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THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER

Newsstand Price 50c August 8, 1982

‘Tinpot junta

squeezing out NV industry

Reaching Every Doo

Tel. 985-2131

CHEERY FACED PICKETERS are the ones you cam thank for any

unusually long delays which occur on Lions Gate bridge. Personnel from centre tance are out on strike with the rest of the BCGEU memben. Highways Office at north end of bridge who normally promptly clear

(Eltisworth Dickson photo)

ACCUSATIONS that “tinpot juntas” are forcing industries from North Vancouver District shocked council Monday when the local politicians learned a major electronics firm could pull ap its room and head to greener municipalities — all because of tough District development design criteria.

Alderman Peter Powcll spearhcadcd a verbal assault By CHARLES MAYER

against ai decision by

Districts Advisory Design applicahen from GOlenayre Pancl ino which the local Electronices Lid to develop “unpot) junta” dcmcd a ocw building facihtics to

request to consider an

house its operations

bridge of any accident obstructions and operate traffic light sequence for

‘ Aldermen urge zoning change

Glenayres is seching to relocate from its present site on Columbia Street in North Van to property near Second Narrows crossing known as “Swedts However, the prope in question has been set aside by District for future Commercial zoning

Second Narrows Holdings Lid | owners of the “Swedish Park” property) and sow acting on behalf of Glenayres. made a request in June to Dastmet to rezone

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Police lack explanation

By CHRIS LLOYD

ROBBERIES are occurring in North Vancouver at twice the rate of last year.

By the end of July there had already been more holdups and thefts involving violence or the threat of violence than during the entire year of 1981.

RCMP statistics show that when the month ended there had been 43 robberies to date this year. This corresponds with a total of 37 for the year of 1981, which was in itself more than double the previous year. 1980 saw just 17 robberies in North Vancouver.

Yet the surge in robbery cannot be pinpointed to any particular new crime factor. A study of RCMP crime records for the year so far shows no concentration of any one type of robbery - only that just about anyone

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