as Castlégar News April 16, 1989 ll Wace LINDA WILL STILL BE DOING DRESSMAKING, ALTERATIONS & REPAIRS. No. 10. Ténder charge on or after Nelson, B.C., 8a.m Inquiries: 352-1755 Tenders will be received up to 2 p.m EVERYTHING MUST GO By April a; Soak Up to WOOL WAGON 331 Columbia Ave. 365-3717 INVITATION TO TENDER For Traffic Control Service Contract Within Bel Maintenance Inc. Contract Area No. 10 SEALED TENDERS ADDRESS TO. RICK KOVACVICH \ Area Manager 801 Front Street, Nelson, B.C. VIL 4B8 For the traffic control service within Contract Area documents with specifications and conditions of tender are available on request, free of April 17 4:30 p.m 1989 at 110 Cedar St., April 28, 1989. HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TESTS GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT —national Junior winners (left pl speaking g and Robert A tary school's annual public speaking contest hi heto,-trom left) Daniel Lepsoe, Yuri Kinal Colleen Ferreira with sponsor Mrs, Corbett. Seniors: (right photo) Brad Zaitsoff, Vienuiglay 1g wi h Mrs. Corbett. See story page A8. in, Stasia “IH TIIN zansoff and Bouchard visits resort BANFF, Alta. (CP) Canada’s waths are sparkling jewels — he said. “1 want to leave from here with a free, open milid 10 enable me to Sunshine, 125. kilometres west of Calgary 4. 10,000.5k Groups step up but that doesn’t mean they need to be t Edi (G.E.D. TESTING SCHEDULE) le Examination Branch of ED. tests provide | hove secondary schon! equivalency stand kept under wraps, says federal En vironment Minister Lucien Bouchard Bouchard, who has said he opposes the Ministry 1g that they Take the right decision and a fair decision.” SEEKS APPROVAL Bouchard and an entourage of G£-D-test-sessions forthe spring will be hetd-or the toliowr SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1989 at Selkirk College Castlegar Campus and at Selkirk College Grand Forks Centre SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1989. At Selkirk College Castlegar Campus SESSIONS ARE FROM 8:30 A.M. -5 P.M. $ Fequired. Application torms must t ved by CASTLEGAR CAMPUS Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1 36: any expansion that would harnr national parkspaid-a-visit triday-to. the Sunshine Village ski resort in Banff National Park information He was seeking more about the resort's proposed expansion, which environ mental groups oppose. “Some people would like the parks Jo becloseds he said———_— extreme but they shouldn't be lonely They should be open to the That's an These are the Ministry jewels, jewels public Public hearings begin next month and bouchard said a decision won't be * made until late summer 1 want to keep my options open,” provincial government officials were guided of a_tour_of--the favility—by Ralph Scurfield. ‘The boyish-looking Scurfield was lobbying the minister to approve the $75-million expansion of the resort, resort: owner one of the most popular ski facilities in Western Canada Environmenialists anda study by the Canadian Parks Service have criticized the project, which includes a new 300-room hotel, 1, 100-car parking The ex pansion would increase capacity at lot and high-speed chairlift Tourism Terry Hood, director of education Services for the Pacific Rim Institute of will speak in the seminar room at the Rosemont Campus of Selkirk College on April 28 at 10:30 a.m Tourism, Hood is in town to address he first graduation class of Selkirk cBllege’s management certificate His morning address will tourism program. trom 4,750. The parks service report said the new parking lot would obliterate séctions of forest and pollute an adjacent creek More skiers would dangerously over crowd-the-slopes-and-damage-tragile vegetation. Scurfield, who rejects those concer ns, said Bouchard now has a better un derstanding of the project and the pains taken by the resort to protect the environment Government rejection of the project seal hunt TORONTO (CP) protection groups. are stepping up protests against the Newfoundland seal hunt, saying last year’s killing of more than 80,000 seals was too much But Pierre Comeau, a spokesman Animal- could spell doom for the resort, he said. “If we cannot give skiers the types of facilities they want, they'll go elsewhere, with their feet."" service and they'll vote address concern issues such as the role of training and edacation in the tourism industry, the development of the Resource Centre in Van and the ongoing public awareness program underway in B.C high schools entitled ‘tA Career in Tourism — It'sa Natural!"" The public is invited to attend this Light refreshments will be Tourism couver, address. served TOP DRAWER SAVINGS!! Can you ever-own enough of the basics? 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The three groups plan to monitor the hunt off Newfoundland within the next few weeks and collect information to make what they call the ‘hidden seal hunt” a public issue Barry MacKay, wildlife co- ordinator for the humane society, said the figure of 80,000 is only a guess and that seal deaths may actually reach 200,000. He called it “the largest commercial slaughter of marine mammals in the world.” I's very nice to sit in were two million to 2.5 PUBLIC FORUM Thurs., April 20 7-9 p.m. (Free) Sandman inn FOR FAMILIES AND CARE PROVIDERS PRESENTED BY LIZING IN REMABUITATION OF ELDERLY PEMSONS FOR MORE INFO. CALL 365-2148 BUSINESS April 16, 1989. VICTORIA {CP) — British Columbia has com: petition for a Taiwanese company’s proposed $4-billion steel mill, a project that Regional Development Minister Elwood Veitch predicted this week would make the province ‘‘recession-proof.’* Y. C. Chang, chief project adviser for China Steel Corp., said from Taipei that although he would per- sonally like to see the project happen in British Colum- bia, ‘we were looking for an investment | opportunity and B.C. is one of the candidates. “We will consider anywhere with the right market and theraw material." Change would not discuss other possible sites. He also said -he could not predict a starting date until the company received the results of an environment ministry review on environmental impact Veitch also would not specify where the mill would be built, although he estimated it would need to be close to arail line and a port. Several mayors .were quick off the mark. Trail Mayor Marc Marcolin said his city has the Cominco sthelter to prove it knows how to cope with heavy in- dustry. Prince Rupert Mayor Peter Lester countered that his city received coal shipments and has a port. Spar- wood Mayor Toto Miller said the low-sulphur coal in the Elk Valley would take care of many environmental concerns. MOREJOBS: The proposed mill would provide 6,000 full-time jobs and produce four million metric tonnes of steel a year, using mainly low-sulphur B.C. coal. The mill site would need about 1,000 hectares and would likely be outside the Vancouver area to fall within ministry's objectives to stimulate the economy of,com- munities throughout B.C., Veitch sai The mill would use 2. 7 million tonnes of coal a year B.C. competing for proposed mill “mostly from B.C.’" and iron ore from another coun- ty, he said, It would include a rolling mill to produce a variety of forms of steel — the majority for exporf, he said. Veitch noted the state-owned China Steel Corp. has assets of $5.9 billion and employes 9,700. It has an- nual sales of $2 billion and is the only integrated steel producer in Taiwan, the minister added. “This isa very serious proposal from China Steel,’” Veitch told reporters. Wednesday at a news conference with Environment Minister Bruce Strachan.” Such a mill would diversify the economy and help make the province “recession-proof,” he said, adding that irwoutd be built without tax-breaks or government help. Environmental concerns will also be addressed, Strachan said. “There are going to be serious environmental questions asked,”’ Strachan said, citing acid rain as the government's primary concern Veitch noted modern “‘scrubbing’’ technology almost eliminates the acid rain problem of steet mills of the past. China Steel and the provincial government will share half the cost of a $1.5-million feasibility study if environmental studies prove positive, Strachan said “China Steel looks forward to the completion of the-ministers"environmentat review”... should” this project proceed, we would look to build the world’s most modern steel production facility,"* Chang said NDP. international _business— critic Colin Gabelmann was initially skeptical, but he later said out- side the house that the opposition would welcome diver- sification_and it would be ‘‘great’’ for the provincial economy_if-an_environmentally sound mill could_be— built. assessment process —_{|— eekly stocks TORONTO (CP) — An economic report suggesting that inflation is un- der control in the United States | __touched—off—a—ratty-Fridayon the Toronto and New York stock markets. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s 300 composite index was up 22.16 points in moderate trading to 3,577.76 for again of 24.72 points over the week. In New York, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials jumped 41.06 points to 2,337.06, for its best single- day showing since it rose 43.92 points _ Tast Oct. 20, The average wound up the week with a net gain of 32.26 points. The U.S. Labor Department repor- ted Friday that the producer price in- dex of finished goods rose 0.4 per cent in March, compared with one per cent increases in each of the two preceding Crestbrook sets earnings record VANCOUVER (CP) — Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd. set records in overall revenues, earnings and pulp sales in 1988, the company says in its annual report Net earnings rose to $30.8 million or $4.03 a share in 1988 from the previous year’s $26.7 million or $3.50 share Revenues totalled $250.9 million, compared with $238.9 million in the previous year. The strong performance was fuelled by record sales in its pulp division that helped to offset a weaker showing in the lumber and plywood sectors. 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The company has been able to weather increased provincial stumpage fees — royalties for cutting timber on partly because it is an integrated company, Jack Croll, Crestbrook’s vice-president of finance and chief financial officer, said. All. Crestbrook’s equipped with chippers and the chips are usedin its Skookumchuk pulp mill Croll said the company also lost $8 million to $12 million in sawmill and pulp mill sales to the United States because of a strengthened Canadian dollar sawmills are Style Hotel! months. As well, the Commerce Department reported the U.S. trade deficit widened to $10.50 billion US in February and the Federal Reserve said industrial production was unchanged in March from the month before. Both numbers were pretty much in line with advance estimates. “A barrage of news which the market feared would be bad turned out to be good,” said analyst John Ing of Maison Placements Canada. With the risk of recession apparently receding, investors are speculating that the central banking authorities in Canada and the United States will be able to relax interest rates, Ing said. Nickel plant may reopen Cominco Resources International Lid. has announced that a subsidiary has acquired an option to earn a 50 per cent interest in a nickel production facility and ore stockpile at Riddle, Ore The company is participating in an agreement with U.S.A. Investments Inc. through 100-per-cent-owned Cominco American “Resources Inc and its wholly owned subsidiaiy, the Glenbrook Nickel Co: The participan: ts are studying the feasibility of re- equipping and re-opening the Riddle ferronickel. plant, which suspended operations in 1986. Engineering, environmental and marketing studies are underway to determine the feasibility of resuming nickel production during the second half of 1989, a Cominco news release says Glenbrook Nickel will provide initial funding of approximately US $1.5 million. If further work is under taken, Glenbrook Nicket will provide the funds needed to complete the start up of the facility. Glenbrook Nickel will recover its investment before any other distribution of cash flows from the project is made tothe parties, the news release says. A stockpile containing six million tons of deposits containing 0.7 percent nickel ore is situated adjacent to the smelter. This material could supply the facility for several years Cominco ~ receives approval Cominco Resources International ltd. has announced that it has received the approval of all provincial securities Commissions Tor its rights offering. Upon completion of filings with the Toronto and Vancouver Stock Ex- changes, the corporation will proceed with the rights offering under the following terms: Record date, April 19, 1989; expiry date, May 10, 1989; subscription price, Cdn $2.75 per share; and subscription basis, four rights plus $2.75 The approximate number of com mon shares issuable pursuant to the of fering will be 8.1 million shares. The approximate net proceeds to the corporation will be $21.9 million. v3 ae Savings! 200 All DryCleaning a OFF including Dra s ae