A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 23, 2003 TERRACE ST ARD. BusIngss REVIEW Air Canada won't pay all money it owes local firms TWO aviation service providers here are among those left holding unpaid bills as a result of Air Canada’s move to file for bankruptcy protec- tion. Terminal Express, which has four employes who make cargo and lost baggage deliveries, is owed for the last six months worth of work for Air Canada, : And Avid Aviation owner Al Lar- sen says his firm is awaiting pay- ment for a month and a half of work done prior to the filing. Avid crews do baggage and freight handling at the airport and provide other services like aircraft de-icing. It has three full-time and five part-lime employees. Both firms are continuing to work for Air-Canada,:- with payments for work since April 1 administered by a court-appointed monitor. . The airline filed for protection from its creditors under the Compa- nies Creditors Arrangements Act, the same legislation Skeena Cellulose twice used. A letter from Air Canada presi- dent Robert Milton to all- creditors entitled “Dear Business Partner” TYLOR EVANS is a baggage handler for local firm Avid Aviation. It’s one of the local air services providers thai’s left with unpaid bills by Air Canada, which has filed for bankruptcy protection. JEFF NAGEL PHOTO goes on to explain the airline won't be able to pay all its bills prior to Asril 1, “We regret the hardship this may present to you., but we need to look ahead and do everythi ng posible to continue to work together in the weeks and months to come,” the let- ter said. Terrace’s airport is also owed money — $70,000 worth of passenger fees Air Canada had collected for March and April but had not yet for- warded. 7-Eleven shuts down Terrace store REGIONAL DISTRICT OF KITIMAT-STIKINE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN Plan Monitoring Advisory Committee The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine Solid Waste Management Plan Monitoring Advisory Committee (PMAC) assists with the implementation and administration of the Regional District's Solid Waste Management Plan, The PMAC acls in an advisory role to the Regional District Board and staff on issues related to reduction and reuse, education, recycling and composting initiatives, landfilli components and other matters as required. Persons residing in the Terrace area who wish to be considered for Board appoint ment to the PMAC should submit their name, address, and a short statement o interest and background related to solid management by May 12, 2003 to: Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine 300-4545 Lazelle Avenve, Terrace B.C, VBG 4E1 Phone: 615-6100, Fax: 635-9222. ng strategies, costs of the plan their 7-ELEVEN IS closing its Lakelse Ave. convenience store and gas bar outlet May | because it. can’t make enough money to justify keeping it open. | “After a lengthy eva- luation, the decision is based on current and pro- jected economic. condi- lions,” company official “** Laurie Smith said last week from Vancouver. She said 12 full-time and part-time employees are being offered jobs elsewhere with the compa- i : Out & About Hawkair, TK join forces HAWKAIR IS extending its reach to the Queen Charlotte Islands by hook- ing up with another Terra- ce-based air company, TK Air as of May 12. TK will offer, depend- ing upon the flight times, Piper Navajo service ei- ther from Masset on the Charlottes to connect up with a Vancouver-bound Hawkair plane at the Prince Rupert airport or a flight back after connect- ing up with a Hawkair plane arriving from Van- couver, Hawkair will take care of all bookings and charge . TK a fee, says Hawkair marketing director Char Toews. The connector service also means those going to and from the Charlottes can also take advantage of the flights, she said. And because of other TK Air commitments, Ter- Tace area residents can fly to and from the Charlottes from the airport here, Wal-Mart an RV magnet? THE WAL-MART parking lot -~ right beside the river and a planned riverside trail - may become a fa- vourite spot for RV cam- pers, city officials fear. Regulatory services dir- ector Paul Gipps said Wal- Mart is being warned that if RV parking there be- comes a problem, the city will draw up a new bylaw ¥1o prohibit overnight RV camping in parking lots and commercial areas. “There are people in town already who: make their living.: ftom campgrounds,” Gipps said, ny and are now thinking aboul their options. “This isn’t something done lightly. It is with regret,” Smith said. The outlet opened in Sept. 1997 on a former Pe- tracan station site. The building is leased errant WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: "05. purchase linancing on most tev in-stock 200) ford vehlctes excluding Thunderbird, Mustang, Escape, Expedition, Excursion, Econoling, F-Series above 8: but the equipment on the inside isn’t, Smith said. “All of what is inside belongs to us. 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