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Shots fired at house in North Van Multiple 9-1-1 calls alert police to shooting just after midnight
BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
NorthVancouver RCMP are investigating after someone fired shots at a home in the Highlands neighbourhood last night. Police received multiple 9-1-1 calls from the 3800block of Sunnycrest Drive around 12:35 a.m. Friday,
including a call from the home that was allegedly hit, according to Cpl. Richard de Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. Though residents were home at the time of the shooting, no one was hurt in the shooting, de Jong said. “There was a speeding vehicle heard leaving the area. At that time of night, it’s pretty quiet through there.” According to neighbours, the home at 3895 Sunnycrest Dr. is owned by a young couple with two young boys. See No page 5
Vaccination rates low on North Shore
JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
Vaccination rates for school-aged children on the North Shore are among the lowest in both the Vancouver Coastal Health region and the province as a whole. Mark Lysyshyn, medical health officer for the North Shore, says that’s concerning, particularly in light of a recent measles outbreak in parts of the Fraser Valley where immunization rates are also low. On the North Shore,
only 86.7 per cent of kindergarten students are protected from measles by vaccination, compared to 91.7 per cent for the Vancouver Coastal Health region as a whole. Lysyshyn said in order to protect the population as a whole, immunization rates should be over 90 per cent — particularly with a very infectious disease like measles. “Measles has really bad outcomes in one of every 1,000 cases,” he said. “That really bad outcome could SeeWhooping page 9
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