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Causeway
injunction
rejected
by judge

Anna Maria D'Angelo

News Reporter
adangelo@nsnews.com

A B.C. Supreme
Court judge dis-
missed on Friday
an injunction bid
to block the
widening of the
Stanley Park cause-
Way.

B.C. Supreme Court Mr.
Justice Barry Davies gave his
decision in a packed court-
room. The proceedings were
disrupted when a native man
broke the grip of a sheriff
outside the courtroom and
walked in saying, “Don't do
this, you can’t stop me from
going to a hear

Following the proceed-
ings, a native women who
was with him, velled out,
“Sad day for parks. Sad day
for our ancestors. Sad day
for your ancestors. It's bad
what you did in there.” The
two were surrounded by a
half dozen sheriffs.

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Marcie Good
Contributing Wriser

NO. 153 has known despair.

After chugging up and down Lonsdale Avenue for 40 years.
the valiant streetcar was forced off its tracks by a city more inter-
ested in and automobiles.

“Nobody even cried as the last streetes
blared the headlines of the North Shore P
adding insult t injury.

Subsequently serving as a motel cabin in Ruskin and a restau-

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Avenue’s No. 153 back on track

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craftsmen. Then it was abandoned again.

Since 1991, the streetcar has sat among cobwebs and field
hockey nets under the stadium in Mahon Park.

Now, North Vancouver City Mayor Barbara Sharp wants to
get its life back on track. She sees no reason why No, 153 can't
be back where it belongs — carting people up and down
Lonsdale Avenue.

As the begins a study of its main artery, looking for ways
to upgrade and enhance the street, Sharp hopes to hear lots of
applause for No. 153. The city will soon be holding open houses

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