AG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 12, 1995 Out & About Canterbury adds to blend RED CARPET COFFEE Ser- vices now has a competitor in town. James Thomsen, of 3 T’s In- dustries, is now the northwest dis- tributor of Canterbury Coffee, Thomsen had been in business as a supplier of hotel and restaurant equipment before ad- ding the coffee business about four months ago. Richmond-based Canterbury Coffee Corp. is now the largest roaster of specialty coffees in- Canada, The coffce is roasted in Vancouver and trucked here weekly, he said, . Thomsen says the specialty na- ture of Canterbury’s blends gives him 2 previously under-serviced niche in the market. He's presently home-based but is looking for warchouse space. Women in business THE FEDERAL Business. De- velopment Bank is hosting a Women in Business Conference here Wednesday, April 26, Four speakers will tackle topics ranging from invesiment and -fi- nance to the challenges women face balancing buisness, family and community commitments, The conference. costs $80 and _ happens from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Northwest Community College Rooms 2001-2002. For more information or to reg- ister, call 635-4951. Postal outlet changes THE NEW RETAIL postal aut- let in the Skeena Mall is Bob's Qutdoors Sports. They’re taking over from the Sight & Sound location in the mall as the city’s alternate loca- tion for parcel pickup, according to postmaster Dale Walker. Dease food store expands GOODACRE’S SUPERVALU in Dease Lake is expanding. The current 4,500 square fect of Space will nearly double when the work is done, says store manager Fim Soutar. Formerly called Foodmaster, the store was taken over by Goodacre’s of Smithers last fall. ‘We're going fram 100 feet of shelving to 200 feet and virtually every department will double in - size,’’ he said. The growth reflects the increase ~ in size of Dease Lake, particular- ly since Cassiar’s closure in 1992. That closure resulted in the move of a lot of government and other services to Dease Lake. Rupert port breaks records EXPORTS FROM the Port of Prince Rupert hit 13.8 million - tonnes in 1994, part’s 1987 400,000 tonnes. smashing the Coal exports from the Ridley . Island terminal led the way with an unprecedented 6.9 million tonnes shipped, The port’s annual report pegs grain terminal ship- ments at 5.5 million tonnes, Lumber and pulp exports dropped 33 per cent from the pre- vious year, but a new deal with . Northwood Pulp to move: their Mediterzanean-bound pulp is ex- pected to beost that tally in '95. Alcan posts US $96m profit 1994 WAS the first profitable year for Alcan Aluminum Ltd. in four years. The company reported a US $96 million profit for last year. Worldwide aluminum — can- sumption grew at double the rate of industrial production in 94, .. and inventories began to, fall, boosting prices 10 a four-year high of US $2,000 per tonne. record year by LANDSCAPING Think before you plant it PEOPLE SHOULD put the same amount of thought into planning their yard as they do their house, says a local garden design consul- lant. Flicka Humphrey, of &n- virostyle Garden Design, says too many people build wonderful houses and then make colossal mistakes when it comes to landscaping the yard, The most common error, she says, is planting trees that will grow too big too quickly right nextto the house. "Many people want an instant landscape, so they buy big trees that will grow fast,’ she says. “People should stop and think before they rush off and ‘put a plant in the wrong place.” People also want to maximize their yard space, so they plant trees on the outer edges: close to the fences, close to the house. But then the irees have to be mutilated, she says, when they get big and start to tangle with overhead wires, fences or nearby buildings, Find out the ultimate height and spread of any tree before you buy it, then measure carefully to determine whether you have room for it. Part of the problem, she said, is that many people building houses are only planting for resale a few years down the road, without worrying about the long term consequences.: “‘Tt’s absolutely irresponsible in my mind,” she said. Humphrey and business partner Hanna Hogarth, a qualified horticulturalist, have been in the landscape-consulting business for TERRACE STANDARD. GARDEN DESIGN consultant Flicka Humphrey says you don't need fancy plans when it cames to landscaping. But you should think a litte before you plant trees to avoid problems down the road. about two years. For Humphrey, the business blends her two great loves — gar- dening and art, She prepares plans but also often adds her art flair — coloured perspective drawings of Waiting on gas word JACKPINE FLATS residents are still awaiting word on whether natural gas service will be ex- tended to their area. The proposed $380,000 gas ex- tension is one of a number of similar projects in limbo as the final round of B.C.-Canada Infra- siructure Works grants ap- proaches, . It and other gas extension proposals for this area — includ- ing north Terrace, New Remo, Old Remo, the Kilselas band’s Gitaus subdivision, and Kitamaat Village — total $3.2 million. And that doesn’t include a mas- sive $10 million gas project to the Hazeltons. Infrastructure Works program spokesman Peter Cech confirmed the northwest projects are still on the table, But he couldn’t say whena de- cision would be made. About $587 million of the $675 maillion in the Infrastructure Works program budget has now been spent on 322 different : projects, Cech said. Eighty-five per cent of the money is earmarked for road, water and sewer projects, There’s about $53 million left for those projects. The remaining 15 per cent is al- Jocated towards miscellaneous projects, including gas exten- sions. There’s $33 million left there, There are 900 proposals still on the table awaiting decision, Cech said, noting the program is over- subscribed by a factor of 600 to 700 per cent. how the plans will translate into teal life, About 60 per cent of the busi- ness consists of redesigning exist- ing yards, she added. 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