GENSTAR CAPITAL Corp. has announced that an investor group led by the corporation has com- pleted the acquisition of Canada’s largest marine transportation company, North Vancouver-based Seaspan International Ltd, The transaction was valued © in excess of $125 million: (Cdn). : Seaspan provides tug and. : barge services on the west.” coast of North America, most- "+ ly to the forest products”, “industry. ( “It also operates the biggest “ship construction and repair : business on the Canadian west: coast, with facilities in North." Vancouver and Victoria. iy Richard Paterson, a Genstar director, will assume) he position of chairman of:;: i the board; Allen Fowlis will {retain his positions as presi- 3 “dent and chief executive offi- Genstar Capital, which hasii een joined in this acquisition? na by TD Capital Group Ltd. (ai Sisubsidiary of Toronto! K Dominion Bank), Missoula, ’ *s K & K Enterprises: nd Seaspan management, vill contro] Seaspan's board. Business has been boom-¢ ng at the Port of Vancouver this year. “ “On the containers, wej Biwere up in tonnage by 13% ati the end of June (compared with the first six months ong 1993),” said chairman Ron 82 Longstaffe. | “In July we had two newie container lines — Matson ands & Sealand — commencing regu-} Mlar calls at the Port of f& He Vancouver.” i Longstaffe said the ports fislost some money during thegg 2-day labor stoppage in the ysummer, but a teamsters’ ji astrike in Portland drove F good service that Sealand now : [i makes weekly cails. “We're just having a good} year,” Longstaffe continued. g Ft Our labor productivity is ‘avery good and I think ourg# dwhole labor/management; team is working well.” ge a ees i In other port news, a “4 Longstaffe said 1994 has been wa record year for cruise shipy; bs sailings. There were 274 trips& “to Alaska from Vancouver, stepresenting the 12th consec: tive year of growth. “Cruise ships have become ‘more and more luxurious, Longstaffe said. The port has 292 sailings”: “booked for 1995. NEWS phote Cindy Goodman KAREN MAGNUSSEN recreation centre's successful stroke rehabilitation class has picked up an International award for programming excellence. The 1994 LERN award was to be presented by the Kansas-based Learning and Educational Network today in Boston. Members of the aquafit class, called the Aqua Turtles, meet Monday and Friday mornings at the pool. Info: $87-PLAY. CJC complaint over Collins column questioned THE B.C. Press Council is apprehensive about the B.C. Human Rights Councii’s application of Bill 33 to an opinion piece by North Shore News writer Doug Collins. By Kate Zimmerman News Reporter “I’m surprised that the Council on Human Rights would take it up,” said executive secretary Gerry Porter. The Canadian Jewish Congress has made a formal complaint about a column written by Collins regarding the movie Schindler’s List, which is about the Holocaust. In the column, Collins called the acclaimed film “Swindler’s List” and said its subject continued to be movie materia) only because Hollywood and the American media are dominated by Jews. The CJC charges that the column vio- lates the Human Rights Act by exposing the Jewish community to hatred or contempt. The complaint is the first to be made under last year’s legislative amendments to the act. Collins, whose right-wing views frequently stir up controversy, has referred to the amendments as the “Kill Collins Act.” Porter described the eight members and chairman of the council as “appalled” at the change. Do you think violence is a signifi- cant problem on the North Shore? 66 This is supposed to be a demo- cracy. And to an extent, a democracy is supposed to be a conflict of ideas. 99 - B.C. Press Council executive He sees the legislation as a threat to comment by journalists on any subject matter, including reviews of the arts, The Press Council, which has itself heard corn- plaints about Collins in the past, opposed Bill 33. “A difference of opinion is not grounds for a com- plaint,” said Porter. “An opinion is protected, as far as we're concemed, by the constitution and 100 years of history.” Porter noted that the council’s own code of practice decrees that members of the press should themselves avoid discriminating against. anyone on any basis. He made a distinction, however, between news reporting and opinion pieces such as those written by Collins. The Press Council gets complaints daily from readers who dis- agree with opinions expressed in newspa- pers, he said, but the council considers such disparate views “a very healthy thing.” “This is supposed. to be a democracy,” Porter pointed out. “And to an extent, a democracy is sup- posed to be a conflict secretary Gerry Porter of ideas,” Collins’ columns have incurred such opposition that they no longer run anywhere in the province except the North Shore News. Some of them have been reprinted in an American journal which has been branded “neo-Nazi.” No date has yet been set for Collins, the News and the CJC to appear before the Human Rights adjudica- tor. Dan Sinclair North Vancouver Yes, I do think violence is getting worse. There is not enough things for kids to do these days. Yoland Corsdas North Vancouver It doesn’t seem to be a major prob- lem at the moment, but with increased density of people. it could become a problem. Lesley MeLauchlin North Vancouver No, | haven't seen any here. services to move WEST VANCOUVER District Council is terminating its agreement with the West Vancouver School Board for the lease of the Inglewood School building, which is pri- marily used by a local chapter of the YMCA. Council recently notified the board of its intention to terminate, effective October 1995. The YMCA, which sub-leases the building from the municipality, has told the district that it can no longer operate out of the Inglewood building because it can- not undertake the required capital upgrading of the facility. Even though the municipality operates a successful outreach pro- gram out of Inglewood, it is not willing to assume the management of the building without the YMCA. The program needs a new home. NEWS photo Terry Patera FRONT PAGE from June 15 receives SNA honors. News wins SNA awards THE NORTH Shore News has won seven awards from the Suburban Newspapers of America (SNA) competition. The June 15, 1994, News’ front page won first place in the Best Front Page category for newspapers in its circula- tion category. The News also took six SNA advertising awards. It finished third in the Best Advertising Section, first in the Best Run-On (ROP) Press section, second in the Best Single ROP section, first and third in the Best Signature Page category and first in the best Graphically Designed Classified Section. THE ANNUAL ‘Together Against Violence (TAV) campaign under way now includes10 presentations covering topics such as making the North Shore a safer place to live. A TAY spokesman said the North Shore is not a place known for its urban violence, but violence exists here. Dulcie Baxter West Vancouver Yes. | think there is a solution for it. We should bring prayer back into schools and the strap back into schools.