Big River Distributors changes both Its location and its policy of accepting returned b _ Public starting Feb. 1. . everage containers from the .. Big River flows into. Thornhill | _ There: has been: a rumour around town for several months, | and it is now a fact. Big River . Distributors ‘is. moving their. operation to Thornhill Monday. Manager Doug Johnson says’. they have been leasing the 8,400 square foot: premises at 3120 Kalum St. for the past 20 years, and in that.time, the business ' has simply outgrown the space, So on Feb. 1, Big River Dis- tributors will open their doors in a new 12,400-square foot com-_ pany owned building in the 3800 block River Drive, _. A change in location, though, isn’t the only change. taking place Monday. Beginning Feb. 1, ’ Big River Distributors will no longer be accepting beer bottles and cans from the general pub- lic. No jobs will be lost due to _ the change, and it’s good news - for the Skeena Valley Recycling | Society. Johnson says the recy- cling depot will be accepting the bottles and cans Big River once Skoena Valley Recycling spokesman -Scott River’s operation is good news. He says the recycling depot will ‘be: paying $1.00 per dozen for -beer bottles and cans, and earn -20 cents per case by sorting the bottles and packaging the cans. These products will then be sold to Big River and the profit will. _ offer a much-needed boost to the fund-raising efforts of the re- cycling society. Schooner adds that they have a similar agreement with Pepsi for _ their product containers. To date, such an arrangement. ‘The owner of the soon-to-be- vacant building at 3120 Katum, Art McGinnis of Panorama Con- - struction in Sechelt, says there -has been some interest from potential renters but the search for a new tenant is not over. ‘barges Schooner . -agrees that the change in Big Stewart apy put it this way: if Cassiar disappeared fomorrow, so would we." | Blaine: Hamilton, manager ‘of Arrow Transport in Stewart, was commenting . Monday on ~ the _ €ffect the. impending. closure of the ‘northern. mining town will have on her. company. Although _it appears that provincial govern- ‘ ment assistance will keep Cas- siar alive for: a few months longer, the writing is.on the wall. By mid-1992 the mine and , ‘any reason for people to con- tinue living there will be. gone. - Arrow’s exclusive business is . hauling baled | asbestos fibre from Cassiar to- tidewater at. Stewart, where it is loaded onto and shipped . to Vancouver, "At the’ moment _ there’ is a lot of discussion, but Hamilton | _ Said when asked about Arrow’s no firm decisions," future in Stewart. The company operates 14 trucks, cach of . which make three trips a week. up Highway 37, carrying diesel fuel up and asbestos back. Under normal conditions, she said, a. barge loaded with 2,880 tons of the fibre leaves Stewart. for Vancouver every 13 days. If the © operation closes, . its - drivers, mechanics and longshoremen, . Nearly | all. 30) of ‘Whom live: in | ‘however, the local Coca Cola’ io ‘distributor has not agreed to Stewart, would be out of work. || __ Arrow’s annual payroll is $2.5 - million, making it a major com- ‘ponent of Stewart’s economy. Hamilton said the district of has calculated that Atrow provides 15 percent of its total tax revenues. ; The effects of the mine’s clo- - gure will be ie widespread, rippling | (Northwest Operations) COMMISSION ra Gath angtord of West Vancouver, B C ] and Mr George Watts of Port Alberni, B.C. have been appointed as ; '. Commissioners of the Westar Timber Ltd. (Northwest Operations) Commission | WESTAR TIMBER LTD The Tenns of Rateronea for ihe Commission ara as follows: Terrace Review — . Wednesday, January 29, 1992: 23 |Cassiar closure another outward - service by truck to Cassiar and communities on. Highway: 37. North since the 1970's. Manager. John Kustas. said, "It will cer- ° tainly affect us, all the way up and down the line, but how _ severely I don’t know, It’s a terrible . thing for the people. living there." -Cassiar Mining Co., a division of Princeton Mines;. went to the. - provincial _ weeks ago seeking a $17 million. government: two loan as part. of a restructuring plan ‘to satisfy creditors and to obtain‘ ‘legal protection from bankruptcy. . The - government, with. $25 ~ million already ‘invested in the failing operation, | declined. The. plan had also. VHamentoa, - Vancouver: and “Whitehorse. In - Terrace Lindsay’s ‘Transport has Provided twice weekly freight included an 1 deal, which did’ “20. through, for employees to extend the current collective agreement for a year and defer a four per- : cent wage increase due to come _into effect at the start of 1993. . Cassiar had also made an agree- ment with its customers to ‘increase the price of asbestos 12-15. percent. In addition to putting its credi- tors at bay, Cassiar also needed * the government foan as capital . financing to Start. “a new under: . -ore body currently. being worked by open pit methods would have been exhausted by the end . of this year. . The ‘mine is the only industry . in town. When it closes ‘the 1,000 people living there will - have little choice except to aban- don it. ade a &, Ss. Wilkinson _ CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT - 635-5307 Member of the Institute of _ Charrered Accountants of B, Co Lam: pleased to. announce 7 will be moving. my practise. os Effective January 30, 1992 we will be located In our new office ot : | #304 - “ABAb Park Avenue _ Terrace, B. C.. ‘Say — — Ret ee aa an ae SST See. PERSONALS for VALENTINES DAY — $4.50 for 20 words a or less. | $1 00 OFF! for Teens! One design included 8 (Please specify). Your message: I To examine the forest tenures, conversion facilities (including the Carnaby and Kitwanga Sawmills and the whole log | ff ‘chipping plant at New Hazelton} and other associated assets of Westar Timber Ltd. in the Hazelton Kitwanga area andto.| | ff make recommeridations to the Minister of Forests concerning possible options for the sale of the northwest operations _ of Westar Timber Ltd. and the transfer of-the associated forest tenures. 2 To consider the following factors in making its recommendations on possible options for the transfer of forest tenures: - a) timber supply and profile; 7 ~ b) timber conversion capacity; ¢) aboriginal.inferests; ae ao ‘d) wood requirements for conversion facilites of other companies and the interests of communities associated with those requirements, 3 To consider the following objectives of the Provincial government in making. its recommendations 0 on possible options for the sale of operations or the transfér of forest tenures: - : oes a) to establish and maintain viable operations and a competitive forest. industry consistent with available timber resources; uy b) to promote long term community stability in the Kitwanga Hazelton area and the Northwest of the Province generally; ¢} to Increase involvement of aboriginal people in the forest sector of the economy; d) to maintain a sustainable forest management regime, The Commissioners will ba conducting public hearings and individual interviews (echeduled by sopoinient ln Hazel . ton and Kitwanga asfollows; ® Friday, February 7, 1992: ® Saturday, February 8, 1992: @ Sunday, February 9, 1992: ® Monty, February 10, 1992: interviews by appointment, HAZELTON . .. Public Hearing (open) starting at 9:30 a.m. Gitanmaax Hall, Highway 62, HAZELTON. Interviews by appointment. HAZELTON - a) Interviews by appointment. KITWANGA b) Public Hearing (open) starting at 1:00 p.m. Gitwangak Hall, KITWANGA The Commissioners invite any and all interested individuals, organizations companies and businesses to present subinie- ; sions either verbally or in writing at the public meetings of in an individual interview, Advance notice of submission i is requested if possible, but is not required, For further information or to apply foran appointment far an interview time, please contact Angela Wesley In Terrace, B.C. DROP OFF AT OUR OFFICE 4535 GREIG AVENUE —im Review— Phone: 628-1727 or FAX: 638-0700.