National nomination

THE NORTH Vancouver constituency association of the National Party of Canada will hold a candidate nomina- tion meeting on Thursday, Aug. 5 from 7:30 to 9:30

p.m.

It will be the first B.C. nomination meeting for the

THE NORTH Shore food bank in the North Shore Neighbourhood House surpassed the decade mark earlier this month, volunteer director John Hegeman reported.

in that 10 year history, the depot has prepared and distributed over 86,000 bags of groceries to over 200,000 people.

The drop-in distribution centre operates from noon to 1:30 p.m.,

Wednesday, August 4, 1993 - North Shore ‘News - 5

Food bank surpasses decade mark

three Wednesdays a month.

“The North Shore community and business sector have been very supportive ’’, said Hegermin, ad- ding that al! the food distributed originates from the Vancouver Food Bank.

On the first day of operation — July 5, 1983 —- Hegeman and other volunteers gave out 58 bags. Demand peaked in 1985, with a

record 12,000 bags handed out.) Last year 7,340 bags went though the depot.

After #0 years of service, Hegemar is looking for someone to take over the reigns of the once a week service.

For more informaticn about the North Shore Food Bank, call the Neighbourhood House at 987-

National Party of Canada.

The following three candidates will tion: © Dallas Collis, who has served on North Vancouver District Council advisory commission on community ser- vices, as well as other North Shore community organiza- tions; © Jeff Jewell, president of the North Vancouver constit- uency association of the National Party of Canada; @ Willy Spat, a teacher who bas taught at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Paris and Kwantlten College.

The nomination meeting will be held at the Leo Mar- shall Centre, 2132 Hamilton Ave., in North Vancouver.

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Council dates

DUE TO the holiday on Monday, ne North Shore municipal councti meetings took piace on Aug. 2.

North: Vancouver City council is holding a meeting at 6 p.m.,/ Wednesday, Aug. 4, to clear agenda items not discussed at the July 26 meeting. Council will meet on Monday, Aug. 9 with a new agenda.

North Vancouver District council’s next meeting is Monday, Aug. 9.

The West Vancouver council is on summer recess and will meet again in earl: September.

Hot bike

WEST VANCOUVER Police are crediting an alert resi- - dent in helping them arrest 3 youth suspected of stealing a motorcycle. . .! Police were calied by a resident at about 1 a.m. on Friday, July 23, who reported seeing three males running ~ through ‘the 5600-block of Daffodil Road pushing a “. motorcycle. Pelice secured the ares and located one of the suspects _ in’ possession of the stofen motorcycle at Eagle Harbour - Road and Telegraph Trail. A 16-year-old Horseshoe Bay male faces a charge of possession of stolen property in connection with the inci- dent. :

BC Rail staying firm on

no cost of living clause

"the « strike,

“From page 4

, tle,:are attempting to take advan-

tage of the BC Rail strike.

“These (labor disputes) situa- tions’ don’t help at all. Our com- petitors use this to their advan- tage. /

“i was in Seattle last week meeting with members of the port there and they were all smiling about the BC Rail strike. It’s ironic because when I was in Seattle, the longshoremen’s union had gone on a half-day study ses- sion and the entire port was shut down.

“But do you think that made

headlines up here?’’ said O’ Hara.

While some have called on the

‘provincial government to invoke

legislation to end North Vancouver- Lonsdale NDP MLA David Schreck said it is too early to order the two sides back to work.

“Premature intervention en- courages future strikes. It sends out a message that someone else will solve’ the. strike,’’ said Schreck. :

West Vancouver-Garibaldi MLA. David Mitchell rejected the

back-to-work

‘call ‘fer back-to-work legislation

but said the NDP government has the power to end the strike this

week by either appointing an in- dustrial inquiry commissioner or sending the labor dispute to bind- ing arbitration.

He added that people in his coastituency, especially ‘in Squamish, are hurting because of the strike and called the strike a “test of wills’? between the unions and the NDP government.

“The NDP government has no respect for free collective bargaining with public sector unions,” said Mitchell.

Meanwhile, Wall said BC Rail is adamant that any contract settle- ment wiil not include a COLA.

‘Our shareholder, the provin- cial government, ‘is firm that there’s no room for a COLA clause as part of a settlement.

“We don’t think 2% (salary increase) is unreasonable in to- day’s economic climate, especially as. BC Rail wages and working conditions already compare favorably with those of other railways,”’ said Wall.

The current .wage rate for unionized BC Rail workers ranges from $14.60 per hour to $27.55 per hour,

Union officials could not be

‘reached for comment to press time

Tuesday.

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