IT’S NOW official! The world- famous International Fireworks competition, ‘Symphony of Fire’’, will be held for the first time, ever, in Vancouver! Joy Metcaife tells all ... This dazzling and dynamic display of powerhouse pyrotechnics will be sponsored by Benson & Hedges and it will take place at English Bay over four dif- ferent evenings — July 25th, July 28th, August Ist with the Grand Finale, at which time the coveted Gold Trophy will be presented in a gala ceremony, on August 6th! All of this ‘‘light up the sky”’ dramatic festivities will begin on the very same evening that the an- nual Vancouver Sea Festival ends. So there is absolutely NO connec- tion between them!... kee Business news is that Greg McDougall of Woodlands in North Vanouver and the owner of Har- bour Air, the celebrity airline, has now purchased JetWest Business Charters, which also has some pretty top names in the entertain- ment industry, sitting in its comfy seats. Greg, who lives in a log mansion in the woods with his PR wife, In- grid and five-year-old daughter, Stephanie, has always been the un- seen pilot, flying the plane in the television series, Danger Bay. He was Bruce Dern’s private pilot when Bruce was here shooting Safeway * SuperValu * Zellers * Eatons * Japan Camera * Woolco Save-on-Foods * Woodwards fatch for our . - Sunday, May 20, 1990 ~- North Shore News a SHOP FLYERS iq Shoppers Drug Mart > wednesday Moores the Suit People > friday 23 Real Estate Home Section. If you miss any of these tlyers call North Shore News Distribution delivered to selected arcas only COCKTAILS ¢ *“*Harry Tracy: The Last Desperado”’. He and his corm- pany's planes have been used in the Burt Reynolds's movie, “Malone; in John Denver's **Higher Ground’*; in “Bird on a Wire’’ with Goldie Hawn and Me! Gibson and then he Mew Goldie and her son, Oliver, over to Paint- er’s Lodge for a few days of fish- ing; and he did the same same for singer, Johnny Mathis, actress Juliet Mills and soap star, Maxwell Caulfield. Jetwest flew Richard Dreyfus, who was here shooting the movie, “Stakeout’’, to the Oscars in Los Angeles and rocker John Cougar Mellancamp to Seattle for the Hoosiers Games. The item here is that JetWest was the company whose plane the Incredible Hulk jumped from, to end his movie life, and the series, in the last shot of the locally-made movie, ‘*‘The Death of the Incredible Huik’’ with actor-director Bill Bixby! (I also hear that Bixby has been scouting not only for a new movie location but for a permanent home!) The combined fleet of 30 air- craft and 95 employees makes Harbour Air and JetWest the larg- GREG McDOUGALL ... new owner of JetWest Business Chariers. est air charter operator in Western Canada. Congratulations, Mr. M... i Rumors are flying everywhere 986-1337 Ga CAVIAR NEWS photo Cindy Goodman CHEERS! Sherry Wright and Gee Ming Mah, employees at the Ginger Jar, help celebrate the store's grand opening at its new location on Fell Avenue. about that very well-known and highly publicized husband-and- wife team who run a.. uhmm.. “‘sweat shop’’ business together in North Van and elsewhere. But in- stead of exercising their bodies, they are now exercising their indi- vidual rights! Seems the two have separated and may be heading for permanent splitsville! wee Speaking of possible bones of contention, here's some news that might cause concern in some cir- cles and anticipation in others. The news is that two ships of the Royal Navy training squadron, HMS Bristol, and HMS Ariadne, will be sailing into Vancouver harbour today to be berthed at Centennial Pier until Saturday, May 26th. Both ships are on a round-the- world training cruise. The Bristo! is a destroyer-type cf 6000 tonnes and carries a crew of 400 while the Ariadne is a frigate and has a complement of 260. Coming into Store for Lease town to welcome the sailors will be the United Kingdom’s High Commissioner to Canada, Mr. B.J. Fall. He'll arrive today... BRIAN PHILLIPS ... this Brit Airway’s man was one of the tevellers welcoming the new Con- sul General for the U.K. at a re- cent cocktail party. BQ WESTERN And stili with the Brits, it was a very pleasant garden setting at the University Endowment Lands’ home of British Consul, Ron Boardman, for the welcoming cocktail party to introduce the newly-arrived Consul General for the U.K., Anthony Joy and his wife, Lena, last week in the sun- shine. The new Australian Con. Gen. Bil! Meehan was there with his pretty wife, Caroline. CKVU’s Dave Abbott, CP Hotel’s V.P. 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