AB - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 9, 2003 Out & Site search CITY OFFICIALS say they’ve been dealing with First Pro Shopping Centres for more than a year prior to the tentative deal to build a store on the river- side site. Developers looked at . several other properties around town. One of those was New Skeena Forest Products’ lag yard. Company presi- dent Dan Veniez says he rejecied an- offer from Wal-Mart reps to buy 15 acres of the Poirier yard because the land is vital to the sawmill’s. operation. Veniez said the developers: weren'l interested in a smaller alternate piece of land he proposed. Jobs down NORTHWEST B.C. losi a net total of 1,000 jobs in 2002, according to a study by the Savings and Credit ° Unions of B.C. Industries shedding jobs included education, fi- nance, insurance, real es- tate, leasing, trade, man- , _ufacturing, management; and administration. Job growth came in tion, warehouse: health care, ,SOPAL ARBAB in- formatiols coftaeeiandére- creation. ae eects forecast to grow th By JEFF NAGEL AIR CANADA owes Ter- Tace’s airport nearly $70,000 that is now frozen under bankruptey protec- tion, says airport society president. Fraser Mackie. He says the airline had not forwarded the fees it collects from each passen- ger for the months of Febr- wary and March. The $16 round trip air- port fee for each traveller added up to about $34,000 in February and March was expected to be about: ~ the same, Mackie said. - Air Canada filed for bankruptcy protection April 2 under: the Compa- nies Creditors Arrange- ments “Act — the same le- gislation under which Skeena Cellulose was twice restructured. It leaves the Northwest Regional Airport as one of the unsecured creditors across the country, The TERRACE STANDARD ~ BusIngss REVIEW. Air Canada owes About airport here money $70,000, here is part of $80 million Air. Canada had not paid to airports across Canada prior to filing for CCAA. “That will be tied up in the courts,” Mackie said. “We'll be represen- ted as a creditor.” He said financial ana- lysts so far can only spec- ulate on how much money airports might get back, “They’re talking any- where from 40 cents to 11 cents on the dollar,” Mackie said. “It’s any- one’s guess.” “We just have to wait and see what happens.” The airline, which has struggled since its merger with Canadian Airlines, has $12.9 billion in debt. . The airline industry has been hammered by re- duced air travel since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror at- tacks, a global recession, and now the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine wishes to advise their Thornhill Water System customers that a flushing procedure will be carried out April 14 - April 25, 2003. This procedure is necessary to remove any sediment that may be present in the water mains and to ensure the best possible water quality is maintained. During this . procedure, water may appear colored or cloudy. You are advised to run your water until it clears. Your ongoing cooperation and understanding is appreciated. Syndrome (SARS). Air Canada has paid all its bills to the airport for counter and space rental. It is to begin paying new expenses incurred starting April 1 under. a court-controfled monitor. The: airline’s service here through Air Canada Jazz so far hasn't been af- fected. “We're being told by Air Canada that it’s ba- sically business as ustal,” Carlson Wagonlit Travel owner Cindy Sabino said. But she says agents are encouraging some caution in booking international flights by waiting until near the booking deadline. Sabino said it may be a ‘ good time to use frequent . flyer points. Some analysts suggest points could disap- pear or.be reformulated - to the disadvantage of col- lectors — as a tesult of the impending Air Canada re- structuring or bankuptcy. Credit union gets new system THE TERRACE and District Credit Union « is spending $60,000 to improve its com- puter system. It’s buying new software and a centra- lized processing system, says manager Valerie Gauvin. . CONSITUCH Cala? Herr... The new software is Windows-based, will be easier to use and provide a better Way ‘to perform tasks and track work, she says. computers into “slaves” to the new cen- tralized system. That’ll reduce expenditures in the long run because the credit union won't have to upgradéjts work station terminals as often. ma “We can get five to 10 years out of our work stations instead of three,” said Gau- vin. 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