- Boats blaze ‘in local waters

THERE WAS ‘plenty of heat.on the water Friday and Saturday ‘with the North Shore Station of the B.C. Lifeboat Society respon- ‘ding to two local boat fires. ., The BCLS Boston Whaler lifeboat responded, as well as nearby / commercial boats and a B.C. Ferry’s vessel, just after noon Friday’ to a fire on board a 26-foot sailbdat situated near Bowyer Island ’ off of Lions Bay. According. to BCLS spokesman. Tully Waisman, an Ontario : couple, who had abandoned the burning: boat uninjured, were plucked from a dinghy by a pleasure boat in’ the vicinity.

The Apodaca, a focal water taxi, fought the blaze with its fire ©

pump uatil a Coast Guard cutter arrived on scene.

The sailing boat eventually burned to the waterline.

The fire is suspected to have started with the boat's Stove.

‘in a second incident Saturday, the BCLS, North Vancouver City ‘Fire Department, the Coast Guard and Ports Canada boats responded to a mayday call from six people aboard a 45-foot pleasure boat stricken with an engine room fire.

| The six abandoned ship uninjured to a nearby boat. NVCFD members, who were ferried, out to the blazirig boat 200 feet off of the Burrard:Yacht Club, fought the fire and saved the boat. j

Damage tothe boat is estimated at $50,000.

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NV resident “nabs youth |

A BLUERIDGE-srea North Vancouver resident caught’ a 17- - year-old ‘youth breaking into his vehicle just after midnight Tues- day. :

The male youth was held by the owner as police were called. |

The youth faces a charge of theft from a motor vehicle. -

‘North Vancouver RCMP. remind residents to take advantage of the: free. Automark- identification program ‘engraving’ session: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May .31 at Dick Irwin Chevrolet

: Oldsmobile on Marine Drive in North Vancouver.

Man fined for police assault

. A NORTH Vancouver man pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting a police officer Monday, and was fined $200. But a stay of proceedings was entered in two breach of probation charges and. one charge of taking a vehicle without consent laid against Trevor Paul Warrington. /

The 28-year-old was originally charged: with taking a vehicle without consent in connection with a Jan. 27 incident.

He was also charged with breaching terms of his probation and assaulting’a police officer in connection with a Sept. 29 incident in _which he was alieged to have made contact with a female contrary to the terms of his probation.

Warrington was “charged with another count of breaching his probation in connection with a March 15 incident in which he was alleged to have had contact with the same woman.

Appearing before: North Vancouver provincial court Judge B.P. Byrne, Warrington pleaded guilty to the one charge, and all other

“charges against him were dropped.

Probation breach ends in jail term

‘A 26-YEAR-OLD North .Vancouver man was sentenced Wednes- day to five days in jail and placed on probation for two years after - he pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching the terms of his pro- ion. a Martin West was originally charged with assault, assault causing bodily harm, “assault with a weapon and failing to comply with the terms. of his probation in connection with incidents March -5.and 6-in which he is alleged to have assaulted his male roommate "with a wooden stake and a telephone receiver.

West was charged with an additional count of failing to comply with the terms of his probation that forbid him to consume alcohol in connection with an April 24 incident. .

Appearing before North Vancouver provincial court Judge B.P. Byrne, West pleaded guilty to both counts of breaching his proba-

- tion. A stay of proceedings was entered in the other charges against t.

Wererms of West’s probation include the stipulation that he move

out of his roommate's residence.

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P&T road plan slammed by N. Van City Council

NORTH VANCOUVER City Council shot down

engineering report calling for major road reconstruction to

improve access to the Park and Tilford site.

In a report before council last week, city engineer Alan Phillips called for major road rebuilding in the area near the 30-acre site to

By STEPHEN BARRINGTON News Reporter

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facilitate service access to a pro- posed BCE Development Corp. shopping centre on part of the former distillery land.

Most eldermen blasted the plan, which includes joining Third Street, Fcurth Street and Fifth Street to create a through road cutting across the property.

Ald. Elko Kroon called the pro- posal ‘‘opportunistic’’ and echoed Ald. John Braithwaite’s concerns that the plan is ‘‘insensitive’ to area residents.

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