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Liam Lahey
Michael Recker

NORTH Vancouver
School District 44
will erase its multi-
nillion-dollar deficit.

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The schoo! district has sold its
Ecole Andre Piolst: property to
the BOC. government for $6 55
mifion. In domy sa, the provwin
cial gevernaient’s Ministry of
Education will transter the prop:
erty to) the Francophone
Edueation Authorty FEA,
which is currently asing the 3.44
acre properts

Vhe FEA operates French
language schools throughout the
province. North Vancouver
Schoot Diserict has leased the
Ecole Andre Molar property to
the FRA tor three vears. The
schoo! earlier operated as North
Star clementary

“Vhis is good: news.” said
school board chairman Doug — |
Mackay Duan.

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Robert Gaister

News Reporter rebert@usnews.com

SEARCH efferts for an Ontario man
trapped by a snow slide on Grouse
Mountain continued into their second
day, Thursday, hampered by continuously
falling snow.

The man, whose name was net released by police, was onc
of five caught on Wednesday by the siding snow as thes made
their wav up the Grouse Grind, one of die Lower Moinland’s
bess Known hiking traits,

Four of the hikers were rescued on Wednesday with a van
ety of injuries ranging tron. a broken pelvis to broken legs,

“The drama started on Wednesday at i) 0 pan. when Grouse

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4 injured, 1 missing
in Grouse trail mishap

Mountain start received a call trom a manon the Grouse Grind
using bis cell phone and requesting assistance.

‘The mountai’s safety patrol set out to help, but news of
other subjects led to the summoning of the ROMP and North
Shore Rescue squads.

“Our role was to dead assistance in what was identified asa
snow slide about tree quarters of the way ap the Grouse
Grind.” said Grouse Mountain presidest and general manager
Stuart MeLaughin.

By 10c14 pom. on Wednesday the fourth biker was evacuat:
ed trom the area, Names of the Inkers were not released by

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MEMBERS of the North Vancouver RCMP and North Shore Rescue prepare to board a tram at the base of Grouse Mountain. The
rescuers later embarked on a search and subsequent rescue of four of five hikers caught in a snow slide on tiie Grouse Grind trail.

police but three are trom tie North Shore; the tourth is from
the Lower Mainiand.

Mebauzhlin said: rescue personnel decided to call of the
search for the ith biker und) the morning because of avalanche
danger to the rescae personnel,

Search cfforty resumed on Thursday morning, when a three
man team centered the arce to assess the danger of the scene to
rescuers, Thev entered the area atter disembarking the tranp at
mid station.

Nt didn't take the group dong to reach a decision.

At midday. further searches were called off.

“The three of us made a collective tichd assessment that the
stability was fir too hazardous to allow any search operations in
the gully system) Gurrouading the crail” said: North Shore
Rescue site comninder Vin fores, The hazard is very high.”

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