AG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 5, 1997 TERRACE STANDARD Business Review Out & About Copperside ll approved THE CITY has issued a development permit to Cop- perside Foods for construc- tion of a store to replace its aging building at Hwy 16 aud Kenney St The new and larger con- venience store will include a gas bar and car wash. The company hasn't de- cided yel what to develop on the Jand further to the east, in the yard of the for- mer correclional centre, al- though the finn has been considering a possible fast food restaurant. Port debt forgiven THE FEDERAL govern- ment is writing off $5 mil- lion of a $15.3 million debt owed it by the Prince Rupert Port Corporation. Federal transport minister David Anderson said the corporation has been hurt by declines in grain and coal shipments. The corporation will alsa be allowed to pay off the remaining debt quicker and without penalty. Coalition looks further THE KITIMAT-BASED Northwest Community Coalition is seeking to ex- pand its role in the north- west, “The” coalition’s © Carl ‘Whicher admits the organi-~ zalion bas been primarily focussed on defending Kitimat’s interests as the cancellation of the Kemano Completion Project unfolds. Whicher told Terrace city council ihe group is now of- fering to take up the banner of other issues, such as the forest industry’s present dif- ficulties, He said the group has de- veloped the necessary con- tacts in Victoria and Van- couver to press other issues on behalf of the entire northwest, Apartments planned AN APARTMENT BUILDING proposed for the bench on Kalum Lake Dr, is getting the thumbs up from the city. City council will make a final decision on the pro- posed rezoning of the prop- erly from RI one-family residential to RS imulti- family residential after a public hearing expected Mar. 24. Also proposed is a change af the Official Community Plan froom urban residential to multi-family apartment, The 1.5-acre property owned by Maggie Hodges is just east of Floyd Ave. on Kaluin Lake Dr. The slope of the property did prompt city planner David Trawin to recom- mend the rezoning not be approved until the comple- tion of a geotechnical study. Eurocan honoured B.C, Hydro has nained Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co, a co-winner in its 1996 Power Smart Excellence awards, ; The West Fraser Mills division made energy effi- cient improvements to Can- ada’s largest producer of une. bleached packaging, helping the company save alniost $210,000 4 year, Eurocai replaced £0 ofd refiners”. Wilh’. eiiergy~ efficient ones that use 30 per cont less energy and. Which produce a stronger” filsre. ‘Bi Price of speed | HIGH-SPEED Internet access is now being af- fered in two forms around town. Rainer Giannelia Is now selling satellite dish ‘systems through local provider Kermode Net that bring in the net at speeds eight- to 12 times taster than the fastest dial-up modems. Also available now are. AF cable modems from OSG Interactive, But both ser- vices are pricey. In both cases users will pay near- ty $1,000 for hardware — either the satellite dish or RF cable modem — plus higher monthly fees than normal net access costs. Users will pay even more it they transfer more data in a month than allotted. Summer ferries delayed THE DECISION by B.C, Ferries to delay the slart up of its more frequent summer service by about two weeks will hurt the northwest’s summer tourist season. Although the service is extending ils sail- ings in September, it is delaying the every- other-day summer service on the inside passage from mid-May to the beginning of June. That’s |ed to B.C. Ferries cancelling reservations made by some (tourists for fate move. Councillor Val George said B.C. 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