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VIEWPOINT

Salmon solution a

CS salmon are being swal-

lowed whole by the world’s

most destructive denizen of the deep: politics. ‘

s all sides in the current war over our once bountiful resource hunker down in their bunkers on cither side ‘of. the issue, British Columbians are witnessing the wholesale destruction of West Coast salmon stocks.

~ With the inability of Canada and the United States to reach an accord ‘onthe West Coast salmon fishery, a __ Setew-you- -and-plunder-all mentality “has resulted, ; _ Alaska was first to wade in by tak- ‘ “ing many times the total of sockeye headed for B.C, waters than its fish- ‘ermicn were allocated ins the last salmon accord between the two coun- “A by-catch, say Alaskans, traight-faced: sockeye

were taken by mistake in that state's pink salmon fishery.

Never mind that sockeye are worth far more than pink salmon, Never mind any of the tactics of greed and plunder and stupidity on cither side of the border,

The decisions on salmon catches will never be anything but destructive until the politics has been removed from those decisions and given to those responsible for the resource’s harvest,

Responsibility for salmon stocks needs to reside with fishermen them- selves — those who have a real stake in the resource should be its custodi- ans. It works in other fisheries such as the geoduck and black cod harvests,

* Remove politicians, install fisher- men. The survival of the West Coast salmon fishery demands it.

THE. North Shore News Free Speech Defence * Fund con wes to push beyond the halfway |

SF To pr LP eaders and fré< speech supporters to the. tid. stood -at a 19,- Legal fees'cxpended thus far. by:the News have

ahead hi

hit approximately $200,000. The final bill svill be much |

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ucsday, donations from over 1,300 ‘News.

‘All finds received wil help defray the, legal -

casts faced by the News in its battle with the Human :

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Tibial over a: complaiit laid’ against the:’

newspaper: and its columnist’ Doug Collins by the: -

Canadian Jewish ‘Congress. ‘The

caring into the,

inatter, which began on May-12, concluded on June » 27 with final arguments at the Century Plaza Hotel,

1015

Burrard St, The decision from Nitya Iyer, the =

* tribunal of one hearing the complaint, 1 is expected some time later this year. ,

xcerpts from the hundreds of respondents to

the. cause:

except those with which they agree, I may not always -

z QO ing no to those. who would censor, all views 4

h Doug but ‘Lcertainly want the right to”

“agre m7 vad his views and decide for myself.

H.O. Buchanan o North Vancouver

“PARK ROYAL'S latest. expansion " may rake in the dollars —'but at ‘a high cost to the North Shore community and aboriginal rela- - tions.

"She expansion — - due for completion by. fall 1998 — will add. three monster “big-box” dis:

¢ount - stores: Home ° Depot, Toys R Us and PETsMART They'll be , built west of the’ ‘Present + _ centre after’ demolishing * the cinema, bowling alley <j: | atid golf driving range.”

These three ‘facilities are the only ones of their

kind in West Van. So in future, We st Van :

residents who weat tu see a movie, enjoy a game of five-pin ir practise teeing off like

Tiger | Woods will have to head “out of

town.” “Leave the village” might be a better

phrase, siatce the locals’ other big beef is

that the monster boxes will finally destroy ™: West Van's cherished “village” atmos- phere.

Local merchants claim the. expansion

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Asto community relatioas, public'rea reac:

tion in West Van to the. gaint megas- - Bly opposed, say say

tores (69% to 71% stron

the ‘latest polls) differs sharply from that of North Van, ; In the latter! only"43% are opposed, compared to 54% in. favor of

* Jack Webster, J gues it's all a matter. of whose

oxis “being gored. in”.

whose backyard.

North. Yancouvertes

. obvious ave much to and yon. gain from convenient ; « discount savings located

just over their border — with no bad side effects on their own turf. Larco Investments, operators of Park”

ue

Royal, asa. win no Brownie, soints: awith _many of their West Van cus stomers,-biit |

“why.worry ag long as the bucks roll in?

The company is virtually immune to”

public pressure, sifice any Goycort.or simi- -

expansion, re To tmisquote . venerable.

* Larco's erat { In any’ such. ‘showdow i Band_holds the truniip! West: Van access to’ Liot So" unless’ the: Squamish; Bani if: wants to, und: can, persuade: } back’ off (highly unlikely)," some + West’ Van residents will be forced to seceps atthe behest of a ‘feiv. hund majir change ‘i ab community, greatly worsene: robs lems and the loss of valued fahbor sl ue =\Righily. or wrongly, “many folks may, say: “Thisig the tad that’s also going to :happe ‘with, native land ‘claim ‘ rights of non-natives swep' the’ agendas of tiny'aboriginal groups,” An unjust reaction, maybe: Bu shouth > n't our native: fellow:Ganad ing up. to non-native’ goals.’ ties, tool dsn’t’ “reconciiat ma J street eee

ar action would only harni. West Van»

retailers in the mall not Larco’itself, The most frustrating aspect. for West Vancouverites, he-wever, is that their coun-,

Continues to fight ch “nail. Call Jim Barniim, 925 113 iE

will add 5,000 to 10,006 cars daily to West Van's already dense traffic.

They predict a big 5 jump in congestion and gridlock on the Taylor Way and Marine Drive accesses to- Lions Gate Bridge.

And they warn that neighborhood i : Dohations to the fund can be sent to: 1,139 Lonsdale Ave., stores selling hardware, household fur-

‘North Vancouver, V7M 2H4. Cheques should be made out to *’’ nishings, toys and pet supplies will soon be ~ the North Shore News Free Speech Defence Fund. put our of business by the three g giant dis- ob — trenshiaw@direct.ca

qQ0 wie oy don’ t always agree with Mr, Collins — especially on the Holocaust issue? he t is always on about. But he sure knows’ what hei is taiking about on most other problenis that beset our country

cil is virtually helpless to do any thing. The municipality has no control over the Trdian land on which the monstrosities will be built — leased to Larco by the Squamish Band.

: City hall’s only faint hope lies i in the . fact that the ‘Larco project will need. .t changes-to “Marine Drive;: which: is, ‘within : the West Van boundary,

As well, West. Van supplies water, sew ers, fire and police ‘protection for the Indian land on which the south mall sits.

> Eenest and Judith Firti of Summerland, B AC.

a) ‘WRIGH’ OR’ WRON a2 i, ter to travel hopefully than to arr

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