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a THE Digger scurries
‘through the woods
“with the sure-footed._
confidence of a man
who knows exactly.
“where he’s going. And
_ The Digger does.

Todd! "Fiander, “The Digeer™
“to his friends, knows: the North
Vancutive to woads, like) the -back
of his“ callotised hand. He has
ocbeen: building. aad maintaining
mountain bikes trails sin the,
“fromme Mountain area for the
past 12 s,. His resume”
includes: 14 trails, He currently
“has three in the works.” .
“Trail builders like The, Digger
have worked for. vears. in the
North Shore woods undisturbed
by the. various Jandawners.
© Anollier broken bridge, holy
cowl” -Fiander ‘Jains, aso we
: approach. one of his claborare
wood and) stone oMeceano- like:
sets, “It never ends.” ,
ander. figures she’s. worked: ”
“on approximately 50. kilometres:
of. -biR@ctraifs in North,
Vancouver, Employed as a cone
struction worker, The Digger _

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‘News Repo epor ter danne fo@nsnews.com :

NORT HR Vancouve or District 44 adminis:
tr ators estimate the teachers’ proposed new.
union deal-will cost double the amount the
province is giving them. Cabos

Heed ication ministry see ae week that Sh. stu an

next vise years would sce class sizes reuee ce bon: a

rok Grade 3 students:

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impact: of proposed deal
with teachers could cost
millions of extra dotlars

“WPaCs vot wed
Heat. :
rrontly, class puambers in the grade levels AVERAGE AppVUst:
28 audentsd fepencting on the schoal district; nder the
fo ieachers contracr, kindergarten classes througbour te
vrwinnce wwih tavesa maniaain 20 chikdren: The first three « cle.
mentary grades wilehave a masimuin 2 2 stadents, ;

In Wess Vanco District $5 secretary teeasurer: Phil Turin
“rues mated” the propased reduced class. sizes will cost an extra

5 to be funded, we ed he crazy,

wiarely

LG mdhon over die three-year tern of the proposed contract

School Emptoyers”

When school’s out,
summer fun is in, and
we have lots of ideas

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The provincial government Last week announced SIS 7,00 |
wand goto West Vancofver tar “uew teaching statf” eee to:
fit the prisposed lower maximum class size.

Unlike most school districts before provinee-wide bargaining |
was drought in, West Vaneouver’s union agreement wide teach
ers did:not include classssize festricgions :

Most school districts work wink class-size masinimras and haves!”

the flevibility to add one pr avo students. ; :
As the proposed agreement stands, the addision of-anc stu
dem couse the Hi vould necessitate seading achild to a differ
a new. classroom inc ae SEFAPPC d schial

ny retees province wide sure Slated to vote on the teachers’
proposed contract by the middle-ofasesxt week, Phe. B.C. Public
Assaciation. the bargaining. group. fr

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