APRIL 39, 1999

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By Anna 1 Marie [ D'Angel

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THE first bear to
be shot in the
Lower Mainland
this year was killed
on Monday in the
northern reaches of
Upper Capilano.

Conservation officer Fred
Barnes shot athe wo old
male bear near a home in the
5200-block oof | Malaspina
Place.

Barnes said the bear came
down from snow-covered areas
in search of food.

He said the animal was like-
by attracted to a home's
yard by a compost: bin. The
bear then smelled a bag of
grain which was just inside a
glass patio door,

The bear did not run away
when approached by humans.

“The next door neighbour
saw’ the bear trying to get into
the house,” said Barne

said the aggressive bear
was around the area for the
day.

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Kevin Gillies
News Reporter
LIONS Gate Bridge cannot be rehabilitat-
ed for $78 million without cutting out an
important aspect of the job, B.C.’s Liberal
transportation critic says.

Richmond Centre MLA Doug Symons said on Thursday
he has been told that, of three corporate proposals to repa

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Liberal transportation critic says
$78m rehab fund won’t do the job

Kridge-Surespan consortium. “There were three bids —- one
was $96 (million) and two others were just slightly over $100
(nillion),” Symons told the News.

The other two proposals were from Kvaerner Flatiron and
Walter-Dillingham. The government will award the contract
to the American Bridge-Surespan consortium on Saturday.

The project includes replacing the bridge’s main deck,

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repaving the nord viaduer’s deck and a complete seismic
upgrading of the entire bridge.

Symons noted the government was putting
minus any study costs, fo pay for the work,

“Ie (studying) took almost $8 million away from it, leaving
around $70 million,” he said.

Symons said he got his information trom taiking with
other MLAs and people in the Transportation Finance
Authority.

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$78 million,

critic said he has also

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