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Severe winds disrupt power James Weldon jweldon@snews.com
ALTHOUGH Monday’s windstorm wasn’t as severe as some in recent years, the blustery weather still had emergency crews scrambling to deal with the fallout.
Starting at about 7:45 a.m., high winds dropped branches and in some cases full-grown trees across power lines in several North Shore neighbourhoods, cutting electrical service to a total of 3,500 homes. North Vancouver RCMP were forced to direct cars at the intersection of Marine Drive and Capilano Road when the storm cut power to the traffic lights. BC Hydro crews responded quickly to the outages, restoring service to all but about 150 customers by mid-afternoon. Firefighters and municipal crews were also out in force dealing with downed trees, one of which smashed a bus shelter and blocked traffic on Mount Seymour Parkway. Another See Yacht page 5
NEWS photo Mike Wakefield
MUNICIPAL workers remove a large branch that fell on a parked van on West Keith Road near Marine Drive during Monday’s windstorm. The blustery weather brought down trees and power lines across the North Shore, cutting electrical service to 3,500 homes. However, the Tuesday afternoon power outage centred on Lonsdale Avenue and 15th Street was not directly weather related but caused by a BC Hydro line crew. The 20-minute outage trapped a number of people in elevators in the highrise area and briefly took out power to Lions Gate Hospital.
Seymour seniors highrise approved Niamh Scallan
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DISTRICT of North Vancouver councillors formed a united front Monday and voted to clear the way for the controversial development of a seniors’ residential highrise on Mount Seymour Parkway. Council’s decision to move the proposal through second and third readings of the required rezoning comes after a
DNV council unanimous in support of 11-storey residence
largely divided public hearing June 22 when more than 150 residents voiced equal support and opposition over Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities’ 11-storey, 146-unit seniors rental complex . “The joint Achilles heels of rising land values and aging populations requires us to think forward,” said Mayor Richard
Walton. “Seniors are moving out of the district at double the rate they are moving into it because there is no appropriate housing.” With little more than 20 residents in attendance Monday night, emotions remained high as councillors explained their decisions. “This council is faced tonight with probably one of the biggest splits that we have ever seen,” Coun. Lisa Muri said. “But what is important to me is keeping things the same, even
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