SeaBus hikes BEGINNING MONDAY, North Shore residents will be able to leave their cars at home and pedal their way to work across the Burrard Inlet, thanks to a decision by the Vancouver Regional Transit Commission. The commission decided Wednesday to ailow bicycles on the SeaBus during morning and afternoon rush hours. Until now, bicyclists were allowed on the SeaBus only during off-peak hours. B.C. Transit spokesman Scott MacFarlane said Thursday that the commission had been considering ex- panding its bike and ride program for some time because of public demand. “It’s a trial pericd to cun from Sept. 7 to Feb. 28. Staff will monitor it. It’s (bike and ride program) been really, really popular since we first started it,’’ said MacFarlane. He added that the program attracted about 4,000 riders when it was first introduced in 1990-91; that figure increased to 18,000 riders during 1991-92. MacFarlane added that there is no safety threat associated with taking bicycles on the SeaBus during rash-hour periods. EU, d viater Save TRE SUMMER region-wide sprinkling ban imposed by the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) saved an estimsied 20.3 trillion litres (4.5 (trillion gallons) of wate; during the two months it was in place. An average backyard swimming poo! holds 90,000 litres of water. According te the GVRD, sprinkling normally accounts for abcut one-third of the daily water consumption in >the Lower Mainland during the spring and summer menths. An everage of at least 338 million litres was saved each day the ban was imposed. Even with the tremendous saving of water consump- tion, the GVRD is urging residents to ‘“‘take it easy’’ when restrictions allowing limited sprinkling of lawns- and gardens go into effect. Even numbered addresses can water on Saturdays and Weduesdays (beginning Saturday, Sept. 5) between the hours of 8 a.m. te 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Gdd caumbered addresses can water on Sundays and Thursdays (beginning Sunday, Sept. 6) during the same hours. Cars burned THE NORTH Vancouver City Fire Depariment is again warning adults not to let children play with matches or lighters. ’ The warning follows an Aug. 27 incident in which two "children, aged three and six, began playing with matches = Ja thelr mother’s car, which was parked at 316 West 13th uo St,, at approximately 3:68 p.m. Fire department spokesman Gavin Soanes said the ‘children’s mother found smoke coming from the vehicle after the two children had left it. _ Fhe ensuing fire damaged a second car owned by the ‘woman and a third car owned by a neighbor. ~. One vehicle’s paint was damaged in the fire. “Tho fire department can’ stress enovgh that matches and lighters are tools and not toys,” said Soanes. . Bridge incident THE: VANCOUVER City Police managed to ‘vik a - potential suicide victim out of jumping off the Lions Gate Bridge on Tuesday morning. ’ Potice spokesman Gord Elias corfirmed the incident Tuesday, but, to press time, had no further details. Suspect identified : INFORMATION FROM the public has helped identify . @ suspect in a robbery at Sun And Snow Sports in North Vancouver. _The robbery was one of six crimes of the week that have been solved by Crime Stoppers Greater Vancouver during the first eight months of this year. In addition to the six crimes, tips from the public have helped solve murders, burglaries, car theft rings, mari- joana cultivation operations and other crimes. _ Thus far this year, Crime Stoppers Greater Vancouver has received 845 calls that have resulted in 130 arrests, the seizure of $418,754 ip property and $3,945,305 in drags. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $2,000 in cash for anonymous tips that lead to the arrest of anyone who is charged with a criminal offence. Peopte can make anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers by calling 669-TIPS. Friday, September 4, 1992 — North Shore News - 3 N. Van woman angry over program funding failure A NORTH Shore woman BCIT student Michelle Motta’s says her future as an elec- job training future threatened tronics technologist is in jeopardy because of what she says is an_ inflexible by VIC application regulations Employment and Immigra- MICHELLE MOTTA hopes to complete the final-term of an | engineering program at GCIT with the help of an Employment and Immigration Canade job-training program. But her attempts at tion Canada training spon- sorship program. By A.P. McCredie News Reporter In order to complete one year of BCIT’s electronics program, Michelle Motta, 24, accumulated an $11,090 student loan and another $6,000 loan from other sources. Because of the drain on her personal funds, Motta had to forgo her final term of the course and re-enter the workforce as a temporary worker with an elec- tronics firm. During: her enrolment at BCIT, Motta received excellent marks and has full accreditation to con- tinue into the fourth and final term of the electronics program. _ But she doesn’t have the neces- sary funds. Three years agc, federal legisla- tion permitted the Unemployment Insurance Commission (UIC) to use funds towards on-the-job and See Fourth-year page 10 ; Buy any Mountain Bike and E 7 receive an Avanti Helmet September 41 Axels | Gele 926-6242. ag aie NEWS photo by Cindy Goodman finding the funding through the program have {eft her question- ing the job-creation system. 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