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Keith Lowe Contributing Writer

PATRICK Glendinning ¥ 4s seven years ol.! on June 17, 1958, when his father Colin plunged into the turbulent waters of Burrard Inlet.

workers also fell 175 feer (53 es) into the inler belo

Twenty men were hospital- ized, while another 18 w killed, cither instantly or short- ly thereafter, A 19th fatality occurred later, when a diver searching for bodies, drowned.

While workers slowly trans- form the Lions Gate Badge to the west, a group) gathered Saturday bes: the ronworker’s Memorial Second Narrows Crossing to honour those who were injured or died on the job 42

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Jan-Christian Sorensen Contributing Writer

SAND traps and lakes aren’t the only haz- ards on North Shore golf courses, accord- ing to the Workers Compensation Board (WCB).

The WCB has ordered nine of 15 courses in the Howe Sound, Vancouver and Whistler corridor.region to conduct an assessment of trees and remove any potentially hazardous spec- imens. The move was spurred by the May death of a Squamish

woman who was crushed by a falling tree while playing the Rivershore Estates and Golf Links in Kamloops.

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“That was the wake-up call,” said Donna Freeman, manag of corporate and public affairs for WCB, She said that e ers have a responsibility to ensure not only the safety of their workers on golf courses but the general public as well.

According to the WCR, all workers must be kept at least a

ce distance and a half---- referred to as the “striking distance”

-~ from potentially hazardous trees. ‘The WCB has told the nine courses toa hire a ficensed arborist to conduet a site study to identity hazardous trees. Freeman said: that the WCB will be conducting follow-up assessments ta make certain that all havz-

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COLIN Glendinning, centre, is one of tive remaining men who survived a plunge from the lronworker’s Memorial Second Narrows Crossing when it collapsed 42 years ago. Grandson Sam and son Patrick joined him at a memorial service held Saturday at the bridge.

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ards have been taken care of in accordance with the arborists* recommendations, “Those courses would be advised to take care of the problem soon because we will be monitoring the sit- uation,” warned Freeman.

Furry Creek Golf Course was one of the nine facilities ordered by the VCB to conduct a site assessment. During a sur- vey last week an arborist designated over 200 trees on the course for removal, trimming or monitoring. Jim Cashabeck, superin- tendent at Furry Creck, supports the WCB order and hopes it will create a greater awareness of hazards on courses throughout the province, “Unfortunately it takes a tragedy like what hap- pened in Kamloops to make people mare aware of old and dying trees,” he said. “1m not exaciy sure why the WCB got tis ball

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