ETT nari: arene, repens Para ‘of Meziadin this week, fy- A VERNON-based heli- skiing company is one of the newest adventure tourism firms in the region, Last Frontier Heliskiing begins operations northwest ing European and American tourists in for an elile skiing experience. They had carried out some limited operations last year as well and hope to do more in 1998, said company rep- resentative Mike Watling, “We're really just in the experimental stages,"? Wa- tling said Jast week. ‘We're su sussing out the scene, but it’s looking very posi- tive so far,” Customers are flown by private charter to Smithers and then to Bell 2 lodge on Hwy 37. The company charges SUSINESS Heli-ski firm hits slo zc “Wend REVIEW pes The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 28, 1998 - A7 1888: HSEINFO. a S DiEARE . AND STICK ee FOUNDATION ie million bucks?? Come to Hanky’s this _ weekend and you might just get the chance to win the big one!!! We will be giving away lottery tickets as spot prizes all weekend. Friday, January 30 & Saturday, January 31 around $5,300 for seven-day packages that includes all aircraft travel from Van- week. vice,’’ be said. LAST FRONTIER Heli-skiing operates A-Star helicopters based out of Bell 2 Lodge on Hwy37 to fly advanced skiers to pristine sepee northwest of Meziadin. LUCKY DOLLAR BINGO couver, accomodation, and guarantees a total of 100,000 vertical feet of Watling said they fly by helicopter into the surround- ing mountains in small groups of five. “It’s really personal ser- ducts heli-skiing in the coast mountains north of Whist- ler. The company also con- FEBRUARY 1998 PALACE FEBRUARY 1998 skiing over the course of the Labour code surgeons eye training incentives COMPANIES WHICH set up training pro- grams for their workers should get tax breaks, suggests a committee examining the provincial labour code. It’s one way of wiping out old-style animosity and replacing it with a co- operative spirit, says a draft report from the committee, A key part of the programs would be in- volvement of the workers in running them. The committee also suggests advisory councils and research bodies will help make businesses and their workers more competitive and cooperative. “We think British Columbians want} job securily and strong protection for eniploy- ees, and they want a good economic climate and competitivencss,’’ said labour arbitrator Stan Lanyon, a co-chair of the following in our curent CORRECTION NOTICE We wish to draw your attention to the “GREAT committee, SAVINGS GREAT VALUES" fiver. The committee was struck by the pro- | Pade 2 Item 1. HiTop Rough Tole ‘ container §3L, 42-3734-6. Copy vince last year to look at and recommend fF reads: §3.00 off, 42-3736, after changes to the labour code. malin rebste. Should — read: Prior to that, the province backed away : : $3.00 mall-ln rebale. from its. own set of changes after meeting WE SINCERELY REGAET ANY emplover resi . INCON-VENIENCE WE MAY ployer resistance HAVE CAUSED YOU, One of the earlier suggested changes — having a contract negotiated with one com- pany automatically apply to others doing the same business — isn’t favoured by the committee. And ‘it didn’t buy ansemployer, argument: that there should belitiandatory* ‘eErifiCatiby -. votes, Instead, it suggests’ a'secret ballot Yor ratification based on attaining a simple ma- jority is a better test of employee wishes. Purchase 2 of 42-3734-6 and recalve 6n3i8362-97 zones: ALL 00th. New Tanning “at Richards Laundromat & Cleaners on Emerson 48 Lamps, 19 fans, SUNDAY.” MONDAY" TUESDAY. - WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. 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Soceity uingi| || Terabe Skating Chb i be TG sehen ves Sat. Afternoon Games Evening Games Doors 11:30 a.m. Doors 4:30 p.m. -> £ own the Chevron station in Thornhill. - se, | Also be available... Out & About Real estate sales plunge RESIDENTIAL teal estate sales volumes tumbled to $42.9 million in 1997, down nearly 20 per cent from the previous year. The Northwest Real Estate Board’s MLS listings recorded just 327 sales, compared to 408 in 1996 and 801 listings — up from 664 in 1996. © The real estate bysiness charted the economic for- tunes of Skeena Cellulose in 1997, poing strong until about June, when sales volumes plunged and prices dipped amid uncertainty. Although the volume drop averaged 20 per cent for the year, after the crisis began. Sales stats for September, October and November were down nearly 40 per cent. The board reported just 95 MLS-listed homes sold during that three-month period, worth a total $12 mil- lion —down from 147 sales worth $19.5 million in the same thrce months of 1996, . Average prices for single-family homes trended downward through the period, with November's aver- age price sitting at $127,740 —- down 14 per cent from $149,231 a year ago. Remax realtor John Evans says the price drops in Terace were most pronounced at the upper end, with starter homes tending to bold their value better. Evans said the Terrace market may have been “spoiled” by a series of ycars that saw values climb about 10 per cent annually and some people make sig- nificant money over very short periods of time. “This year we didn’t get it and maybe 1998 we won’t get it either,”’ Evans said. ‘We're definitely seeing a market correction in Ter- race right now where it’s been very good for years,”’ Evans said, “It bas been said for years that prices were getting out of hand. But what goes up must come down.”? Newsstand opens VAN'S NEWS, a newsstand in Smithers, will be opening up a Terrace outlet by January 31. The new store is in the former Ashbury's location in the 4600 block of Lakelse, Owner Sharon Eastabrook said she heard about the vacancy the day it was advertised in the newspaper and applied for location right away. And four weeks later she’ll open the new store: . ‘Eastabrook owns Van’s News jointly with her hus- band Gary and parents Ralph and Edith Weick. The four also own the Telkwa Food Mart. They used to Sharon said they've been looking at expanding to Terrace for a year now. The store will carry a wide se- lection of magazines and newspapers from up toa hun- dred different countries. Giftware and souvenirs will * Bastabrook ‘says he lodation is Ideal since tt captures LTD., by Toronto-based Boliden “copper, zinc amd gold at both tourist, bar, pub and coffeehouse traffic. ~—— One Great Tan! 635-5119 #1 In Town Boliden TV, MONITORS 4410 Legion, Terrace Thurs., Fri., Sat. Late Night Games © Family Bingo Every Saturday Afternoon Doors 9:30 p.m. Last Wednesday of the months DOUBLE BINGO SMOKE REMOVAL Games 12:45 Games 6:15 . Games 10:00 p.m. AISLE CONCESSION 635-2411 buys up Westmin WESTMIN RESOURCES the owner of the Premier gold mince near Stewart, has been gobbled up in a hostile takeover bid Lid. Boliden had gained con- trol of 89 per cent of West- rain shares by last week. Westmin _ vice-president Bruce McKnight predicted Friday Boliden will gain complete. control next month. ' “T have no doubt they will lake up the rest and take the lease fram "169 Purchose from $15 913 entire company private be- Lease from fore very long,’’ he said. + It’s expected the firm’s 32/9 operations will be merged in with those of Boliden, Purchase from Westmin had sought a white knight to offer more than Boliden’s $5.40 a share offer, but no other bidders stepped forward. McKnight said Boliden does understand the metals business and the two com- pany’s operations fit well together. He said Westmin’s zinc and copper holdings extend Boliden’s reach to North and South America. “There’s obviously a sense of disappointment amongst all the employees here who have worked to tum the company around, make it viable and build it up into a,real credible oper- ation in both North and South america’? 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