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No clear-cut answers

Dear Editor:

T am not a logger, nor a sci- entist, but I have wondered, who is right: clear-cutters or greenpeacers?

This moming I was suppos- edly washing dishes by the win- dow in our summer cottage. But in actuality I was admiring our own litde bit of clear-cut beyond the window, where we had removed old cedar and fir trees, a while back.

A variety of green things sprang up in this space, and has becn flourishing ever since. Today there was a ceer on the bank. He was munching oa budding Salal berries, and dain- tily nipping off the tips of fern fronds, A squirrel on the baby alder was swaying and chatter- ing at the deer, then sailed over to a young green fir. The activ- ity .sent small. creatures, a mouse and a brown bird scur- rying from under cover. 7A bec was toying first. with a wild. rose, and then some wild honeystckle, which led my cye to the blackberry vines. cy - are, beginning to be aggressive,

“and may soon take over the lot, if, some.human doesn’t inter- fere. The deer moved away, perhaps to. some wider spot, on ‘sO. meee this entan-

ig under .

* -Larer, walking the outhouse trail, I. became. aware. of the arresting contrast between new and old. The trail leads through

’ a. forest. of towering, majestic

trees, where'a few may be hun- “Of years. old. Over the J these giants have en -and’ spread. into decay re ‘they lic on’ brown, bar- -

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lighter, brighter green, which remind me of “clearcut log- ging,” anathema to some. But it also speaks to me of nature, transformed and evalving. Whatever the results in the wilderness of pro and con for-

est dispute. I do know one thing. That brighter greenery has another message. It speaks to me of life; life abundant and timeless.

Ethel Gillingham

West Vancouver

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CENSUS STATISTICS

Canada Day seemed like an appropriate occasion to write about Statistics Canada’s recently released publication entitled 1996 Census Profile of Federal Electoral Districts. \t contains information gathered in North Vancouver during the 1996 Census with respect to age, sex, marital status, common-law unions, family charac- teristics, types of dwellings, household size, immigration, citizenship, and languages. Following is a “snapshot” of our smail piece of Canada, from tables appearing on pages 529 to 549 of the publication.

AGE, SEX, FAMILY STATUS

The population of North Vancouver as of May 14, 1996 is listed as 122.710 persons, of whom 63,555 were female and 59,355 were male. Numbers from a few selected age groups are:

Age Group

Of those who were 15 years and over, 30,775 had never married and were single; 52,494 were legally married and not separated; 3,134 were separated but still legally married; 8,070 were divorced and 5,435 were widowed. Two person families totalled 15,235, there were 7,405 three person families, 8,025 families had 4 persons, and 2,820 families had more than 4 persons. {n the case of lone-parent families, 3,675 had a female parent, while 775 had a male parent.

DWELLINGS AND ORIGINS

The total number of occupied private. dwellings, based on 20% sample data, was 47,655. Of that total, 22,8630 were single detached houses; 12,055 were in apartment buildings of less than 5 stories; 4,175 were in apartment buildings of more than 5 stories; 3,865 were in detached

duplexes; and the balance were in “ow

houses, semi-detached houses, and mobile homes. The vast majority (109,025 or about

90%) of North Vancouver residents are

‘Canadian citizens, and 84,240 were bom in Canada, with almost 45% having been,

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born in B.C. .

3,675 1,975 1,810 1,665 1,650

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United States

Philippines

Hong Kong

Germany

South Africa 1,165

india 4,105 The eight least common birth countries were:

Israel

Russian Fed.

Sri Lanka

Guyana

Iraq

Cambodia

El Salvador

Morocco

LANGUAGES Almost 50 different languages were [| .

registered as a mother tongue by North - Vancouver residents, although 87% indicated they use English as. the | language at home. French was be‘ng used as the language at home by just 565 persons, or 0.46% of North Vancouver | residents. A_ selection of ‘anguage Statistics follows: ; : Language Mother Tongue Used at Home : English 93,870 ~ 406,310 Chinese Farsi German French Philippino Japanese Spanish

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