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“TERRACE — It's called
~ NESS and it has nothing to
‘do with the famous lawman

_ of the same name.

~ But what the National
‘Employment Service System
‘ (NESS) does do is instantly
connect employers with pro-
‘spective employees from the
“coast to. Manitoba using a
:computer hook up.
And that means it’s much
faster and more efficient
than a previous system which

‘produced every two weeks,
Says Janey Homeniuk, the
{jlocal,.-Canada.. Employment
Wentre!s*:supervisor-: of
employment services, |
’~ “it improves our ability to
- give-a continuous service,”
~. she said,

_ system in Terrace can be read
_ within. minutes by somebody
in Saskatoon, for example.
It’s also ‘selective enough
that a person in Terrace
‘looking for work in Saska-
‘toon can find out instantly if

|. there are jobs that might his

or her qualifications in that

_ FASTER COMMUNICATION between employers and
: employees throughout western Canada is now available
through a new computer sytem at the Canada Employment
~ Centre here. The system also means less of that bulky paper-
‘work stacked beside employment counsellor Annette Canute.

_ Hi, Saskatoon

~ relied: on a paper printout’

_~ Information typed into the

city. ; i
Homeniuk added that it
also-means employment cen- -
tres can now list more jobs
than it used to with the time-
delayed paper printout.
‘Some jobs we knew
would be filled before those
two’ weeks were up so it
didn’t make sense to put in
an order, Now that’s chang-:
ed,’’ she said. ' :
There’s also a financial ad-
vantage because the faster a
person on unemployment in-
surance can find work, the
less money is paid in
benefits, said Homeniuk.
'” NESS. has been ‘available
for” awhile * in ‘the’: lower
mainland but it’s just now
being introduced to the rest
of the province. :
Homeniuk said there’s the
possibility someday that a
variation of NESS could be
placed in shopping malls or
other public places to help
people find work. -
NESS isn’t available east
of Manitoba but it can be us-
_ed to check if jobs on the
Paper print out are still
available,

_ College creates

TERRACE — Northwest Com-
munity College is hiring a vice-
_ President to handle its relation-
ship with the new University of
Northern B.C.

College president Don Ander-
son said the person — taking on
the newly: created position of

vice-president in ‘charge of
education — will have other
duties as well, but the main goal
is to make sure NWCC isn’t left
out as the northern university
comes together,
Anderson expects to make a
final decision on who will ‘be

TERRACE -—-- Cominco’s SNIP
gold mine in the‘Iskut Valley is
already producing ore concen-
trate at its mill's rated. level,
Says a company spokesman. _

Merylyn ‘Royea said it only
took six days after’ the: mine's
early February opening to reach
300 tonnes a day of ore. praduc-
tion from its mill concentrator.

“Everything went smoothly,
very successfully: We're. ‘quite
pleased,’’ said Royea, ..

“On concentrators,” it. can
take a couple of weeks tc a cou-
ple of months to get things run-
ning," he added. ee

The mine is located in the
gold-rich Iskut- Valley north of
Stewart, It’s the second mine to

.beging production there, The
first, Skyline Gold’s Johnny
Mountain mine, opened in 1988
and closed last year when its ore
reserves proved faulty. ;

The SNIP mine produces two
types of products — a pyrite

Airlines

in new schedule |

Dash 8-300 plane between Van- |

TERRACE — It's good-bye
Smithers and hello to Prince
Rupert when Canadian Airlines
brings in its spring schedule next
month. ;

The airline is pulling out of
Smithers and that means more
flights between Terrace and
Vancouver will be twinned with
its service to Prince Rupert, says
spokesman Mike Dukelow,

As well, the airline will be

running three flights into Ter-.

race a day when. its. spring
schedule comes into effect,
There are other changes in
northwest air service affecting
Smithers and Sandspit on the

‘~ Queen Charlotte Islands. .- .

Time Air; ’a Canadian

Airlines subsidiary, is replacing.

its parent company in Smithers

with non-stop flights to and

from Vancouver, .
That also begins in April and
Time Air will be using a 65-seat:
Fokker F-28 jet.
Air B.C, has-also announced
it”ll be going into Smithers next
month with a §0-seat Dash
8-300 turboprop for non-stop
. service to and from Vancouver,

. Its BAe-146 jet will remain on

the run to Terrace,

And, Air B.C. will be using a -

hired this week. wey

“The idea is to get someone
in place to work with UNBC
over the next year and a half,"
he said, ‘If we miss the boat on
this one, it’s going to be much
harder three years down the
pipe.” .

Snip mine
doing well |

gold concentrate ‘which is ahi |

Royal Canadian Mint |
ing, 0

- -Royea said the latter also con-
tains silver, a: by-product of .§

4 .

SNIP's ore‘body,

* The concentrate being sent to_

Japan is’ being flown to
Wrangell, Alaska, put in con-
tainers and then barged to either
Vancouver or Seattle for ship-
ment overseas.

Cominco plans to.use the
same hovercraft which took in
mine equipment last year from
Wrangell to ship that concen-
trate Once spring arrives.

_ Cominco is also planning a ff: |

drilling campaign on its proper-

ty this summer to’ find: more

reserves, ’

| Current proven reserves give fl.
the mine a eight and a half year —

life span.

bring —

couver and Sandspit beginning
in April. It'll be the -first time
the airline has opened service to

the Queen Charlotte Islands.” .

t for refin-

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Lower Little Park
_ Thursday, March 28
Beginning At 11 A.M.

Copperside Ill
3309 Kalum St.
Terrace 635-4053

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are 55 years of age,

B.C, SENIORS GAMES
COQUITLAM, B.C.”
-- September 4, 5, 6, 7, 1991

The B.C. Seniors Games are open to all residents of British Columbia who
or older. If you are interested in participating in the
.. Seniors. Games, please fill out the form below and return it to the B.C.

‘Seniors Games Society at the-address shown. Our Sports Coordinator will” “f°
" contact you with further information re the event of your choice. The games
events are as follows: COS bose Bie ee
BADMINTON... DARTS SLO PITCH
- BAGPIPING - VE PIN BOWLING SNOOKER
- BICYCLING : = = FLOOR CURLING: SWIMMING
BRIDGE =~" |... GOLF a TABLE TENNIS
CARPET BOWLING - HORSESHOES | TENNIS
CHESS. - LAWN BOWLING TRACK & FIELD .
CRIBBAGE .. _ONE ACT PLAY : . ne
All participants in the games events are required to pay a $5.00 member- ©

ship fee in the B.C. Seniors Games Society at the time of registering for com- —
petition in their Zone. The persons qualifying to attend the games are re-

quired to pay a $25.00 registration fee.

BOX 208, -
TERRACE, B.C.
-VaG 4A6

Name:

TO: B.C. SENIORS GAMES SOCIETY (ZONE 10),

_ Yea, | am interested in participating In

: {name of games event)

Address:

Phone No.

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evening flights.

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call your travel agent or to call Air
Canada: 635-7069.

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