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‘THE DREAM of fast
commuter, trains
linking West.” Van-
ecouver: with . down-
town’s Granville
_ Station via B.C. Rail,
{1 CN. and CP tracks
‘ended in a cold
Ronee: relay. ot

ApATCys.

“the ‘chief’ ‘crusaders for ‘the
scheme, the board ‘of ‘the
Urban Transit Authority
turned thumbs down. on the
proposal — at. any rate, for
the foreseeablefuture.

The ‘board, acting on a

- UTA staff recommendation,
gave the following reasons
for rejecting the idea:

- “Considerable problems”
in using BCR and CN track
on the North Shore. -

increases by Greens
Developments Ltd. that had
, lifted’ rents in the three-
hedroom, lth-unit

A claim shat commuter
2 townhouse complex from trains would “not cut
e: $585 to $750 in some cases. travelling times
. This, means inost tenants. significantly”
will not have'to pay rent‘for

Limited options due to
“the existing rail in-

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. October and part of
i November as they take
advantage of a refund
equalling six months’ worth
of rent increase.

e And a continuing in-depth
* — investigation by the Office of
% the Rentalsman = may
ij establish that another 40
ve Rufus Park tenants have
". each paid more than $1,000
in illegal rent increases in
1979 and 1980.

The Rentalsman's office
heard the case last week
after a Rufus Park Village
tenants’ association § ap-
proached the fledgling North
Shore Tenants’ Association
to help them fight the rent
| increases.

_ The result is that rent
increases of up to $200
' which were served to tenants

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# Reaching Every Door on the North Shore

THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES' request didn't strike the homeowner as a joke when he arrived home at Canyon
Boulevard in North Van Friday evening. He found the sign with a frog and lizard above lt firmly planted in his front
yard, alongside a giant upturned cross with a devil's mask, On the front doorstep was a black cloaked manequin with
green face and a dead chicken was hanging outside the house window. The angry homcowner tore down the
paraphenalia and the following day It was replaced with a hastily scrawled sign which read “Closed due to per-

secution”. The homeowner could not be contacted by the News and the epbode Is still a mystery to the neighbors.
(Terry Peters photo)

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WEDNESDAY
Cloudy, showers, some
heavy. Blustery winds.

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THURSDAY
Little change.

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