NEWS BRIEFS
Port picket

Sunday, September 13, 1992 ~ North Shore News - 8

Guards hired to patrol
AirCare test stations

THE VANCOT'VER Port Corp. (VPC) has criticized 2
decision by the newly-formed B.C. Fishermen's Survival
Coslition to picket the Vancouver terbor on Tuesday to
back their demands for a federal investigation Into
depleted West Coast fish stocks.

YPC spokesman Trace Acres said the protest could
have a damaging effect on the port’s reputation.

“We're very disappointed that the port will be target-
ted on something that has nothing to do with us. It
could be very damaging to our reputation world wide,”’
said Acres.

Lineups for vehicle testing stretch to three hours

into line.

Other factors in the long delays
bave been problems with the
computer program set up to test
vehicle emissions and with newly
‘trained technicians. -

The North Shore inspection sta-

LINEUP WAITS stretching to as long as three hours at
AirCare stations on the North Shore and elsewhere have
forced the contractor operating the 11 Lower Mainland
vehicle testing stations to hire security guards to patrol the
exstrances to the testing sites.

The guards wiil be on the look- By A.P. McCredie

He added that he bas no idea where the fishermen will
Stage their protest in the harbor.
“Our efforts are being concentrated on trying to avert

this protest,’’ said Acres.

. The fishermen want @ federal inquiry into the disap-
pearance of approximstely 150,090 salmon that were
supposed to return to the Fraser River this summer.

Canine hero

- A DOG saved the lives of two men cunght in-a Sept. 7
house fire in North Vaucouver.
A-home !ocated at 1302 Mountain Hwy. was not
" equipped with 2 smoke alarm when fire struck just be- -

fore 3 a.m..

According _2 North

to

Vancouver Disirict Fire

Department spokesman, two men were sleeping upstairs
when onc of the men was 2woken by a barking dog.

The upstairs. area of the house was filled. with thick
smoke as the man made his way to safety outside.

_ When he realized that bis friend was still In the house,
~ be: returned upstairs io wake him up and help him to:

. Safety.

- Both men. were treated at Lions Gate Hospital for

smoke Inhe}aiion.

“The fire orginated in the basement laundry room and
*. worked its way up the walls of the home.

Fire’ investigators believe the fire was caused by a
. Moodlight left on downstairs. The heat from the light is
‘cbetieved to have ignited nearby combustible material.
., The fire caused approximately $70,000 damage to the

home.

_ Two firefighters suffered minor injuries while fighting
the blaze.

‘One firefighter fell while on some stairs inside the
.. house. A second fell when a board covering a hole in the

“. back yard broke.

Black out

: “BOWEN BLACKS out on Wednesday, Sept. 16.
; “To Aecommodate the switchover to an improved B.C.
Ste * Hydro ‘electricel power distribution system, the power
> supply to the entire island will be turned off during the

day. :

. The planned outage will begin at approximately 7:30
-a.m. Hydro plans to re-establish service to the Snug -
.. Cove town centre within three hours. ~

Service to. the rest of the island is expected to be fully

_ Restored by 5:30 p.m.

. Ferry service to Horseshoe Bay will be maintained, but
. ~ travellers are warned to expect ‘“‘minor delays.’’
‘2, Last November, B.C. Hydro announced it would carry
out a $1.5: million pregram to change. the electrical
system serving Bowen to improve service reliability. The

out for vehicles with insurance
stickers on their license plates
other than September 1992.

**We're seeing a lot of concern-
ed people bringing their cars in
for inspection, even though their
registration is still good for, in
some cases, 10 months,” said Eb-
co-Hamilton spokesman Lawrie
Lock.

“We appreciate the fact that
these . individuals are
about if their cars will pass, Dut
it’s just making it a longer wait
for those people who have to be
tested this month.”’

Vehicles must pass AirCare
testing in order to have their in-
surance renewed.

Lock said the security guards
will ask vehicle owners who do
not need to renew their cars’ in-
surance by the end of the month
to come back when their insurance
is due.

However, no vehicles will be
tured away, regardless of their
insurance renewal date.

“We're appealing to the public. -

to de patient and wait their turn,’’
Lock added

The majority of vehicles in the
Lower Mainiand have their in-
surance renewed in September and
February.

Lock said that in December —
the month when the fewest in-
surance renewals come due — the
technicians will ‘probably be sit-
ting on their hands.”’

But Sid Harmon of West Van-
couver: says the insurance sticker
check should have been in ptacé

Enjoy Your
_Nexi Hove

concerned .

News Reporter

from the opening day.

“F sat in line at the North Van-
couver testing station for two
hours,”’ said Harmon. “From just
looking at the cars.ahead of me, I

‘could see that most of them had

expiry stickers for months other

than September.”
Harmon also saw cars sneaking

tion is located at 1333 McKee:
Ave., just off the south foot of
Pemberton Avenue in North Van-
couver,

Its operating hours are 8:30
a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesdays and Fridays, and 3:30
aunt. to 4:39 j p.m. Saturdays. —

_ All inspection stations are clos-’-
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~ Canyon meeting

“NORTH VANCOUVER District’s Lynn Canyon Safety
.. Task Force will hoid a meeting on Monday, Sept. 14, to
” discuss: the plan to. have park rangers patrol Lyou Can-

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~ ot The meeting is open to the public.and will be held in
the commitiee room at the district hall, 355 West Queens

Ra, at 2 pom.

are appearance

"@ sexually assaulted - the “lone fe-
‘male clerk of a. Vancouver
-women’s clothing store; _

.@ abducted a female clerk from
‘an East | Vancouver photography
“studio, walked her across the Se-
~ cond Narrows Bridge to a make--

shift camp in bushes at the corner

of the Upper Levels Highway and

Westview Drive in North Van-

couver where he held her captive

for: several days and: sexually -
assaulted her;

- ‘g'robbed the Westview shopping

centre Movieland outlet and ab-

- ducted a female clerk. before tak-

ing her and the victim from the

A

“eouver provincial

follows NV trial

Vancouver photography studio to -

the Mount Seymour area.

During his trial in North Van-
court last
month, Snow denied that. he had
planned to sexually assault and

kill the female employee of the
_ Bridge House restaurant.

’ Snow, who was armed with a
" handgun at the time of the Bridge
House
. wanted to take the woman’s car.

incident, said he only
He added that he wanted to be
killed by police and knew the
police would be on the scene at
the Bridge House restaurant soon
because a silent alarm inside the
restaurant had been tripped.

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