" negotiations in regard to the pur- Bus firm .prepares = ‘to slash | ‘se hedule ’ GREYHOUND wantsanew * . to-cut bus service levels in - half in northwestern B.C.” ~ would be allowed to reduce _ it to reduce the frequency _ onan expedited basis. - pedited applications or io” exists or reveal any details - were much more tightly A12 - The Terrace Standara, wed nesday, February 16,.2005 TERRACE STANDARD ~ Business Review _ Shopper - Northern Drugs | Moving to old Bargain Shop location By JEFF NAGEL . ~ SHOPPPERS Drug Mart is moving to acquire -the Terrace-based Northern Drugs retail chain. But neither company is: pro- . viding details of the transaction, _ Which they say hasn't completed , yet. “Shoppers Drug Mart is still in chase of Northern Drugs,” said Arthur Konviser, the vice- presi- dent of corporate affairs for Shop- pers Drug Mart. | > “We can’t comment on it at the moment. because the deal has not yet concluded.” ” Northern Drugs has two. out- lets in Terrace — one in the Skeena Mall and one, called. Northern Healthcare. in the ‘Park Avenue . Medical building. Gerry Martin, who owns the company along with Larry Krause, s to buy said he could not discuss the deal yet, also owns Northern Photo.. The Northern Drugs. holdings ; in Terrace include Northern Photo and the shopping mall in which. the outlet is housed.. ‘ ‘ . There are also Northern Drugs stores in Prince Rupert, Kitimat and Smithers. A Northern Drugs outict in Burns Lake closed sev- cral years ago. Martin and Krause built North- _ ern Drugs from the ground up in a span of three decades and over -the years have. made it one of the better known of the northwest’s locally-held enterprises. . Meanwhile, plans -are’ moving ahead for Shoppers Drug Mart to: relocate its store here into the larg- _ er space vacated when the Bargain Shop closed last winter. ;, City building inspector James Weldon said he’s examining. plans aoe GUID OUTS CanADA GUIDES CANADA CANADA SREREERT ALR RELBLLBLEREEDREREEE RE EES EEE BEES BE Ts ec a ER . is pnt See eee ab. THE FORMER Bargain Shop location is to become home to Shoppers | Drug Mart, which is also finalizing a deal to buy Northern Drugs. fora significant exterior and inte- - rior renovation of the building. Work could be under way some- - time in March, he added, provid- : ing an carly boost to construction ‘activity this spring. The. eastern 20 per cent of the roughly 20,000 square foot vacant ‘bys in throughout the eastern end of : Weldon said Shoppers will pay to resurface the parking lol and ex- tend the landscaping pul in place Safeway when its gas bar went the lot. The rear of the building will also. get a major facelift, he said. Annual General Meeting of the Terrace Public Library Association will be held at 7:00 p.m. on ‘Thursday, February 17, 2005 in the Willy Schneider Meeting Room Elections to the Board of Trustees will take place and nominations for these positions will be screed from the floor. PRE- INVENTORY SALE WE WOULD RATHER SELL IT THAN COUNT IT! Where Quality Makes A Difference ,ex-Bargain Shop building will be . partitioned off to a new tenant, Weldon said. “It's going to be a much more attractive approach from the over- pass,” “he said. www.bc.scouts.ca IN By JEFF NAGEL licence that’ would allow. it .: The bus line, which now has two westbound and two- eastbound buses passing through Terrace every day, that to.one each way if the application is approved. “That doesn’t mean we would change the schedule immediately or anything,”. said Brad Shephard, Grey- hound Canada’s vice presi- ‘dent of business develop- ment. » “But we would have the ability if demand warranted PLARKAKRR RAR RIP IRIR IRA SASL IPA KAR RR IRA RIT RR TAR ARRBRA RRP RRB HR RR RRRA PKR RAARRRAIHIIEIL Scouts of all ages are the pride of ou our involvement to make a better community is Proud sponsor and supporter of the 8th Division Terrace Beavers and Cubs. 5100 Hwy. 16 West, Terrace VOLVEMENT community. Their awareness-and Ch: what scouting is all about. 635-7178: DARA RAL. PARSE LARA PARRARA ARRAS ARRBBEny LLLELARAEELERLEE REE BEER ERRL BREE RRR BETS on that route.” He said the number - of passengers taking the bus between Smithers and Prince Rupert is down, An average of .10-to 15 passengers ride the buses ‘that pass through Terrace, Shephard said. “We would like to see it” in the mid to high 20s,” he said, adding Greyhound’s buses on the run have a ca- pacity of 47 to 54 passen- gers. ’ He said Greyhound re- views service levels four times per year. -The application is be- ing considered by the pro- vincial government’s new Passenger — . Transportation - Board. It’s the new. authority, created to replace B.C.’s old Motor Carrier Commis- sion. Carriers must 1 get a new RRIF RAARRAAARRARRARPRRIPRIRMPRRAPRADRRRIAKRRRRRRPRAPKRAAAALALARARA ARR RL Mehr he he heachenhaaeahehaate NEW WORLDS Scouting opens new worlds of learning and exploration. Our hope for the future is in the 4740 Lakelse Aves, Terrace LRALBECELECCLLECERULECERELE SEES EEECRULUECERSEEESREREBCELERLS SO. hands of our youth today. SEES. ?'m lovin’ it tS (> licence from the. board by (eee BBREBDD’ TL ELERETEERSR rrr ED a eS LLLBEEDSELELERLE RUE E RE REDE ERASE RE BE Ta LLCLEELEECLEREERELEREELERLE SEE RESSEEESESERERBLERDS STEELER LERY Flag Raising: McDonald's Wear uniform to school / work Followed by an indoor camp fire OPO OCCT Bake Off Skeena Mall (Zellers) e SCOUTS / GUIDES brownies received by Feb 19. Hike For Hunger City Hall BALLER ELEEDELE DERE EE EE REED Eh See i he ~ February 20 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH 1:00pm MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST Church Service Knox United Church 6:30pm WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD a Family Banquet (Scouts) 6:00pm Evangelical Free Church 4640 Park Ave. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH | 7:30pm © BEAVERS / SPARKS chocolate chip cookies e CUBS / BROWNIES rice crispie squares ’ Medals will be awarded for each category. Al entry forms must be Note: the baking should be supervised by the parent, however, the majority of the preparation should be completed by the youth. Drop off forms to your leader or to #137-4524 Scott Ave. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH | 11:00am Followed by hot dogs and refreshments at the George Little Memorial Park SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH Free Family Swim Terrace Aquatic Centre 1:00-2:30pm tat on ta atthe nt te han a hat ghan Nantel Neatan athena, : RIP ARID IRI IAS AIA IRIE A III RI KARR RRIRRA TORS Open Sundays Skeena Mall = Terrace @ 1 SUE B/SCOUT WEEK Noon-5:00 pm iS e= SCOUTS CANADA GUIDES CANADA SI. 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