10 - Wednesday, October 16 1985 - North Shore News Animal production problems revealed From Page 4 use to the hatchery, he said — was suffocation. A spokesman for the hatchery, who preferred to slay anonymous, said 99 per cent of the thousands of male chicks produced by the hatchery were taken by mink farmers. He said most were given away live and disposed of by thase who took them: “We do not kill them." John Vanderhoven, direc- tor of field operations for the SPCA‘s Vancouver tegion, said the method of killing the chicks, described by Lee as suffocation by the hundreds in plastic bags, ‘‘is not a way tu treat life. We are particularly upse: with the hatchery. If they are sell- ing the chicks for feed, their responsibility is to kill them properly." Vanderhoven said charges of cruelty to animals being considered aguinst the Gabriola Island resident were now unlikely: “‘Fram City puts hold on bingo LICENCES for commercial bingo halls have been put on hold in North Vancouver Ci- ty. Council agreed 4-3 to have staff make a report and rec- ommendation to council by January, 1986, and that no business licences shall be issued until business polici. + have been established. Bingo has been used to taise money for non-profit groups in North Vancouver, at such places as St. Thomas Aquinas School or the Royal Canadian Legion Hall. iv Canadian Radio-tetevision and Telecommunications Commission Conseil de ta radioditfusion et des télécommunications canadiennes NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CRTC - Notice of Public Hearing 1985-86. The CRTC will hold a public hearing beginning on 2 December 1985 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 655 Burrard St., Vancouver, B.C. to consider the jollowing: Mountain FM Radlo Ltd. 9. NORTH VANCOUVER, BC. Application (851584300) by MOUNTAIN FM RADIO LTD., PO. Box 1989, Squamish, BC. VON 3GQ. for a licence to carry on an English-language (Group | - Pop and Sott Rock Music) FM radio broadcasting transmitting under. taking at North Vancouver, operating on a trequency of 104.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts. The ap- plication may be examined al ine: North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, 131 East 2nd Ave., North Vancouver Interveners wishing ta make an oral presentation, in French, of their intervention at the public hearing are requested to iniorm the Commission in order that the necessary arrangements be made Anyone may view the complete documentation of this notice at the ficensee’s address noted above: at the CRIC. Central Building, Les Tetrasses de la Chaudiere, 1 Promenade du Por- jage, Room 561, Hull, Quebec and at the CRIC reqonal office Suite 1130. 700 West Georgia. Bor 10105, Vancouver. British Col- umbia V7Y {C6 Interventions must be filed with the Secretary General, CRTC, Ot tawa, Ont KIA ON2 and a true Copy to the applicant on or betore 412 November 1985. For more in- formation you may aiso call the CRTC Public Hearings Branch at (819) 997-1328 ot 997-1027, CRIC Information Services in Hull at (819) 997-0313 of the CRIC regional cifice in Vancouver (605) 666-2111 Canada halls But recent publicity highlighting the commercial benefits of bingo lottery halls prompted the city to set formal business policies. ~- Cancer. "= dnformation . line foot : 736-2323 fama Gxwed Soety his story he believed he was buying dead chicks. So it does not appear that he was deliberately abusing the animals."" Vanderhoven said the case is similar to one he in- vestigated in the early 1970s in which eggs were being dropped at a city dump in Maple Ridge and were subsequently hatching under warm sun, leaving homeless chicks wandering about the dump grounds. Resulis of an autopsy conducted on several of the dead chicks seized will be available within a week, ac- cording to Lawson. The SPCA superintendent said Friday that the station wagon load of chicks was as upsetting as it was unusual: “T think it’s high time that society took a long look at factory produced animals in general. This is only the tip of the iceberg."* HEATER HEATING? Your car heater won’t last forever. H you are getting into your car on these cooler fall mornings and finding that your windows will not clear up, it could well be due to a leaking heater, This has the effect of a steaming kettle benealh your dashboard, and no arnount of wiping andfidd- & ing with your defroster will fix it. Your cooling system should be serviced every “2" years to f prevent unnecessary damage. : Come in for a HEATER TUNE-UP and enjoy clear sailing this fall and winter. i NOR-EST RADIATORS 4-0374 B 1175 West 14th St., NV West Vancouver residents are spending millions of dollars on Sundays, somewhere else. Before you vote on November 16, please consider everything Sunday shopping means to West Vancouver. Today, people z travelling to shop in other municipalities, especially North Vancouver, That situation creates a competitive disadvan- tage for local merchants. Sunday Shopping means a lot to West Vancouver. If it becomes a reality, local merchants will be able to compete with the rest of Greater Vancouver, And that will mean a lot are more than revenue. For everyone. West Vancouver merchants need your help. Before you vote on November 16, please get to know the facts about Sunday Shopping. Vote“Yes’” on Sunday Shopping. 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