THE PAST year was an
eventful one for the North
Shore and iis residents.

In order to provide North
Shore readers with a look back
over 1991 and a synopsis of the
important events of the year, the
News presents today the first in-
stalment of a special two-part
Year in Review feature.

Part one covers the main news
events that occurred on the North
Saore from January to Sune.

Part two of Year in Review,
which will appear in the Jan. 3
News, will cover the months from
July to December.

JANUARY:
@ Snow relief in sight:

Heavy snowfall brought the
North Shore's education system to
a full stop and made travel
treacherous, The third major snow
storm to hit the Lower Mainland
during the winter closed all North
Shore schools; Capilano College
cancelled all of its classes.

@ Life under Saddam:

During the Persian Gulf War, a
man from Iraq recounts a simple
anecdote about Jife in the country
under the regime of Saddam Hus-
sein: ‘One time, one smail boy
said to his father, ‘Our TV is not
working. Repair it.’ His father
went to the market and bought
one color photograph of Hussein
and stuck it on the TV —~ that’s
the TV of Iraq and nothing else."

Soren, a 38-year-old Kurdish
political refugee, has a degree in
plant nutrition. He is Muslim, as
are most Kurds. He left the Mid-
dle East via Turkey in November
1989. In Canada, he makes his
money delivering newspapers on
the North Shore. The war against

Saddam, ‘the enemy’ of his
people, pleases him.
FEBRUARY:

@ Teen admits guilt:

A 16-year-old girl pleaded guil-
ty in North Vancouver provincial
court to possessing some of the
$200,000 in ransom money paid to
secure the release of West Van-
couver millionaire Jimmy Pat-
tison’s daughter who was kidnap-
ped in December 1990.

The girl was later sentenced to
two years" probation.

Others charged in connection
with the kidnapping come to trial
at various times during 1991.
MARCH: .

@ Jack Davis mourned:

Veteran North Vancouver-
Seymour Socred MLA Jack Davis
dies March 27 after a long battle
with cancer. He was 74.

The Rhodes scholar had a long
and successful political career,
serving at cabinet level both pro-
vincially and federally.

Davis is remembered by politi-
cal friend and foe alike as an in-
telligent man who kept his mind
focused on policy issues. He held
the position of provincial Energy
Mines And Petroleum Resources
Minister up until the time of his
death.

@ Versatile sinks:
North Vancouver-based Ver-
satile Pacific Shipyards Inc. is

granted court protection under the -

Company Creditors Arrangemeat
Act for a 120-day breathing
period to restructure its finances
and stave off bankruptcy, but the
once-massive shipyard’s days are
numbered.

All but a handful of its
workforce is laid off.

APRIL:
© Condoms blocked:

District 45 School Board votes
against installing condom
machines in its secondary schools.

The decision ended an often

emotional debate that raged
through the community for
months.
MAY:

@ Gang attacks family:
A Deep Cove family is beaten

by youths gathered near a Mount
Seymour Parkway gas station as
youth violence on the North Shore
continues to be a major concern
te the community.
@ Iraq's former ambassador to
the U.S. buys a home in North
Vancouver:

The News reveals that former
traqgi ambassador to the United

States Mohammed AlI-Mashat
purchased half a duplex in a
modest Lower Lonsdale

neighborhood.

At the time, Mashat was at the
centre of a Canadian immigration
controversy. His whereabouts had
been unknown. Federal opposition
party members had criticized the
granting of landed immigrant
status to the Iraqi without the
prior knowledge of the minister of
immigration and the minister of
state for external affairs.

@ Workers fight for dock:

The Marine Workers and
Boilermakers Industrial Union
({MWBIV) initiates a campaign to
save Versatile Pacific Shipyards’
$60-million Panamax floating dry
dock from being sold and moved
out of the Vancouver port.

@ Condoms voted out:

North Vancouver’s District 44
School Board also votes against
installing condom machines in the

district’s secondary schools.
JUNE:
@ Smash and grab:

‘North Shore malls are hit with

two jewelry robberies in three
days.
West Vancouver Police and

North Vancouver RCMP robbery
investigators scramble for leads
following two major smash-and-
grab jewelry heists.

Three men wearing nylon stock-
ings over their heads stole a
number of expensive watches from
Birks Jewellers in Park Royal
South after smashing display cases
with hammers. One of the
suspects was armed with a han-

‘three-day period

IN JANUARY (top sight)
heavy snowfall brought the
North Shore to a standstill;
Jack Davis (right) passed
away in March after a long
politica! career; Versatile

Pacific Shipyards (lower left)

made a last attempt to
restructure its finances;
Two jewelry stores (lower
right) were robbed within a
in June;
bone marrow donors were
sought for Deep Cove's
Badger sisters (upper left)
who have a rare genetic
disease.

dgun.

Earlier, four people were in-
jured when armed thieves robbed
Lugaro Jewellers at Capilano
Mall. A gunman armed with a
shotgun blasted two shots into the
busy fast food area of the mall.
The thieves escaped with approx-
imately $500,000 worth of jewelry.
@ Park and Tilford sold:

The massive shopping centre,
which opened in November 1988
at a cost of $25 million, is pur-
chased by Morguard Investments
Lid. on behalf of Pension Fund
Realty Ltd.

Morguard also owns Caulfeiid
Village in West Vanccuver.

@ Marrow match sought:

A Deep Cove family appeals to
North Shore residents to register
as bone marrow donors after they
discover two of their three daugh-
ters are stricken with the same
fatal disease.

Parents Steve and Jeanette
Badger begin a search for poten-
tial donors for Rachel, 7, and
Melissa, 5. The girls have a rare
genetic disease called.
metachromatic leukodystrophy.

In November, a new donor for
Melissa is believed to be found
pending more tests to make sure
the potential donor is a good
‘*match.””

Gi Business .............. 24
@§ Classified Ads.......... 26
@ Editorial Page ......... 6
@ Bob Hunter ........... 4
WE Lifestyles.............. 23

Index
@ Mailbox .............. 7
@ North Shore Now ...... 14
MTV Listings ........... 18
B What's Going On........ 7
@ Frugal Gourmet........ 25

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Front page photo
Mike Wakefield

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