AB - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 10, 2002 | | | TERRACE STANDARD - James W. Radelet .RADELET & COMPANY Barristers & Solicitors Tax Law © Trusts « Corporate & Commercial _ 1340 + 1075 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B,C, VOE 3C? Phone: 604-689-0878 Contamination complicates Safeway plans for gas bar SAFEWAY continues lo work on its plans to expand ils store and build a self-serve gas bar in the parking lot, says a company official. Sabrina Delmonte said the company is working through different issues related to each of the two projects. “We are in the development permit phase and there are negotiations -with the city,"she said. Safeway originally wanted to have con- struction of the gas bar underway by now as well as to have started on the expansion. Safeway began adding self-serve gus bars to its stores throughout western Canada more than a year ago. One item that has complicated the gas bar development is the discovery of petroleum products underneath the parking lot, City official David Trawin says the material probably seeped over from an old gas station on Lakelse which is now the site of Tim Hor- ton’s. “[t’s not going to stop anything. It’s a matter of getting their prescription together of how Airline stays on course AN ALBERTA-BASED airline is continuing with its service connecting Ter- race to Prince George de- spite getting less business than first anticipated, Peace Air had planned to include a Smithers stop but backed away when Central Mountain Airlines, which operates out of that town, also began an east- west run. As a result of not going to Smithers, Peace Air is running at about half of its projected load of nine people each flight to and from Prince George, says company official Toni Antonietti. Both airlines introduced their Prince George ser- vice at about the same time last month. Although Central Mountain is based in Smi- thers, the majority of its Toutes are down south where it acts as a small feeder operation to the Air Canada system. “Tt certainly came as a surprise to us,” said Ant- onietti of Central Moun- tain’s decision. , The Peace Air business plan is to not only provide a service to Prince George cut to connect north- western passengers with its ongoing flights to Edmon- ton and other Alberta: lo- cales once they reach Prince George. “That part is going well,” said Antonietli of the Alberta-bound traffic, She suspects some of that comes from north- westermers working in Al- berta because of the cur- rent economic slowdown here. “Terrace seems prelty positive about our service and we want to see that grow,” Antonietti said. Jobless rate dips UNEMPLOYMENT in the northwest eased in June to 15 per cent after several months of increases. That’s a drop from 16.1 per cent in the northwest region in May, according to Statistics Canada. The jobless rate still stands five full points above the 10 per cent rate a year ago. The northwest remains the region with the highest unemployment in B.C., followed by the Cariboo at 13.6 per cent and the northeast at 11.6 per cent. The B.C. average is 8.8 per cent, pulled down by relatively low unemploy- ment in urban Vancouver and Victoria. they’re going to deal with it,” he said. The area has featured other types of deve- lopment in the past, including a sawmill on which the Safeway store now sits, Safeway has now filed its proposed environ- mental action plan with provincial environ- mental officials. ‘A development permit issued by the city, subject lo meeting environmental regulations and building codes, fists the gas bar cost at $200,000. The overall expansion plan is to bring the store up to 40,000 square feet in size so that new sections can be added and existing ones enlarged. Safeway has been at its Lakelse Ave. loca- tion since 1968 and its last major expansion there took place in 1993. When it comes to expansion of the store, the company had two options, building into the parking lot or taking up some of the space now belonging to the Bargain Store. It has chosen the latter. LOCAL MOTORISTS such as Aaron Alan- der will be able to fuel up at Safeway when the grocery store’s gas bar in the northwest corner of the parking lot is com- pleted. JOANNA WONG PHOTO - COOK’S JEWELLERS WILL SOON BE MOVING INE Fax: 604-689-1386 a where all of your printing and copying needs are completed with fast service at reasonable prices, WE SPECIALIZE IN COLOUR PRINTING Business Cards - Office Stationary Advertising Layout & Design - Brochures Flyers - Posters - Newsletters - Menus - Absolutely Anything on Paper - Give us a call today at 635-1872 __ Or Fax us at 635-1868 iq: ; boa. Iguhor wegbhig ce Aypremieen eo peal ig DAYS LEFT! LAST DAY JULY 13 LOOK OUT! Ybiaclu-