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Second foreign student sent home after gun threat BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
The second international student under investigation related to an alleged gun threat at Seycove secondary has been sent back to his home country.
North Vancouver school district confirmed Wednesday that his student visa had been revoked and he has flown home under the supervision of the homestay agency acting as his custodial guardian. Another student was arrested on Oct. 25 when he allegedly threatened to “bring a gun to school and do harm to a teacher.” The student was sent home less than 24 hours later. Later, on Oct. 26, police recovered a gun somewhere off of school grounds.
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WIND IN THE WOOD Lions Gate Hospital Foundation director of planned giving Joanne McLellan admires an original Emily Carr painting recently donated to the foundation. The painting, which was donated by the McNeill family, is part of a growing collection of art at the Lions Gate Hospital campus aimed at offering therapeutic benefits to patients and staff. See story Page 4. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD
WV byelection candidates debate issues JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com
Whether West Vancouver should embrace or eschew change was one of the key themes of a byelection debate that drew dozens of concerned residents into the seniors’ centre Wednesday. The district should maintain its village-like character, supplementing the shopping district with a cluster of one- and two-storey townhouses and rowhouses, according to Tom Dodd. “That will attract the kind of demographic we want … and give us a place to downsize to.” Despite challenges that range from regional population
Political hopefuls spar over density and development as they vie for vacant council seat growth to aging housing and aging infrastructure, the district should stay “small and cosy,” according to Dodd. “I like it just the way it is,” he said. While she supports keeping single-family neighbourhoods “the way that they are,” Rosa Jafari envisioned development that would allow the district to preserve green space.
“We should have skinny highrises rather than two-storey houses, especially in the areas close to the ocean,” she said. The district needs a new hotel in order to attract foreign investors and tourists who will stimulate the municipality’s economy, according to Jafari. Giving residents a place to live and a place to park were two of David Jones’ major themes. “There’s many businesses right now that are looking at closing … (because of) their inability to attract anyone to come to work here.” Caregivers, trades workers, and even some white collar
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