TE = ", TERRACE — Bill Keenleyside’ ee etre ei, i re el Page A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 24, 1993 eri S REVIEW “BUSINES Rumours turn out to be true TERRACE ~— Prince Ruperi- based Trans-Provincial Airlines (TPA) which also had operations here and in Vancouver went into receivership March 19, , Receivers Coopers and Lybrand moved into the company’s offices Friday and the company suspended operations. Rumours of the’ company’s financial trouble had been cir- culating for some time. It grounded ils two flying TERRACE — Local Sears oullet manager Bob Buell has turned down an offer to take over the op- eration. The company has been turning its catalogue sales stores over to private operators across the coun- try. It’s part of an effort by Scars ta reduce overall costs. “T want to get closer to home in the Fraser Vailey,”’ said Buell. The company first’ makes the cutlets available to their man- agers. Sears wants to have the local store mn by an independent owner/operator by May 1. “There is no sale. We sign an Pile up SOARING PRICES and frost in the ground have caused local contractors to stock up on lumber. That's Co-op home center manager Allan Cote with exclusive agreement with the owner/operator to work for us and we will deal only with him or her,”’ said Sears spokesman Ross Rigney. some of what's stacked in the center’s yard. If outlet managers are not inter- Out and About " of Terrace has been. re-elected B.C. region vice-president of Federaled Co-operatives Lid. Keenleyside Tepresents the 15 fetail co-operatives in northern and eastem B.C. .He was first elected to the Fed- erated board in. 1985 and’ has served as the: B.C.- region vice. _ president since 1987, . ‘The board represents more than ° 300 co-ops and has ‘an estimated 750,000 members. © tk kk There’s a new lighting fixture story in the city.” Total Lighting. opened in -the Keith Ave. mall last-week, It’s owned by Tracey Hague who has been in the retail build- ; ing supply business for 10 years. She says she’s noticed a need for a lighting fixture store in the : city. ___ Your Road Maintenance Contractor - Serving Terrace, Kitimat, The Nass. Valley Our prediction last. month of the approaching spring was premature! With the continuing cold weather the area has been experiencing, the spring haw has been delayed. The cold nights have been a real help to those Involved in the lagging industry, To stretch the season as much as possible, while minimizing damage to the roads, tha logging industry have been hauling during the.night, so please drive with cara, Roadway sweeping is underway. The crew and machinery are.commencing west of Salvus and warking to Terrace. Please, watch for and obey the signs that the crews have placed to warn you of their presence. Other activities that will be underway include road grading, repalfing signs damaged during the winter and general spring cleaning,-including pavement patching. To report any maintenance problems that ‘you encounter please call: Terrace Area: Bob Bowie, phone 638-9383 Kitimat Area: Clarence Baker, phane 632-5876 Nass Valley: Ernie Kuehne, phane 638-2555 or.call.toll free any time 1-800-665-5051: Thé Application: :. ae ELECTRICITY RATE INCREASE British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority ('B.C.Hydro"). applied February 19, an to increase rates ty: 3 9 per centonan interim and permanent basis, effective01 April 1993. ‘The British Columbia Uti ities Commission, by Order No. G- 16-93, authorized the i interim increase, subject to refund with interest, to be confirmed al 1 public hearing. The Public Hearing . The Commission has set down the Application for public hearing to commence Monday, September 13, 1993 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commission Hearing Room, 6th Floor, 900 Howe Street, Vancouver. The Commission, by way of future Order and, Notice of Public Hearing, will set out t spoelfie timing d deadlines. ; Public Inspection of the Appltcation The Application and supporting material are available for inspection atthe Information Centre on the second floor of . B.C.Hydro's head office at 333 Dunsmuir Strect i in Vancouver at B, c, “Hydro District Offices and selected Regional Libraries throughout the Provines, moo The Application arid sapparting materials. are elke av allele for inpeton a at the fen of the Commission: An Executive Su t Bristol Freighters that were based here in Terrace in January, Those aircraft are the last of its kind flying in the world and ser- viced northern mining camps. And 10 days ago Chevron Can- ada Lid. filed suit against TPA for $106,000 in unpaid petroleum products bills. The airline has a large number of secured and unsecured creditors. The Royal Bank is one of the largest secured creditors. Sears operation to be changed ested, the company then looks elsewhere, he added, Owner/operators either have an existing business or if the volume is large enough, run the catalogus outlet as a separate enterprise, said Rigney. Kelowna Flighteraft Ltd, a transport and aircraft servicing company operating out of Kelowna, will probably be the largest unsecured creditor, its chief executive officer said last week, Barry Lapointe declined to say how much money is owed his company by TPA. “We'll just take our place along with everybody else,’ said Lapointe. Airline into receivership The bills began to accumulate when Kelowna Flightcraft ser- viced a fleet of TPA Convair - 580s that flew Federal Express freight across the country. - Kelowna Flightcraft bas since taken over that operation. 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