Thomas Creek |

‘devastated’
~ by Northlands, .

says resident

“*-A NORTH Vancouver man was .

shocked to see what the devel-*
opment of. Northlands golf

‘ course has done to 4 creek near’
his home.

4. By Anna Marie D'Angelo

“. News. Reporter

“usable by televisions.

~., News Reporter

; “[told them I'm not satisfied that
, they were not going to turn it into a’
ditch.” said Patrick Kinney, who has
lived in the area for more than four. > &
: years. . a
_ “AS you can see by the pictures,
‘the creek is devastated.” said Kinney
on Thursday. : ‘ ;
’He often walks with his children
at. Thomas “Creek near’ Mount
' Seymour-Parkway. Kinney said that
within the past two wecks, tree and
‘land clearing was conducted in the
area'to make way for the golf.
‘course.’ oo ;
. North Vancouver District (NVD) environmen

tal protection officer Mel Kotyk said the area is -

“being developed according to plan and the creek
was not blocked. .. — : :
"There is some disturbance there, but the creek
is going to ‘maintain its integrity,” said Kotyk.

Kotyk said the majority of Thomas Creek is in.

. the Northlands golf course. He said fairways cross
the creek at certain points: He said the underbrush
will be allowed to grow back near the creek. .
“. The environmental protection officer said the

creek does not bear fish. '

“But ‘said Kinney, “You've got to be kidding. -

. I've seen that creek the last four years. it's always
flowing.” = a So
Meanwhile Kinney has concerns: that five

“ponds created for the golf course. which will drain:
‘into. Thomas Creek, will contain fertilizer and.,

harmful pesticides. The tainted pond water will

North Van co.
finds market |

‘A’ NORTH Vancouver-based
company: is’ exporting cheap,

wireless multi-channel TV ser-«:
‘ vice to homies worldwide.

© By lan Noble

L But. Canadian Communication

“Consortium (CCC) “can’t” sell its
_ homegrown products in Canada due

“to federal regulations.” ’. .

*: The conipany builds a, satellite
system) that. captures ‘signals’ from...
orbiting satellites and translates and -,
.fe-transmits signals:'so ‘they are ~

travel through the creek in his neighborhood.
Kotyk said the ponds.will be dike mini Jukes

- for the creek. He said the golf course design con-

sidered that any chemicals applied to the fairways
would not reach the ponds. The chemicals, Kotyk
said, would have to pass through the ground,.a

rough area, a natural buffer strip and ‘then the :

ponds which would contain bulrushes and other
natural vegetation. ;
“Even though there is a potential that some-

‘thing might get in, there are a whole lot of steps to

get through before any kind of impact could hap-
pen {6 the creek.” said Kotyk. ~ ;

-: But said Kinney. “I’ve seen a lot of golf cours-
es and I don’t believe that holding ponds can keep

“all the fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides sitting
inthem” 5.

Kotyk said. that’ there. are two environment

“monitoring companies overseeing ‘operations at’

: ay Ste tat is NEWS photo Brad Lodwidge
.ANOOSH  KIAMANESH, ‘owner and. foun
“Communication Consortium, displays hardware that provides
satellite TV to his customers worldwide, but not in Canada.

" served and be animal corridors.”
: iho?

der of Canadian

Sunday, August 13, 1995 -~ North Shore News - 3

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PATRICK KINNEY fears that Thomas Creek, located in-his neighborhood, is going to turn into a_
.. ditch for the new Northlands golf course near Mount Seymour Parkway. : oe.

the ‘golf course. He said the development com-
Mics with requirements of the Environment and
Fisheries and Oceans ministries,

He said four streams in the area will be affect-
ed by the golf course development.

“There is a change that,is happening to this

area. It is not the same now as it was a year or five
years ago... | don’t believe the (Thomas. Creek)
stream is a write-off, but there is a difference,”
said Kotyk.: SLs ;
Kotyk. said most of the golf course construc-
tion is already done. The golf course is slated to

be seeded with grass in the fall, Part of the course”

is expected to be open by the fall of next year.

_Said Kinney,“It's sort‘of sad; you took at the.”

whole Northlands project and go, ‘Did we really

understand what was going to happen?.. I thought

all the creeks were going to be protected and pre-

Be ba We had to do'a
_.« lot of re-engineering

‘to.make it more. .:

affordable for the -
Third World. 99.

- However. he can also look on the
‘bright side. :

By: being forced to export and, ;

:.compete in. Third World countries
against. competition’ such as
‘multi-billion . dollar) NEC of

Japan...CCC has: become very:

cost-conscious...

i “We had to do a lot of re-engi-:

fon neering to make il affordable for the

Third World,” said Kiamanesh.

» « Canadian Communications Con-
sortium has ‘sold.-its systems in
Mexico, South America, Africa and
S ee

a '— Anoosh Kiamanesh

. Dishes and antennas costing less than $50 will receive translated signals

atithe customer's home." eh, Be mo
By strategically locating five of the transmitting stations, which contain

0% Canadian content, more than two million Lower Mainland couch pota-

”} taés could be watching multiple channels with -the ‘wireless ‘system’ said |

"company owner an
“, Each month, subs

his system to be available soon.
tHe said: the -Canada Radio-Tel

of his applications.

'Kiamanesh added the government is denying people options.
This is.the best solution for consumers,” he said:

on and. Telecommunications
=> Commission, the standard-setter.for Canadian broadcasting: has rejected all

The. company recently obtained a contract to design and supply a
sample city in Nanjing, a Chinese city of 2.5 million peaple, located on
the Yangtze River...” es me

CCC said the system will be a stepping stone'to becoming the standard"
‘for hundreds of other cities in the world’s most populous country.’ :

Kiamanesh said he believes his firm is the only'company in'Canada man-

‘ufacturing satellite TV systems. 0.) 3 oy
When the cable monopoly is lifted, Kiamanesh said his will be the tech- *"
nology, of choice because laying and maintaining expensive wiring is not.

required. fof no : .
-If the government approves the system, Kiamanesh said the firm could
blanket the provinee with the system in tiree months. Dee
~ Using an $80 hand-size decoder, pay-per-view channels can be accessed
Kiamanesh, 45, -studied electronic ‘
University of British Columbia.”

The West Vancouver resident's firtn is also testing the world’s mast econ ~

nomical satellite-based interactive distance learning system.

{CCC has offices in Hong Kong. Singapore and Shanghai and employs, 20
people worldwide. Fourteen ciployees work in the local head office, which
conducts research and development, testing and cnyimecering. :

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engineering’ in bran and. at. the
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_ decision

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‘decision,

SOUTHAM DEAL

Appeal
Court |
agrees

CANADIAN’ PUBLISH-..
“—NG giant Southam Inc.
_tmust sell the North Shore :
News.-or Real Estate
Weekly, agreed the Federal!

Court of Appeal Tuesday. ©
By lan Noble ,
News Reporter

The ruling supported a.1992
by the Federal
Competition Tribunal that said.”
Southain’s ownership of both
publications crimped compet- »
tion substantially on the North | J
Shore. in the print ‘real. estate
advertising market. :

To restore’ competition,: the

tribunal called for Southam to

sell off one of the two publica-

tions. ;

The News. and Real Estate’
Weekly are both owned by the

- Lower Mainland... Publishing. iF

Lid. .(LMPL).: Southam now :

. has less than a 50% voting con- ;
“trol in LMPL. ne

Southam proposed to seit” |

“ off the Homes section of the: J:
North ‘Shore News.: but. the .[°

Federal Court of Appeal agreed
with the tribunal's position that
Southam's’ proposal. did’ not
Mect a minimum’ competitive.
standard. a tes Ae

Xu

Southam can apply for leave. '
.to appeal: the decision to: the. '
‘, Supreme Court. « , ue

Meanwhile, in another deci- ;
sion.” the! Federal Court of:
Appeal ordered a new competi-: .
tion tribunal . panel .to take }
another. «look.:- at. whether’
Southam’s reach in, the Lower.

‘Mainland’ harms ‘competition :

for'ads. * x Uf
, a’ subsidiary
Southam ‘owns the. Varicoitver:
Sun and Province dailies. In’a” |

series of transactions -in 1989.

and 1990, Southam acquired ‘a’

-direct_ or ‘indirect , controlling

interest in $3 community news-
papers.in the Lower Mainland, ~
including the .North Shore >:

News. The. publishing giant

also... acquired «Real: Estate’
Weekly pent aes

of es
~.. In’ November. of | 1990, thes}

Director. of: Investigation and --
Research applied to the tribunal». F
for an order, requiring Southam * §

‘to sell two ‘of the community “7

newspapers, ‘in-cluding © the
News, and the real estate publi- '

cation. ‘.

Initially, the uibunal found

_ in favor of Southam.

A -~ summary statement. |
released by the tribunal registry”* J. :
notes the tribunal panel was not. f°

- convinced that/the Vancouver
” dailies‘and community newspa-
“pers compete, with each other

for the same, advertisers, But
the competition tribunal's deci-*
sion was appealed.) 005
-'The | Federal” Court: of
Appeal stated Tuesday. the orig-
inal competition wibunat panel
should have/looked at addition-.
al evidence? poe :
The ‘appeal court-ordered a

patel composed of three new

members to review the existing

“lavidenee and consider new evi-

dence ios en
“LM PL said it will seek legal.
counsel on the appeal court's

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