a oa SO here we are at the end of the 90s, entering a brand new millennium. It’s been a case of “what goes around, comes around” over the last decade -— at least in the worlds of music and fashion. Swing music and disco clothing have both been on the hit parade of cool, starting with ’70s nights at local clubs and winding up with big band retro parlaying itself into 100 com- . pilation albums. The film industry has taken off in a big way on the North ~ Shore, with the popularity of Lions Gate studios and Canadian crew amongst American producers giving the local business a boost —~ especially with The X-Files, one of the top shows of the *90s, being shot in town. .* Lions Gate Bridge ends the century mired in controversy, _» with North, Shore residents facing vast. traffic line-ups waiting “for the ‘span to be upgraded. - - BC Ferries’ fast erry project, meanwhile, has proven itself “anything but fast and everything but functional. ‘« Elsewhere, we've witnessed the scandal of Bill Clinton’s raucous personal: life and the much-mourmed passing of ‘Princess Diana — the fairytale heroine of the 80s. 2. The ‘decade’ be with the 24-hour “Desert Storm” images of ‘the Gulf War, before political troubles in the Balkans sparked conflict in Chechnya, Bosnia, and Kosovo. " Political’ stand-offs in this neck of the woods (no pun “intended), have focused on environmental demonstrations: in Ciayoquot Sound, the Stoltmann Wilderness, and the Elaho : yaley, Protestors have decried the clearcutting of old-growth rest. : Alongside a growing interest in environmental issues, West Coasters -have begun’ to spurn corporate values in favour of - foga; echinacea, hemp clothing and ‘Tibetan Buddhism. . ‘And: finally, now that it’s winter, fans of snowboarding — th ‘decadeé’s favaurite sport — can take to the hills in a selec- ion of North Face gear with fresh Energy Bars in their down- ined pockets and ride.into the future! | -From all ¢ of us at ‘the ie News, have a hapoy 2000. : “Two people were ‘killed . and: seven’ others’ were injured in a tragic accident at the Horseshoe Bay ferry ter- minal when a runaway track loaded” with hot = asphalt. “Grashed into a van of holiday : ; travellers. ou’ The truck apparently fost its brakes’ while: travelling ‘down the.steep hill leading “to the’ ferry terminal and - crashed into a Ford van in one of the terminal’s waiting sbs over: four years for ship--. : lanes. | Vancouver. “On. impact, ' the. van_ was. ‘partially covered with’ the .-truck’s hot asphalt ‘July:" 9-1- a begins on ol North Shore: The nationally recognized ~~ emerge: eacy. phone number.9- ticked . in for. North Shore and: Lower Mainland: “residents on‘July 15. : ‘9-1-1 replaced the hodge ~ -podge: of: emergency: phone: numbers.used-in the various . ck . Lower: Mainland -municipali- _ tes Lek . North Shore. | ' The. three-digit phone number routes all emergency calis to a dispatch centre which then dispatches the ~ calls to the nearest appropri- ate agency. . The capital cost of the central control system is $2.5 | ‘ million.with an annual oper- ating budget of $2.5 million. : . The service is expected te: handle: one million calls in its” first. year of operation. - “ August: | Blue boies make debut” = Curbside | Paper Industries .Ltd.. (IPI) began - delivery.of the -12-galion: recycling blue: boxes to sin- gle-family homes across the Local: :- residents -. soon sa recycling became a reality in August as ‘International - MILLENNIAL NINETIES Chilling DOUG Shaw hangs on te Stephanie Norris while shark girl Janice Bailey and penguin be fight over the pair before the annual Penguin Plunge at Panorama Park in Deeg Cove. - became avid recyclers. By October, they were diverting over 700 tonnes of material. from_ the waste | stream each month. In November, multi-fami- ly ‘complexes on the North Shore started receiving the 96-gallon carts that would allow apartment and ‘condo- minium dwellers to recycle. it marked the first time in Canada’ that all. multi-unit __ residences were included in a municipal recycling Pro- gram. 1991 news briefs January: Snow relief i in sight thrills . Heavy snowfall brought the North Shore’s education system to a full. stop and” made travel treacherous.‘ ‘ est Vancouver -..: millionaire. Jimmy Pattison’s. -. bay Scott Rusealt &: