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NE ws CHANNEL TO. BE ADDED

3 - Sunday, Sify 23, 2989 - North Shore News

HW photos Tory Petes

KEITH MORAN of Ralph’s Inexpensive Tree Work takes the top off a.tree on St.
George’s near 17th Street in North Vancouver. The tree man dropped the top neatly on-
to a pile of cut branches from a lofty height.

Shaw Cable raises rates
to cover upgrade costs

‘NORTH. Shore-based ‘Shaw Cable will increase. its basic
$11.45 monthly rate. by $1.23 starting Sept. 1 to belp cover
the costs of. an. ongoing $4 million system upgrade, overall
programming. cst increases and the addition of CBC’s new
24-hour news channel to its basic cable channel menu.

Of the $1. 23 increase,-whick will |
raise Shaw’s basic monthly rate te!

$12.68, 29 cents will’ go’ to cover |!
approximately 10 per~ cent of the ~

costs of .system improvements, 40
cents will be used: to help cover

operating cost increases and 54

cents will help - cover - increased
programming. charges. from _net-
work suppliers and the addition of
‘new channels, inciuding CBC
‘Newsworld. ~

Increases’, for. each. - additional.

cable outlet in a subscriber’s home
will bé 35 cents per month.

Rogers * ‘Cablesystems in Van-
couver wants to raise its basic
monthly rate from $12.21 to
“$14.89 to cover increased costs and
the addition of CBC Newsworld
and The Sports Network. :

Last Septeniber, Shaw raised its
basic monthly ‘service rate by

* $1.09, from $10.36 to the current

$11.45 to cover similar increased
costs.

In April,
-newly-unscrambled channels to its
North Shore selection’for an op-
tional $2.95 per. month.

Subscribers. who did not ‘want the :
additional channels and the addi-~

tional charge were required to call
‘Shaw or send in a ‘no’ card mailed
to them by the cable company.

ge 4
photosynthesis, ‘The herbicide is
tightly held - “in, soil, and breaks

Simazine did Roundup are listed
as having 6 io low toxicity to mam-

sant in and aware of environmen-

tal concerns. But if we don’t spray,
the. weeds grow and. then ‘the ©

‘community can’t _use- thé: fields.
The spraying is’ being. done by a
certifi ied contractor, and it’s done
in a° prescribed, safe and legal
-manner.’?

But said Russ Sykes: “we livei in

‘a world now where we've got to

watch what we use. We’re dealing
with a poison chemical. The fact

Shaw. added six

3 “We're all conver- |

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW
. News Reporer

Shaw technicians were then
dispatched to those homes to in-
stall a filter that would block
receipt of the extra channels.

The ongoing upgrade to Shaw’s
600 miles of distribution cable and
the other electronic components: in
its cable TV system has been
under way for the past year and is

‘expected.to cost the company ap-
.proximately $4 million over three

years.

Terry Medd, Shaw’s system
manager for North and West Van-
couver, estimated the upgrade will
cost the company $2 million over
the next two years.

The project, he said, includes
replacing oki cable and installing
modern transmission equipment
that will improve reception . and
system reliability and expand
Shaw’s station. capacity from the
current 36 to $0 channels.

**We have to build for ite future
now,’ Medd said. ‘‘We want to be
able to provide our viewers with
the full range of cable services
which are becoming availabie. This

‘means planning now so that our

cable system can accoinmodate

tells me that it’s not a long-term
solution. There should be regular,
non-toxic maintenance.”’

But, countered North Vancouver
school trustee Rev. Roy Dungey,
“Last year staff received dozens of
calls ‘of. complaints about weeds.
Since we. don’t have the
maintenance staff ta regularly pull
weeds, we spray.””

Meanwhile in West Vancouver,
the annual spraying of school
fields was abandoned several years

. ago.

“The municipality used to spray

for the school board until three or:
four years ago,’’ said West Van-

couver School District 45
maintenance Supervisor Mike
Mann.

But he added: “If they (weeds)

high tech innovations such as High
Definition TY (HDTV), and new
information services which we
betieve will be coming in the
future.”’

CBC Newsworld, Canada’s first
all-news network, will be added
July 31! to Shaw’s basic North
Shore channel selection on Chan-
nel 26.

Monthly cost per subscriber for
the news channel will be 43 cents
of the overall $1.23 rate increase.
Because CPC Newsworld was
licensed by the CRTC (Canadian
Radio-television & Telecom-
municatons Commission) to be
carried on basic cable, it is not an
optional service.

The new station will feature live
news programming every hour on
the hour, major coverage of live
news events, a nightly round-up of
live 10-minute broadcasts from
every region of Canada and
rebroadcasts of such CBC current
affairs programs as Market Place,
The Fifth Estate and Man Alive.

In addition, the station will be
involved in co-productions of
business, farm and fashion news
segments with other major Cana-
dian media.

Starting Oct. 1, Shaw Cable wili
also add at no charge to
subscribers ‘TV 5,’ an interna-
tional French ianguage channel
featuring programs from France,
Belgiurn, Africa and Quebec.

Shaw services 57,000 cable tele-
vision subscribers in North and
West Vancouver.

spraying abandoned in wv

get really bad, we have them
spray

Mann said weeds are
mechanically controlled by running
a drag mat (a metal grill) across
the surfaces of all-weather fields.

“Depending on the condition of
the field,” he said, “it can be
scraped and regravelled.’’

The North Vancouver school
board plans to take up the her-
bicide spraying policy issue when it
meets in September.

Said North Vancouver trustee
Dorothy Lynas: ‘‘People should be
concerned abou. this and
everything that impacts on Mether
Earth. I’m an organic gardener
myself.’”

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Second Class Registratioa Namber 3885

FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS
Squamish band busy
preparing for powwow

AFTER MORE than 30 years’ absence from the powwow
trail, the Squamish Nation is gearing up to host an interna-
tional youth powwow Aug. 4 to 6 at the Capilano reserve.

Gloria Nahanee, who has
assembled 100 volunteers to bring
three days of dancing together, has
been working out the logistics for
the event since October.

“Before that I travelled to all
the powwows for two years, seeing
how it’s all done, helping out with

the cocking and ticket selling. It’s —
not me that wants it, it’s the old.

spirits that want. it revived.. Our
young children wil} carry this on,”
said Nahanee.

The event, which is open to ihe |
“general public, will bring together .

dancers from Western. Canada and
the Western U.S.

Nahanee said powwows are
commonly held between;April and
September. ‘‘It’s a ‘chance ‘to visit
relatives and teach the young.
Dancing is the main focus.” The
event will.also include a salmon
barbecue and craft display.

Locally, the Squamish Nation
had last held annual powwows in
the 1940s and 1950s. Humalchsun
Park would fill with teepees and
people would come from as far
away. as: Saskatchewan. and Mon-

‘tana. The celebration - would last

for as long. as 10 days. © .
But said Nahanee: “When the

elders passed on, everything stop-
. The culture died down for a
while.”’
powwow was held in 1958.
Dance has led the way to cultur-
al resurrection. Two years ago
Nahanee. and Ann ° Whonnock

formed ‘the: Squamish: Nation .

Dancers.> Fifteen ‘children;

years-old-and under (the Youngest,
Ashley: Harry, :is four), have learn-
ed. -the-016 songs and: moves and

te
in Washington, B. C. and Alberta.
They’ve = been relearning _ the
family songs recorded in the 1940s
and 1950s and preserved on reel-

to-reel tapes. .-

‘The young diitce troupe has ©

been performing locally at. schools,
senior centres and hospitals. :

Said ‘Nahaniee, who ‘has’ ‘noticed

’ the ‘improved _ self-confi idence of .

her daighter since’she’s been danc-
ing: ‘They have to’: be: really

disciplined to dance. The powwow .

brings out the qualities of. Tespect,
honesty and dedication.” ~~~

The last Squamish