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Out of bounds boarder needs rescue James Weldon jweldon@nsnews.com
LESS than a week after a massive three-day search for a lost Cypress Mountain snowboarder concluded, another out-of-bounds boarder was rescued from the same terrain. Volunteers found the latest victim Dec. 23 in the precipitous Montizambert Creek drainage west of the resort, a short distance from the spot where they located snowboarder Sebastien Boucher Dec. 18. The 30-year-old Vancouver man had been riding with a friend on Cypress’s Top Gun run in the early afternoon when the pair ducked under a boundary rope and ventured into the rugged terrain above Howe Sound. When the descent became too steep, the victim’s friend climbed back out. His companion didn’t reappear, however, so the friend called for help. After reaching the lost man by cell and getting a description of his surroundings, a North Shore Rescue team judged he had likely made his way to low elevation, and so launched their search from the bottom of the gully. At about 8:15 p.m. the rescuers made voice contact. They found him See Lost page 5
Playing to the gallery
NEWS photo Mike Wakefield
BROTHERS Dominic and Xavier Hutton celebrate the prospect of a new playground at John Lawson Park in West Vancouver. MP John Weston (centre rear) and Mayor Michael Smith, councillors, childcare workers and advocates were on hand the week before Christmas for the federal funding announcement of $244,000 for an upgrade to the popular park.
Union condemns SeaBus contract
Brent Richter brichter@nsnews.com
$25-M replacement for Burrard Beaver to be built in Netherlands
LOCAL labour organizations are calling for the province to intervene after TransLink awarded a new SeaBus building contract to an offshore company. TransLink announced Dec. 17 that it would pay $25 million to Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group to replace the 36year-old MV Burrard Beaver, which must be phased out due to changes in Transport Canada’s environmental regulations.
But the Canadian Auto Workers say the contract should have gone to North Vancouver’s Allied Shipyards, whose bid was just $2 million higher. “Going offshore, to us, makes absolutely no sense. We should be promoting made-in-Canada products,” said Joe Elworthy, Canadian Auto Workers Local 2200 president. “It’s just obscene the government would make such a move.”
Elworthy rubbished the notion that North Shore commuters and B.C. taxpayers will be better served by having the ship built at Damen’s Singapore shipyard. “The government should be intervening here. They should be intervening on TransLink hard,” he said. The premier, Christy Clark, should get involved in this issue. It’s in her interests to reverse that decision and have this ferry built by Canadians right here in British Columbia where we have the skills, where we have ability and I’m sure, if we do the costing right, we can remain competitive.”
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