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Gala on 12th St.
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CNV ponders ferris wheel as summer attraction BEN BENGTSON reporter@nsnews.com
City of North Vancouver council’s plan to put in a ferris wheel at the foot of Lonsdale just keeps on spinning.
And this time it might include a merry-go-round as well. During Monday’s council meeting, councillors unanimously voted in favour of doing a feasibility study to determine if the city should host a ferris wheel and merry-go-round somewhere in Lower Lonsdale. However, it would only be for part of the summer, said Coun. Linda Buchanan, who put forward the motion to look at implementing the attraction on a seasonal basis. “This again isn’t seen as something permanent, but something as an attraction for the summertime that
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POLE POSITION Sara Stiel speeds down the Coyote 7 run at Cypress Mountain on her way to a first-place finish in girls slalom at the U14 Teck Coast race held Sunday. Racers from across the West Coast came to test their nerve on the steep course. Visit nsnews.com for photo galleries and full results. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN
Samaritans save skier from avalanche JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
A 67-year-old tourist who was buried under two metres of snow while skiing Saturday afternoon escaped Hollyburn Mountain with his life thanks to North Shore Rescue and a quintet of intrepid passersby.
Julian Stoddart was in the backcountry with his friends, toying with the idea of skiing into Tony Baker Gully when they looked down and noticed avalanche debris, scattered gear, and a lone figure frantically digging. About 10 to 15 seconds of indecision elapsed. Later that
Backcountry skier recounts group effort to free 67-year-old man buried alive in notorious gully
day, the five friends would ponder what might have happened if they’d kept going but in the moment they all knew something wasn’t right, according to Stoddart. They skied into the gully one at a time to avoid triggering a further avalanche. Despite a language barrier, it was soon understood the man was trying to dig out his buried friend.
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The man had been using his backpack to ensure snow didn’t fall into the hole he was digging. With six sets of hands, they formed a digging conveyor belt. As they formed a trench they could hear moaning. “We could hear him moaning the whole time,” Stoddart said. “He was obviously in a great deal of discomfort.” They uncovered his face and freed his head. “You couldn’t tell what way his body was oriented because all you had was a head,” Stoddart said. With no cellphone service in the gully, Stoddart pounded the snow, eventually flagging down a ski instructor and
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