North Shore News July 12 2013

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Firefighters race to three emergencies

Crews handle sulphur fire on waterfront plus river and canyon rescue efforts Brent Richter brichter@nsnews.com

SOMETIMES, when it rains, it pours.

District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services had a busy afternoon Wednesday, being called to an industrial fire on the waterfront and two wilderness rescues within 17 minutes. The first call came in at 4:10 p.m. as a reported fall from a bridge on a trail in Lynn Canyon. Three District of North Vancouver trucks raced to the scene while dispatch co-ordinated with rangers in the park. As crews were hunting for the injured hiker, another call came in at 4:19 p.m., this time for swimmers in danger in Capilano Canyon. District Fire and Rescue scrambled more vehicles to a scene, along with crews from West Vancouver Fire and Rescue. In that emergency, swimmers had become stranded on the far side of the Capilano River and were unable to safely swim back because of the fast flowing current. Backed up by West Van, District of North Van firefighters carried out a swift water rescue and collected the stranded and cold swimmers in an inflatable raft. Rangers, meanwhile, located the Lynn Canyon hiker, who suffered only a minor laceration. Just eight minutes after the Capilano call, another 9-1-1 call came in, this time from KinderMorgan’sindustrialsulphuroperationontheNorthVancouverwaterfront.With North Vancouver district crews already spread thin, more West Van units and North See Waterfront page 3

North Van boy with rare disease receives treatment Anne Watson awatson@nsnews.com

A North Vancouver boy struggling with a rare genetic disease will finally receive the treatment he needs on Canadian soil.

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MATT Giannakos jumps from the Ambleside Pier to beat the heat while Holly Snowden watches on Tuesday, July 9. The North Shore has been basking in sunny skies and warm temperatures since last week and more could be in the forecast.

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Nine-year old Trey Purcell was the only Canadian travelling to North Carolina with his parents to receive the drug therapy he needs to battle his MPS II, or Hunter Syndrome. But as of July 22, he will get his 23rd dose of the therapy at B.C. Children’s Hospital. Hunter Syndrome, primarily found in boys, is caused when sugar chains in the body are not properly broken down due to a missing enzyme. The fragmented chains progressively cause damage in the body. Symptoms do not show until at least two years of age and can include a large head (hydrocephalus), enlarged tongue and organs, See Drug page 3

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