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that CN could not assure resi"A wheelchair-bound woman dents the chemical wasn't h a m p y a she'll chain herself to rail- ful. way tracks to stop herbicide"We don't want them t o PPra@g her downtown spray," a d Prevost, confined to cower neighborhood. a wheelchair since a 1974 car to our cornMargaret Prevost, 29, says everyone who b w in Four Sis. munib' here and to ouruds." "You have no right, morally or ters Housing Co-op, on Powell Street, is outraged that Canadian ethically, to spray," Oliver KeUNational Railways plans to spray hammer told CN officials. Diuron along its tracks in Greater "If you do, we are going to Vancouver, including the water- fight you," said Kellhammer, a front tracks near her home. member of Strathcona CommuPrevost told a public meeting nity Gardens. h~3dby the Downtown Eastside CN spokesman John ButterReddents b o c f a t i o n yesterday d c k said herbicide was needed
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to kill weeds along the tracks. He wouldn't promise to stop the prognm but offeRd to give residents 48 hours' notice before *praying takes place, Residents urged CN to handpick the weeds or use a system employed by CP Rail to steam weeds dead. But Buttenvick a d herbicides were the best method. United Transportation Union official Chuck Lewis disputed Buttenvick's assurance that "98 p e r cent" of CN employees wanted the spraylng. "These people don't want i t , and the employees don't want it,'' I&wh d d q + -+