Also serving the beer and
‘wine ‘store, -and other nearby

retail outlets; are’ six’ 15-minute .
Parking ‘spaces oni the north’ ‘side .-
of Lakelse Ave., right i in front of
. the beer and wine. Store. On the

east end of the same ‘block there

parking lot is full... As it often i is

during the lunch ‘hour, or ‘when |

the. banquet, room is booked. for
daytime meetings.
Under these circumstances,

even these one-hour parking slots —

are not sufficient for many hotel
patrons. who find an hour jnad-

equate to attend a ‘meeting 0 or

leisurely luncheon,

The fate of the two Emerson

15-minute parking slots was the
fifth. item on the Planning and
Public Works: Commitize agenda
- Wednesday.. After a lengthy dis-
cussion, it was tabled again until
May 6.

> Tod Strachan

CAI DEALING |

WITH GIANT

A potential “deal between

Canadian Airlines International .
are 12 one-hour -parking’ spaces *
that serve 4600-block business'as .
well asthe hotel ‘when their :

and: the giant : ‘American. ‘Airlines +

‘will take, months of’ discussion, :

and ‘if ‘it: goes through Terrace
scheduling and service for CAI is

unlikely to be affected, a company

official said recently. .

Jack Lawless said in an inter- 7
view from Calgary that CAI is

looking for a "strategic alliance”

with AA, which would involve the |
': Sale to AA of up to 25% equity in

the Canadian carrier, PWA Corp.,

~ the owner: of CAI, lost $161 mil-

lion last year and the company is

looking for something — other .
than a merger with Air Canada
\ — that will improve that situ-.

ation.
“Looking at the overall indus-
try, the status quo is unaccept-

able,” Lawless said. The trend is”
‘ toward consolidation, and AA: is.

a
f '

the second largest airline left in
‘ the world (Aeroflot of Russia is

the first). Lawless sees cost reduc-
_ tions and economies of bale. in

the alliance, and
increases,

CAT: “president Rhys Baton
~ reportedly’ said that ‘a merger
with Air Canada ‘would ‘have

meant job losses totalling between .

revehue

| 7,900 and 10,000.

ORENDA REP _
TO SPEAK |

Frank Foster, vice president
of Orenda Forest Products, will

. Speak to a joint luncheon meeting

ofthe Terrace Rotary Club and
the Terrace and District Chamber

.of Commerce Monday. The meet-

ing begins at 11:45 a.m. at the *
Inn of the West, and the cost is

. $10. Orenda has approval-in- -prin- |
_ciple from the B.C. government to

build. a $400 million pulp and

Paper n mill south of Lakelse Lake. 7

LL

Work on the 93 million Esso Petroleum Canada 7

expansion project has begun. The excavation.“ °

. shown above will provide an adequate
foundation to support about nine million litres aren

_ of stored petroleum products underground. The

"project, the result’ of an Esso decision to move
~~ the‘area bulk plant. from Prince Rupert, will
Vincrease: storage. capacity in Terrace from’ one’
to 10 million litres and is expected to be aa
completed this fall.

Terrace Review — May I, 1992