Bear charges

A NORTH Vancouver man is among a group of people
facing charges for allegedly trafficking in bear parts.
Sung Kug Seo faces charges under the B. c. Wildlife
Act.
Seo, Sang Ho Kim of Surrey, David Bilan of Sardis,
Bo Sik Se and Bung Ok Jo of Yarrow face the charges
. following an investigation by the B.C.. Eavironmeni con-
servation officer service in April 1991. The operation
uncovered extensive illegal trading in bear galls.
. The investigation was jaunched to help preserve pro-
vincial bear populations and habitats.
Meanwhile, B.C. Environment has increased staffing
of its conservation officer service. Conservation officers
_ are emphasizing enforcesent against poaching, smugg!-
ing and the trafficking of wildlife body parts.
In the case of bear parts, the ministry is fighting an
-. dncreased demand for gall bladders, paws and other parts
. ,,. used in certain Oriental traditional medicines.
‘.  §eo is scheduled to appesr in Surrey provincial court
on Sept. 25.

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_ Canyon blaze

i. ‘FIRE ‘that burned through a cliff-side section of
Capilano: River, Regional Park on Aug. 19 may have
-, been started bya person who tossed a burning piece of
’ plastic into, the canyon on the east bank of the Capilano
2; River, .. ;
‘fe North "Vancouver. man was one of two. men in the
park on Wednesday evening at approximately 9 p.m.
Rob Duncan. said his friend was scouting out rock-
, Aimbing routes in the area where the fire struck.
., Buncan had walked back to the car to wait for his
‘ pock-climbing friend. ‘While he was there the rock
climber. saw some burning plastic thrown down the cliff,
‘at which point he attempted to put out the fire.
He subsequently phoned the fire depariment.
Duncan said the fire department arrived to investigate,
bat.at that. poin¢ the fire appeared to have had burned
itself out. ;

| Watershed fire

FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUED to battle a bieze Tues-
‘day ina tinder-dry area northwest of the Seymour wa-

Whe , Near Orchid Lake, was touched eff Friday
evening by. @ fightniag storm and had spread to cover
about. five hectares of. old-growth , forest by Monday

‘momilig.. oe
“To press time ‘Tuesday, the fire was still burping, but

under control. '-
(GVRD: official Maiti: Welman said that the fire —
abo it 15 km from: the Seymour Lake dam — is no threat

é
stopped rine on m the fire and just let it burn fora few
‘days,’’ added Welman., .°

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under appeal in the court of ap-
peal. itself. So. essentially what
they. are saying is that. we’re not
finished with these test cases. ;

“The manner in which the cases.
are going and the time in which
they are being dragged out, : it’s
impractical to wait for. a. final -
decision in the court of appeal,”’
he added.

The 48 suits claimed more than
$3 million from a group of faw-
yers, realestate agents, developers

‘OR: dam: ges deter-

Jeet test cases of

total of $2.3.

ion: for. *Cedarbrooke - Village
perative.- ‘apartment and°
wahouse owners in. North Van-

‘C. ‘Court of :Appeal, according
to the lawyer for the plaintiffs.

By Michael Becker
ews Reporter -

‘Said’: Mission - lawyer Reid
Dobell, ‘The whole . purpose of
. these’ test’ cases was that. in. the
hope: that once some legai princi-
ples were’ derived here, all of the
cases -could. be. settled: . But the
“defendants don’t seem to have any
- teal intention of doing that.’
. There are more than 40 suits yet
‘to be initiated.
: But, hé said, ‘‘These three test
cases on the {issue of) liability are

and insurance companies.

The action is an attempt by res-
idents of: the. North Vancouver
complex to recover some of the $8
million they spent to purchase the
co-op to’ avoid rent increases of
more than 3,000% in 1990.

Plaintiffs represented in the test
cases heard in B.C. Supreme
Court were unaware of an unusual
rent revision called for in a lease
for the co-op property.

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