5 - Wednesday, March 30, 1988 - North Shore News

North and West Van grants rise

REVENUE SHARING individual entitlements from = the provincial government to two of the North

In all, $100 million tn uncondi- tional grants and $8.3 million in basic grants will be distributed this

Both unconditional and basic grants are calculated according to a municipality's population, tax

| NV boy crushed

im elevator mishap

AN EIGHT-year-old North Vancouver boy is dead following a tragic accident at the St. Alice Hotel in North Vancouver Sunday.

When North Vancouver RCMP, North Vancouver Unit Provin- cial Ambulance Services paramedics and North Vancouver City Fire Department crews arrived just after 5:30 p.m., they found Skylor Nelson O'Brien crushed between an elevator and a shaft. The elevator had stopped between the first and second floors of the hotel.

O’Brien was playing in the hotel lobby while waiting for his fa- ther who was staying at the hotel. He had squeezed in between a coliapsible door and the outer door of the elevator, As the elevator began to move, O’Brien was crushed.

Rescuers had difficulty removing the victim and tad to cat through a door beam to extricate him. He was pronounced dead on arrival at LGH.

Police are treating the incident as accidental and are continuing their investigation.

IRCMP investigate|

suspicious fires

NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are investigating two fires which occurred at the House of Fortune cestaurant on Capilune Road earlier this month. "

Police believe the fires were set deliberately. North Vancouver District Fire Department firefighters responded to the first fire just before 9 p.m. March 12. The restaurant sustained minimal exterior damage. ae

Firefighters responded again March 16 at -11:30 p.m. In- -vestigators‘found evideace of arson with the presence of a flam- mable material. The fire was again contained.

Investigators are pursuing a number of leads, but have no con- “crete witnesses at this time, ,

Whistler Mountain up for sale

WHISTLER MOUNTAIN Ski Corp. bas announced that its ski facilities are for sale.

Thus far no decision has been made on the ski mountain's future, but offers for its ski operations have been received from such interested parties as‘ Whistler rival Blackcomb Ski Enterprises.

A spokesman for the mouniain has said the corporation needs cash, and that questions about. Whistler’s future could be resolved by the end of March. ’

The mountain's ski lifts and facilities are owned and operated by Whistler Mountain Ski Corp.

Post offices close for Easter

COUNTER SERVICES at Canada Post offices and postal stations will be suspended, along with letter. deliveries, for Good Friday, April 1 and Easter Monday, April 4. There will also be no sireet letter box pickup on Good Friday. Mail will, however, be coliccted throug’ the rest of the week. - Hours of operation of Retail Postal, Outlets will be determined by the individual operators.

Man paid for attack injuries

A 27-YEAR-old North Vancouver man was recently awarded $1,140 under the Criminal Injury. Compensation Act for injuries sustained when he was attacked without warning by an intoxicated male assailant and repeatedly punched in the face.

The victim suffered multiple tacerations to his face.

The award was one of 248 awards made during February under the act.

Under the act anyone who is a victim of crime in B.C, may apply for and receive compensation, bring an action against a person or persons or do both. Application forms are available at any office of the Workers’ Compensation Board which administers the act.

Shore’s three municipalities have risen slightly in L9K8 aver 1987,

Figures released recently show the unconditional grant portion of the entitements, which are the means by which the province distributes its revenue to municipalities, rose from $1,347,841 in $987 s0 $1,356,572 in 1988 in North Vancouver City and from $1,459,796 to $1,497,652 over the same period in West Van- couver.

The allotment for North Van- couver District. dropped. slightly from $2,570,125 in 1987 to $2,561,959 in 1988.

Unconditional grants are pro- vided to municipalities for use as they see fit.

The basic grant portion of the entitlements are used by provincial municipalities for administration costs and provide for funding be- tween a minimum of $40,000 and a maximum of $80,000.

Basic grants in North Vancouver City and District remained at $40,000. Jn West Vancouver the grant increased from $30,000 in 1987 to $40,000 in 1988.

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