Freighters collide THE SOVIET fish processing ship Irtyshsk sits at North Vancouver's Cassiar Asbestos wharf awaiting repairs. irtyshsk crew members were questioned Monday after the vessel collided Aug. 23 with the Panama- nian freighter Ocean Fame in thick fog of f southwestern Vancouver Islaad. The vessel was arrested by the Panamanian ship, but a counter claim is being prepared for the Irtyshsk's owners. Carl Jacobsen, vice president of West Vancouver's Maritime Group Inc., the Canadian repre- sentative of Polish and Soviet fishing vessels, said Wednesday he did not know the status of the counter suit but ‘‘we will be working to protect the owners’ interests.’” Tenders for repair of the vessel have been put out to five shipyards. CAPILANO COLLEGE Programs expand to meet demand CAPILANO COLLEGE management decided Thursday to expand for the second time its new evening credit college to help meet demand for academic courses at the college. College president Dr. Doug Jar- dine said an additional 10 sections, which wif] accommodate approx- imately 300 people, have been ad- ded to the evening program and will raise 10 360 its full-time stu- dent capacity. Response to the evening credit college, which was developed by Capliano College and is the only one of its kind in B.C., has been “first rate,’ Jardine said. In June, the provincial gov- ernment approved just under $1 million for the program, which By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter allowed the college to offer addi- tional courses for 290 students. Further funding approved in Ju- ly Incceased its capacity to 340 full-time equivalents, Running from 3:30 pam. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, the evening program offers first-year university arts and sciences transfer programs along with the college's regular programs currently available from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Overall. demand for day and evening academic courses at the college for the fall term has been extremely strong. As of Thursday, the college's academic day courses were 90 per cent full; courses in the evening credit college were 74 per cent full. Students attempting to register Tuesday were caught in a registra- tion logjam that stretched into the early morning hours of Wednes- day. Capilano College Student Socie- ty president Aaron Vidaver said students were faced with ‘thorren- dous waits’’ of up to five hours. 3 - Friday, September 2, 1988 - Nocti Shore News ponents to depot Ove speak out OPPONENTS of B.C. Transit’s plan to close the North Vancouver bus garage by the end of the year and move the base to the corporation’s Burnaby Kitchener Street garage took their case before members of the Vancouver Regional Transit Commission (VRTC) Thursday. VRTC chairman West Van- couver Mayor Don Lanskail cau- tioned delegates the commission was mandated to cover issues con- cerning bus fares and scheduling and had no rea! jurisdiction over the garage move. But commission member Van- couver Mayor Gordon Campbell said the VRTC has agreed to take the delegate concerns to the board of B.C. Transit Sept. 16. In one of three submissions made, the City and District of North Vancouver jointly asked members of the VRTC to support a request to the board to postpone the decision to relocate the bus operation and consider establishing the North Shore as a transit service area administered under an annual operating agreement. Municipal transit committee representatives North Vancouver District Ald. Murray Dykeman and North Vancouver City Ald. Frank Morris argued a= North Shore annual operating agreement, similar lo arrangements in place in Prince George and Kelowna, would see West and North Van- couver combine bus operations in- to one transit centre at the Lloyd Avenue Mackay Creek garage. The proposal would see the SeaBus, which alone with North Vancouver buses is currently part of the Vancouver bus operation system, also brought under the annual operating agreement. Said Ald. Morris: ‘*The North Shore would have the ability to plan, schedule, and in general, participate in the public transit decision-making process. Ad- ministrative cost of a locally autonomous operation could be less than the proportionate cost of ine existing system. The savings realized by granting local autonomy would help achieve BC Transit’s stated financial goal.” The corporation estimates it will save $565,000 annually with the move to Burnaby. Save Our Buses (SOB) repre- sentative Dwight Rouse presented the commission with a 22,500- name petition opposing the plann- ed bus garage move. Said Rouse: “B.C. Transit’s position on the garage could be described as damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead.” Simon Fraser University Student Society external relations officer Haje Protais said approximately The delays began Tuesday mor- ning, college spokesman Bev Greene said, when office com- puters were out of commission for two hours. In addition, she said, the number of no-shows was far less than in past years and well below the 10 per cent estimated. Registration was therefore ex- tended to 1 a.m. Wednesday. Though the new evening pro- gram has increased the overall available academic spaces at the coHege from 7,220 in 1987 to 8,500 spaces this year, Greene said the number of people on college waiting lists will probably remain at approximately 1,500. By MICHAEL BECKER 900 SFU students signed the SOB petition. The student society is asking for North Vancouver buses to remain based in North Van- couver, for an express bus from North Vancouver to SFU, for post secondary discount fare cards and for an express car pool and bus lane on Cassiar and Hastings Street. “The bus move will have very scrious implications. Most classes at SFU start early in the morning. Students are already forced te drive to school because it is more convenient,’’ Protais said. Said Independent Canadian Transit Union (ICTU) Local 1 president Fred McCormack: ‘‘The external Protais SFU) Students’ Society relations officer Haje . wants SFU express. real concern) of moving North Vaneouver’s buses ta Lloyd Avenue scems to be the sanctity of the Blue Bus system.” McCormack challenged the cor- poration to make public details of costs and savings anticipated by the planned move to Burnaby. While the move will eliminate the positions of a divisional manager, a superintendent, a depot work leader, two depot staff and a sec- retary, the company would have to hire seven additional bus drivers to handle the additional time travel- led by empty buses from Burnaby to North Vancouver. Auto....... Classified Ads.. Doug Coiiins Editorial Page Home & Garden... . Horoscopes ... Mailiox North Shore Now. . TV Listings What's Going On. WEATHER Friday and Saturday, sunny and hot. Highs near 28°C. Second Class Registration Number 3885