ail or Ss] 10Kes sale eye Cigarettes from Ontario chased down by Customs THE NORTH Shore appears to be the target for an advertising blitz by an Ontario company sell- ing cartons of discounted cigarettes. By Bruce Methven Contributing Writer Vehicles parked in Capilano Mall last Friday after- noon had bright yellow advertising flyers placed on their windshields. The advertisements listed a toll-free telephone num- ber to call to order cartons of cigarettes for $24 each, plus shipping and handling on COD orders. - Smoke Signals Enterprizes (SSE) is the name of the Ohsweken, Ontario (near Hamilton), company adver- tised in the flyer. According to the advertisement, the company offers ‘a further $2.50 discount on orders accompanied by a certified cheque. The flyer states the company has “sales representa- According to police, however, the legal limit for cig- arette possession for individual use is five cartons per person. Furthermore, the provincial consumer taxation branch says it is illegal to sell cigarettes that do not bear provincial taxation tear-strips. They admit, however, that enforcement is sometimes difficult. A spokesman for Customs and Excise said mail order operations are closed down quickly but oiten resurface with new operating names soon afterwards. According to the spokesman, some operations col- lect money for orders but never deliver the cigarettes. * The price difference between cigarettes sold in cast- ern Canada and those sold in B.C. is a result of the amount of tax applied to tobacco products in different provinces. This difference makes inter-provincial tobac- co trade very profitable. A carton sold in Quebec or Ontario retails for about $22, while in B.C. the same carton sells for around $46. Consumers purchasing out-of-province cigarettes are required by law to remit the provincial tax due, usually tives available 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” to process telephone orders. A company: spokesman at SSE said they could deliv- er unlimited numbers of cartons to customers within four to seven days. ordered to court AN ONTARIO man who’ held two women captive ‘on the North Shore in June and July 1992 has been ordered to stand trial in the kidnapping of an Ontario couple.. By Bruce Methven Contributing Writer _ David Alexander Snow, 39, was found guilty in the fall of 1992 in North Vancouver on _ charges of sexual assault caus- ing bodily harm, armed rob- bery, attempting to choke another person and confine- ment against will. _.He is currently serving an indefinite prison term in Ontario as a dangerous offend- er. Snow was the subject of the largest manhunt ever conduct- ed by North Vancouver RCMP following the abduction of a Westview Mall video store employee and a woman in Burnaby in two separate. inci- _ dents. The Ontario case involves a couple, Sam. and Rose Appleton, who found a man living in their Georgian Bay cottage in March 1992 when they went to open it up for the season, Police believe Snow moved around Ontario, staying in vacation residences while the owners were absent. The Appletons were forced at gunpoint to drive the man to Toronto and were then robbed before he fled. Snow is also charged with the April 1992 murders of Ian and Nancy Blackburn in Toronto. CALL US: 983-2208 more than $20. It is unlawful for companies to advertise cigarettes in Canada, including the distribution of flyers such as SSE's, and the Ministry of Health enforces contraven- tions of this law. The company is, being investigated. RCMP building would grow From page 1 show a willingness to accept respon- sibility for what could happen in the future. “History will be most unkind should we not be able to respond adequately when we (are) presented with a reasonable option to solve this problem in 1994-1995.” Grant also strongly supported ‘the . expansion of the new RCMP build- ing in a recent letter to Peterson. ‘Wrote Grant, “L endorse the con- cept of a dedicated EOC for the North Shore. By this I mean an EOC designed, equipped and used solely as an EOC. “Further to this I support your proposal that the emergency pro- gram facility be adjacent to the EOC. This would provide the necessary N. Van cyclist saved by helmet in bridge crash Amnesia caused by accident leaves rider wondering BRENT PALMER is looking for an hour of his life. By Kate Zimmerman News Reporter The North Vancouver man was thrown off his bike between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m. Friday, somewhere near the Lions Gate Bridge, possibly on the North Vancouver off-ramp. He remembers a man standing over him and talking to him. “I know somebody probably helped me or something,” he said. Palmer believes he probably told the man he was all right, then got on his green Kona mountain bicycle and rode home. “I remember coming in the back door,” said the 28-year-old employee of Beaver Lumber. “I must have been in shock.” Jt was only when Palmer saw his bloody face in the bathroom mirror support facilities and equipment required for effective operation of the EOC.” Grant would also like to see’the inclusion of a North Shore sub- regional fire dispatch centre. “Hf this request is accommodated we would truly have the capabilities within one building to handle any emergency on the North Shore,” said Grant. However, district administrator Fred Sigurjonsson warned council that its motion could cost up to $2 million to implement on the basis of adding another floor to the building. Sigurjonsson is one cf the district staff representatives on the building steering committee. He acknowledged that the dis- trict’s motion gives more emphasis to council’s intent. 66 The doctors told me if I hadn’t been wearing my helmet.I would have been toast. 99 - Brent Palmer that he regained his grasp on reality, zalled his sister and got her to drive him to Lions Gate Hospital. Palmer had a concussion, lacera- tions from head to foot and neck injuries. His helmet was smashed into seven pieces. “The doctors told me if f hadn't been wearing my helmet | would NEWS photo Cindy Goodman Meat Loaf ball ROCK BIG man Meat Loaf played bail at Mahon Park Sunday in North Vancouver in a challenge match with B.C., Lions alumni and local media types. He was in town with his band to perform at the Pacific Coliseum as part of this year's PNE lineup. Index @ A Day in Court... a Business eseeenseeteaatensanseeses 35 FB Classified... cee M1 1 Doug Collins.... wd i Crossword have been toast,” he said. “Id just like to spread the word about hel- B Bob Hunter... cccseccneens 4 mets,” The day after Palmer’s accident he tried to retrace his route to see if it twigged anything about the accident. He noticed that on the Lions Gate Bridge nine out of 10 bikers were without helmets. Palmer bicycles everywhere and considers himself an expert. He always rides the main roads at night, and on Friday was wearing a light- grey T-shirt, black bicycle shorts, and his bike was equipped with a red flasher at the back and a halogen light in front. His bike survived the accident better than he did. Doctors have told him not to ride for a while because his brain is still swollen. “IY consider myself really lucky and I heal really fast." said Palmer. 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