Page A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 17, 1993

USINESS REVIE

Mines minister crosses
fingers for a good 1993

TERRACE --- Last year may not

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TERRACE — The snow has
barely gone and already con-
tractors are pouring into the
city’s permits office with plans
for. the coming construction
season.
wadiWelve got 13. house. plans,

duplexes and four-plexes going
‘up everywhere,” said’ city
permils director Bob Lafleur
last week.

And that, Lafleur continued,
is only a sign of what he. says
should be another. strong. con-
struction season in Terrace and
area. ———

“A couple of ‘contractors
have already told me they.are
booked for this year — they’re
not taking. any more work,’’
said Lafleur.

in already. There: seem :to, .be;

The cily last year. experi-
enced a record year for build-
ing activity with $24.16 mil-
lion registered. More than half,
$13 million, was in residential

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had a strong-year with more
than $5. million” recorded in
new construction or renova-
tion.

Lafleur said a lot of the hous-
ing interest is pent up demand
left over from last year.

“As. soon as the snow goes
away and the sun comes out,
people start panicking. They
don’t want to be left out,” he
said.

SPRING USED to be heralded with the return of birds. Now
it's noted by the first house foundation going in, And that's
Bob Wall of North Wind Ltd, getting ready for concrete at this
start on Maroney Ave. Another busy season Is predicted.

Busy builders
get underway

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have been the best for the mining
industry but it wasn’t the worst
either, says mines minister Anne
Edwards.

Her comments followed the
release of 1992 provincial mining
statistics.

They do record a drop in ex-
ploration — $113 million .com-
pared to $137 million in 1991 and
larger figures in the years pre-
vious.

“Tt could be better but remem-
ber that B.C. faces a lot of inter-
national competition, If there is a
small comfort, B,C, had more of
a share of exploration than any
other area in Canada,’’ said Ed-
wards, _

She said people shouldn’t be
surprised that B.C.-based com-
panics are heading to Chile to ex-
plore.

‘Chile just opened up, It hasn't
been explored before and you
have to expect a great deal of ac-
tivity,’’ said Edwards.

The minister did note that past
exploration resulted in 1992 of
two projects receiving all but
their final development permits,

One is the Imperial Metals plan
for a copper/gold project near
Williams Lake and the other is
for a lead/zinc mine in the Peace
River region.

Yet Edwards did acknowledge
that a number of mines closed in
1992, reducing the overall value
compared to 1991...

The list of-closures includes the
bankruptcy. of Cassiar Mining
Corporation’s asbestos ‘mine at
Cassiar to the north and the end

‘of mining at Bell Copper. mine

Granisle when ore ran out, *

There were also bankruptcies
and strikes affecting coal produc-
tion in the Kootenays.

All told, the value of solid
mineral sales: dropped:-nineper
cent! from sthe:' 19914 --figure “of
$2.755 billion to the 1992 figure
of $2.505 billion.

Most of that drop, was in the
coal sector. Mineral. values ac-
tually rose, by .6 per cent.

“T think there is a level of op-
timism out there for 1993,” said
Edwards. ;

“We're getting a lot of interest
and our goal is to help. stabilize
the industry,”’ she added.

Some of that will come from
the Commission on Resources
and the Environment which Ed-
wards said will provide a rational

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Anne Edwards

approach to land use.

“Before, the approval process
was ad hoc, We're aiming for a
process that now takes less
- time,’? Edwards continued.

She said it would be wrong for
people to look at last year’s
downturn as a sign of non con- -
fidence from the mining industry.

‘That’s very simplistic reason-
ing, We’re working toward a
common purpose,”’ said Ed-
wards.

The minister also said the
results of a trip to the Orient in
late 1992 will provide a solid
base from which to work,

She said B.C, continues to .be
attractive to mining development
because of its stability and trained
workforce,

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More should be known about
the possibility of a copper smelter
at Kitimat later this year, said Ed-
wards.

She said the idea received a
good response during the above-
mentioned trip to Asia.

“Right now there are a lot of

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Portfolios Benefit Learning

Our. lives consist of many different

: activities, Often these are part of long-

term: endeavors that are very important
to us--raising a family, building and
maintaining a home, or earning a living.
Many times each day we think about
what we are doing. We assess
ourselves and try to learn from our
mistakes.

When something Is very Important,
people strive to understand how they are
doing. They work to Improve.
Professional artists, writers, athletes,
and others often keep “collections” of

‘their work In one form or another, They
review their past performance and make
Judgements about how they did. They
gain a greater understanding .of what
makes them excel and where they might
be having difficulties. They think about
the mistakes they've made and try to
improve. They set new goals for
themselves.

_Many students in our schools are
learning to think about thelr work in the
same way. They are keeping and
examining collections of their work.
These collections are often referred to
as portfollos.

Portfolios are more than assorted
samples of students’ work. They are
organized collections.
examined with an important purpose in
mind. Portfolios ara a tool for thinking
about what matters in learning.

Students think carefully about their
iearning as they examine thelr portfolios.
They question what they are doing, what
works for them, and what doesn’t work.
They set goals for future learning. In
some schools, students: use thelr
portfolios as the focus. of

_ student/parent/teacher conferences. -
They explain to their parents what they
are trying to accomplish and show

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examples of their work. They use the
portfolios ‘to show what they have
learned and where they want to go.

Portfolios can inciude anything that helps
a student understand how he or she is
learning: assignments, projects,

_ photographs of work, tests, journal

entries, storles, audiotapes, drawings,
book reports, awards and certilicates,

assessment comments, etc. Students:

and teachers decide what will go into a
portfolio. They regularly look through the
collections and make comments and
decisions.

Students may work by themselves, with
another student, or with the teacher to
evaluate thelr work and to decide what
should be done next. Students and
teachers may decide that some of the
work will be presented more formally or
needs additional effort to make it
complete. Students may write comments
about what they are trying to do and haw
well they have succeeded. Comments
by students, parents, and teachers all
become part of the portialio;

‘School District 88 has recently been

involved In a Joint project with the
Ministry of Education to develop teacher
resource materials for using portfolios
across the curriculum. Six teachers from
our district formed the core group for this

project and contributed to a draft Ministry ~ ;

resource called Portfolio Resources:
An Assessment and Evaluation
Project. These teachers presented an
inservice session in September 1992
attended by teachers from our district.

“The use of portfolios is one way for

students and teachers to assess
learning. Portfolio assessment

encourages students to become more:

active and responsible learners, and
helps. them develop. Ifelong learning
habits. a :