“,

Store
rebuild
begins

CONSTRUCTION OF a
one-story 6,000 square foot
building on the 4500 Block
of Lakelse to replace one
destroyed by fire in 2001
should be finished by the
middle of September.

It'll be the home of a
second store for Terrace
Furniture Mart, says owner
Kewal Bal. Progressive
Ventures is doing the work.

The building will be
brick and wood with stuc-
co on the outside.

Bal also had a second
furniture outlet in the pre-

Out &
About

M&M Meats

coming here

A FORMER Terrace resi-
dent has returned to open
up a specialty food pro-
ducts store.

Jennifer Zucchiatti-Le-
Vesconte and her husband,
Phil LeVesconte, will
have their M&M Meat

Shops Ltd. franchise offici-

ally opened in the Gobind
Mall July 26 following a
“soft” opening the week
before.

This will be store num-
ber 368 for M&M Meats,
which specializes in proyi-
ding food stuffs that re-
quire a level of preparation
designed to fit a custo-
mer’s needs ranging from
individual portions to lar-
ge-proup size.

“Some are pre-cooked
that only need to be put
into a microwave or oven
and others are ready for
the barbecue,” explained
LeVesconte who has a mi-
litary and civilian food
services background.

The outlet will be 1,500
square feet in size em-
ploying the couple and one
or two other people to
start,

Housing

start action

THERE HAVE been three
housing starts so far this
year in Terrace and the
success of a zoning vat-
iance application this
week could see approval
of a duplex.

It's a far cry from the
100-plus homes that were
going into the ground year
annually in the 1990s, but
it is an improvement from
last year when there were
no starts, says Paul Gipps,
the city official in charge
of permits and building in-
spections.

“What we are seeing is
Ints of renovations and ad-
ditions,” he said. “We're
getting tons of requests for
developmeent information.
Lots of little stuff.”

On the commercial end, -

construction has started on

a new building for Terrace 1
Furniture Mart on Lakelse .
to replace one destroyed |: f

by fire in 2001,

That’s worth approx- ~
imately $400,000 and Ter-
race Honda has approx- *'
imately $750,000 worth of -
construction underway on |

_ Keith for a new dealership.
' The largest retail build-
‘ing project planned for this
‘year is the 100,000 square
foot-plus Wal-Mart struc-
ture,

“By far this will be the
largest building of its kind
this cily or any other cily
will ever see,” said Gipps,

“The only other struc-
ture to be built that might

be larger would be a
warehouse,” he said,

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' TERRACE STANDARD

Business REvVIEw

WORKERS have now begun the reconstruction of a furniture store that burnt
down on Lakelse Ave. in 2001, JESSIE GIES PHOTO

vious building but lost the

contents in the fire.

“We might even move

Offshore lobby rift widens

A VANCOUVER Island-based group try-
ing to advance offshore oil and gas issues
says it’s butting heads with rivals in

Prince Rupert.

The Pacific Offshore Energy Associa-

tion, based in Nanaimo,
wants to become the one
obvious liaison between

government, business,
communities and oil
companies.

But POBA chair Brian
Peckford, a former pre-
mier of Newfoundland,
says the B.C. Offshore
Oil and Gas Association
in Prince Rupert is

emerging as the main obstacle.
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his main store, further east
on Lakelse.

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“They (Prince Rupert) believe if any-
thing is to happen, it will happen there,”
Peckford continued. “They have close
contacts with the federal Liberal Party of
Canada.”

“They perceive us as competition Ta-
ther than a partner,” said POEA exec-
utive director Ed Poli. He said POEA
made great strides lobbying this spring in
Terrace and Kitimat.

Offshore oil is opposed by the Haida
and federal environment minister David
Anderson. But natural resources minister ~
Herb Dhaliwal has launched a federal re-
view of Ottawa’s ban on drilling off B.C.’s
coast, mirroring provincial efforts to open |
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Application number: 107-124-03/04

Purpose: Total vegetation control within 2.5 metres of the centre line of the track,
selective noxious weed control on the right-of-way and brush control at road

crossings for safety reasons.

Method of application: EHi-rail truck with 6-metre shroudedsprayboom for the track
ballast application; power hose and handgun or backpack sprayer for the noxious

weed and brush control on the right-of-way.

CN tracks in the following locations: McBride Yard, Fraser Subdivision (various
locations between McBride and Prince George), Prince George Yard, Smithers Yard,
Terrace Yard, Prince Rupert Yard, Skeena Subdivision (various locations between

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Pesticide and area: Glyphosate (Roundup) track ballast weed control—total of
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The above products are registered in Canada for these uses.

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October 15, 2003.

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