CALDSET
GROCETER & LAUNDRET

1038 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar, B.C.
365-6534

ALBERT S.
CALDERBANK

8 Years of Service °«

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ERNIE’S
TOWING
24-Hour Service
Local & Long Distance.Hauling
Heavy Truck Towing
4x4 Service

3 Tow Trucks to Serve You
Phone 365-5690

Ernie and Stuart Ady
Trowelex Road, Castlegar

~ %
4 6 Years of Service

SoUIGO, KOIDE. a
AND JOHN

Chartered Accountants
SERVICES PROVIDED:
— Accounting
— Taxation and Planning
- Buditing
— Estate Planning
— Data Processing

Phone 365-7745

aeay John, B.Sc., C.A.
Gordon Green, B.A., C.A.
615 Columbia Ave.

DOUKHOBOR

VILLAGE
RESTAURANT

The Only Doukhobor
Restaurant in
North America
Open 8:00 a.m. to 8:09 p.m.
Seven Days a Week

Ph. 365-2625

Located across from
Castlegar Airport

HIS PLACE
HAIRSTYLING

Specializing in Men's
Hair Cutting and Styling

Phone 365-5677

Glen Carew, Owner/Operator
1129-3rd Street

1's.

359 Columbia. Ave.
Castlegar |
589

JOE AND RUBY
" STRELOFF

7. Yearsof Service @ f

ROCKY
MOUNTAIN
WELDING SUPPLIES LTD.
601-23rd Street

Castlegar, B.C.
Ph. 365-2144

BRANCH MANAGER’
: eee Chernoff ”

THE
HAIR ANNEX

1241-3rd St.,
“Castlegar

Phone 365-3744 -

JOHNNIE PARKIN

5 Years of Service

VALLEYMAID
FOODS LTD.

1943 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar, B.C. -
Ph, 365-3812

DENNIS JOHNSON

COLUMBIA.
COIFFURES

280 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar, B.C.
Ph. 365-6717

ALICE MURDOCH

COHOE

, INSURANCE AGENCY LTD.

269 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar -
Ph. 365-3301.

” CHARLES COHOE

COLUMBIA:
AUTO SERVICE
Full line of Gulf Products

Automotive Repairs
Phone 365-:

Phil Zaytsoff
and Larry Webster

‘GRANNY'S
PANTRY

- Bulk & Natural Foods
 Castleaird Plaza
Castlegar.
Ph. 365-3933

IRENE
PEREPOLKIN.

JOHNNY'S
GROCERIES & GAS

(Located next to ferry
onthe Robson side)

OPEN 12 HRS. ADAY

- MARTIN PENNER

JENSENEX
CANOE SALES
Canoe — Kayak — Sailboat

— Accessories —
Hmuror: SERVICE CENTRE

j-Hr. Service —
Hwy. 3 West — Castlegar

ENGINEERING, LTD.

186 Columbia Ave.

was interesting to note that; moat of.our v isitérs cal

other parts. of B.C, followad by:
Many. visitors Sees
ly:

#7 UPHOLSTERY
&SALES ~

650-23rd St.,
Castlegar

RICHARD BRENTON

Texaco Service

Full Line
of Texaco Products
Automotive Glass
Full-Time Mechanic on Duty

Phone 365-5573

ERV:& GERRY ASHTON
Castleaird Plaza’

CHANG'S
NURSERY & FLORISTS
" 2601-Sth Ave.

Castlegar, B.C.
Ph. 365-7312

a
‘ootenay ‘Annual Dog Show,
Car. Club and Beta Sigma Phi.
«‘@ In conji with th
of the chamber, we held counselling’ se:
with:a representative from the Minis!
Sinall Business.

. Assisted’ FBDE’ ‘in arranging business elinies in our
area.

e Administeréd. Las. Vegas Nights in order to raise
money for SunFest 82, ‘This. event ran non stop.for.27 hours,
and was even more successful than 1981's‘ Las Vegas Nights,

e Administrated SunFest with nine days of events
for young and old alike.

@ Provided full time employment for: seven summer
students. 2 -

¢ Two students. were employed ' throu
Youth Employment Program ‘to operate the. “Tourist
Information Centre seven days a. week during the summer
‘months, =~

oFive students were employed to build and install three
Welcome to the City of Castlegar Signs ‘and to clear brush,
build and install signs along a cross-country aki ‘trail between
Kinnaird Park and:Cone Hill Park.

¢ Wrote letters to the Minister of Eriergy Mines.and

Petroleum protesting’ the water licence fee increase and ‘the
eee on electricity rates.

Took out Ys page advertisement in the aummer edition

+xKootenay-<ix’ “x: Country.

Chamb ‘ot Ce

"to Victoria in April to meet with the Honorable Bob Melat
- land, Minister of Ei Mines and P
- discuss the ity of: early of
facilities of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam.

At the annual general meeting of the B.C. Chamber of
: Commerce held in Prince George, the Minister of Industry.
and Small Business announced two major changes in the
Ch of C Business I Contract,
First local chambers are no longer required to be a member
of the B.C. Chamber of Commérce and second the fee for
-service payment will be based on ‘local’ Chamber of.
Commerce membership rather than population. This
effected’ our clamber by increasing our fee for service
contract by $920 a year. This brings the total contract to
$5,000 a year. We'are presently striving for 150 members
which would bring our contract:to $6,000 a year.

‘. @ One of our di and chamber
the annual general meeting of the B.C. Chamber of
Commerce in Prince George 198 delegates attended
of Ci Board of Trade and

affiliated reditany from: across the province. Three days
were spent in delil and on 189
which affect both the business and consumer sectors.

~ Resolutions passed at the meeting form the policy of the
B.C. Chamber and are forwarded to the appropriate federal
and it ies and d for
or: action.

ffecti: ‘the West Koo
the rec fon that the provi

e In conjunction with the City of C: we took out a
full page advertisement: in 1988 - Trade ‘and Commerce
Magazine. This included a’ four-page editorial and. 1,000
reprints for use in our p of the City ote Ca tl

Increase be revised to ensure that electrical energy inte
sive industries.such as Cominco and BC Timber are able to
remain in the world and to ensure

inquiries received by “Trade and C d

and are forwarded to the Chamber for our follow up.

Provided the Ministry of Tourism with a Calendar of
Events for Castlegar to be included in the spring and
summer issue of Calendar of Events, ‘circulation 350,000.

e Provided the University of Toronto with’ detailed

information on Castlegar to be included in the publication,

Guide to Long Distance Bicycle Touring in Canada.

e Contacted over 30 major firms to interest them in
relocating ‘to Castlegar.

© Members in good standing with Kootenay. Boundary
‘Visitor's Association, B.C, Chamber of Commerce, Crows.

that future of these it is not: jeopar-
dized, a
Other i included the of the Multiple
Unit Residential Housing (MURB) tax incentives, and
changes to the Income Tax Act, especially concerning small
business deductions and restricted farm loss limit of $2,500.
e After the chamber'’s urging, B.C. Hydro provided
tours of the Kootenay Cane] Project. These tours ran six
days a week from June to September of this year.
© Sponsored a Yard Beautification Contest for local
residents, The winner received a plaque that will be passed
onto nek years winner.
a ie in the Miss Castl Contest.

- nest Highway A Canadian Chamber of C
Chamber of C of Canada and
Association of B.C.

e Our chamber manager was appointed’ for 1982 as the
regional a for the B.C. Cl of C

e oHeld monthly general meetings with guest speakers of
interest to the business community. Some of the speakers
were as follows: Bob Stevens, vice-president of B.C.
Co., Peter Chittim from the Ministry of Industry

Managers Association.-The region covers the area east to
Alberta, west‘to the Okanagan, south the USA border and
north to Mica Creek.

@ One of our directors was elécted as a director tothe
B.C. Chamber of Commerce.

‘-@ A director of the chamber sits on a steering committee
headed by David Thompson University to pursue the
concept of a Discovery Park,

© presented ‘a - brief to various departments and

Officials, highway signing
for the area.

e President 0" Connor and director Charles Cohoe flew

and Small: Business, and Gerald Bryson, manager of
Canadian Petroleum Association.

e The chamber has communicated with B.C. Hydro, the
Ministry of Environment and various other officials in order
to have the fish and wildlife branch exercise its options to
have the Lower Arrow Lake fish stocks enhanced.

Currently the Lower Arrow Lake fishing is declining as
a result of the impact of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. Our
latest correspondence states that the engineers from the
water investigation branch of the Ministry of Environemnt
have engaged ‘engineers to design fishways on the

4 e direct rectors “alached forthe | ‘noff, Gordon’ Bos,’ Paul Moros
78 {from left Richie Geronazzo, boy B Bosse, Lorne Hadikin, Nick Cher- ‘Missing from photo are © ail fh

‘Charlie Cohoe, Joe Strolatf and Gord Gheca.
ary

ce erected welcome signs on highways from Salmo,
Trail and Nelson into Castlegar in September. The

. project cost about $600 in labor and donated

materials. As well, signs marking cross-country ski
trails were established in Kinnaird Park.

Inonoaklin River.

JOHN CHANG

AVENUES
HAIR DESIGN LTD.

1480 Columbia Ave.
Castlegar, B.C.
Ph. 365-7616

Dwayne & Doreen Mills

Leda range coal

B.C. OUTLOOK
The general. worldwide
economic downturn in the
latter half of 1982 and the
consequent downturn in steel
markets’ have resulted in a
drop of coal production in the

- Southeast by about 20 per

cent, reports’ Economic Out-—
look 1983, released by. the
Employers’ Council of British
Columbia, i
However, the long-range ©
‘view for the coal industry is
still optimistic and construc-
tion of new capacity contin-
ues. The first half of 1983
should see a slug-

tation with ts and
financial experts“ from all
major industrial sectors of
the province.

For the vii as a

that employ levels. will
increase minimally. Conse-'
quently, job opportunities
will not be great.

ly, the ion has

whole, the council expects a
rise in B.C.’s real gross do-
mestic. product (GDP) of
about one per, cent for 1983,
compared to a niore than five
per.. cent ‘decline ' in, 1982,
Gradual recovery predic-
ted for the last halt of the

. year.

An improved US. econ-
omy, ineroused Us 8. housing

forced businesses to re-
examine their financial and
physical structures. During
1982, layoffs were not limited
to production workers but
were extended to white
collar workers, middle and
senior management. Many of
these positions will not be
refilled as the economy re-
covers, thus keeping the

vented laying off employees
‘by shortening workweeks
will simply return to normal
workweeks rather than hire
more. workers. This increas-
ed output, while raising
provincial GDP, will not en-
sure reduced unemployment.
INFLATION RATE

The 1982 inflation rate, as
measured by changes in the
consumer price index, av-
eraged 10.6 per cent. For
1983, the average inflation
rate is forecast around the
1.2 Per cent range with a

an
North A i auto sales

gish performance in the coal
industry, with pickup’ be-
ginning in the latter half of
the year as the world econ-
omics improve and the de-
mand for coal increases, says

economic
forecasts are prepared by
council staff after consul-

will’

number of i high,
Thirdly, “discouraged

growth in British Columbia.

UNEMPLOYMENT
British-Columbia’s unem-

workers,” p not ac-
counted for in Statistics Can-
ada’s loyed worker

y d rate of around six
per cent.

For. the: first time since
November, 1976, the Vancou-
ver D ber CPI declined

statistics, will add to the offi-

ploy rate is to
average about 14 per cent
during 1983; a combination of
facts are responsible for this
level. Firstly, this year's
small rise in GDP indicates

cial figures as
they actively begin to search
for work again.

Finally, with increased de-
mand forecast for their prod-
ucts, employers who pre-

from the previous month,
falling by 0.2 per cent.
RESIDENTIAL
CONSTRUCTION
Housing starts in British
Columbia in 1982 dropped to
less than 20,000 units. The

view ‘optimistic’

new government housing
grant, lower mortgage rates,
some innovative longer-term
mortgages and generally in-
creased demand ‘should pro-
vide enough stimulus to in-
crease housing starts to 25,-
coo units in 1983.

Builders’ caution against
excessive investory build- up

sumer confidence will likely
prevent any significant rise
in retail sales until well into
the last half of 1983.
LABOR RELATIONS
OUTLOOK
Uncertain economic condi-
tions will make labor/man-
agement relations and collec-
tive bargaining difficult
1983,

recent history of di

inflation, employers’ ability
to pay and growing unem-;
ployment will affect collec.’
tive bargaining processes in
1983. .

More moderate wage in-
creases than those experi-
enced in the first three quar-
ters of 1982 can be expected.
Latest ical data com-

incial g ploy
and roadbuilders highlight
collective agreements expir-
ing in 1983,

The forest products indus-
try continues to linger in a
general slump, due primarily
to low demand for pulp and
newsprint, although lumber
production is a slowly re-

ri

and buyers’ rel
lock themselves into isrge
mortgages until interest
rates stabilize, will restrain
and prevent a return to the
more normal levels of over
30,000 housing starts annu-
ally.
RETAIL SALES

Retail sales in B.C., when
adjusted for inflation, fell by
12.2 per cent during the first
nine months of 1982 as com-
pared to the same period in
1981.

Unemployment in the high
earning sectors of forestry
and mining and a lack of con-

while major negotiations will
take place in both the public

- and private sectors during

the year, it is probably that
the sharp reduction in 1982
levels in time lost from
strikes and lockouts will be
continued in 1983.

While wage demands will
be a high priority at the bar-
gaining table, unions are ex-
pected to seek stronger job

piled by the Employers’
Council for wage settlements
in B.C show that the weight-
ed average  all-industries
wage increase for 1982 was
11.7 per cent. Wage figures
for 1982 dropped consider-
ably from the 1981 average of
15 per cent.

Work stoppages during
1982 were the lowest since
1967 and the number of

security in their
respective contracts.

The federal 6/5 program,
the British Columbia Com-
pensation Stabilization Act,

‘ker-days lost dropped to
nearly one-third of the 1982
level.

Contracts covering the for-
est and food industries, prov-

An expected increase in
housing starts in the U.S. and
a generally improving econ-
omic outlook should result in
an increased demand for B.C.
lumber products of approx-
imately 20 per cent over
1982.

However, should the U.S.
department of international
trade administration impose
countervailing duties on Can-
adian lumber products, the
forest industry in B.C. would
be dealt a blow that could
easily exceed the impact of
the current recession.