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NOTICE TO MOTORISTS
SQUAMISH HIGHWAY

BRUNSWICK POINT ROCK SCALING
PROJECT

(21 km. nurth of Horseshoe Bay)

lization program, ine Muustry of Transportauion and

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ts should expect 20 minute delays at Brunswick Point

As part cf its five-yea s
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Highways announces
as foilows:

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9:30 A.M. - 4:00 BM. (Mon. to Thurs.)
9:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. (Fri.)

There will be no delays on Friday afternoons or on weekends.
These 20 minute delays are required to allow the Ministry's Brunswick Point project
contractor, Cougar Rock Contracting (1988) Lia.. to undertake blasting. rock scaling
and rock bolting work.

For further information. please call tne 24-nour Road Report at 660-9775 (Greater Van-
couver), 938-4997 (Whistler), 860-4997 (Kelowna). Ir a!l other areas, call 1-800-663-4997.
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Ministry of Transportation

HORROR, MYSTERY, intrigue and good food. That’s what’s
offered in ‘‘Death in Venice, or | had that sinking feeling fast
time 1 saw her,’’ one of the many entertaining venues in the
Vancouver Opera fundraiser's Night of a Thousand and Onuv
dinners. At “Death in Venice..."’, held in West Vancouver,
diners participate in the murder mystery written by special
guest David LLoyd Austin (holding gun in picture). Pictured on
the table is James Smith, who is not realiy dead, of course.
Tickets are available tili May 9. Call 682-2871.

BUSINESS BRIEFS
FEDERAL FUNDS

VANCOUVER-BASED  Xillix
Technologies Corp. will receive a
$328,000 loan from the federal
government’s Western Economic
Diversification fund, Justice
Minister and Vancouver-Centre
MP Kim Campbell recently said.

The funding will allow the
company, formerly Microscan
Imaging and Instrumentation Inc.,
to complete the development of
the Lung Imaging  Flucresence
Endoscope (LIFE) which is aimed
at improving the procedures for
early detection and treatment of
lung cancer, thereby leading to
higher survival rates for patients.

Statistics show that of all pa-
tients diagnosed with iung cancer,
over 60% will die in a few months
and almost 90% die within a few
years. But if lung cancer is
diagnosed early enough. there is a
90%9 chance of a complete recos-
ery.

In a. standard bronchascopic
examination it is very difficult to
distinguish cancerous tissue from
normal tissue. By the tine a4
cancer is large enough to be

detected by this method, it is
almost always fatal.

The LIFE early flung cancer
detection system being developed
by Xillix depends upon the dif-
ference in fluoresence emitted
from cancer cells and from nor-
mal cells when they are excited by
a specific wavelength of light. A
calculated fluoresence image will
be displayed on a color video
monitor.

“When fully commercialized,
this product could patentiaily be
installed in every hospital to detect
early lung cancer and couid save
several thousand lives per year in
Canada alone,’’ said Campbell.

CRUISE SEASON

THE ARRIVAL Friday of Reger-
cy Cruises’ Regent Sea into the
Port of Vancouver signaled the
start of what the Vancouver Port
Corp. (VPC) is predicting will be
the port's busiest cruise season to
date.

The 1991) Vancouver-Alaska
cruise season features 22 vessels
representing 12 international
cruise lines. Total scheduled  sail-
ings increased to 255 from 228 last
year, boosting total passenger ca-
pacity by about 100.

The J99! cruise schedule in-
cludes three vessels re-positioned
to Vaneeuver-Alaska from the
Mediterranean as oa_soresult of
uncertainty over tourism in’ the
region.

“The local cruise service and
tourism sectors have been hard at
work in the off season looking at
how they can build and improve
service to the ships and their pas-
sengers,”? said VPC chief execu.
tive officer Capt. Norman Stark.
“The port salutes them and
pledges iis continued support
through our jiternational market-
ing efforts and by prasiding
first-class passenger faciities."”

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and Highways
Hon. Lyall Hanson, Minister

WFP employees are as committed to protecting the forest environment as they are to building a heaithy for-

est industry. Seen here are: (left to right) Jim Stephen, Valuation Ferester; John Leesing, Chief Forester;
Stephen Joyce, Seed Orchard Forester; Cindy Fox, Forester; John Barker, Manager, Forestry Technical
Services; Brian Clark, Divisional Forester, Inventory.

Forests are a familiar part of
the landscape for residents of the
North Shore.

Not only are forests important
as places of serenity and great
natural beauty, they are also
important to B.C.’s economy.

Caring for the 400,000 hectares
of coastal forest we manage is the

Western Forest Products Limited

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challenge accepted by Western
Forest Products. To ensure it’s
sustenance, WFP musi nurture the
forest — tending the uces, ensuring
their health, planting new crops
and harvesting wisely.

With four decades of replant-
ing to our credit, this spring we
planted our 50 millionth seedling
as part of our ongoing commit-
ment to forest renewal.

To understand forest manage-

ment, and in celebration of
National Forestry Week, we

invite you to experience a unique
outing close to home.

Explore the Seymour
Demonstration Forest. It’s a great
place 10 enjoy nature and learn a
litile along the way.

Walk the Integrated Resource
Management Trail, (wheelchair
access; or the Seymour Dam
Loop. And, don’t miss the fish
hatchery.

For informaiton on hours of
operations, tours, programs or
directions caii SDF at 432-6286.

We don’t just talk forestry - for us it’s a way of life.
And we don’t just promise to look after the forest -

We guarantee it.

John Leesing, R.P.F,
Chief Forester