BS Terrace Revi ‘ien' — Wednesday, March 14, 1990 _ Chamber gets mining, trade and export pitches — .. Last Wednesday’s Chamber Of Commerce meeting hosted three guest speakers. Dave Johnson, northern operations vice-president for Cominco, told the group Snip hasbeen relaunched this spring with a better understanding of - the ore in the mine. Last winter’s drilling and -test- ing resulted in the grade value ‘being increased by 30 percent, although reserve tonnage has dropped a little. Snip, one of the most promising strikes in the Iskut- River Valley, hopes to- commence construction this spring. They have purchased a ‘used modular mill from Edmon- ton. A hovercraft will be used to transport freight up the Iskut and Stikine Rivers. Johnson calls it ‘a novel approach, but we have to try whatever will work’”’ Discussion with the provincial Ministry of Highways last year proved unworkable when the Ministry came back with the proposal that Snip pay three quarters of the $12.5 million cost of putting in a Class 5 stan- dard logging road into the Iskut - Valley. Johnson said, “‘It was shortsighted of government not to want to build.a public road there.’’ Now that the hovercraft is in place, Highways is recon-: sidering their original proposal. Johnson says that local lobbying has really helped and he encour- aged Terrace business people to continue their efforts, saying, ‘*¥ou don’t want to be at the mercy of politicians in schedul- ing a project.”’ Snip plans to go into production late this year. Dean Dring, market specialist for the Ministry of International Business and Immigration re- ported to Chamber of Com- merce members that 75 percent of B.C.’s products are exported, and our major export market is the U.S. Dring was in Terrace to discuss the expansion of B.C.’s export of goods and services and. to inform potential buyers of B.C.’s export possibilities, par- ticularly in Washington state and Alaska. The Ministry of International Business and Immigration or- ganizes trade missions and ar- ranges incoming buyers’ mis- sions. It has offices in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, California, London and Munich. There’ is. ‘even a. Market Development office for B.C. in Ottawa. Dring joked, “We're trying to squeeze more. money out of our federal counterparts.” For potential exporters to the U.S., Dring gave the following hints; 1) quote Prices in U. S. funds 2) engage a local marketing representative 3) have a U.S. address, even if it’s only a box number 4) have an 800 number, if possible _5) regional, smaller focused trade shows are often more ef- fective than national ones. The B.C, Trade Development | en Sieg tenet Ah awe a te TEE ie e Corporation was set up last J une as a government agency with a ~ private sector board. Represen- _ tative Dave Wright highlighted opportunities with Alaska in the. gas and oil industries, fishing, modular housing, road con- ‘struction equipment, specialty foods, and building products. City fine- tunes parking regs TERRACE — The city ran into a small hitch on their Ticket In- formation Utilization Bylaw recently, but with a few quick modifications by city council things are back on track. Tickets for parking and other city bylaw violations aren’t too far away. The hitch was discovered by the Attorney General’s office, who must approve the city’s bylaw before it can come into ef- fect. Even though the. fine for violations of the city’s building reguiations was set at $100, the minimum fine under the build- ing regulations bylaw is current- ly $1,000. Under provincial legislation, however, the max-. imum fine allowed is only $500. To correct the problem, coun- cil has deleted the building viola- tion clause from the ticketing - bylaw and it will be added at some future date by a further bylaw amendment. City ad- ministrator Bob Hallsor explains that amending the building regulation’ bylaw would have meant delaying the ticketing bylaw, but by deleting the clause ’ the approval process can pro- ceed as scheduled. In anticipation of the day when offenders of some city bylaws will be issued tickets, council has adopted a few changes to the proposed parking regulations in the downtown core. The original proposal pro- vided for a one-hour parking zone on the east side of Ottawa beside Tim Horton Donuts. This has been changed to a ‘“‘No Parking’’ zone. - On Emerson, the proposal called for a 30-minute zone on the east side of Emerson be- tween Greig and Lakelse, but this has been changed to ‘‘No Parking’’ on the east side, and on the west side of the street the only parking will be a single ‘Loading Zone”. The final change was made to the section of the 4600 block Lakelse Ave. facing the cold beer and wine store. This was designated as a one-hour parking zone in the original proposal but has now been changed to a 15-minute zone. Terrace Tree ming f= Will cut down any tree! game “1S AFELY" yl, - 41,000,000 liability for YOUR protection _ 635-7400 CHANGES ~ ty Bev _TOTALHAR ALHAIR CARE 2803 Kenney Street Terrace, B.C. — v Wolfe Tanning System LANZA products Phone for an appointinent 635-9666 \ GROCERY Laundromat & Carwash Open 8:30 - 10:30 daily * 2701 S. 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