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West Van councillor Michael Lewis mourned BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
West Vancouver Coun. Michael Lewis has died.
AMBLESIDE ACCIDENT Bystanders rush to offer assistance following a serious collision involving a motorcycle at Marine Drive and 15th Street in West Vancouver Monday evening. The motorcycle’s driver and passenger were taken to hospital. See the full story page 4. PHOTO SUPPLIED DAVID RAWLINGS
Lewis, a three-term council member and longtime volunteer who supported the arts and autism advocacy, died early Saturday morning after a brief bout with lung cancer. He was 66. His council colleagues are mourning the loss of a softspoken and reasoned member of the council who had a good sense of humour. “Today is a very sad day for everyone who knew and worked with Michael …” said Mayor Michael Smith on Monday. “Our thoughts are really with his wife and his two boys. We wish them all the best. He will be very much missed as a member of our council.”
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FISHERIES: WILD PACIFIC SALMON
Feds pledge action on salmon stocks
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada has dusted off the Cohen Commission Report into the collapse of sockeye salmon stocks on the Fraser River and is pledging to act on its languishing recommendations.
Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc made the announcement from the DFO Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research on Marine Drive in West Vancouver Tuesday morning. Since the report was published in 2012, the DFO has acted on about 32 of the 75 recommendations, according to LeBlanc, but slow implementation of the remaining ones was “unacceptable.”
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Government gives priority to 2012 Cohen Commission Report on dwindling Fraser River fish LeBlanc stopped short, however, of saying which recommendations would be acted on first, emphasizing the pressing need right now is to staff up with scientists who can research and advise the government going forward. The 2016 federal budget contained $197 million in new base funding for ocean and freshwater science to “monitor and improve the health of fish stocks, better understand ecosystem stresses and to support sustainable
aquaculture,” LeBlanc said. So far, 17 new scientists have been hired in B.C. with plans for another 12, all of whom will focus on wild Pacific salmon. “These new staff will allow us to increase the monitoring of salmon populations, better predict where salmon mortality occurs and increase our investment in fish health,” LeBlanc said. “Much of this work will directly support a number of recommendations made by Justice Cohen in his report.” While the focus of Tuesday’s announcement was continuing the work on the Cohen Commission’s recommendation, the renewed prioritization would benefit all Pacific wild
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