soomtcos | 7 LESLIE REDFORD enjoys the harbor view from Bewicke Park. Just back from modelling and fashion show, work for a cosmetics firm in Chicago and New York, Leslie is now studying sociology and economics at UBC. She’s also an ocean fishing enthusiast [Ellsworth Dickson photo}. Speaking to a Thursday of the North Vancouver Chamber of Com-. merce, Gordon Winters of | the Committee for Western Independence, not to be confused with the Wes- tern Independence Party, called for -complete Western : separation “only as a last " resort’ He said that the committee does not want to break up the” _country. Winters described western ; Canada's greatest enemy a being the Liberal Party and called Prime Minister Tru- deau a ‘‘chameleon’’, saying Crime prevention program. launched North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and the RCMP. are getting protect - your | valuables against and thieves. together to home |, and vandals Their joint program — ‘Neighborhood Watch"? — was unveiled Thursday dur- ing the Chamber's regular monthly meeting at the Coach House. The program has . three elements, starting with the encouragement of day-by; day. for uperading thes j wd hog e + a anh Artin ", ! ig v oS 2 OS Ta . ahaha vine Ly ~ meeting that he always changes . his colors on this issue. “The mobsters ‘in Otta- wa’, he said, ‘‘perpetuate. the system of bleeding | the west and feeding the east.”’ _ , Winters said. that the cost. of living is as much as 30 per cent higher in ‘the western. provinces and: pointed out ‘that ‘‘no one’ disagrees there isa problem”. He called for a representa- tion in the federal govern- ‘ment for western Canada proportionate to taxation and population. . cooperation between familics in cach area to ensure that the entire neighborhood is more alert to suspicious intruders in any part of it. The second clement is a technique for identifying valuable property items by engraving them with a special electric tool, which can be provided by the police depariment for any citizen requesting it. ‘ Thirdly, t there’ sa program Watt ae PAHO ENF, rey, ; My . *, y. ’. ee "’. 7. ’, . , wenn ye ee, BO egurty.af, .@.. is, falore Hes, stages | 4, “, ” ul arn i | woh rerek ‘ Fie A A ee i i a i ae oe ak Ly He cited numbers showing that, in proportion to popula- tion, the eastern provinces have 37 more seats in parliament than they should. Winters went on to say the federal government has no right to legislate language controls: in the west, and insisted that, we should have. our. own controls . ‘on tariffs, _ transportation, and i immigra- tion policies. In describing the Commit- tee for Western. Indepen- dence, he said they" are a “baby organization’’ and they need support. a individual homes. ' The project has been sparked by the present high incidence of break-ins and vandalism on the North Shore. A_ similar project carried out in Burnaby for some time past has achieved considerable success, “The purpose of — the program,’’ says John Ho- garth, Chairman of the B.C, Police. Commis ssion, combat crimes in the most effective way possible—that ww 6 relieved Mrs. Evelyn Green- home at 1091 Keith Road, the hallway and from another ‘in an upstairs bedroom. ‘is, to- page 3 - April 27, 1977 - North Shore News The International Plaza building’s Ss sprinkler system Hotel was the scene of a and. there was -minimal _smaii fire last Friday which damage,. mostly due to ‘oecurred in a. dow ae _- smoke and. water. . -, Storage room. - Fire authorities ‘say the The fire was quickly taken care of with the help of the tion and samples taken after get your supply NOW am enla avary Qwreeqwuusw w eu wa F A classic example of the “*green thumb burglary’’ well of more than $500 last week, while she was garden- ing in the front yard of her FARME! SR West Vancouver. Meanwhile, the burglar was inside the house, taking the cash from one purse in West Van police declined — to name the exact . sum stolen, except to say that it was over $500 and less than AI, 000. 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