Yacht fire

‘FIRE DAMAGED a 47-foot (14-metre) yacht moored at

a private dock in Deep Cove, Saturday, Feb. 13,

North Vancouver District Fire Department firefighters
were called to 4657 Strathcona Rd. at 6:58 p.m.

‘The firefighters were assisted on the water by a
fireboat operated by the North Vancouver City Fire
Department.

Upon arrival the fire crews found the upper deck and
cabin area of the vesse! engulfed in flames.

‘The fire was contained to the upper area of the boat.

“he fire caused no injuries. The investigation con-
tinues.

Police nab suspect

_THE WEST Vancouver Police arrested a 39-year-old
man at approximately 3:38 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2,
after the suspect was found operating a stoten vehicle at
Ambleside Park.

_ A police spokesman said the man was held for im-
migration officials and faces a charge of Possession of

"stolen property over $1,000.

Copier caper

THE BETTER Business Bureau has issued a warning

that telemarketers working with several Montreal com-
panics, inctuding Office Products Distribution Centre
and, Central Office Products, are targeting local com-
panies as customers of unordered photocopier toner.
‘According ‘to. a Better Business Bureau spokesman,
“They called wanting approval for a shipment of toner:
that had been ‘back ordered.’ The person answering the
phone was a new employee who thought the correct
response should be ‘OX.’ The carton which arrived con-

tained toner costing $135.22 each. The same product
purchased locally cost $24,95."" >
The toner had not been ordered.

Bank found liable in NV

cheque fraud judgment

SEEMINGLY. SIMPLE .
“ « sheques: are complicated fi-

nancial i instruments.

_ By Brent Mudry
Contributing Writer

The. Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce learned that lesson the

° hard way in B.C.: Supreme Court.
-’And..Boma Manufacturing . and

.“Panabo Sales of North Vancouver
“will recover their full losses in the

 < Case.

[in the precedent-setting judg- -

ment:.released. Jast. Thursday,’ the

bank: ‘was found: to be liable for

ver $91,000 in fraudulent .che-

ues

a A ‘total of 155 cheques had been
udulently issued by a former
kkesper of. the companies: be-

‘Sevpeen 1982 and 1987.

‘! Doris Alm was the chief book-
~ keeper for Boma and ‘Panabo for
years, starting in .1967.. Her
conduct was. finally uncovered ‘in
1987. -when ‘an - assistant
“bookkeeper notified . her bosses of

Alm was a signing officer for

the companies when the Manges’

were unavailable.
She issued corporate cheques,
drawn on the Royal Bank, to sev-

‘eral different payces,; and made

‘third-party’? deposits to her own
CIBC accounts. Alm forged the

endorsements.

_No less than 114 of, the cheques
were payable to a Mr. Lam,' a
subcontractor of the companies.
The bank accepted them, many
without endorsement, assuming

the payee was Alm, not Lam. ;

In the complicated case, the

court judged that the CIBC, as:

collecting bank, did not: have the
same defence from fraud exposure
as did the Royal, the drawee
bank,

B.C. Supreme Court Mr.

- Justice Bruce Macdonald also

awarded $5,390 against the Royal
Bank, although he assumes Royal
will be entitled to recover this
amount from the CIBC.

In July 1990, Alm was sentenc-
ed to three years in jail for fraud.
In a separate civil case, Boma and

: Panabo were awarded $270,000 in
! default judgment against Aim in

May 1991.
“We hope this affair is finally
over,”’ noted Boris Mange.

Ministry working with industry

From page 1

the one industrial operator that
has..remained. on’ the non-
compliance list since July 1990 is
Western Pulp’s ‘Woodfibre pulp
mili in Squamish for its air emis-
sions.

Pulp mill effluent discharges are
included in the reports, with six
pulp mills out of compliance with
their: ‘permits,

 Cashore said «his ‘ministry has

set “a long-term goal of
eliminating the discharges of
organochlorine. compounds from
the pulp bleaching process and is
working closely with industry to
achieve that goal.

“We are very pleased with the
cooperative efforts of the pulp
and paper industry in dealing with
their effluent concerns, and we are
confident we can reach the 2002
goal,’’ said Cashore.

municipal elections.

At its Feb. 8 meeting, West
Vancouver District Council gave
its approval ‘in principle’ to the
referendutn and directed staff to
come up with its appropriate
wording.

Just over two years ago,
another referendum squelched the
municipality's plans to develop a
golf course -within a 350-acre
(142-hectare) ‘‘triangle’’ of
municipal land located south of
Cypress park.

A group of residents was
alarmed by the threat to the area’s
old-growth forest from the pro-
posed golf course and: helped
defeat the proposal in the
November 1990 municipal elec-
tion. !

The newly clected West Van-
couver District Council struck
Municipal Mountain’ Lands
Committee to determine the area’s
future.

At the Feb. 8 meeting, council
liaison to the committee Coun.
Diana Hutchinson lauded the ef-
forts of the committee, which in-
cluded chairman Anne Titcomb,
Peter Bagshaw, David Finlay,
Paul Hundal, May Louden, Tom
Raphaei,. Katharine Steig, John
Stockner aod Bob Tapp.

Titcomb, in turn, congratulated
council on its vision in forming
the committee and starting the
process of saving the old-growth
area.

“This is. critical not only to
West Vancouver but the entire
Lower Mainland," said Titcomb.

Health And Safe
For “For Agricultural Opera

Wednesday, February 17, 1993 ~ North Shore News -

'V park referendum called |

130-acre site south of Cypress Provincial Park

A, REFERENDUM to determine whether 130 acres (53
hectares) of mountain land just south of Cypress Provin-
cial Park should be dedicated for park purposes will be
held in November along with the West Vancouver District

By Maureen Curtis
Contributing Writer

The proposed park will contain
about 80 acres (32 hectares} of
ancient trees, aged from 600 to
1,000 years.

It would be surrounded by a
50-acre (20-hectare) buffer zone
that will provide forest education
opportunities for the public.

A referendum is required for
the dedication of any park over
53,820 sq. ft. (5,000 sq. m).

The committee’s other recom-
mendations were related to raising
funds to build a park trail system
and further studies of the forest
makeup and ecology in the other
lands owned by the municipality
on the mountain side.

‘What we have now discovered
is that we have literally hundreds
of. acres of untouched old-growth
wilderness stretching across our
entire municipal mountain lands,’’

peared in North and West Van-
couver courts recently to face
various charges:

Before Judge Reginald D. Gran-

- dison in West Vancouver provin-
‘celal court on Feb. 9:

Douglas Malcolm Thorburn, 36,

of North Vancouver, received a

Ruspose Of Hearing:

THE FOLLOWING people ap-:

DISTRICT COUNCIL

said Mayor Mark Sager.

The possible dedication of other
municipal lands as park will also
be included in the November ref-
erendum,

Coun. Andy Danyliu said thai
previous councils had assumed
that all of West. Vancouver
wanted a golf course above the
highway.

“If they want to keep it green
and beautiful, they better not take
it for granted,”’ said Danyliu.

Sager tied the park dedication
into the issue of growth in the
Lower Mainland and the effects ©
of that growth.

“Is this projected population
growth going to mean the loss of
open green space and a loss of
some of the amenities which drew -
most of here in the first place?"
he said.

60-day jail sentence and six
months’ probation after he plead-
ed guilty to theft of.a purse and
mischief on Jan. 29 in West Nan-

couver.

seven-day jail sentence and ‘was
fined $300 after he pleaded guilty
to driving while prohibited: in
West Vancouver on July 7, 1992,
Before Judge Reginald D. Gran-
dison in West Vancouver provin-
clal court on Feb. 8:

Russell William Brownlee, 19,
of West Vancouver, received a

gulations

erations _

The Workers’ Compensation Hoard of BC will hold hearings to provide the Opponunity for
public comment on proposed Regulations for Agricultural Operations i in British Columbia,

' The Regulations include Requirements For

Handling of pesticides and hazardous substances '~ The use of tools, machinery and equipment

~ The use of personal protective clothing and equipment ~

Hearing Locations, Dates And Times

Abbotsford, Wednesday, March 3, 14:00 am - 4:30 pm, The Welcome Inn, 1881 Sumas Way.

Work in confined spaces.

Kelowna, Thursday, March 4, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm, Capri Hotel, 1171 Harvey Ave.

How To Get A Copy Of The Draft Regulations
You can get a copy of the draft Regulations from the Secretariat for Regulation Review,
or from any WCB Area Office, The Secretariat's mailing, address is: Secretariat for Regulation
Review, Board of Governors, Workers' Compensation Board, P.O, Box 5350, Vancouver, BC,
V6B 5L5. The telephone number is: 604/279-7586; toll-free in BC: 1-800-661-2112, Loc. 7586,

Fax: 2 279- 7604,

mission

How To Make A Submis

Submissions may be made orally or in writing. Any person wishing to make an oral submis:
sion at a public hearing should notify the Secretariat before the hearing dite. Where possible,

a written copy of the submission should be provided and rec

ived by the Secretari:

atleast

three cilendar days before the hearing, The deadline for receipt of written submissions is

March 4, 1993.

For More Information

If you are uncertain of how to proceed, or require additional information, please contact the
Secretariat at any of the telephone numbers or, in writing, at the mailing address above.

WORKERS’
COMPENSATION
BOARD cainaiz