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proposed pepper spray presentation ia
North Vancouver.

By Anna Marie D'Angelo

News Reporter

North Vancouver Lonsdale Recreation
Centre programmer Liz MacGregor said she
received a call frem a Vancouver nurse who
proposed a presentation for recreation centre

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“Yothought it would be good for seme staff
and put itoat te sath? said MacGregor,

MacGregor said she received e-miatl
responses from a couple of eniployees who
asked if the presentation wits legal.

The North Vancouver RCMP immedittely
said it was not,

Said North Vancouver RCMP Const. Mare
Sylvestre on Wednesday, “We want to make
sure that everybody Knows that pepper spray is

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Pepper spray. a dilate form of bear repellent,
Gan incapacitate a person for 30 minutes,

Pepper spray recipients experience a severe
burning sensation in the fice.

The police use a pepperspray-type sub-
stance called capsicum to subdue suspects
resisting ares.

Sylvestre said that a person who has pepper
spray.and is showing semeone how to use it
tgaiust another person could alsa be charged
with a criminal offenee.

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VOLUNTEER TREE
planters and = others
involved with the green-
ing of North Vancouver
District were honored on
Monday night by the
municipality.

NORTH VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL
By Martin Millerchip

Plans were also approved
that will see individuals and
businesses receive awards for
“exemplary environmental
stewardship and awareness.”

Award certificates were
presented by North
Vancouver District. Mayor
Murray Dykeman and district
planner Phillip Chapman to
seven groups representing
approximately 250° volun-
teers.

The volunteers have plunt-
ed over 1.100 trees in district
parks and open spaces from
Capilano to Seymour during
the last year.

Award recipients were:

8 John Irlam, Lynda Derkach
und the students — of
Montroyal elementary
school; ;

@ Denise LaPrairie and the’
students of Brooksbank ele-
mentary school;

@ Ray Schidlo and the stu-
dents of Balmoral secondary
school;

@ Krysha Derbyshire and
members of the 25th North
Vancouver Girl Guides:

Ron Rogers and the B.C.
Hydro Employee Volunteers;
@ the YMCA, ;

@ Chery! Webster and the
Evergreen Foundation for
organizing, training and
coordinating the volunteer
groups with district parks
staff,

Retiring members of the
district's Street Tree Plan
Advisory Committee were
also presented with award
certificates for the develop-
ment and implementation of
the district's Street Tree
Master Plan, adopted by
council in 1993, ;

Receiving awards were
Ron Caswell, Larry Wick and
Art Beck.

“The care and involve-
ment of volunteers such as
yourselves in our community
is one of the most important
reasons we have such a great
place to live,” Dykeman told
the award recipients.

Council later approved the
costs associated with the cre-
ation of an annual award pro-
gram for environmental stew-
ardship.

North Vancouver District
will be advertising for the
nomination of individuals,
groups, clubs and businesses
in areas such as restoration
projects, community educa-
tion, exemplary volunteer
service and outstanding new
initiatives.

The awards will recognize
a community spirit and a
commitment to community
service,