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WV school kids face new 4-km ‘walk limit’ Benjamin Alldritt
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MORE of West Vancouver’s schoolchildren will be pounding the pavement this September after a decision by the school district to trim back its bus services. Parents of students heading to a West Vancouver school in September will have to fill out an online request for transportation in order to register their child for bus service. To be eligible, students must be inside their school’s catchment area but outside the new “walk limits.” The walk limit is four kilometres for kindergarten to Grade 3 students and 4.8 kilometres for Grade 4 to 12 students. Students living closer than the walk limit, or who attend a school in a different catchment area, will have to find their own way to school and back. On Bowen Island, the bus service that links students’ homes with the Snug Cove ferry terminal will run four days See Bus page 3
Young and car free
NEWS photo Cindy Goodman
WESTCOT Elementary students Jack Craddock, Ryan Rafter, Young Hong and Brendan Ma take advantage of the City of North Vancouver’s Car Free Day to race their long boards down Lonsdale Avenue. The thoroughfare was closed to vehicles between Third Street and Esplanade 12-6 p.m. June 20 as part of the celebration. The city plans to make it an annual event.
Man seeks acquittal after 26 years Jane Seyd
jseyd@nsnews.com
THE B.C. Court of Appeal has reserved its final decision on whether to set free a man who spent 26 years in jail for crimes he says he did not commit. Justice Richard Low said the key issue will be whether to acquit Ivan Henry of the crimes or order a new trial. Henry, 63, was sent to jail and declared a dangerous offender
Court to decide whether longimprisoned 63-year-old goes free
after being convicted in 1983 of a series of brutal sexual attacks on women in the Mount Pleasant and Marpole areas of Vancouver. But Henry always maintained his innocence. Several years ago, prosecutors re-examined the case and concluded it’s possible Henry was wrongfully convicted. For the past year, Henry has lived with his adult daughter
Tanya Olivares in Lynn Valley while waiting for the court to hear his appeal. Outside the court, Olivares said both she and her sister Kari Henry are relieved the appeal has been heard and are hopeful about the outcome. Her father, who did not attend court, is also doing well, she said. “He’s also hopeful.” Both of Henry’s daughters were in the courtroom this week as Crown and defence lawyers told a panel of three justices there were serious flaws with Henry’s case. Both sides said, based on See Police page 5