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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

north shore

May 30, 1984 Newsroom 985-2131

NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP have not yet released the name of as. 80-year-old man who died after suffering a heats attack while driving Friday. -— 7 ey

The man is believed to have suffered. the attack while driving west on Marine Drive near’ Bridgeman. His car went: out of control, left the: road and crashed iftto the front of a convenience store, causing heavy damage to the store.

Ambulance crews provided first aid at the scene and rushed the man to Lions Gate Hospital, where he died Saturday evening.

His name is being with-held pending notification of next of kin.

NEWS photo Terry Peters

CITY, DISTRICT

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BACK LOCAL TV

BOTH NORTH Vancouver councils are supporting an intervention by Shaw Cable into a request by television station CKVU to switch from its present position on the dial and bump community cable from its traditional home on channel 10.

Shaw Cable president and general manager, Ken bowler said if the Vancouver

By JOANNE MacDONALD and MAUREEN CURTIS

independent station is

granted Channel 1O asia cable community channels transmitter, it would cause (channel 10) on the Lower the movement of all the Mainland

As «a result, the munity channel forced to move to ou cleat channel, ctther 4 (ABC), 4 (NBC) of 9 (PBS) and one of the three affected American channels would then have to move to the converter band

If channel 9 transferred to

com would be

wis rhe

another sport on the band, Fowler said CKVU's application, which

calls for che tnstallation of a 320,000 watt: transmitter on

Saltspring Island, would sul disrupt the PBS signal

“The antennas for our cable system now face toward Seattle, but the strong Saltspring signal

would cause interference not onty to the adjacent channel!

9 but to channel Pl from Tacoma,’ said Fowler CKVU onginally apphed

for and was given licence to broadcast on channel 21.

which has a limited range

Shaw © able has provided the station by Vik channel 13

CKRVUCS latest appik ation is scheduled to be discussed at the (RIC

Victoria scheduled for 1h

cable on

hearings in

June

Phe deadline tor submissions, against the June &

Shaw Cable is being rep resented at the © R I¢

ctther for oon

application 1s

teas

ings by the Association of Mainland € able Operators CALMCO)) The group represents cable op creators from White Rook to the North Shore

Ald Craig © lark was the most vocal supporter

lower

[distract

of Shaw Cable's intervention at Monday's C ouncel meeting, saying (he approval

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