Man killed
on train tracks

SQUAMISH RCMP and the coroner investigating the Sunday
death of a msn run over by a BC Rail passenger train are remain-
ing tight lipped about the grisly accident.

The Squamish police detachment was notified by BC Rail at ap-
proximately 7:40 p.m. March 26 that a man had been struck by a
southbound train near Brunswick Beach.

The man was lying on the tracks. Witnesses aboard the train said
the man had been decapitated after the train had run over him.

A Squamish RCMP spokesman said fou! play was not suspected
as a contributing factor to the death. Said Squamish coroner David
Stewart: “All I can say is thet the accident is still under investiga-
on.’

Youths arrested
for auto B&E

‘CHARGES ARE pending against five young offenders who were
arrested by West Vancouver Police following a March 25 break-in
to a car parked at Park Royal south.

A police officer observed the youths, all age 16 or 17, near the
car at approximately 10:25 p.m. A window of the car had been
broken, causizg approximately $150 worth of damage, and $20
worth of cassette tapes were stolen.

Three of the youths were arrested on Taylor Way. One of the
suspects was picked up af Ambleside Park and a fifth suspect was
later arrested at his North Vancouver home.

A police spokesman said the youths are also believed to be
responsible for numerous recent thefts from cars in the Deep Cove
area, the North Skore Winter Club and the Mount Seymour area.

Stolen property
recovered

WEST VANCOUVER Police recovered stolen property, worth an
estimated $1,500 after arresting two young offenders March 24.

The goods recovered were taken from a car parked behind the
Odeon Theatre in the 1500-block of Marine Drive.

A resident called police at approximately 9 p.m. to complain
goout youths prowling cars in the area. Police subsequently ar-
rested two 17-year-old male youths from North Vancouver.

Charges are pending against the two youag offenders.

System might
have averted spill

A PRECISION navigation system manufactured by a North Van-
couver company could kave kelped avert the recent oil spill disaster
in Valdez, Alaska, according to the company president.

Helmut Lanziner of Offshore Systems Ltd. said the system,
which digitalizes information from hydrographic charts and
defence maps to provide precise on-screen navigation for Coast
Guard vessels and tankers, ‘‘would have made it almost impossible
(for the Exxon Valdez tanker crew) to have screwed up.’’

Offshore was recently awarded a $399,957 federal government
contract to make its precision integrated navigation systems for the
Canadian Armed Forces, and bas sold similar systems to the Ca-
nadian and U.S navies and Chevron Shipping in the United States
for olf tankers delivering in the Gulf of Mexico.

The systems in the most recent contract will give two auxiliary
mine counter-measures vehicles the ability to operate precisely in
confined waterways.

Offshore, which developed its system for use in the Beaufort Sea
oil fields, bas been in North Vancouver since 1977 and employs
about 25 people.

Lanziner said the company wrote to Exxon about its system after
the 300-metre Exxon Valdez ran aground early Good Friday near
Valdez, Alaska, and spilled an estimated 38 million litres of crude
oi! into west coast Alaska waters.

CRIME tom”
ALERT fitters

From page 4

PEMBERTON

Break and enter — 900-blk.
Tobruck. Entry gained by
smashing trailer window. Stolen:
power drill and cable, heater nails,
clothing.

Break and enter — 1500-bik.
Pemberton. Entry gained by forc-
ing louvers open and removing
panels. Stolen: ghetto blaster.

ROYAL PET FOODS
West Van's Newest
Pet Food Store

OPENS SATURDAY
APRIL 1/89
Former owners of Lynn
Valley Pet Foods Heather
& loseph bring much
knowledge with them.
They invite you to come in
and discuss your pets

needs.

Stop by Saturday
April 1, and
have a cup of coffee

1846 Marine Dr., West Van.

§ - Friday, March 31, 1989 - North Shore News

Grand Opening

WEST VANCOUVER'S NEWEST STORE

ROYAL PET FOODS

April Ist, Saturday

9:30 to 6pm
Stop by and have a coffee
& Bring Your Pet
1846 Marine Dr. W. Van.

922-3071

across from West Van Florists

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