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THE FREIGHTER Crystal Neptune leaves Burrard Inlet with a full load of materials. North Vancouver City council plans to invite Van-
couver Port Corp. board chairman, Patrick Reid, and its president and CEO, Norman Stark, to attend the city’s Oct. 18 meeting to
discuss the potential of a cruise ship facility on the former Versatile Pacific Shipyards site or elsewhere on the North Shore.

Incumbents face challengers in North Vancouver City and District

FOR THE first time in 15
years, North Vancouver City
voters will have a choice of
more (than one mayoral
candidate in local municipal
elections.
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By Surj Rattan

News Reporter
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And a two-way race for mayor
is also shaping up in North Van-
couver District. .

In North Vancouver Cily,
long-time incumbent Mayor Jack
Loucks, who has been in office
for seven terms, six of which he

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has taken by acclamation, will be
challenged by outspoken North
Vancouver City Coun. Rod Clark
in the upcoming Nov, 29
municipal elections.

In North Vancouver District,
Mayor Murray Dykeman has con-
firmed that he will seck a second
term as mayor.

He will be challenged by current
North Vancouver District Coun,
Paul Turner, who has opposed
Dykeman on numerous municipal
issues,

Issues high on Dykeman’s list of
priorities include:
® maintaining current municipal
services without increasing taxes;

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ational needs;

© maintaining and increasing the
security of municipal neighbor-
hoods,

Turner, who has served one
term on district council, said the
district needs ‘strong and proper’’
leadership.

Turner said the district's plan to
sell off its remaining land bank
over the next 15 years will be high
on his priority list.

“I've knocked on a fot of doors
in the fast three years. People tell
me they don’t want the land sold.

“Yet the pressure to develop
will be enormous, and without
strong leadership that’s exaetly
what will happen,"’ said Turner,

He said he first decided tw run
for district council over the
previous council's plan to use
portions of undedicated land ad-
jacent to Lynn Canyon Park for
housing development.

Turner said the district is facing
the same issue now, only on a
larger scale.

“We have the right mix of
people-to-land right now, s0
we're far better to build up than
spread out. 1H protect the values
that we have,’ said Turner.

Loucks has held the North
Vancouver City mayor's job for
the past 16 years. He has already
filed his nomination papers seek-
ing an eighth term as mayor.

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Clark confirmed Tuesday that
he will file his mayoralty nomina-
tion papers on Thursday. Clark
declined to comment on his cam-
paign until then.

West Vancouver District Mayor
Mark Sager said Tuesday that he
intends to seek a second term as
mayor,

“T've attempted to do the best
job f can. [t's been a challenge.
It's a great community to serve,”
Sager said of his first term.

To press time Tuesday,
mayoral chailenger had
papers in West Vancouver.

The deadline to file nomination
papers for the coming civic elec-
tions is Friday, Oct. 15.

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