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Sur’s up in West Vancouver

IF it swells, ride it.

Three locals rook the gnarl notion to heart Thursday atterncon when they donned wetsuit, grabbed their surthoards and paddled out into the break off West Vancouver's waterfront.

Strong winds made for some tasty waves under dazzing sunny skies as the three carved, shredded and rode the salty break for a couple of hours. Gulls and a few curious onlookers were among the audbence.

“Tt happens carey” surter Steve Hoiles said of the West Vancouver swells. “Even this seasa't that wood of a day.”

Nevertheless, Hotles took a break trom running his Sceund Wave surf and snowboard shop in’ Lower Lonsdale to catch same waves,

Hoiles said that surtable waves form along the West Vancouver watertront when a combination of strong west-northwest winds blow and the tide is high, On Thursday those two clements came together to give a few brave souls a reminder of endless summer just cight days shy of Christmas.

— Andrew McCredie

Katharine Hamer

Contributing Writer

WHEN Greystone Properties Ltd. bought the Fullerton Fill site in North Vancouver two years ago, the company wasn’t planning on footing the bill for

an environmental cleanup.

That was supposed to be the responsibility of Limperial Oil Lad., whose old fuel site at the foot of Fell Avenue was leach ing contaminants inte Grevstone’s Lind.

Imperial, already served with a pollution abatement order

by the provincial government, edimitted that the contamina tion was its responsibility. The company promised to clean up the land: within sin

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months of the implementation or North Vancouver resonmag bylaws cartier this year i March,

But the oil company “filed to perform its obligations,” decording to Greystone, which eventially cleaned up the site and is now filing a lawsuit for the recovery of costs and dam anges upwards oF STO million against Faiperial.

At the time Greystone purchased the O8-acre site (27.5 heenires), i was aware chat contaminants were leaching onto nwo acres (0.8 hectares) of its land from the Imperial Oil Ltd. fucl site.

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VANCOUVER'S North Shore resembled Hawaii's fabled North Shore Thursday as Jason Claridge caught breaks off West Vancouver.

by the BoC. Ministry of Environment ro clean up the land, which was contaminated with hydrocarbons and [caching inte nearby Mosqaite Creek.

Emperial’s deadline for the remediation of the site was extended to Dee. TS by the ministry.

But the cleanup progressed too slowly fer Greystone, which has development deadlines of its own ta meet on a site due te include a business park, auto inal and retail facilities.

“We had to proceed (with the cleanup? this summer because of groundwater conditions,” said) Peter Martin, Grevstone'’s manager of industrial and commercial proper- les.

“Tf we didn’t, we would have had to wait another year — and we weren't prepared to do that.”

Greystone is set te begin construction on the site in mid-

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