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‘THE DREAM of fast commuter, trains linking West.” Van- ecouver: with . down- town’s Granville _ Station via B.C. Rail, {1 CN. and CP tracks ‘ended in a cold Ronee: relay. ot

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“the ‘chief’ ‘crusaders for ‘the scheme, the board ‘of ‘the Urban Transit Authority turned thumbs down. on the proposal — at. any rate, for the foreseeablefuture.

The ‘board, acting on a

- UTA staff recommendation, gave the following reasons for rejecting the idea:

- “Considerable problems” in using BCR and CN track on the North Shore. -

increases by Greens Developments Ltd. that had , lifted’ rents in the three- hedroom, lth-unit

A claim shat commuter 2 townhouse complex from trains would “not cut e: $585 to $750 in some cases. travelling times . This, means inost tenants. significantly” will not have'to pay rent‘for

Limited options due to “the existing rail in-

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. October and part of i November as they take advantage of a refund equalling six months’ worth of rent increase.

e And a continuing in-depth * — investigation by the Office of % the Rentalsman = may ij establish that another 40 ve Rufus Park tenants have ". each paid more than $1,000 in illegal rent increases in 1979 and 1980.

The Rentalsman's office heard the case last week after a Rufus Park Village tenants’ association § ap- proached the fledgling North Shore Tenants’ Association to help them fight the rent | increases.

_ The result is that rent increases of up to $200 ' which were served to tenants

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# Reaching Every Door on the North Shore

THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES' request didn't strike the homeowner as a joke when he arrived home at Canyon Boulevard in North Van Friday evening. He found the sign with a frog and lizard above lt firmly planted in his front yard, alongside a giant upturned cross with a devil's mask, On the front doorstep was a black cloaked manequin with green face and a dead chicken was hanging outside the house window. The angry homcowner tore down the paraphenalia and the following day It was replaced with a hastily scrawled sign which read “Closed due to per-

secution”. The homeowner could not be contacted by the News and the epbode Is still a mystery to the neighbors. (Terry Peters photo)

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WEDNESDAY Cloudy, showers, some heavy. Blustery winds.

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