you.a copy for the $5.95 cost of shipping and handling, Orenda opens office here ORENDA FOREST Products has rented office space in town. The office, located in a fat corner of the building which houses the provincial access centre, is for visiting Orenda employees who heed a place to work, - “-Orenda official John Sparks said the office has no bearing on fv- ture plans the company has in the northwest, ; Thrilled with drill results _ INTERNATIONAL SKYLINE Gold Corporation’ says its happy with partial results from two-holes drilled on property in the Iskut River valley. oe ee The two holes in the Bronson Slope gold and copper area show “higher grade ore extends farther than first thought, says a company mews release, 2: ; " ' ; : International Skyline estimates there’s enough ore on its proper- fy to develop ax open pit maine containing gold, silver and copper. - The company has drilled seven holes in total and will prepare a - _CN workers claim award new minexal Inventory when all the results are in. ‘EMPLOYEES of CN’s north line have won a company safety ‘award for the third consecutive year, The award is for having the lowest ratio of main track train acci- ‘dents, The award comes with prize: money of $15,000, Worker committees will be meeting to decide how it should be spent. *‘A safe railway Js efficient and reliable, and able to provide the competitive, low-cost transportation services that help keep our customers in business,”’ sald CN senior vice president Rick Boyd. ~ Second bench no smoking. “'THERE’S:NO smoking on two of the three pedestrian benches in- side the Skecna Mall. .. ; ; ; The second of the benches went no smoking just recently at the “request of customers and business owners, says mall manager ~ Lyrida Lafleur.. Any move fora complete no smoking policy in the mail would only be undertaken after an extensive preparation peri- ‘od, she said, B.C. beauty on screen saver A GRIZZLY BEAR in the Khutzeymateen is one of 20 colour “photographs that showcase the beauty of B.C.’s scenery in a com-- , pilter screen saver. ; : ; The Super, Natural British Columbia Screen Saver — which operates on any IBM computer that runs Windows — is being given away irce by the B.C. government as an innovative new way: to attract tourists, Et displays a different image every 45 seconds. The screen saver is being freely distributed through the Internet, where government-officials hope copies. will proliferate quickly, putting images of B.C. on computer screens across the globe. Internet users can find the screeti saver on the province’s World Wide Web site at hitp:/{www.tbe.gov.be.ca/screensaver.heml, — - Disks with the screen saver.on it are also to be distributed free , through the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce. Or call Beautiful B.C. magazine at 1-800-663-7611. They*il send at vee waht (pe abel Gaeta ga ts ee ue The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 5, 1995 - AG rerrace wave hits Rupert — Expanding entrepreneurs reflect our business spirit THE TRENDIEST part of Prince Rupert seems to be flourishing thanks to the business minds of Terrace, ' The touristy Cow Bay area — - home to Smile’s Cafe and Breakers Pub — has developed quickly in recent years, and much of it seems, to consists of Terrace businesses expanding to the mt Sidewalkers, owned by Tez- race’s Lori Merrill and Cindy Marleau, ‘is the latest local busi- ness to add a location in Cow Bay. . a . , . It joins the Cow Bay Gift Gal- ley — owned by Kermodci Trad- ing’s Glen Saunders — and the. Cow Bay Cafe, which is owned . by. Terrace’s Don . Diego’s ... restaurant. ok, Merrill says the - Rupert... Sidewalkers opened June 21 and is being operated by local resi- dent Elaine Oborne. “We noticed that a lot of our clientele was from Prince Rupert,”’ Merrill says, So far .they’ve. been received - well'in the city of rainbows. “T hope Prince Rupert never imagines we're stealing busi- ness,’’ she says. ‘Customers will find different things in each store, she added. **We don’t want to clone,” she says. ‘‘It’s not a chain. It’s ex- pression.’? _ The Rupert store is a jittle big- ‘per than the Terrace outlet, and will’ carry a small section of men’s wear as well,. _ The latest: wave of Terrace. businesses to. expand into Prince Rupert also includes Drifter’s clo- - thing, Gemma’s Boutiques. Going back a few more years, you find the expansion to the coast of Térzace-based’ Tolsec | security, Sight & Sound, Manti- " que’s fashions, Wilkinson’s Busi- _ ness. Machines, Northern Drugs, and McDonald’s owner Malcolm. Hilcove’s takeover of the Prince Rupert McDonald’s franchise. The Terrace chamber of com- merce’s Bobbie Phillips says most of the businesses expanded ) apt the customer. Going after that market of near-- operator Elaine Obome has gone Into partnership with Ter- race store owners Lori Merrill and Cindy Marleau: ‘It's the latest In a wave of Terrace businesses expanding west. SIDEWALKERS opened Its Rupert location June 21: Store . aot e ¢ to service customers coming here from Rupert — and capture more market share by going straight to ly 20,000 is simply smart busi- ness. : . The reverse © —,- Rupert however. a “eh dey "o... ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988. - that expanded into Terrace... . ‘Why the difference? 2. businesses moving into Terrace . race, to. be a bit more’ entrepre-_ ~~ Just doesn’t seem.to be true, ...neurial than -Neldman says.’ The Jeans’ North/Universal Work Wear franchise'is a rare ex- ample of a Prince Rupert business Tesrace economic development officer. Ken Veldman’ has’. a theory.’ ee ee ST have always considered Ter Prince _ Rupe ” |. developed faster. ©. 0". | "The .cost:-of construction is -way higher in Rupert than in Ter- . “race,” he said, 88 "A proposal to build a large new’. ~ has been ‘stymied because a five- acre building site downtown can: “not be found, ne Terrace has been built mote on small busincas and retail, with relatively litle big industry to dependupon, i ist. That, plus ‘Terrace’s central location in the north, has fostered a more advanced smalt business sector and entrepreneurial spirit here, ne added. , By contrast, Prince Rupert and Kitimat have relied more upon heavy industry, snd consequently. have more of what Veldman calla & mega-project labour base. “That brings up two different: cultures,’’. says Veldman. ‘‘You can feel that through the city, through citizens, through the labour force, through the politics — the whole bit.” 2 > Municipal: governments in Rupert and Kitimat have always taken a more hands-on approach, and carried out more ‘intensive planning than hag Terrace. To some, Veldman says, that’s produced a laissez-faire business- friendly climate here. To others, it’s created a mish-mash of hap- hazard, uncontrolled .develop-- mene Even the politics of the north ‘West mirrors that cultural: dif- ference, he says. “The. bigger industrist labour - base. in. Prince. Rupest. and: Kitimat, meant stronger - unions “and @ political spectrum shifted further left : _ “Kitimat and Prince “Rupert. . have historically been. NDP ’ strongholds,”” he says.:‘“Whereas Terrace has always tended to be » _ litle bit niore to the right.” -” Prince. Rupest economic devel-. “opment . officer”: Enminio ‘Pucci’ also” points, to’ the: muskeg: and: rock underlying Prince Rupert as: a major reason why Terrace has Overwaites. grocery : store: there d, Pucei added.