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EVENT HONOURS LEGACY OF MARY STEINHAUSER
A night of history and hope Nurse was killed in a hostage-taking at the old B.C. Penitentiary in 1975 BY JEREMY DEUTSCH REPORTER editorial@royalcityrecord.com
Brave. That’s the word being used to describe Mary Steinhauser, who was killed during a botched hostage-taking at the old B.C. Penitentiary in New Westminster in 1975. On March 29 at the Terry Fox Theatre in Port Coquitlam, an event aptly titled Brave: The Mary Steinhauser Legacy will celebrate the former nurse and social worker’s life and accomplishments. Steinhauser’s younger sister Margaret Franz, who has been working on the event for more than a year, describes it as a night of “history and hope.” “The evening, although it touches on sad and tragic events, it moves into the future to inspire others and to continue into her very brave path of speaking out,” Franz told The Record’s sister paper, the Tri-Cities NOW. “I felt her incredible bravery and sacrifice needed to be told again.” Steinhauser, 32, was killed on June 11, 1975. In the early 1960s, she trained as a nurse for two years at Essondale Hospital, or Riverview as it later became known, making stops at various institutions before landing at the B.C. Pen in the 1970s. An advocate for prison reform and social justice, she was one of 15 classification officers – or parole officers as they’re now known – held hostage in an old vault by three men: Claire Wilson, Dwight Lucas and Andy Bruce. In an act of selfless bravery, the social worker, who was well liked by inmates, offered herself up as the principal hostage. Along with one of her captors, she was shot by guards, bringing the 41-hour ordeal to an end. Franz said the purpose of the March 29 event is to bring her sister’s story to a new generation of people who weren’t around to hear it the first time. The evening will feature the aboriginal group Dancers of Damelahamid, as well
New guidelines aimed at developers building near railway tracks BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com
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Bravery: Margaret Franz, left, and Karen Freeborn outside the old B.C. Pen building in New Westminster, where Franz’s sister, Mary Steinhauser, was killed during a ◗Legacy Page 8 hostage-taking in 1975. An event is being held March 29 to honour Steinhauser.
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If you’re going to build housing developments near a railway, you’d better be prepared to deal with the consequences. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Railway Association of Canada have teamed up to create new guidelines for new development in proximity to railway operations. “Every time a development comes up in the area, one of the protocols is they need to talk to the railways early in the game,” said Coun. Chuck Puchmayr. “We found out during the Larco project, when they were doing the big presentation, no one had contacted Larco.” The Larco proposal includes three highrises, as well as commercial space and parkland, on the riverfront site that’s located to the east of River Market (beside Westminster Pier Park). Another development is being proposed at 1000 Quayside Dr., which is to the west of River Market. “There’s a real interest in building downtown and on the waterfront regardless of the rail,” Puchmayr said. “The developers that are engaging now feel very comfortable that these places are going to have a good sale.” Puchmayr noted that both developments would need to consider the new railway proximity guidelines. ◗Railways Page 8
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