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North Vancouver man dies in Alberta highway accident

A MOTOR vehicle accident in Alberta, Sunday, claimed the fife of a young North Van- couver man.

Gerard Hanlon, 23, died after the pickup truck he was driving was struck head-on by an eastbound vehicle near Evansburg, on the Yellowhead Highway.

The crash occurred at ap- proximately 5:15 p.m. Andrew Collins, also of North Van- couver and s passenger in the pickup truck, was listed Tues- day as being in stable condition at University Hospital in Alberta.

Hanlon died at the scene of the accident. The driver and a passenger in the on-coming vehicle that struck Hanlon’s pickup, also died at the scene. A third passenger, riding in the on-coming vehicle, was listed as being in critical condition on

Gerard Hanlon... North Van- couver resident dies in Alberta crash.

Meanwhile, funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday for Geraré Hanion at St. Ed- mund's Church, 535 Mahon

Tuesday. Ave. in North Vancouver.

WV police arrest driver on Upper levels for B&E charges

A VANCOUVER man faces charges of break, enter and theft and possession of stolen property over $1,000 after the West Vancouver Police pulled over a vehicle March 10 on the Upper Levels Highway.

The police pulled over the vehicle at 5:55 a.m. near the Westview shopping centre when it was noted that the in- surance decal on the licence plate had expired.

A garbage bag containing 95 cartons of cigarettes, $250 worth of lottery tickets, four adult magazicc, and approximately $100 worth of loose change was recovered by police.

The goods were allegedly taken from the Kwik Stop food store located at 2228 Marine Dr. in West Van- couver.

Charged in connection with the incident is 23-year-old Steven Stuart Strobbe.

NV man faces court date for possession of stolen cards

A NORTH Vancouver man faces a charge of possession of a stolen credit card following an arrest made by the West Vancouver Police on March 13.

The police stopped a vehicle at Park Royal at about 5:16 p.m., and a subsequent investigation revealed that one of three people in the car was wanted on a charge of theft under $1,000 in North Vancouver. The suspect was searched and police found a credit card that had been reported missing from a man in Vancouver. The credit card owner had been donating blood at a Red Cross clinic on March 11 when his credit card disappeared.

Police subsequently found that the card had been used 1 to make purchases at six stores in North Vancouver and West Vancouver to the value of $406.50.

Charged is Ashish Latitchandra Derodra.

Two charges laid against man as a result of shooting incident

A NORTH Vancouver man has been ordered to appear in B.C. Supreme Court March 28 to set a trial date on two charges resulting from a Dec. 18 shooting incident in the 100-biock of East 19th Street in which shots were fired from a rifle, but no one was injured.

Rudolf Lovas, 61, appeared March 8 in North Van- couver provincial ‘court for a preliminary hearing. A charge of endangering life by discharge of a firearm was dismissed.

Lovas faces charges of using a firearm without lawful excuse and possession of a weapon for a purpose dan- gerous to the public peace.

Whistler firm fined following investigation by ministry

WHISTLER HOUSING Inc., a construction and devel- opment company in Whistler, has been fined $1,000 under the Waste Management Act.

The fine follows an investigation by the B.C. en- vironment ministry into the introduction of waste oil und building materials into the environment at Alpha Lake near Whistler on May 17, 1990.

The company pleaded guilty to one count under the Waste Management Act of introducing business waste inte the eavironment.

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