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Squamish derailed

BC RAIL operations in Squamish were shut down for 24
hours yesterday during escalating rail union job action to
back contract demands.

Passenger service originating from the BC Rail station
in North Vancouver was cancelled.

BC Rail spokesman Barrie Wall said passengers
received ticket refunds or travelled by bus to their desti-
nations,

He said the dispute is having a negative impact on
summer tour groups served by BC Ruil.

The Council of Trade Unions (CTU), representing sp-
proximately 1,600 BC Rail employees in seven unions, on
has beer without a contract since Dec. 31, 1992. uA A

‘Ste untons were In a tegal strike position on Saturday, Ny fl
June 19.

So far, job actions included a ban on overtime and
12-hour shutdowns of stations in North Vancouver and
Prince George,

BC Rall laid off 35 more people on Monday, bringing
total layoffs ¢o 201 workers. Ninety North Vancouver
station workers are without work,

Wall said the layoffs are a result of a reduction in
business due to the labor dispute,

No contract talks were scheduled to press time Taes-
day.

The Crown-owned railway is based in North Van-
couver,

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Shellfish ban

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A SHELLFISH harvesting ban was extended to Howe
Sound, including Gambier and Bowen islands, on Fri-
day, June 25,

‘The Fisheries and Oceans department issued the ban
because of elevated levels of paralytic shellfish toxins
found in the ocean. The condition is also known as red
de.

:. Mussels, clams, oysters and scallops are prohibited
from being harvested during the ban.

A shellfish harvesting ben went into effect on Friday,
June 18, in the Sechelt Peninsula area, the Gulf Islands
and waters of Vancouver Island south of Dorcus Point
to Saanich Inlet.

’ Paralytic shellfish toxins are found naturally in some
species of phytoplankton or single-celled algae. The tox-
wins can become concentrated in shellfish that cat ‘the
algae. ‘ |.

Paratytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a fatal condition. : : i
Early symptoms of PSP include numbness or tingling of oy |
the tongue, lips and facial muscles. : 4 |

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Canaia Day elebrate

' CANADA DAY celebrations will take piace in North
Vancouver at Waterfront Park and Lonsdale Quay Plaza
from noon until 4 p. m., July t.

. All-day ‘parking is only $2 at the Insurance Corpora-

: tion of B.C. (ICBC) parking lot at Esplanade.

For /more. information on the North Vancouver
Canada Day festivities, turn to page 47 in today’s paper.

‘The District of West Vancouver willbe hosting a;
Canada Day Celebration at Ambleside Landing at the’
foot of 14th Street,"

-/The day will open with a fishing derby from 6:30 a.m.
to noon. Children’s activities and entertainment will
ea at 10:30 a.m. and continue until 2 p.m.

The formal ceremony will begin with the Color Parade
tong Areyle Avenue at2 p.m.

‘Water health risks identified.

From page. * North Shore: Health advises the

‘exceeded sveceptable’ coliform
.counts- from, July 9 to July 24. In
1991," Eagle Harbour was" closed

to swimming one day in August’

. because of high coliforms... ;
‘Meanwhile, Panorama Beach in
Deep Cove, an area with a history

of high..coliform counts, . hasn’t,
had: swimming warning. ‘signs

‘posted in the past two years.
;. In: 1990, fecal coliform levels at
ithe:-North’. Vancouver - beach
teached 550 with. a closure in ef-
“fect for 31 consecutive days. '

Eagle. Harbour and Panorama "

‘beaches are Jocated in small bays
‘that result-in a poor flushing -of ”

public that : swimming. may be
hazardous to health whea beach
water contains ~ fecal -coliform
levels higher than 200:

Potential health risks’ faced by
those who swim in water contain-
ing high coliform counts include
enteric disorders such as diarrhea

‘and intestinal upsets.

Children are. advised against
wading at beaches where the water
is identified’ as a health risk
because of the danger of acciden-
tally’ swallowing .contaminated
water. .

The coliform bacteria. tested is

Water out. Of the. area, said Kim-" ‘found. in. all warm-blooded

animals.

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