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Six-figure salaries on the increase at municipal halls Jane Seyd
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THE cost of the public payroll climbed upwards among local governments on the North Shore last year, pushed up by retroactive union agreements, one extra pay period and more public servants than ever earning salaries of more than $100,000. Between the districts of West Vancouver, North Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver, 183 civil servants earned more than $100,000 last year — double the number who took home that kind of paycheque in 2008 and almost quadruple the 51 town hall employees who earned a six-figure salary six years ago. Police officers are not included in those figures, following instructions from the provincial government several years ago that their salaries should not be made public. A significant number of the new $100,000 earners were firefighters in all three municipalities, owing to a retroactive three-year union settlement resulting in extra pay during 2009. Some other employees were pushed over the $100,000 mark by an extra pay period that See Municipal page 4
Pulling together
NEWS photo Paul McGrath
PADDLERS in the Tsleil-Waututh Nation sea canoe Chief Dan George lead the crossing from Port Moody to Cates Park/Wheyah Wichen July 2, part of this year’s “Salish Sea Journey.” The 10th annual Pulling Together journey of aboriginal youth, elders, police officers, navy and DFP representatives concludes today in White Rock.
NV grow-op gardners escape charges Lara Howsam
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NORTH Vancouver RCMP discovered an outdoor grow operation in a forested area in North Vancouver, but despite photographic evidence linking the suspects to the crime no charges have been laid. On June 22, police received a complaint from an employee of Mount Seymour resort of three suspicious males unloading what
Photos not enough to lay charges for growing 66 marijuana plants
the witness believed to be marijuana plants out of a truck about 2½ kilometres up Mount Seymour Road. Officers responded to the complaint and arrested the driver of the suspicious vehicle after locating the truck some distance away. The male driver was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. Two other men ran away before the officers arrived.
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