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Hydro cutting shocks homeowner WestVan woman says trees razed on her property BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
A West Vancouver homeowner is calling on B.C. Hydro contractors to silence their chainsaws after arborists clear-cut a swath of trees under power lines on her property. For the last 20 years, contractors have come in to trim the trees on the land where Hydro has a legal right-of-way. Last fall, B.C. Hydro hired consultants to come to the neighbourhood and canvas residents for recommendations on future vegetation control, said Darlene Holmes, a Westport Road resident. But Holmes said the utility apparently ignored residents’ opinions. “B.C. Hydro has always come through and they’ve trimmed (the trees) and everybody gets pissed off and they go away and that’s fine. They’ve had a change of policy. They’re clear cutting,” Holmes said. Holmes came home on Monday to see a stand of 15 to 20 cedar trees that once provided some privacy for her bedroom and deck already gone. Most of the trees cut down were about a foot in diameter and 15 to 20 feet high, said Holmes. “I was absolutely livid. I said ‘That’s it. No more.
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Summer school classes cancelled JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
School’s out for summer — and maybe for fall if negotiations don’t improve between teachers and the province. North and West Vancouver school districts joined others across the Lower Mainland in
cancelling all summer school classes this week after the two sides failed to make progress at the bargaining table. The move affects about 1,300 students who had planned to take summer classes in the two school districts. The West Vancouver school district is preparing
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to issue 700 summer school refunds by the end of the summer, said Bev Pausche, spokeswoman for the school district. “We know this is disruptive and we’re frustrated as well,” Pausche said. Any student who was hoping to make up for a failing mark this summer will
have to wait for September, according to Pausche. “They’ll have to reach out to their counsellors in the fall and re-jig their schedules . . .,” she said. The Labour Relations Board ordered remedial summer schools be considered essential — but See Schools page 5
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