8 — Sunday, January 7, 1996 — North Shore News

THE FOLLOWING is a list of recent North Shore emer- gency incidents:

fon De VANCOUV! ‘I IRE, DEPARTMEN? December 26 Number of medical aid calls: 7 Number of false alarms: 0 Number of public service calls: 0 3100-bik. Colwood Dr. School fire. December 27 Nuinber of medical aid calls: 5 Number of false alarms: 3 Number of public service calls: 0 December 28 Number of medical aid calls: 6 Number of false alarms: 2 Number of public service calls: 0 100-blk. Forester St. Miscellaneous fire. 2000-bik. Berkley Ave. Single family residence fire.

"December 27° Number of medical aid calls: 3 Number of false alarms: 0 100-bik. West 21st St. Abdominal pain. December 28 Number of medical aid calls: Number of false alarms: 0 1800-blk. Rufus Dr. Burns,

December 29 Number of medical aid calls: Number of false alarms: 0

December 30 Number of medicul aid calls: Number of false alarms: 1

December 31 Number of medical aid calls: Number of false alarms: 0

January i

Number of medical aid calls:

GVRD services bill up —

RESIDENTS IN all North Shore municipalities will pay. more in. 1996. for

Greater. Vancouver Regional:

District. services under a/ $344,3-million provisional budget.

The GVRD says nearly all of the increase is to cover “essential” upgrading programs.

The improvements include spending on drinking water and wastewater (treatment systems, as well as new hospital construction and equipment purchases.

The $278 in GVRD taxes paid by average North Vancouver City residents will rise by $3 to $281 in 1996.

North Vancouver District tax- payers will hand the GVRD $2 more for a total tax bill of $381.

Meanwhile, West! Vancouver taxpayers will pay $455, a $9 increase over last year's bill for GVRD services.

. There is no residential tax

increase for GVRD programs such as air quality management, region- al parks, strategic planning, emer- gency phone service, municipal labor relations and general gov- ernment.

The provisional budget is up $24.4 million over 1995.

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700-bik. Marine Dr. : ed offences:

Entry gained by smashing win- dow. Stolen: computer. 300-bik. Brooksbank Ave.

Front glass window broken with ‘rock. Stolen: nil.

Stewart Norman Walker, 49, of North Vancouver, was fined $500 and had his driver's licence sus-

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pended for three months after he was found guilty of having a blood alcohol level greater than .08.

Jessie Jay Baker, 29, of North Vancouver, was jailed 30 days and had his driver's licence suspended for 12 months after he pleaded guilty to having a blood alcohol level greater than .08.

Part of the Provincial: Road Safety Program.

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