Kariya helps Canada cancel Czechs:
North Vancouver teenager Paul Kariya scored the winning goal in overtime against the Czech Republic in Lillehammer, Norway with the 3-2 victory sending Canada into the semifinal round. His mother, Sandra, talked to him twice by phone before the game: “I asked him jokingly if he’d met the KIng of Norway. He said, no, but he’d met the Jamaican bobsled team.” When Kariya scored, his goal was announced over the Plymouth elementary school’s public address system, where he had been a student and his brother Martin was enrolled. (The Canadian team won the silver medal in 1994, Sweden took the gold and Finland finished with the bronze.)
Post office, store served early Cap neighbourhood:
During North Shore Heritage Week, columnist Dorothy Foster researched the MacLeod General Store that was built between 22nd and 23rd and Bowser in Pemberton Heights. For most of the first half of the 20th century, up until the end of the Second World War, residents dropped by to pick up their mail, addressed to “Capilano, B.C.” and shopped for groceries at the same time. In the early days Norman MacLeod’s one-stop shop also had the only telephone in the area. The building was demolished in 1959 during construction of Highway 1.
New recycling drop-off depot set for North Shore:
Recycling coordinator Al Lynch said North Vancouver District was doing the final drawings for a drop-off centre for a wide range of recyclables. The site would be near the Transfer Station and open seven days a week.
Further funds for $11 million project questioned:
Six years in the planning, North Vancouver District’s new municipal hall was scheduled to open in June but an extra $557,000 was needed to cover costs on the $11.1 million project. Councillors Janice Harris and Ernie Crist both questioned the need for addtional funds after $832,000 had already been approved by the previous council.
