prices rise OTTAWA (CP) — Gasoline prices rose by an average of four per cent across the country in the 12-month period ending in February, while crude oil prices drop- ped about 20 per cent, gov- ernment figures show. In Winnipeg, pump prices for regular leaded gasoline during that time soared by 25 per cent while prices in Saint John, N.B. and Calgary jumped by about 11 per cent. The national average price for regular leaded gasoline in February was 52.8 cents a litre, compared to 50°6 cents the previous year. In the 11 markets sur- veyed by Statisties Canada, prices declined only in Re- gina and Montreal. The margins from which service station owners and major oi] companies pay their bills and take their profit rose 36.5 per cent in the 12-month period between February 1985 and February 1986, to 18.7 cents per litre from 13.7 cents per litre. The figures are compiled by the federal Energy Department from data supplied by Stat- istics Canada and take the average between full-serve and self-serve prices. Federal taxes jumped al most 45 per cent in the same period, to 7.1 cents a litre from 4.9 cents. While the retail-wholesale margin in Canada was 18.7 cents a litre, in the United States it was only 12.6 cents a litre. But margins in the United States also rose during the same period, from seven cents a litre in Canadian funds to 12.6 cents. The com- parison used the same ex- change rate to discount the fall in the Canadian dollar during that time. Crude costs in the United States during that time fell 25 per cent. The crude costs in Canada and the United States represent the price at the refinery gate, or the cost of the inventory. In Canada, it takes between 70 and 90 days for crude to reach the pump from the wellhead. Prices for crude at the wellhead have fallen by more than 50 per cent since De- cember. BUSINESS Greg Betz (ri Len Dunsford, Wildl t), supervisor for Syringa Creek provincial park, is land Recreation program instructor at Selkirk seen College. The Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing has donated $500 to the college program. The money will be used by a volunteer group of Selkirk students to develop o selt-guiding nature trail in Syringa Creek park. Teacher has success TORONTO (CP) — It has to be one of the most unlikely stories in the clothing in- dustry: A Montreal school- teacher gets fed up with driving, sells her car and then discovers that pedes. trians face a whole new set of h jes; thanks to the Canadian climate. Out of frustration, the tea- cher turns to her sewing ma chine to design an all weather suit she can find no- where else. But that’s how Judith Lar iviere came to attend the Festival of Canadian Fashion, running her own booth just down the aisle from designer biggies like Alfred Sung and Marilyn Brooks. Lariviere officially opened her company, Flacgrant Inc., last February to market her colorful, unisex all-weather gear that has already caught the eye of storebuyers and consumers. Her transition from Grade 1 schoolteacher to designer F.J. MCLEOD Ltp. FOURTH ec 2649 CASTLEGAR vin 2st R NEWS TUGAR AC Vm ane CASTLEGA *O Cmawne 3007 Casi WAMETA PLAZA TOY Jack Morrison avenue 365-3563 CASTLEGAR, B. Carol Magaw Dianna Kootnikott ADVERTISING SALES OFFICE 345-5210 TA ‘t see it, find it!" started two years ago, when Lariviere gave up her car “because driving made me so nervous all the time. “But when I felt I was trapped inside my apart ment. If you don’t have a car, you're at the mercy of the weather. If it rains, you don't want to go out.” She started looking for a solution. “I had a trenchcoat but it doesn't have a hood and it's not waterproof. Plastic rain. coats made me perspire. And the umprella only covered my shoulders, the rest of me got wet.” It took nearly two years and 20 different models be fore Lariviere was satisfied that she had designed the all. weather suit she wanted. Her two-piece suits are well engineered and more fashionable than most gear of this type thanks to an ima ginative use of bold, contem. porary colors. The jacket and pants combination fit into a small carrying sack and the total weight is about half a kilogram. As proof of its versatility, the carrying sack turns into a belt or a muff to keep hands warm. Weekly Stocks VANCOUVER Prices were mixed in heavy trading Friday on the Van (cP) — couver Stock Exchange Volume to close was 12,778,056 shares. Of issues traded, 242 ad vanced, 274 declined and 451 were unchanged. The VSE index was 1369.95, down 8.51 from Thursday's close Western Allenbee led equities trading, down 2 1-2 to $4 on 248,525 shares, Sheba Copper Mines ad vanced .09 to .48 on 212,500, Cosmos Resources rose .01 to .79 on 141,300 and Aerolift jumped .08 to $1.48 on 72,700. Logo Resources was up .10 to 35 and Hurrican Rescue was down .03 to $1.15. Banqwest Resources led development equity trading, up .10 to .63 on 1,242,500 shares, BDC Industries rose 02 to $1.05 on 562,210, Grand China Resources was steady at $1.50 on 400,000 and Midnapore Resources ad- vanced .10 to .60 on 332,000. Granville Resources was up 25 to $2.10 and Island Canyon Mines dropped .01 to 96. Torrent Resources A led warrant issues trading, steady at .20 on 50,000 and International Damascus A was down .01 to .07 on 8,500. Lana Gold A led development warrants trading, steady at .24 on 34,500 and Thunder Engines was up .05 to .20 on 34,000. B.C. Resources was down 02 to $1.45 on 1,400. 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