‘Teens arrested

THE NORTH Vancouver RCMP arrested two teens
Tuesday, Jan. 12, after following up ‘on a tip provided
by a vigilant neighbor.

According to a police spokesman the person reported
to the police that three young suspects had entered a
house located in the 300-block of West 19th Street. The
caller believed the youths were possibly performing a
burglary.

The police were dispaiched to the scene.

The three suspects saw the police officers and a foot
chase ensued.

Two young offenders were subsequently arrested.

The property was recovered, and it was confirmed that
the house had been burglarized at about } p.m.

.As a result of the alertness of the neighbor, the police
were able to capture the (wo. The suspects, a 15- and a
16-year-old, are both from North Vancouver.

Const. Marty Blais said the capture of the teens was a
good example of the Block Watch program at work in

_ North Vancouver,

' Break-ins up

; THE NORTH Vancouver RCMP are investigating a

serivs of break-ins to local businesses.

According to a police spokesman, a business was
broken into in the 1500-block of Lynn Vailey Road some
time between Friday, Jan. 85, and Monday, Jan. 18, be-
tween 7 p.m. und 9 a.m. -

The suspect pried open the front glass door and a
substantial amount of computer equipment was stolen. ,

During the same period, between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m.

.. the front door of an office located in the 1900-block of

Lonsdale’ Avenue was pried open. The Suspect entered

the office, but nothiag was taken.

Some time between Sunday, Jan. 17, and Monday,
Jan. 18, between 6:45 p.m. and 9:15 a.m., a business
located in the 100-block ef Carrie Cates Court at the |

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Lonsdale Quay was broken into. T! he door was forced i

open with a crowbar,

A computez, some money and a briefcase were among!

‘the g goods taken,

The RCMP investigation continues,

Taxi co. says labor code

not valid in local dispute :

THE LABOR Relations Board (LRB) will take until Feb.
“Ito decide whether B.C.’s new labor law, Bill 84, can be
used to settle a strike between the Teamsters Union and

‘ North Shore Taxi. =i

: "The union, which represents 20
‘workers on strike against North
Shore. Taxi, applied to the LRB
on Monday to have the new labor
‘cade. used ‘to. ban the ‘use- of
‘replacement workers ‘currently do-
ing its members’ jobs at the North
Vancouver-based company. :
“-. Both sides met with the. LRB
- over the issue on Wedneday. But
North Shore Taxi! argued. that the

new labor code, which became law °

.on Monday, cannot be used in the
“North Shore Taxi labor dispute
because, the ‘strike started before
the labor code became law.
Teamsters Local .213. went on
-» strike against North. Shore Taxi ‘on
Nov. 9, 1992. . :
“Section 68.0f the labor ‘code

“bans ‘the. use: of replacement.

workers during strikes.

The’ striking North Shore Taxi.

“workers are employed as - dispat-
chers, office staff and.mechanics.

: North Shore . Taxi drivers are

not on strike. -

By, Surj Rattan
News Reporter

said the people doing the strikers’
jobs are all company shareholders
and cannot. ‘be defined as
replacement workers...

But Teamsters Local .213
spokesman Grant Wood said there

-are people other than shareholders
working at North Shore Taxi. He

added. that’ the » shareholders
should. also be classified as
replacement workers. |

Wood said if the LRB rules‘in
the union’s favor and finds the
labor code can be applied: in-the
dispute, then the workers who are
not shareholders would have to be
removed from the job site.

“If this goes in our favor, and J
think -it..., then they’ll (North
Shore Taxi) lose all of their bona

fide scabs. Then we’ll: deal. with’

the issue of ‘the shareholders as
replacement’ workers,’ ‘Wood said
Thursday. ‘

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Emergency
response
system
upgraded

By Julie Ovenell-Carter
Contributing Writer

BOWEN Island now has a

new’ house’ numbering
system that. will - allow
police, fire and ambulance
¢rews to respond’ more
quickly and efficiently to

‘emergency calls on the
‘island.

The recently completed project
— initiated by the Bowen Island
Volunteer Fire Department and
funded by the Unemployment In-
surance Commission — meuns
that 911+. operators will now
automatically know precisely
where the crisis call originated,
even if no words are spoken...

In the past, island residents

have used the. number of the’

hydro pole nearest their home to
describe their location. .

“Pole numbers are just not re-
Hable,’ says: project worker Roger

Neal. ‘'l know of a case where the

pole number a fellow gave was in
fact about a mile down the drive-
way from his house... : ok,
“That slows everyone “dow,
and in-an emergency, minutes. can
make all the difference!”
Over the fast four months, a

team of workers has. criss-crossed
_ the island, noting the position of.

every residence and — driveway,

assigning house nuinbers, and ar-:;
tanging for the naming of un-;

named roads. °
The current numbering gri

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