dhe intersection, The conctusion is based ona study that takes ina account traffic front 550 new residential wits being button band fand. The band says a link to Dollarion Highway being pushed by council will cost the band about $3.05 milton. i The Roche Point Drive access tab total. $2 inition. Such conipurisons duo not take inte account $250,000 spent to cotduel a temporirsy: aceess from Roche Point Driye, which ty atsiost complete, The band added that it fet it had reached an agreement with the district under which the band provided land for a sewer system and a right-of- way (0 service that system in return for Roche Point Drive access to band developments. The band said it spent considerable cash designing roads and services and temporary access based ona link to Roche Point Drive. “We may be foreed to look to other con * cerned parties for compensation,” said the band. The band points out it would recansider is positions of constructing proposed ice rinks and a land exchange fora school. Roche Point Drive is identified as a future collector route in the official comaunity plan. The road could eventually connect Dolfartan Highway to Mt. Seyntour Parkway, Initially, plans showed an access soud that connected the band’s proposed developments to Dollarton, Crist said the district “hasn't got a leg to stand on” in its epposition to the Roche Point link, while Coun, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones said shes ready to tecansider the band’s request. Meanwhile. the district's working relation- ship with (he band and its developer ts being hehbop ase todef te emuhate aba Now. 30 lun. vheag frosted by a consultant firm.