Present size allows profit AN INDEPENDENT. report on the viability of the skiing business in Cypress Provincial Park says the private ski oper- ator does not have to expand beyond the existing permit " area to be profitable. By Anna Marie D ‘Angelo - News Reporter : The report by Price Waterhouse and D.R, Matthews & Associates was requested.’ by special commis- Sioner Bryan Williams. He heads. the. Cypress Park / Special Planning Process. Williams is‘ expected to submit his own report on the future of Cypress Park to the ‘provincial government at the end of the month. Work to create a master plan for the park was’ abruptly halted ‘about two years ago after a falling out between B.C. Parks officials, the pri- vate ski operator in the park and environmental “groups. - _° The Price Waterhouse report states, “At pre- _-,. Sent,' the product: being :offered the public. is ° ~< below. industry norms :in‘ terms. of quality. Visits.” .The operator of commercial skiing in the . park, Cypress Bowl Recreation Lid. (CBRL), “argues that expansion. beyond the park permit area is necessary for successful development. ‘The independent report states the “status quo” option (no new facilities and no permit boundary changes) would be financially viable for five to 10 years. * After that period, the report predicted the - ski facilities would be deteriorated while the competition improved its own ski hills. At this NEWS graphic Linda Douglas OVER THE past decade skier visits to Cypress Bowl have increased to the point where it is now the most popular local skiing destination, as shown by this Canada West skier visit summary. point the do-nothing option would result in bringing the operation to “the point of closure.” States the report. Two other possible options for CBRL were also deemed economically viable in the report: . “They include: development: within CBRL’s park- USC per. mits @ expanding beyond the park-use permit to | include commercial operations on Hollyburn and Black mountains. Meanwhile West Vancouver Garibaldi MLA David Mitchell whose constituency ’ includes Cypress Provincial Park is against any expansion beyond CBRL’s park-use boundary. “J think it would be a real traves- .- ty to clearcut huge massive. giant trees for building another ski hill” said Mitchell. “While there is a market for more ski hills, | don't think on our moun- _ tains here on the North Shore, that anyone. wants to see. another Whistler developed,” said Mitchell. Mitchell said -he is in favor of modest development within CBRL's park-use permit. The independent MLA said CBRL’s president, Wayne. Booth, is the only person he is aware of who is in favor of developing the commer- cial ski operation beyond the permit area. "+ ‘Mitchell said the “most extreme views” in favor of development he has received includes a comment that expanded parking and better. facili- ties for food, drink and rest are need- e Mitchell said that as a taxpayer he finds it outrageous that CBRL and B.C. Parks are suing each other over operation practices in the Class A provincial park. : Meanwhile according to’ the Price Waterhouse report, Cypress Bow! is the most - popular of the three North Shore ski hills since 1990. The report quotes a Canada West. skier visit summary that states that in 1994-1995 sea- ° son an estimated. 260,000. skiers:. visited Cypress Bowl. 240,000 at: Grouse Mountain and 100,000 at Mount Seymour: “~Despite this, the operator has increased skier y ,.victed of sexually assaulting teenage | “females, NEWS photo Mike Wakefield BLOOD LANGETS like these will be used to get blood drops. fram crime suspects through DNA warrants. © ~ olice mum on IA evidence A: NORTH Vancouver RCMP senior police officer who “told the News more than one year ago that there were two different blood types found at Lynn’ Duggan’s murder scene now has no comment about the case. By ‘Anna Marie’ ‘DB ‘Angelo News, Fopense : t commenting c on what we have and what we haven’ t ‘got,” said Sgt’ Ron Babcock on Thursday. =, “Our policy now is that we are not going to discuss the evidence available to ‘us-in this case,” said Babcock who heads the North Vancouver RCMP’s general investigations section. , Babcock’ offered the information about the two different blood : samples to the News in July 1994. “ Last’month, the federal goverrunent passed a law which allows police to obtain a warrant allowing the collection of a bodily sub- ance from a suspect for forensic DNA analysis. ; Uncooperative suspects willbe. forced to’ provide biological samples (hair, blood droplet or mouth’ cells) under the warrant. The first DNA warrant has already been’ issued in Vancouver. Vancouver RCMP spokesman Sgt. Peter Montague said last week that: RCMP, ‘investigators throughout the. province ‘are reviewing their serious crimes investigations to see if a DNA warrant would help. further the investigations. ‘Lynn. Duggan: was murdered ins her seventh- estorey North Vancouver : apartmient at 1415 St. Georges Ave. sometime between June! 16/1993 and June 17,1993. Her skull and lower jaw bone were found i in the Seymour Demonstration Forest_a year later. Police have, had one suspect in the killing since the beginning of the investigation. The: “suspect is a former Vancouver City Police’ : officer. wae Babcock. was asked why he spoke about the t two blood samples ‘ before and does not wish to say anything about them now. “Said Babcock, “We just don't feel it is adve aintageous to our posi- “: tion to “discuss openly the status of the investigation and what evi Mm dence we' ve collecte d to di ite.” : : : ao eeti ress concerns | Fron nage 1 Robert Roy Owens spent his full Six-year sentence’, at “Mountain Tnstitute “ins Aggasiz, because he wus deemed likely to commit a serious offence before his sentence ended. He has moved to the Canterbury Crescent home of Daniel Bristow, who was con- to} National ‘ Owens. sexually According Board. records, ‘assaulted three pre-pubescent females. Two victims were;his step-daughters. ‘They required follow-up therapy and the youngest developed genital herpes. When the.” News called’ the Canterbury Crescent home, an uniden- tified man said. You know what | think of you? I couldn’ Leven say over the phone.” before hanging wp. ‘A neighbourhood child who fits the profile of Qwens’ victims: said. she understood the charges Owens had been convicted of. . “It's pretty frightening.” The child has been told by her par- ents to stay away from the house. Speaking of her mother, the child said: “She’s more. frightened now that the new guy's come in and he’s inter- ested in six- to 11-year-old girls.” Dorothy Shea, Owens’ former sis- ter-in-law and a Parksville. resident who has led a poster campaign against Owens, said she is “very angry” ‘Owens has been set free. _ ° She said she has handed out. more than 3,100 posters bearing. Owens’ * Parole .. felt that you still needed ‘Vancouver RCMP Const. picture. She: added. she worried Owens. would return.to the Parksville area after he was released July 28. According to a National Parole Board appa division decision of Nov. 8, 1994, Owens continued to meet the criteria lor detention at that - time. Most prisoners are let out on statu tory release after serving less than. two-thirds of their sentence. : The reasons:: for confirming , ahe detention order stated Owens.’ was likely to commit an offence. causing death or serious’ harm prior to warrant expiry. : “Although you (Owens) had partic ipated in various programs, the board - intensive. treatment for. your sexual deviancy before any modification to the deten- tion order could be effected.” | The North = Vancouver. >» RCMP: became aware that Owens w ‘living: in the District of North Vancouver on Wednesday, according to ‘North Catherine Galliford. ‘:. Galliford said that police were con- | “sacting Block Watch and Block’ Parent ’ people living in Owens’ neighborhood , on Friday. Said Galliford, “As far as the police are concerned, he has served :his time and has as many rights as anyone else. ' “As far as people (neighbors) are. concerned, the only legal avenue for ‘them is to, be aware of where their children are at all time.” Galliford said the Public’ Interest , Disclosure Policy prevents her from stating personal details about Owens! background. The policy says that the, public.’ interest outweighs ‘an individual's / right .to privacy, 4 Galliford said she has— gone. ‘over the policy and Owens ‘does not) meet | “the criteria which. would’ allow police | to invade, his Privacy for. the public’ 8 good, : a She added ‘the policy has. grey. areas. ; vt Noreen Provost, coordinator ‘of the Northwest branch . of the! Duncan- - ‘based Citizens United for’ Safety and . Justice, said police should warn neigh-." . . bors when convicts like Owens move into a neighborhood. * ; ““Do you: want to lve next door “with a young child to a pedophile?: . she'asked. « She believes the safety of children - and innocent. people should | take. precedence, over the Fights of crimi-. : nals.: rie Provost ‘called for implementation . of a Reform Party of Canada proposal to enable jailed convicts to be declared dangerous offenders and sentenced for “an indefinite period. That’ would. prevent © the release. ‘without provisions ‘of criminals. who. . have been forced to serve ‘their full. sentences, Provost'said. °°" , 1 Such ¢ases ;would be reviewed °..°” _ every two years, she added. Currently,. a person can only be declared a: dangerous offender at or: ’ before sentencing, she si said. - CAPILANO’ S WATER level is currently 7% higher: and. Seymouir’s s level 9% higher than’ the ne three-year average’ for this time of year. Overall water consumption is:11%, or 400 mil- _ lion litres (88 million gallons), higher than the three- ryear average fora three- -day period.