A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 24, 2003-

‘TERRACE STANDARD

Out &
About

Tour group

hits region

MORE THAN one dozen
tourism industry represen-
tatives are enjoying a
whirlwind familiarization
tour of Prince Rupert, Ter-
race and Smithers this
week, Hawkair Aviation
marketing manager Darryl
Tucker says.

The three day itinerary
includes a winter feast al
the Museum of Northern
B.C., a nature walk in an
old growth forest, a river
boat ride, and a train trip
to Smithers, Tucker says.

Inbound travel opera-
tors, airlines and travel
trade media were invited
to attend the trip, orga-
nized by Hawkair and
local tourism operators.

The purpose is to intro-
duce Hawkair’s new as-
sociates to some of the at-
tractions in the three com-
munities the airline serves.

Participants include
Alaska Airlines, GSA Tra-
vel Magazine, Royal Sce-
nic Holidays, and Pacific
Star Tours.

The trip. also included
meet and greet sessions
with business representa-
tives and travel agents.

Guests were flown to
Prince Rupert yesterday,
where they were taken on
a tour of the harbour, the
Atlin terminal facilities,
Cow Bay, the museum,
and the city, spending the
night at the Crest Hotel.

This morning’s stops in-
cluded the North Pacific
Cannery Museum, Ex-
chamsiks Provincial Park,
a tiverboat tour, the Ex-
stew waterfall and the
Northwest Regional Air-
port in Terrace, They'll
stay at the Nerthern Motor
Inn tonight, departing for
Smithers by rail tomorrow,
before flying to Vancouver.

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Deal would make
Alcan number one

ALCAN IS poised to be-
come the biggest alumi-
num company in the world.

And the head of the
local union hopes that
might be good for the Kiti-
mat smelter.

The board of directors”

of Pechiney of France
agreed to a sweetened
Alcan takeover offer, a bid
that had until then been
hostile — and rejected.

The new offer is $47.50
Euros ($73.30) per Pechi-
ney share, just under half
in cash and the rest in
Alcan shares,

If 95 per cent of Pechi-

Most of cable system sold

MONARCH CABLE-
SYSTEMS has sold its Al-
berta and southern B.C.
cable TV operations to
Shaw Communications of
Calgary, but is keeping its
northwest network.

Shaw, which is a major
Canadian cable player,
wanted Monarch’s Alberta
and southern B.C. holdings
to complement ones it. has
in the areas already, Mon-
arch chairman Bill Yuill
said last. week.

“It didn’t fit in,” said
Yuill of Monarch’s north-
west cable system. “And

ney shareholders support
the bid, Alcan will come
up with another Euro per
share.

That takes the total
value of the bid to approx-
imately 4 billion Euros or
about $6.2 billion.

“I don’t know how it
would affect us,” said
Rick Belmont, president of
local 2301 of the Canadian
Auto Workers union.
“Hopefully it'll be on a
positive note.”

Belmont said the com-
pany has looked at up-
grades to the Kitimat
smelter at various times

they don’t have any other
systems around there.”

He said Shaw approa-
ched Monarch and that his
company has every inten-
tion of keeping its north-
west cable system which
stretches throughout the
northwest.

“You'll see us making
improvements and adding
services,” said Yuill of the
northwest in suggesting
Monarch will soon expand
to offer digital TV services
here.

The sale won't affect
Monarch’s internet service

and Pechiney technology
has always been talked of
“as a route,

If the takeover goes
through, he said techno-
logy could be transferred
to the benefit of all opera-
tions without having to
purchase it from a rival
company,” .

“You'd think it'd be
less cost if it’s all the
same company,” added
Belmont.

The deal has to be ap-
proved by both French and
U.S. regulatory authorities
as well as the European
Commission.

here.

Monarch purchased its
northwest cable system
from Okanagan-Skeena
Group several years ago.

Monarch is keeping its
fibre optics network in the
south, Shaw is paying $90
million in cash, assump-
tion of Monarch debt and
in new voting shares.

The Medicine Hat-
based company also owns
a golf course in the United
States and has an expan-
sion Western Hockey Lea-
gue franchise in Everett in
northwestern Washington.

Safeway shelves expansion

SAFEWAY HAS aban-
doned, for now, its plan to
renovate and enlarge its
store here in Terrace.

Company official Sabri-
na Del Monte said the de-
cision was reached after
an internal review.

The company had plan-
ned to purchase a portion
of the building containing
the Bargain Shop and ex-
pand eastward. But proper-
ty negotiations with the
owners of the Bargain

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Shop building have not
been going well.

‘But Del Monte said
Safeway is continuing with
ather plans to construct a
gas bar on the corner of its
property where Ottawa St.
and Lakelse Ave, meet.

Safeway did receive a
city permit for the gas bar
last year and is getting a
revised one because its
building plan changed
slightly, she said.

“Once that building

permit is received, we'll
have a better idea on mak-
ing determinanis to go
ahead,” she said. ;
Safeway already has
seven gas bars connected
with its stores in B.C. and
wants to expand that num-
ber in the next couple of
years. In doing sa, Safe-
way is part of a growing
number of existing grocery
and other outlets who are
adding gas sales to their
products and services.

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Great
debate

THE NEXT leader of the
provincial NDP rolls into
town tonight.

He, or she, is among
seven people vying for the
job that came open when
Joy MacPhail said she was
stepping down.

They'fl be at a debate
which begins at 7 p.m, and
ends at 9 p.m. at the Best
Western Terrace Inn.

The leadership conven-
tion is in November.

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