A14 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 14, 1994 News In Brief Rent market still tight fERRACE IS no longer the toughest place in nosthern B.C. to find rental accommodation. However, figures released by the Canadian Mortgage aud Housing Corporation (CMHC) show apartments are is still scarce here. As of October, the vacancy rate was 1.6 per cent, down frac- tionally from April of this year. Fort St. John (0.5) and Quesnel (0.7) were the lowest while Kitimat, at 14.5 per cent, had the highest, Average rents for a two-bedroom apartment here climbed $16 to $540 per month between April and October, Only Prince Rupert ($593) and Prince George ($558) are more expensive. ‘Alliance talks to Germans THE FOREST Alliance of B,C. led a nine-member delegation to Germany recently. - The group, which included Ehattesaht chief Earl Smith of Campbell River and Tl’azt’en grand chief Edward Jobn of Fort St. James, met with representatives of government, industry, academia, enviranment groups and the media. ; Alliance director Patrick Moore said the intent was to ensure that country got ‘accurate and up-to-date information about our forest sector.”’ - Germany is B,C.’s third largest market for forest products, im- porting more than $317 million worth last year. Commission established ! 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