4 - North Shore News — Sunday, October 1, 2090 ‘Now t NV District council refuses French-speaking daycare licence to increase enrolment Keith Lowe Coniributing Writer CEST la vie. Catherine Barry, who operates Les Petites Lunes, a French-speaking day care at 780 Handsworth Road, will not be given permission to expand her facility co 16 children, much to the collective relief of the many neighbours who petitioned against the idea. Barry did not attend the North Vancouver District coun- cil meeting Monday at which her fate was decided — although a large contingent of neighbours did. Their concerns ranged from unacceptable levels of noise to © decreased property values and increased traffic. Currently, Barry runs the day care from her home between 7:36 a.m. and 6 p.m. She is registered and licensed to care for seven children. The street is located in a quiet area and has no sidewalks. Neighbours have raised concerns about the safety of pets and children. Sylvia Soderstrom, one of the residents on the street, said Oil, Lube & Fitter pbpwaranty 21 pt. Safety check, 15 minutes - FAST! _ Includes up to 5 litres of 1Ow30 Quakerstate 1362 Marine Drive 980-9115 Mon-Sat 8:00an-G00pm, Sun. 9.00am-5:00pm Expires Oct 18/2000 f “AN services BARNEY March 1977 -. September 24. 2000 with great Sorrow, the staff of: ‘Maplewood Farm “Say goodbye to their longtime friend, Barney. “He was loved and admired by countless thousands of visitors to Maplewood. Farm for, : more‘than 18 years. He will’ be missed.” : arger day car an increase in trattic would endanger the children who like to play on the road. Soderstrom clarified that she wasn’t opposed to the child care centre on the grounds that it was French-speaking. However, her fisted concerns, from a public meeting on Aug. 29, said she didn’t “feel a French-speaking (specialized) day care is beneficial to immediate or local neighbourhoods” and that it would be “more beneficial if attached to a French-lan- guage school™ such as Northstar. Barry doesn't believe the reasons residents give, accusing them of “intolerance” and “aggression.” She said residents were ignoring her and “staring agyces- sively” at her young daughter. She betieves she wouldn't have had any difficulties if she were running an English day care. “We're talking about children,” said Barry. “I’m not open- ing a discotheque.” She denied the levels of noise neighbours are claiming, saying, “my neighbour, who has four children, is more noisy than my day care.” Barry said her children's days are structured and super- vised. She also contends that the weather on the North Shore raeans the children are inside a good deal of the time. She said she wasn't planning to contest the result of the decision, since it would only serve to further strain relations with her neighbours, but she doesn’t like it. “When you buy 2 house, vou don’t buy the street,” Barry said, in an Aug. 30 letter to council. “The streets are for everybody.” Provincial review sees po rise in birth defects THE provincial health officer has concluded that the increase o€ North Shore babies born with limb anomalies last year is no cause for concern. Dr. Perry Kendall said the higher incidence of babies born with congenital limb anomalies is consistent with expected numbers and does not warrant more study. A provincial-wide review of congenital limb anomalies was prompted in April after 9 North Vancouver mother went public with her concerns, Jackie Coupland said she was aware of three North Shore babies born in 1999 missing a part of their arms. Couphind’s own daughter, Siri, was born in May 1999 at Lions Gate Hospital missing her left hand. Coupland said the study showed a definite spike in limb anom- alics in 1999 on the North Shore. Although nat dismissing the studv’s conclusion, she feels future data should be carefully watched and monitored, North Shore Health Region (NSHR) chief medical health ofti- cer Dr. Brian O°Connor was initially supposed to review the num- ber of babies born at LGH with birth anomalies. The study was. turned over to the provincial health officer who extended the review to birth data trom throughout the province. According to NSHR, the study found the number of habies born with limb anomalies on the North Shore went from 16 in 1998 to 30 in 1999. This increase was within the expected range for the population, The study found that the number of limb anomalies in the health region was not higher than the calculated expected range in any of the past 11 years. Kendall said the relia- bility of limb anomaly and other birth data needs improvement. 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