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NSR sues group soliciting donations Victoria charity disputes claim ‘aggressive’ fundraising calls damaging local rescue team
BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
North Shore Rescue is suing a Victoria-based nonprofit they say is soliciting donations over the phone purporting to benefit North Shore Rescue, although the group responsible says they’ve done nothing wrong.
Last month, the team called out the Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia after receiving a number of emails from local supporters irritated by “aggressive” fundraising calls – something NSR does not do. SARBC was founded in 1983 but is not a member of the B.C. Search and Rescue Association, the group that represents all 80 of the province’s accredited search and rescue teams, the claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday states. “The defendant employees and/or contractors of the defendant have made telephone calls to potential sources of donations throughout the province including Metro Vancouver, the North Shore and areas in which NSR has established goodwill through its community service,” the claim states. “NSR has received complaints from members of the public who reside in Metro Vancouver, complaining about the manner in which an ‘aggressive’ telephone solicitation had occurred, resulting in them wrongfully believing that these
North Shore Rescue team leader Mike Danks thumbs through the pages of a civil claim the team has filed against the Victoria-based Search and Rescue Society of B.C., alleging they have solicited donations implying real search and rescue teams would benefit from. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD calls were made and/or authorized by NSR.” Those calls were coming from SARBC or by agents authorized by them, the claim adds, and neither North Shore Rescue nor any other bona fide search and rescue team under BCSARA uses cold calls. The group’s fundraising calls have hurt North Shore Rescue’s good name and its ability to raise funds locally,
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Vigilant neighbours catch illegal dumpers JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
Every outlaw leaves a trail.
On Tuesday afternoon Greg Dipple returned to his Ridgewood Drive home to find drywall, a toilet plunger, paint cans, and broken tiles dumped five feet from his property.
“Usually small things get dumped,” Dipple said. “This is the first time we had a truckload.” The improvised landfill on Monton Avenue blocked the wooded trail leading pedestrians to Edgemont Village. The litter-majors might have gotten away with it if not for one neighbour’s
quick camera finger, according to Dipple. Despite being a “little nervous,” the amateur photographer managed to snap shots of the perpetrators as well as their pickup truck. The truck bore the remains of a disposal company’s logo on the passenger-side door. The company reported selling
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the truck but were quick to pass the vehicle identification number to the police. The District of North Vancouver bylaw department and the RCMP identified the drywall dumpers, who agreed to return to the site, according to DNV spokeswoman Stephanie Smiley.
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