~ A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 10, 2001 - ; be as « From front oreo silyl Sh fie a ee a fDi BA, Oki ” . aoe gl ae a | . “<1 General Dentistry, Orthodontics, TMI Hawkair asks for pricing investigation |e Passengers wanting to fly the this month offering return tickets dem with Ottawa's approval of the up for the toss of Air Canada’s 200-4619 Pork Ave similar distance from Winnipeg to as low as $259. For its part, Haw- Air. Canada-Canadian Airlines major competitor. Office Hours - eon Terrace, B.C. V8G 1¥5 Thompson, Manitoba, he said, kair has responded with its own merger. Hawkair isn’t the only airtine Mon - Thurs 8:00 a.m, - 4:30 p.m (250) 635-7611 pay $676 return ona three-day ad- seat sale offering $99 one-way The rules, which include a ban Boing to the competition bureau f°, : Aad vance return ticket, “That’s more than twice the price they’re charging here.” Hawkair has called on the fed- eral competition watchdog to in- vestigate and order Air Canada to halt “this practice of selective price reductions.” Hayward said the competition bureau has indicated it can also look into seat sales offered on in- dividual routes, Air Canada un ..c! seat sales From frors: Gun licences Slow to arrive failed to apply for a licence, fares, Hayward says he thinks the lower prices are part of an Air Ca- nada strategy to make life more difficult for its smaller competi- tors. - : “I just hope the people of Ter- race and the northwest realize why those prices have gone down,” he said. “It’s because we're hers.” New federal competition rules were introduced a year ago in tan- Misty River Tackle and Hunting store co-owner Brian Patrick doubts many gun owners are making a protest because most already carry a firearms acquisition certi- fiecate, or FAC, But one thing's clear — he and other ammunition sell- ers are still waiting for direction from the federal govern- ment on how to cope during the six-month grace period for the backlog when it comes to sales. So far, “There's been absolutely nothing,” he said. That's a problem, because gun owners now also need a firearm licence to purchase ammunition. “I’m going to ask everybody for a licence, that’s all I can do,” he says. Those without one will have to show him a carbon copy of their application. Although the federal government had promised to pro- cess licence applications in a maximum of 28 days, Pa- gun owners have been waiting trick said some Terrace for as long as five months, Gun enthusiast Terry Morris said him the same thing. A former gun shop owner and current firearms safety instructor, Morris said he waited six weeks for his own application to be approved. Morris told the Standard who he thinks most of the unlicensed gun owners are: “It’s people who have perhaps not bought a gun in 10 people have told “I just hope the people of Terrace and the northwest realize why those prices have gone down.” on predatory pricing by a domi- nant airline, are intended to help Protect and foster new or smaller airlines, and thereby help make for help. East coast competititor CanJet Airlines has spent large amounts of money on legal advice prepar- ing its predatory Pricing case against Air Canada, Haywards . said. He said CanJet is sharing some of its expertise in the matter with Hawkair. Hawkair leased its plane from Halifax-based IMP Group, Can- Jet's parent company. Monuments fh MacKay’s Funeral Service Ltd. Serving Terrace, Kitimat, Smithers & Prince Rupert Bronze Plaques Terrace Crematorium 4626 Davis Street Terrace, B.C. V8G 1X7 Funeral Service = Phone 635-2444 « Fax 635-635-2160 Assodation Concerned personal service in the Northwest since 1946 24 hour pager years or 20 years and they’re now required to ‘fess up and say, ‘Yeah, I need this licence.’ That's the backlog. | That group has teld off until the last minute, rightly or wrongly,” Even big party was no problem, say police EVEN THE loudest part- iers in town were well be- invite a few friends over to ‘shaved -when police: arrived ring in the new year. sgiloshut' down their New. :, Despite’.the “large . terYear’s Eve festivities. crowd, police had very Lit- =: Terrace RCMP officers tle trouble shutting the tssaid a large house party in band down and asking par- ss,the 5300 block of McCon- ty-goers to disperse, ssnell Ave. attracted 200 to Officers seized liquor the holidays, decided to ~ A PE TC eT TOO CR STREET RO ORO ee agQ 8! olen ore “37300 young people. and made only one arrest. zs: “They had a band and “One 15-year-old girl sithe noise was the big “problem,” said Cnst. 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