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Lynn Valley bank robbed at gunpoint
BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
North Vancouver RCMP are investigating after a Lynn Valley bank was held up at gunpoint in broad daylight, Wednesday.
Just after 2:30 p.m. a suspect at the CIBC at Lynn Valley Centre handed the teller a note demanding money. He then produced a firearm, according to police. Police say the teller handed over “an undisclosed amount of money” and the gunman fled. Staff at the bank hit the burglary alarm and police showed up shortly after but the suspect had gotten away. “As you can imagine, they would be traumatized by the threat of violence and being held up,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “He was in and out in probably less than a minute.” Now investigators are hoping someone from the public can help point them towards the suspect. He is described as a white male, approximately
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THE AVANT-GUARDRAIL Plein air pals Breanna Symonds, 11, and Jessica Coulthard, 10, add flashes of colour to the new mural surrounding Gerry’s Garden near Brooksbank Elementary. Positioned atop a metal fence, the mural runs parallel to the garden and up Rufus Avenue. The garden came into being after nonagenarian Gerry MacPherson spent 10 years clearing an unruly lot to create a memorial for his late son. PHOTO LISA KING
West Van to attempt sale of donated land
BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com
The District of West Vancouver is looking to sell off 2.4 acres of land that was donated on the promise it would become a park in order to fund the expansion of Ambleside waterfront public lands. District lawyers are preparing an application to the B.C. Supreme Court to alter the trust under which Pearly and Noreen Brissenden bequeathed their home at 2519 and 2539 Rosebery Ave. more than 25 years ago.
If courts approve, cash raised would be used to expand Ambleside waterfront parkland But the Upper Dundarave land just below Highway 1 was never dedicated as or developed into a park. The land is very steep, and it has no parking, access to transit or amenities, according to district staff, making it unsuitable for any
future park use. The Brissendens’ home, an early example of Modernism from 1947, is still on the land and is rented out by the district. Initially, staff had proposed selling the entire property but the plan now going before the courts would see the northern half of the land retained and dedicated as park with new trails to be built. The southern half would be sold for redevelopment, and the proceeds would go towards the purchase of the last two privately held residential lots on
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