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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

AN eleventh-hour show
of force by North Shore
firefighters Monday
failed to persuade
North Vancouver_.
District council to
reverse a decision to
axe nine staff firemen
and sell the
municipality's mini-
pumper rescue truck.

In a solidarity display,
more than 100 North Shore
firefighters squeezed into
council chambers to vent
their anger at local
politicians over the recent
decision by District to curb
1983. municipal budget
expenses through
dismantling of the
emergency rescuc response
program.

International Association
of Firefighters President
Ratph Trim told council its
acuons in cutting back
essential services will

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council's refusal to go back on {ts decision to scrap the mini-pumper
program to save taxes, is pictured at the Montroyal firehal).

LAST DAY on the job for nine firefighters and the mini-pumper rescue
and safety truck they manned came yesterday. District firefighter Brian
Hunter, who became unemployed as of 6 p.m. Tuesday as a result of

Death sentence for five schools

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