Hot van rolled; dogs track pair.

TWO HIGH-SPEED chases on the North Shore this week ended with trips to the hospi-

“tal for at least six people.

area nearby.

‘pair. B A ? ne, - on yy Anna Marie D'Angelo ; Const. Ron

7 News Reporter called in to help.

North: Vancouver RCMP Gunner and handler Cogst. Hicks spent.an hour Wwacking the

dog Mark

Police dog Storm and handler MacDougall. were |

Both suspects were found by

the police'dogs. The chase

‘In. West Vancouver, five people cin‘a, stolen 1987 Toyota van were “treated for minor: injurics at Lions Gate ‘Hospital after the van.drove over:a cement meridian and: rolled into aditch. no

According to a West Vancouver

“Police. spokesman, the van’s 16- year-old driver tried; to’ take the Westmount exit: off the Upper Levels, Highway just, before the vehicle overturned. ‘

was -

over.

“incident:

: stolen in dent. My nvolved in the brief two-kilometre hase.eastbound.on the highway.

‘On . the’:next day’ in North Vancouver, one of: two Suspects -waé treated for dog bites in hospi- ital - Burnaby. ended ‘in a quiet. ‘upper ‘ -Delbrook neighborhood."

* Burnaby. and North Vancouver : RCMP Chased the men in a stolen.‘ Honda’. Prelude’ along: the. ‘Trans-, Csnada:‘Highway, up” Westview, Drive, and Delbrook: “Avenue where, according‘: to as North “ Vancouver RCMP spokesman, . the = fleeing men drove’ down a dead ‘end residential street. °.. oi The: police spokesman said the’. Stolen’: car: from’: Kelowna: then; “turned around ‘in the 300- block of. ‘Monteray Avenue and rammed a North Vancouver RCMP cruiser.

“The -two men ‘left the: cat in ay rive’ away: and’ fled inte: a wooded:

35, 000..

‘INA

“a car, ' Lost

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had. Lougheed Highway when « police’ officer tried to! pull the stolen car

Michael. Steven Wireh, Regina, was charged with danger- ous ‘driving and possessing stolen <property” in“ connection’, with the

front. -page regarding 'a. ‘five- -car aulomo- bile ‘accident } in the Sunday, May 14, News, Leneen Robb “was identified as the driver of

Started on

Charges | are expected ’ against“ the other man, ‘also at Regina resi-

‘Clarifiea ion

‘cutline

She was actiially a paisen- «ger in avchicle involved in the , - accident May:11 on othe Trans- Canada Highway.

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THE DRIVER and sole passenger ofa Jeep ‘that fli down a 30- to 40-foot embankment report-

“edly. ¢scaped with minor scrapes and bruises.

The Jeep went off the street at Hoskins Road,

Athen crashed through a fence before going over ar the embankment at about 6 p.m. on May 1 15.

In West Vancouver, the 16-year- old Vancouver driver of the:stolen van faces charges of causing police to“enter into ’a pursuit. driving without due. care and ‘atiention, possessing. stolen property over after “'a’ wild’. chase”. from’ $5,000 and’ committing. theft over

THE: LOCAL film industry hopes North Shore Studios can, rebound from: the U.S. network . demise of The Conunish by Scoring a new series : “sign- up next week. bos a . By Brent’ iMudry , : Contributing Writer

“ABC, the top US. television network, dropped The

Commish {fom ity fall lineup Tuesday, after four seasons:

vand 88 episodes, ‘The family-oriented police drama series has been one of Canada’s most successful series in the U.S. tele- - Vision Market. :

. Fhe show, was filmed at North Shore’ Studios in - ‘North Vancouver and on location at-various sites in the .

. Lower Mainland since 1991. The series starred Michael

Chiklis, as a street-tough but soft-edged police commis- -,

sioner and Theresa Saldana as his understanding wife. ° “Obviously we were disappointed, but it’s the nature of the beast,” Penelope Selwyn-Levy, promotions exec-. utive of Cannell Studios, told the News « from | Los Angeles:““We've had a good run.”. : * Local officials were unable to comment 10. press time. - North Shore Studios ‘general manager © Ralph: "

"Alderman receritly left the company. Cannell’s: Peter:

Leitch was named acting manager forthe interim... Any gloom may soon. tum-to glory, however, as Cannell awaits the word on two new shows in the com-- ‘ing week when CBS and ‘the Fox network announce. ‘ their fall schedule. In contention at CBS is Tivo, a fugi-" tive drama similar to Harrison Ford's The Fugitive. Fox:

“will decide.on Profit, about ‘a a'charming and manipula- en

tive male snake, Pilots,'for both’ series, ‘were filmed at: ‘North Shore. Studios and around the Greater Vancouver aréa.

I

INA’ surprising move Monday night, . Several North Vancouver District coun-

illors’ reversed: previous positions and’ ‘voted’ against proceeding with contro-

versial reconnaissance surveys of | two |

forested. areas in | Seymour

By Martin ‘Millerchip.

: Seymour residents?” involved with the! .Group “°. United "Around © :.Responsibie ! « Development: (GUARD) . left. the lengthy

ouncil «meeting overjoyed that. the Cove Forest and Mountain Forest areas will remain ; undisturbed — for the moment. “This: is still the beginning. This is not going ‘away for a while,” cautioned GUARD ! representative Lisa Muri. ->. ‘We’ve.made a positive push forward but this:is definitely. not the-end of it, There’ Ss ° $150 ‘million Sitting ‘there, and this fight is going to. continue fora number of years to

“The Mountain Forest. area ‘fies north of the Course Cove. Forest-'lies.:east’ of Mount:

Seymour Road above Deep Cove.” ‘Both areas are earmarked i in the Seymour

District development debate rages

Official Community Plan (OCP): as_ being potential development’ areas, but as’ Coun,

«Pam Goldsmith-Jones: noted ‘during debate . :_ Monday, “Where we were coming ftom is no, ‘longer a tenable position.”

‘A district announcement: that reconnais- sance. plans relating’ to: landscape, fish,

wildlife and environmental ‘assessments ‘in -

Cove Forest and Mountain Forest were to be tendered has triggered. fear:among some

Seymour residents that development of the :

areas would quickly follow.

. The forested areas provide hiking, biking and horse-riding opportunities not only for Seymour residents but for people throughout the Lower.Mainland,..

“I'm sure Lord Baden-Powell would roli

"- over in his grave if he knew that part of his

trail was going to be reduced to'a stro]] in our

‘newest neighborhood,” Cove resident Joan

Inwood told council Monday. She was just one of many speakers who,

as in previous weeks, have come to pressure - ‘sy May now be that development be “accommo- * dated in multi- ~family kinds of developments . which will then require the rezoning of some.

council to.listen to the community's wishes, Speaker, after speaker :has reiterated that

. problems with traffic gridlock and its rest. ° old ‘Blair: Rifle Range and Northlands’ Golf.) tant pollution, public transit and overcrowd~ : ‘ed schools should be resolved before further

“development is allowed in’ Seymour.

: “You were elected by the Community: You oo

represent the community, you should consult the community,” charged Pam Shenton: ~

And that.is what the majority of council .

now, says it wants to do. °,

Goldsmith-tones! admitted ‘that. the

_ Strength and size of the lobby had persuaded her to reconsider her position. : - ». Said Goldsmith-Jones, “This last: week

has been'like’a Monty Python sketch with people phoning up for an argument.”

Coun. Don Bell also changed his position

and opposed the selection of consultants for the reconnaissance studies. Bell instead proposed a motion that staff

‘prepare a report on che process and timing for

updating the Seymour OCP. He said that when the OCP. was created the majority of Seymour residents indicated

they wanted predominantly single- family

development...

“The consequence of that policy is the development of new land,” said Bell,

He suggested that resident preference

existing areas into a higher density.” But not all council members supported Bell’s initiative, Couns. Erie. Crist,

Janice Harris all worried that provisions for environmental surveys could still allow. for ° studies to proceed: in Cove Forest and; Mountain Forest.” 7: & District Director of Development Richard Plunkett confirmed that the process outlined »

—in Bell's motion and the reconnaissance sur-:..’ _ veys were .“not!mutually exclusive.”

Cuthbert challenged Plunkett’s interpreta- tion and suggested that Cove and Mountain

‘forests. should. be ‘added to the Greater.

Vancouver Regional District's “Green Zone.”

Beli later ‘emphasized that he saw’ any. reconiaissance studies of the contested areas proceeding after further discussion by coun-, cil and as part of an agreed public process. | -..

His request for an OCP update report-was / eventually adopted by a 4-3 marginsvhile the. ; reconnaissance contracts were rejected i ina’: 6-1 vote.

“Only Mayor Murray Dykeman held out

. for the studies. '

“Full-scale public information needs to be prepared and be handed to the public. The addition’ ofthis information as part of the program of research is step one,” Said. .

: Dykeman. Po

Commenting on the:. ‘political conse: quences of the ‘issue and potential election | fall-out; Dykeman said after the’ vote:. “It’s. clear the (election) race has started. We just».

* don’t want to; declare where ; the, ‘start-line | Jim ‘Cuthbert and : an

should be”