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BUSINESS. EVIEW

Chamber members |
honour award winners"

THE TERRACE LUMBER Company and
its CEO John’ Ryan came ‘out on’ top last
weekend at the Terrace and District Chamber
of Commerce Business Excellence Awards
gala.
- The company made headlines this year
after it bought the former New Skeena Forest ».°
* Products sawmill days before it was sched-
iled to be dismantled and sold off piecemeal
at auction.
~ Because of that, the company was given
the Newsmaker of the Year award at the Oct.
15 banquet. The company also came out on
top in the Company of the Year category. ~
And John Ryan, who spearheaded the
purchase of the mill along with company
_. president Mo Takhar, was given the Execu-
_ tive of the Year. award.
The winners» are selected by chamber —
members from a shortlist of three finalists in

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Enbridge’s Gateway Project is an important part of Canada’s energy future and will

; help ensure there's enough pipeline capacity to transport new oil from Canada’s it
sands in the years to come. .

“Enbridgo has ‘started environmental, engineering and land field work for two
, pipelines, which would be buried along the same right-of-way. One will be a
petroleum export pipeline from Strathcona County near Edmonton to a new marine
~ terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia. Along the same route will be a condensate
_ import pipeline running from the new. marine terminal i in British Columbia to . J
'< Strathcona County. -

This Open house will provide information to community members about the — Faye
Enbridge Gateway Project. 0 as . oo, a -

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ENBRIDGE GATEWAY PROJECT OPEN HOUSE
Friday, October 21, 05

each.division. > 5:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m. ’,
j _. Wayne Jones, a big booster of band pro- my _ Best Western Terrace inn, Skeena | >
grams in schools and one of the driving a : | 4853 Greig Avenue, T ° ; 0
forces behind the Dare to Dream Foundation John Ryan. 7 meawe ease “8
Complimentary refreshments :

was given the Contributor to the Arts award... Massage. \ co,

’ The Rookie of the Year award is given ‘And Kelly Francis of Terrace Rona Build- :
_ to a business. that is in the first few years ers was selected by chamber members as the

of operation. That ‘award was given to The: Employee of the Year... -: °.

Toasted Tomato restaurant. ° In the Community Booster division, Br-

~~ In the Tourism Excellence. category, an Downie beat out the othérs for top spot. -

George Clark. of Elan Travel came out on And Bob Wilkinson of Northwest Car-

top. . tridge Exchange was given the Customer

An award was also given out got the ~ Service award.’
Home-based Business of the Year which The gala also saw Canadian Tire present-
went to Roger Carling-Kelly of Northwest ed with the retailer of the Year award. ©

Real estate sales here —
take a major leap .

‘ . By SARAH A. $100,000 to $150,000 range, says heisn t seeing the same
" " ZIMMERMAN the market appears to becon- amount of activity as in the
REAL ESTATE in sistent and'steady but Evans _ higher Priced homes. =
Terrace appears to be a hot oe . - es a a See ey
commodity as transactions a nn eeeeen _ —_——— os "er rrp ee nae .
here went up a whopping 34 2 ‘ 0 ORE SE das
per cent this year over last. eo: Truck Consp #racy : ie
_- While 170 units — houses, ~ e 311: truck: Event | * THESE Nes ;
modular homes, vacant lots ee ere INA —

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and commercial properties
— were sold last year be- & -. , ee
tween Jan. | and Aug. 31, [a a Coe dere, oe ANN. onsen SATEISEES A oh “=
that number reached 228 | * i eae Sy
this” year, says local realtor”
John Evans.

‘ The statistics come from
the B.C. Northern Real Es-
tate Board.

: Evans. says the leap in
sales is a significant indica-
‘tor of an upward swing in
the local market, adding. a
steady market usually sees °
“= - modest annual increases
of between five and 10 per
cent. In addition to a leap.

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fedemption. One redemption per transaction.
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jleage restriction applies, plus applicable taxes. Lease offers include $1,600

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Of $1,250/$1,250/$1,250/S 1,150 and exciude licence, insurance,

in transactions, the market _— ae = 3 :
in Terrace saw the overall a6 FI Iso SUPE
sales in dollars skyrocket by ~ i 5

44 per cent.
‘ From Jan. 1.to Aug. 31

for details. +Based on Manufacturers’ month-end release, December 2004.
Stock 2006 Ford or Lincoln mode's,
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include air tax and

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of this year, the total value § 5 Sa
of transactions in the area. fee BE .
topped $26.7 million com- . aE abs
pared to $18. 5 million last He : a _
year. Es ese .
And the number of listed ject suze
units selling . successfully . a ie
has also gone up. While just Bee aoe .
37 per cent of the listings ee gee
‘sold for the same period last 5: Hi eed
year, this year 53 percent of ~ tie i a
listings on the market have ~- < 5 i
-. sold. gundhtseses
4 In addition to more e homes 3. HE
selling, they are also selling. :
, for more. ERE.
For example, a home list- ee E
ed at $100,000 last year, on a OS Nyomagageie 3
average. sold for’ $91,000. Chilvack BC Aigo A ze,
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That's up to $94,000 this |erwnermargaeanter Seven te
an un
year — a three per cent in- [More than-a score of persons, inching ees

Feported sighting this fy)
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crease. during | the Past nine nights. “ ore elo

 “Tt's just showing a real The ‘photograph “shows *
good si of stability nght purportedly floated in ra ser de Suet
now and I would expect that : igh
we will continue to see pric-
es increasing,” Evans says.

1 “We've hit bottom and . E-SERIES
‘prices will be on the rise, I :
‘would say, quite consistently BE Te CELLIN 6
" over the next little while.” CINE OF TRUCKS J §
In addition to getting SANCE pe tebe ge

‘more for their homes, ho-
meowners are seeing their
‘homes sell faster than be-
‘fore.
4 =: The average time real,
4 ‘estate stayed on the market
7 ‘before selling last year was
: .125 days compared to 107°
§ —.days this year — a 14 percent © AT YOUR EORD'STOR
‘decrease... a TS es
' As for residential sales, _ 7 | ne " ,
;Evans says homes in the up- ; a
' ‘per range of $150,000 and ; we
‘more are selling very quick-
‘ly, and usually very close to
ithe asking price.
: “There are homes that are
iselling in a day with multiple
\offers,” he says.
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