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@ WENDY CLARK’S friend is just two weeks old. The duckling was one of several hatched by the kindergarten class at

Ross Road school. The students hatched duck eggs in an incubator and watched them af Maplewood farm. '

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THE CAUSE of the tragic death of four-year-old

Sterling Ewen of West

unknown.

The boy was rushed to Lions Gate Hospital after ‘suffering from intestinal problems at a school picnic with 20 other classmates at Chelsea House dayeare in Pauline Johnson School, West Vancouver Police reported, ,

Ewen errived at hospital at 3:20 p.m. Thursday and died at 4:05 p.m. of unknown causes, although a viral infection is believed to be the tentative cause, Cst. Colin Bursill reported.

S. Sgt. Henry Indra said although the lab report veri- fying cause of death will not be available until after the weekend, ‘‘it is reasonably safe to say that it was not food poisoning.”

As a precautionary measure, the other 20 children were brought to

Vancouver is still hospital from their homes Thursday evening to be ex- amined.

Twelve were released that evening, and cight were kept overnight for observation. But all of the children were released Friday and no adverse effects were reported.

Nursing supervisor Doreen Mitten of Lions Gate Hospital said the incident was ‘‘such a shock to evervbody."’

Mitten said viruses are all very different — with some coming on = quickly while others progress at a slow rate, showing no symptoms at first. But she added the coroner is looking into it.

Bursill said West Van- couver Police are working together with the coroner's office and the North Shore Department of Health. The investigation continues.

City tree root of resident's

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VANCOUVER resident

is upset

because she says the roots of a tree on City prop- erty are clogging her sewer, pushing up her lawn

and heaving the sidewalk.

She also says the tree is furge and ‘old, and she is concerned that a windstorm could knock it down, hur- ting her two sons or dismantling electrical wires.

Bibiana Grossling ap- peared before City council Monday night to request the

City cut the tree down,

“Tm a taxpayer,’ Grossl- ing said. ‘Eve paid enough. The tree doesn't belong to me — it's the City’s. Hf the

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