Potline to open? ALCAN WANTS to te- open a potline and hire 25 people, but only if it and its unionized workers can reach anew collective agreement, The company made the pitch last week as Alcan and CAW Local 3201 officials met to begin discussions on re-opening their current contract, : . Potline 7, containing 70 pots, was idled earlier when demand for aluminum tailed off. Now, says Alcan, it feels it can sell aluminum from the line and wants to re«start production. Alcan has also told the CAW that it can offer wage ~ increases prior to the end of the cument contract pro- vided provided a new deal doesn’t include significant changes. _ “If no early settlement is reached, a significant op- portunity could be lost,’’ the company said in a mews release. Lawyer named ' A FORMER STUDENT here has been named to one of the province’s biggest law firms. , Richard Bandstra has joined the litigation depart- ment of Swinton and Com- pany, and ‘is ‘representing clients in civil,'commercial, insurance, securities and criminal law. Bandstra went to, NWCC and worked for family- owned Bandstra Transporta- tion. Sysiems ‘of Smithers prior to completing his law degree at UBC, ° He’s the cousin of Terrace lawyer John Bandstra. City looking good AN ARTICLE. on Terrace ' the city paid. to have placed in the October issue of B.C. Business magazine has been getting a good response, says the city’s economic de- velopment officer. “We're quite. pleased. They did a good job of put- ting it, together,’’ said Ken Veldman of the piece which promotes Terrace as a place to'live and a place in which to do business. Most of the interest has come from smail businesses, primarily of the service kind, The local economy, as has been the case elsewhere, has enjoyed a massive up- swing in the number of © small businesses being es- tablished. Hammering away at it EXPERIENCED CAR- PENTERS looking ta receive certification have their opportunity next month, The Canadian Homebuilders Association _ of Skeena is putting on a 60- hour course Jan. 2-16 at Northwest Community Col- lege with instructor Dick Coxford. Ken Ramus at 638-0781 has more informa- tion, Bond sale hits record BRITISH Columbians have bought a record $1.3 billion worth of 1995 B.C. Savings Bonds. The previous record was $709 million in 1992, Finance minister Elizabeth Cull said the bond issue will be used to replace $1 billion in maturing government debt held mostly outside of B.C, ; Getting that debt back in- side B.C. with the. savings bonds is good for the pro- vince, because the interest payments don’t leave B,C, _ Tolsec officials expect cellular sales will make up A LOCAL CHARTER airplane service and flight school is up for sale. Terrace-Kitimat airport last week. C-day CELLULAR PHONES will be ringing in Terrace and Kitimat by this Friday, B.C. Tel, Mobility an- nounced Dec, 15 as the date for start up of cellular phone service in the two towns. Towers and antennas have been installed for the cel- lular sites. B.C, Tel Mobility officials are projecting enough cel- lular business here to justify’ the service. The profile of the typical user has changed in the last £0 years from white-collar business -execulives to a wide range of people — in- cluding loggers, . fishermen and families, . “By the late 80s, you were just as likely to see a cellular phone in a -car- penter’s tool kit or clipped to the cage of a Caterpillar tractor as in a Mercedes HELLO? HELLO? Tolsec radio technician Doug Anderson tries out callular phone service here. for any lost business in the pager market here. B.C. Tel Mobility authorized dealers here include Benz,” said) BC. Tel Northland Communications, Sight and Sound, and = Mobility’s Ted Lattimore. Electronic Futures. 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