_ company like Sydney ;Bteel Corp. of Nova: PROVINCIA, LIBRARY” PAR LIMENT BIDeS., ae j = th | Victoria, Bea awe wunicipal byl * or pal hi 4600.block wis’ first. built. “wo, the municipality will Glesbree noledj' “bit have’ ny ee ebm: money. to. aa the’ "sidewalk ee ‘Giesbrecht, said that. the’ se repilicemeit coat for: the. ae ‘curteat sidewalk woud be about $25,000 ‘and half of. that would: ‘be $12,500.. ‘The revitalization desigts calls ~ for bricic sidewalks twice as.wide, ‘cutting the block tor one-lane. ‘traffic in each direction, In’ an: attempt. fo. ‘make the’: area more attractive to- pedestrians. \ aa +" However, : othe “mayor: supported ‘giving “the - “merchants: $35, 000-on the’ badis “it. would "cost: that : per. -cent of ‘the ‘Cost :of street iniprivementa 2 includ lighting; landscaping, ett: That” ; ‘revitalization program, |". The btisinessmen’ had estimated ‘the ¢ qi of new sidewalks a fen and were cdc 'the'city to. we ‘eontribiition: to’ the Project:. "One, the:cit: ‘ tri ues 50° Per cent: of of sidewalk. cost “anyway.” — Anything else. he: Bold the merchants should be prepared 6 pay. wl Re ouch “in: maintenance, dn 'the next. few § years. - dvelopmeit in; the downtown and didn't whel the - "The motion topes the ph pase on trtirded "vate of 4:to 2: Chub Down, Alan Soutar, Bob Cooper “ and Gardon ‘Galbraith ‘voting for. Giesbrecht aid oe Marguerite Clarkson voting against. ‘David Gellately Was, abgent due to urgent family business. : “The: merchants.-were also asking” for: a city contribution. of $5,000" towards. burying .the overhead: -" power lines on ‘the ‘bloc The’ total ccst-is tobe. ; “$15,000, ‘That isto. be split three \ Ways by’ the ity, the” y ° provinee?, .. Giesbreeht’s motion: to ‘change. that $5,000 back to ie terchants | in the form of: taxea was defeated. by an identical four-two'yote, ‘And the, $5,000 imnicipal: : contribution was passed without a payback Provision, ‘and B.C. Hydro, ’ by ‘another, four- two vote.- The last section of the recommendations’ from the finance committee stating that the city would pay no. more than $55,000 total, - “humorous” alter the previous digcusston. Giesbrecht ' called ‘ Established $15.93 billion for the first 11 months of 1982 was almost : ; ‘double the record’ 1960. “annual surplus.” of’ $8.5 billion, but ‘there's . still no. : hint of economic recovery in- figures: released: *foday ° by: ~: Statistics Canada, '. ““There’s very, very, little . that one can point to that's ‘positive, said an agency. ‘trade ‘specialist asked to ‘comment an the November figures. = "After peaking - in “June, ml: 1982, the trend for both a exports and imports is on Its - way-back down, a’ gereral -reflectlon of continulng,. if lethargy in Canada. and its ‘For. example, the greatest . __ increase in-imports during —. November was for crude oil, ‘decrease i in oil imports the 7 previous month, AN agency official noted fot -rising <- as. ‘the - . November figures if taken . alone would: suggést — in fact are falling and have © Friday “and Saturday’ $ open house at. Northwest Community. College’s, :Learning . Resource Centre ({Ibrary) Included more than just looking at the books. There ‘were films, video demonstrations, computer. gdmes.and children’s activities. In addition; there were.:- displays of native artifacts, ‘evolutionary theory, and the work of local. ‘artists. such as: the pottery of Julie Gellner, - : 1983. mes figures, “Statistics . Canada said November: exports. were down.0.7 per: cent, or $44 million, . from \the ° previous month . to. $6.52 | billion. ‘That followed. an 11 9-per-cent, decline. In October and 4. 2.1-per-cent - increase in'September. _ . * TAKARTA (CP). oi a 2. Imports for November reac a fad sution Gacoalan hie 0 4, . oP were up 0.9 per cent, or $42. project which'is threatened by new-laws: ig foreign. - companies to toke payment, in predicts a such 3 palm: oll ‘rathe --than‘in cash,’ : Wea, under tight, security laid on by ‘Indonesia’ "Ss. military, government for his two-day.visit here, got am-_ munition ‘Tuesday: during a meeting ‘with: ‘Canadian : businessmen -vying ‘for. contracts: in tlie:.$2-billlon uit . ' Asam rail, port'and coal-handiing projec My think [have some good arguments't'll iry to use," ‘he million, to $4.98 billion after declines of 14.1. per cent in “October and 3.7 per cent in September. . That: pushed | the “trade -hetween exports and im- porta — back a.further $38 million to $1.57 billion in told reporters hours alter his. arrival from: 1 Kuala Lumpur, . - : November from $1.66 billion Malaysia. - : 7 : : in October ‘and $1.74 billion Canadian officiate’ gay the do‘called vouiiter. trade. laws: 7 in September. . _- ‘The largest ‘Wierease in: * expotts during November ' was for cereals and cereal preparations; up by 2 per cent following . a’ sgo-million . decrease in October. The = largest : export will be: the nutgber one iskue-when ‘Trudeau’ meets today with: indonesian President Suharto. | ‘The year-old. Indonesian law say companies. that ‘do ‘not. offer: concessional financing on deals ‘oyer® $800,000 must take payment in kind. That means, for example, that’a ~ . b, ‘Scotia, which: - hopes:to pel! steel for the project, must tale bo. equivalent . amotint'of products jike rubber, tea of. ‘palin oll, mo We can't do that," sald Rager Hebert, vice-president.of . : ihcks dawnt, eat: tne wer re not inading companies, ‘were: manufae- “ - $700 million. alter a. $440. . “Canada argues it should get an. “exemption. beciuss-« a "Other ege daweasss hy porllon ‘of its $200-million. two-part financing offer is. below - '- exports Were for metal ores market rates and the whole packige | Roti be treated. as coricentrates: and scrap, al. financing. oo i j : ee Pi -Congessiont a: down by $8 per cent to $140 : - Canadian companies have been the éinly bidders on part millton following: a $60-. of the projet and 12 or 13 are’ expected. to get contracts. thillion decrease in October; Canada’s ate up the sleeve appears tobe the threat that — . and precious metals, down Andofesia would have io start from scrateli if ail Canadian . * by 35 per cent to $115 million biddera. don’t: get exemptions. ane after a $40-million decrease - “IE somp of the contracts were takeri‘out of lt; ‘hey would in October. "The greatest increase in imports during the month, aside from impérted oil, was for for cars, up by. 40 - have to renegotiate the whole contract,"‘said-Hebert, The businessmen also pressed Trudéati for more help in : + wining export deals — such as-tax breaks ‘and speedier [. “See ‘Trudeau’ page 3. fot increasing, economic that crude oil imports are | to $490 ‘million’ per cent to $300 million after T Trade surplus offers no. hope _ “OTEAWA (cP) - The a- decrease by a. similar ‘country’s trade surplus of. -amount in October; office ‘machinery and equipment, ‘up by!28 percent: ta $250 - “million; and oll and: coal “products; up 114 per‘ ‘eent to $90 million. following a $45- million decrease in October. “Among the largest import dedreases were motor - . vehicle’ parts, partly af- fected by ‘the Chrysler - Canada strike. They were. . down by 19 per‘ ‘cent to: $505. - million following declines of ' heen almost: halved -since . balance -- ‘the difference © $260 million in October and | $230 million in September, Aircraft imports ‘fell by: 27 _ per cent to $130 million after a °$50-million ‘increase in. October. 4: we i Which increased: by 39 per. ’ Perrault;, . ; = cent, or $100 million; to $340: . The overpass will cma of five concrete spans. over" the: : ‘million. But that ‘increase ‘ exipting ‘CN ‘tracks. ‘followed-- a’ -$135-million . oo. ‘Thefts stopped ; Herald Stall Writer TERRACE— Monday’ in Terrace Provincial ‘Court —'but — Gregory Aumonier pleaded guilty to four. counts of theft ¢ from K-mart: amounting. t0'$13,850.. -” Noticing that money was being removed from the store | peaking in the spring, of safe, K-mart and the RCMP Installed a hidden video : - camera and filmed Ailmonier on three different occasions ‘ Referring to the. monthly. removing money from, the store's cash foom, one while.| ~ was being counted and twice opening the safe to remove ‘the funds. + _ Aumonier was an assistant ‘manager trainee tor the atore . Inaking $235 per, week: After the last video ‘recording the police arrested him in the Skeena Mall parking lot. He was, carrying his ‘weekly salary cash, (K-mart pays weekly. in cash), in his slacks and some of the missing funds in his - “sock. All the bills removed from the cash room had been. marked with ullraviotet crayons for identification. . Tha money found in Aumonler" s50ck was 80 identified, the court “was told... . ; 7 a - imports. . . other countries Aluctuated| _ semana. ; ne ject: the Transportation System Program will also be fund “provincial government: With the Ridley Island Coal Port soon to be in operation this is a move to eliminate as many , | traffic problems as Possible along. the, ‘highway; says ' Exports during the: month; tomajor trading’ partners _: the. .U. 5... J japan maegialy. ‘Imports from. ‘the Us: increased by 5.5 per cent to - $2.61- billion, but” that: followed. “a. -$790-million’ " decline in ‘October, Imports ~ from >the” Americas. exe ‘cluding the U.S. were up 72. per. cent. to. $445 million, . partly: “due to the’ $100- million } increase in-crude: oil: Imports. from by the Out of the $13,850 ‘missing from K-mart, $1, 490 has been recovered.” Aumonier will have to pay back the remaining #12, 360. - Aumonier, who is currently working . tor Ed. Craft ° ‘Contracting Ltd., in “Surrey, B.C., and living with his parents, will” be allowed to return there prior to. sentencing. He must report to a probation officer during ' that period while a presentence report is being prepared by the probation offices in both Surrey and Terrace. -_ Hewill be sentenced by Judge} K. J. 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