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By PAT RICH

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And in West Vancouver Wednesday night the entire contents of the Shoppers Drug Mart store on Marine Drive were damaged by a fire which is being termed “suspicious.”

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An arson fire gutted the Restaurant on Marine Drive in North Vancouver Thursday night finishing off the business that had been badly damaged in another arson fire just two

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The fires are the sixth and seventh suspicious fires on the North Shore simce August 5, and the restaurant blaze was the third fire in the same block in that time.

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Investigations into the possibility of licensing crane operators have been launched following two North Shore inquests into industrial ac- cidents.

And while the investigations are not linked directly to the inquest results, they may provide some salisfacvon for the mother of a young man killed in the ac cidents, who feels ber hands are Ged in trying to upgrade industrmal safety

Glen MacDonald aged 21. was killed May 25) when he was run over by a mobile cranc

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McKensic Barge & Marine SUNDAY: Dotlarton Maghw ay Morning cloud The results of the inquest or fog, “FIRE CAPITAL OF CANADA” is the unenviable tide being earned by the North Shore lollowing (wo more blazes which coneluded late last otherwise lant week. Upper picture shows firefighters Thursday night on the roof of the Old Country Restaurant, 1045 Marine, month found a lack ol sunny and warm. North Van, battling the second outbreak there in 16 days. The previous evening Shoppers Drugman at 1583 Marine. several safety precautions at MONDAY: West Van (lower picture) saffered heavy interior damage tn its second fire in four ycam. Sce story for details of other the site Litthe change.

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