Business

WHILE THE Kitimat smelter modernization project may still be waiting for full Rio Tinto Alcan board approval, Jacynthe Cote, president and CEO of the company’s primary metal division, said May 13 that total expenditures by year’s end will have reached $700 million.

Credit Union Central of Canada (Canadian Central) presented its National Credit Union Awards for outstanding achievement during a ceremony at the 2011 Canadian Conference for Credit Union Leaders in Niagara Falls.

A ONE-DAY session designed to spark interest in new ways to use northwest wood opened the eyes of those who attended, says one of its organizers.

THE COMPANY which wants to re-open a molybdenum property at Kitsault at the end of Alice Arm north of the Nass Valley, believes it can officially enter the provincial government’s approval process in late summer.

M & M Meats raised just over $1.55 million across the country from its annual charity barbecue in support of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada.

Terrace Totem Ford has been a supporter sponsor of the Canadian Cancer Society's Terrace Relay For Life since 2008

The Thornhill Fire Department now has large water supply capabilities in outlying areas thanks to a donation of old fuel holding tanks from Copperside Foods.

KITSELAS CHIEF councillor Glenn Bennett has changed his mind about stepping down. Bennett, who has held the top job at the Kitselas First Nation for 10 years, had announced earlier this year he wouldn’t be running again in elections taking place next month.

TERRACE TOTEM Ford in Terrace has once again won an award for all around sales and customer satisfaction.

SAVE ON Foods manager Darren Davies set an ambitious challenge for his store's Relay for Life team – raise $3,000 and he would set up his treadmill and run/walk the equivalent distance to Kitimat.