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Storm stops ferries, cuts local power

By lan Noble News Reporter

FERRIES were can- cellzd and power out- ages darkened parts of the North Shore during a storm that brought heavy winds and rains to the area on Thursday.

Wind gusts of up to 50 kin/h (30 m.p.h.) were recorded in West Vancouver, which received 50.4 millimetres (two inches) of rain between 11 a.m. Thursday and 4 a.m. Friday.

Strong winds in Georgia Strait cancelled the 5:10 p.m. and 7:10 p-m. sailings from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo. Bowen and Langdale ferries were delayed, but not can- celled.

Blackouts dotted the North Shore as trees fell on wires. The longest local outage occurred in the Gleneagles area, where power was out from 5:15 p.m. Thursday to 9:30 a.m, Friday.

By Anna Marie D’Angelo ‘ _ News Reporter

REPRESENTATIVES of foreign kids living on the North Shore without their parents say public school officials are forcing them to seek legal guardian- ship changes through the courts.

The — court-sanc- tioned — guardianship changes immediately pave the way for those foreign students to get a free public education in North Shore schools.

The procedure whereby forcign parents voluntar- ily give up responsibility of their children has been almost rubber-stamped in provincial family court in North Vancouver,

On Wednesday, North Vancouver provincial

“court Judge Doug Moss agreed to 4 guardianship application from an franian woman who could not

‘speak English.

©The North Vancouver woman, with a friend act- ing as an interpreter, said during a court hearing that

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Cases before the courts

THE tollowing includes some of the recent guardianship applications before local judges around the start of this schooi year.

Or Oct. 15 in North Vancouver provincial family court, Judge Ellen Burdett raises her voice slightly and states, “I don’t care what the school bourd requires.”

The judge talks to a man and woman who are requesting they become guardians of two Taiwanese young people standing beside them in court.

The man tells the judge the parents of the girl and boy are in Taiwan. The parents, he says, had to “go back to sell the business.” They “will come back ata later date.”

The man says he doesn’t Know when, but the woman beside him says the parents will

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she was the aunt of a 16-year-old bey present in court,

The boy was a refugee claimant, in Canada for three months. His parents were in Iran. He was living on social assistance and hoped to anend Grade 10 classes immediately, His aunt said she could not finan: cially support: the boy, but could) only provide guardianship,

“Why are you here?” asked Judge Moss,

The woman replied, “The school asked for a guardianship order ... He is nor going to school yet, but for registration, they need guardianship from the court to register.”

The woman said she was a landed immigrant who had been in Canada for two years.

The boy’s parents had “some difficulties” and didin’t come to Canada.

North Vancouver District 44 assistant to the superintendent Keith Denley did not return News calls last week.

A school district statler answering the phone at Deuley’s office on Friday said that no one in the school district building could give out any informa- tion concerning Where a student had to live in order to attend public school in North Vancouver.

In West Vancouver, District 45 executive assistant to the superintendent Chris Zimmer said the school district requires a student’s legal guardian to live in the municipality,

“There is no way we can police the guardian the parents choose,” said Zimmer.

Zimmer said a few years ago before the local guardianship requirement, young, teenagers were left alone in houses without their parents.

In Vancouver, the public school district, requires parents itt theses cases to identify in writing who the chitd’s adult guardian is and where the guardian lives,

A Vancouver school board) orientation centre

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WEATHER

Mondax: Periods of rain, windy High 12°C, low 6°C.

NEWS photo Terry Peters

NORTH Vancouver City fire Capt. Norman Bullock was on Third Street when a tree crashed down on power lines on Thursday.

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