went, how extensive it was,

ago, -w * with a compass, I realized that the needle pointing due - north across the Street cut

. that

wherei it ended.

Then, one day not long while fiddling around

paar

r along ‘the

from my , frantyard,.1.faund. it continued - north,

. taxpayers are now required

_ $400,000 to

jvincial ‘government

ete: (over

@. Victoria. has not in- creased the provincial

homeowner. grant to keep

_ pace with cost escalation.

(as against a °13, per: cent ; “contribution last year) ..— and. in addition, West Van

+ Mele hity

e The. wage , settlement with municipal employees following the recent strike has added 20 per cent. to

a ote Bs

wey Fe .

got out ‘an ‘atlas and.

northeastern B.C., and into the Northwest Territories.

‘Along! the. way,.it passed :

across the’ Barents Sea and slice through N ya

just to the west. of Prince . on to the’

George, east of Finlay Forks: - in:the Peace Valley, skirting

Fort Laird and Wrigley in_

the NWT, before cutting across a corner of Great Bear Lake.

From there, it was clear sailing over the Amundsen Gulf, across Banks Island, to the North Pole — without having passed through a single community. Just forest and mountain and plains and tundra.

To the south and east and west of my place there are plenty of other homes. But that patch of wild, un-

‘developed forest across the

steet is a doorway opening: on to an wilderness stret- ching unbroken all the way to the Arctic. ' Andbeyond. On the other side of the Arctic Circle, 122 degrees of longitude changes to 58 degrees.

Following the imaginary.

line “downward”, we pass through the archipelago called _ Franz Josef, Land,-

municipal costs in the first year and is a main cause of the 16 per cent hike in the municipality's own share of the overall tax bill.

A similar picture is painted by North Van District and City officials.

In the District, taxes for

municipal services will rise.

by about 18 per cent (the first increase in four years) and school taxes by about 28 per cent.

Municipal taxes in the City will be up by about 26 per

cent and school taxes by about 23 per cent.

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The. first town: by the line moving due north from my. front yard: called’ Bayanovka, in the Ural Mountains,” on, western ‘edge ¢ ob the SiVerian Lowlands,” northwest 0 ‘Moscow.

So my nearest’ “neighbours across the. street” -are citizens of Bayanovka,— Russia. :

Now, of course, the fact that you can live on the northern edge of Greater Vancouver:.and have the conti lent as

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tinuation of your front. ard

out along a couple of

threads of train track.

© big surprise.. No. ; lesson. It's just. that “now

- when I look out throu

front window, I am filled with awe. That's all. a

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