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‘mAward winning designs |

. - CHERRIE MERCER’ Ss passion for designing clothing adorned with aborigi-
nal designs has resulted in a $1,000 boost to her.business. She is the latest i
recipient of the Youth Entrepreneur Award spearheaded by.MP Nathan Cul- *
~-fen and supported by the Credit Union and 16/37 Comniunity Futures. She » |
- received the award on the closing day of the Nisga’a nation’s biennial special
2 assembly i in Gitwinksihlkw: N May § 5: Nathan: ‘Cullen -was on hand to give her‘her 7]: .

” SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO

By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN |

: ‘FIFTY THREE full and. part time employees
at ‘the Terrace Zellers location will be out of ©

work by the end of January 2007. °
Hudson’ s Bay. Company (HBC), which

owns Zellers, told its ‘employees.at the’ Ter- ..
race location last week they would all be laid 2

_ off and the store closed by Jan. 31..

~ was reluctant to comment on the reasons for

the closure, but'it, does appear to fit-a com-

pany strategy.

“It is a smaller location,” said Bard. “Ob-
viously we don’t comment on the specific
performance of individual stores.” _
Géihpany: was’ purchased

“earlier this year. He announced in March
he planned to revitalize existing Hudson’s
Bay outlets, including stores such as Zellers,
Fields, Home Outfitters and Designer Depot,
rather than pursuing mass closures. -

But the company also said it would close
‘locations that are below a certain square
footage or which’ underperform.

The Zellers location here is simply too

’ . small; Bard said.

-Zellers opened in Terrace in 1998 replac-

. ing the former K-Mart store.

to close”

er race

“We have to ensure ‘we make the best de-’ o
‘cisions to improve productivity,” said Bard. |
“We're closing at a rate of i in the neighbour- ,
‘hood of 10 stores per years so, we are retain- .
. ing consiststency with previous years.” .
Until the store closes down, Bard said it -

will be business as usual.

’ Eligible employees will be offered sever- a
f -»* ance-packages df will be offered a chance to
: Toronto-based HBC official, Alisha Bard Be

apply for openings at other locatioiis. .

The closure will leave the: ‘Skeena Mall, -
which has already seen stores move out, .-

without one of its two anchor tenants, the
other being Save On Foods.
Mall Manager Judi Hannon says she has

heard nothing from Zellers i in terms of its fu- ©

ture-plans.---

_ “They haven't t even told us that they are’
giving their staff notice,’ ” she said,

She did confirm employees at Zellers
have been talking about the closure.
“They all came out saying they got laid

off, so it’s rumour you would have to ask . |

Zellers,” she said.
She could not confirm. when Zellers’

lease expires siting confidentiality reasons,
but did say stores tend to start renegotiating __
leases anywhere from six months to a-year |

in advance of its expiration date. Those talks

have not taken place with Zellers.’

tae

Forest safety

summit. set |

FORESTRY WORKERS

weekend for the Northwest
Loggers ‘Association forest
safety summit. .

_Among_§ the. issues be-

ing discussed are proposed
changes regulating _ how
many hours per week truck
drivers will be permitted to
work, says Mary Anne Ar-
cand, the woman who over-
sees the BC Forest Safety

_. Council’s Truck Safe: pro-
" gram.

The new

. hours capped at 13 hours per

day and one hour for servic-.

ing vehicles.
The plan has caused a

fury of debate within the for- .

estry trucking industry with

'. some proponents arguing 70

hours a week is far too high

-and will contribute to more

accidents caused by fatigue,
while others argue truckers

should be able to work more

_ some economic implications.

\

‘hours in order to make ends

meet, she said.
“That is going - to have

especially in areas east of
. you when they are hauling
-ali that beetle kill, ” Arcand
Says. he

The new. regulations will

‘also affect numerous truck

drivers in the Terrace area.
Arcand is one of four
speakers slated to speak.
Others include Doug
Enns chair of WorkSafe
BC’s board of directors,
Keith Rush, the man in
charge of the forest safety
council’s: Safe Companies
initiative and Roger Harris,

‘*

\

oT regulations _
are expected to see driving

forest safety ombudsman:

The summit is being.or-. .

ganized, by the Northwest
‘Loggers Association.

It’s president, Bill Sauer,
says the summit’s important .
for all forest workers to at-

tend.

“Everyone thinks — the
B.C. Forest Safety Council
is just another arm of gov-

ernment but it’s not, it’s in- .

dustry driven,” says Sauer.

“It’s industry reps like

myself putting informa-
tion into this council and
the council coming up with
safety initiatives.”

Also assisting with the

planning of the summit is

Mike McKibbin, president °

of the Western Fallers Asso- .
. ciation. He authored a report _
" last year that slammed the .
forestry industry for a cul-.

ture of risk taking which he

believes contributes to the ~
unnacceptable number of

lives lost in the forest sector
in B.C. "
Last year 43 forest indus-

try workers lost their lives,
106 others were seriously

injured.
So far this year there have
been four fatalities and’ 19

serious injuries in the forest- .
_ry sector. That compares to

10 deaths and 26 serious in-
dustries this time last year.
‘The conference is open to:

‘workers throughout: the re-

gion including those in Ter-
race, Kitimat, Houston and
Smithers.

Fore details call Mike or’

Debi McKibbin at 638-8729
or Bill Sauer at 635-6801.

“Out &
| About

Shop
shift |

THE MAN who started
a, local. silk screening
and sign shop.2I years

: ago has bought back the

business.
Gord Shaben created

Blue Ridge Graphics in

1985 before leaving the
company some years

later to focus on other

business ventures. Blue
Ridge ‘subsequently

- changed hands over the

‘years but always main-
tained a presence in Ter-
race.

Now the owner of Sil-

vertip. Promotions. and

Signs, Shaben is, return-
ing to his business roots.

More. than 20 years
after he started Blue

Ridge. in a garage near

the Thornhill dump, Sha-
ben has come full circle
purchasing Blue Ridge

‘Graphics and - Promo-
_ tions ‘which will now

become part of Silvertip

Promotions. Shaben is.

also: buying the | build-
ing in which Blue Ridge:

is currently located on: ,
the 4900 block of Greig

Ave.
Former owners Mike

and Kelly. Moore had —

been looking for a buyer
for more than a year.
Kelly Moore will stay on

as an employee to assist.

with the transition.

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