inquiring
reporter

Elizabeth Collings.
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10 - Wednesday, June 6, 1990 - North Shore News

THE ENVIRONMENT has undoubtedly replaced the
arms race as the most pressing concern for a majority of
Canadians. According to a 1989 CB/Globe poll, Cana-
dians thought that cleaning up the environment should be
the federal government's top priority — rated higher by

ing green,

respondents than job creation and deficit reduction. Ev-

Arlene Alexander
North Vancouver
1} think it’s here to stay.
For example, I have smal!
kids but feel that every
disposable diaper not us-
ed makes a difference, so
T use cloth.

Judy Phillips

North Vancouver

I think it’s here to stay
because a lot of people
care about their en-
vironment. If we don’t do
something now, in years
to come we’ll have prob-
lems.

Dayle Goch

North Vancouver

People are very aware of
the environment. It’s here
to stay because we're
thinking of our children
and we want the en-
vironment tc be as
perfect as possible.

years down the road — or ev
able to sustain their environmental awareness and follow

that consciousness by action.

erywhere, people, corporations and government are *‘go-
** but will it last? Some cynics doubt that five
en one year — people will be

Is the environmental movement here to stay?

Bozena Smart

North Vancouver

1! think it’s going to stay
because people are really
concerned more and
more. It’s good that peo-
ple talk about it. It’s a
very important issue.

North Vancouver
I think it’ continue on
because it’s a pretty im-
portant issue which I
don’t think people can
afford to neglect. It'll
continue to become more
important.

Engineer
squadron

blockaded
by natives

FORTY MEMBERS of the
North Vancouver-based 6
Field Engineer Squadron at-
tempting to conduct live ex-
plosives training at Cana-
dian Forces Camp (CFC)
Chilcotin were met recently
by a native blockade.

By MICHAEL BECKER
News Reporter

The Toosie Indian Band claims
ownership of land in the area and
also claims that military training
activities and logging at the site are
damaging the environment.

But the explosives session at the
Canadian Forces Camp, located
about 40 kilometres west of
Williams Lake, went ahead despite
the roadblock.

On May 19, the B.C. Supreme
Court granted the Canadian Arm-
ed Forces a permanent injunction
prohibiting the band from block-
ing roads providing access to CFC
Chilcotin.

The local army engineers entered
the site and practised blocking
strategies of their own.

Training conducted included
“systematic route denial’’ using

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army crew detonated 400 pounds
of high explosives during the exer-
cise but did not damage living
trees.

‘“‘Whatever we do, we clean it
up. As a routine, the army always
cleans up after itself, no garbage,
nothing,’’ he said.

Dyer said the army used to prac-
tice abatis (defence made of felled
trees), but he said, ‘‘We haven't
done that for a couple of years.”’

He said limited logging at the
site has been ongoing to battle a
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