AB - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 15, 1996 Business Review es CANADA! |. Out & About Copperside ready COPPERSIDE FOODS is getting ready to meet the flood of extra demand that will be unleashed if a strike shuts-down local Safeway and Overwaitea grocery stores. Owner Bob Lavoie said he will open up the chain’s warehouse on Kofoed Dr, in Thornhill as a cash-and-carry caselot op- eration if a strike drags on. “There will be a lot of pressure,’’ he said. “We won't be able to handle all the demand. But we'll do what we can,”’ Although speculation is rampant about a lockout or strike as early as this week, Lavoie docsn’t think it will be that saon. “Pm almost positive it won't happen dur- ing the election,’ be said. Local workers voted 96 per cent in favour of strike action last week. Pet store coming A NEW pet store will open here soon. A Pet Land franchise, owned by Bob Lavoie and Rick Williams, is scheduled to open June { in the Keith Ave. Mali. It would be the third such store in B.C. There’s one in Vancouver and one in Kelowna. “They're quite strong in Manitoba, Sas- katchewan and Alberia,’’ Lavoie said. The outlet will offer a full line of pets and pet foods and will be managed by Wil liams. Chamber hits 300 A COUPLE OF mileposts have been marked at the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce. Chamber manager Bobble Phillips celebrated her 10th anniversary with the chamber last Thursday at a surprise party with the staff there. And the Chamber has also cracked the 300-member level. They now have 309 members and have grown in membership by more than 10 per cent in the last year. Stylists compete HEADSHED stylist Jackie Belanger took.: first place in the visual haircut category and first in the fantasy competi- lion at a hair show hosted here April 28 by the northem regional committee of the Hairdressers Association of B.C. Darla Battle of the Waves Salon in Prince Rupert took first in the men’s com- mercial haircut category and also took the over all points award, Town recognized WILLIAMS LAKE has been named the B.C. mining town of the year by the Min- ing Association of B.C, The community may be well known for its cattle and lumber industry, but it and the surrounding area has also been an ac- live player in the province's maining in- dustry. What’s New At % “~ FLYNN SCHOOL OF BALLET 3226A River Drive Adult Classes Tuesday evenings or Saturday mornings, Call 638-2077 For more information. Piease feave a message. ee BUILDERS AND contractors are experiencing one of the busiest years yet in the Terrace area. Despite a late spring that should have delayed the building season slart, construction is already way up over the same point a year ago, By the end of April, city building inspectors had issued building permits worth $9.22 million — 35 per cent higher than the $6.8 mil- lion issued to the end of April, 1995, Last year construction hit a new record of $24.7 million here, but at the current pace — and with the bulk of the building season still ahead — city officials expect that number will be smashed in 1996. Leading the way this spring is a record $2.7 million so far worth of multifamily residential wnits. Skeena Kalum Housing Society’s 18-unit affordable housing expan- sion, and an assortment of duplexes, four-plexes and six- plexes make up the 33 multiple dwelling starts here, That’s up a whopping 471 per cent from last year’s seven units at this point, Joel Baltzer, Senior Market Analyst for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation attributes the growth to rental markets, “Multiple dwelling starts this year have been concentrated - in areas with under-supplied rental markets, such as Prince George, Quesnel, Terrace and Williams Lake,’”” he says, Other areas with over-supplied rental markets have not seen the Same growth, According to the CMHC, there were no multiple starts in’ Kitimat in the first four months of 1996 and multiple starts skipped 40 per cent in Prince Rupert during the same period. Single family house starts arc also up a respectable 15 per cent from 23 to 27, according to Paul CONSTRUCTION IS up 35 per cent from this time last year despite an unusually late winter — and the big projects haven't hit yet. Building pace way up from last year ‘lion — on roughly the same pace as last year’s punprecedented™ com- “F |° TERRACE CONSTRUCTION $ million 25 20 15 10 ‘7 °88 '89 ‘90 '9T “92 '93 ‘34 ‘95 “96 yo Gipps, senior building inspector for Terrace. Housing starts in northern B.C.’s urban centres is up 51 per cent overall in the first four months of 1996, according to CMHC stats. This increase in northern housing | Sstaris runs against the overall declines of 21 per cent for BC and 16 per cent for Canada. Permits for commercial construc- tion in Terrace has passed $2.1 mil- mercial building season, That number, however, is small potatoes compared to what staff at city hall are expecting to see very shortly. Land south of Kermodei Trading on Keith Ave, has been rezoned for a large, but as yet undisclosed, 37,000 square-foot retail develop- ment. And another much larger retail development is also in the works, Itall adds up to a frenzied spring for building inspectors like Gipps, who's desperately trying to keep up with demand for permits. He says the number of applica- tions for subdivisions is also soar- ing — already 15 per cent above the entire number received in all of 1995, YOU BE THE JUDGE by Claire Bernstein Helpful friend wants estate fo pay Malcolm Underbridge had died. At the cemetety, his middle aged sons gathered around their mather to give her support. “Gentlemen, please move out of my way. | may be 85 and shrinking, | may be blind, but Tan not a fragile little old lady. Bennett, please get your foot off my cane so I can walk back to the car. ce The sons gave a collective groan. They did not relish the task ahead, Back in Edith’s comfortable, chintz deco- rated living room, Christopher, Edith’s eldest son, took his best shot. “Mother, Dad took care of all your needs ever since you became blind. Who is going to cook for you?” “What docs it matter? After eating his meatloaf every night for 20 years; I'm sur- prised Tim still here,” “Who's going to clean for you, do the’ bills, buy the groceries? : Perhaps you should consider going into a-senior cilizens resi- dence, There you wouldn't have to worry about all these stressful details.” Edith’s face tightened. © Angrily, she pounced on Christopher. “And when was the last time you cleaned a stave, Christopher? You wouldn't even know where to buy the cleanser. Your wife does all the shopping and handles the bills, Does that mean that we should put you into an old peo- ple’s home?” Christopher's shoulders slumped. “What do you propose?” “My sister inlaw, your aunt Carol, has offered to do all the chores. Now, please leave, you are becoming tiresome. [ need my nap.” For four years Carol took the place of Malcolm Underbridge. “Carol, my dear friend,” Edith said, “It’s Based On Actual Court Cases been four wonderful years, | owe you so much.’ I promise J will provide for you in my will, You will never have to worry about money. My. sons are all independently wealthy, They don’t need all my money.” That night Edith died peacefully in her sleep, She never had a chance to alter her will. . , At the funeral, Carol didn't waste time on pleasantries.. She accosted Edith’s sons. “Your mother promised to take of me. It is now your responsibility.” The sens turned a deaf ear and walked away, : Carol was incensed. She stomped into her Tawyer’s office, “Sue the estate. Naw!!" “Your honor”, Carol pleaded, “E took care of Edith for four years, I loved her and never intended to charge her for my help. But she promised me | would be compensated. “The estate has been enriched by my work. The law presumes that services provided by a stranger are not intended to be free. Make the estate give me my share,” The estate jumped up: “Your honor, Carol was no siranger. And there was no contract regarding any payment. Caral did the work oul of love and a sense of family obligation. We're grateful but she isn’t entitled to anything.” Should Carol be compensated? YOU BE THE JUDGE! Then sce below for the court's decision. “Helping People Cope with the Legal System” #24623 Lakelse Ave., Terrace, B.C, ® Criminal Law * Divorce & Family Law Child Custody Personal Injury Adoptions Impaired Driving Immigration Wrongful Dismissal Wills Small Claims 638-1764 Fax 638-7249 services were meant to be paid for.” umnist. Copyright 1995 Haika Enterprises, YOU BE THE JUDGE - DECISION “Sorry Carol, you were a good friend but the estate doesn’t owe you a thing,” decided the court, “The law presumes the services of strangers are aot free. 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