Business

REAL ESTATE sales and prices in the northwest remain virtually the same as last year at this time.

The company looking to put a bio-coal plant in Terrace has an anticipated construction start date set for this May.

ONE OF the largest construction camps to be built in the northwest in years is now open to house the workforce needed for a $700 million run-of-river hydro project on the Iskut River north of here. AltaGas, a Calgary-based energy company, is building the Forrest Kerr project, rated at 195 megawatts of power, to feed into the Northwest Transmission Line and so provide access to the main provincial BC Hydro grid.

McDonald's on Lakelse Ave. is getting ready for extensive renovations in the next few months. says owner Shauna Leblanc.

Page 10 of The Terrace Standard's March 23 issue in the business section incorrectly named Wayne Bolton instead of Alex Bolton.

AIR Canada Jazz is adding a fourth flight six days a week beginning this spring to meet passenger demand.

A PLANNED liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant near Kitimat represents the only real hope of reducing natural gas bills for northwestern residents, says Skeena NDP MLA Robin Austin.

B.C. in general and the north in particular is on the verge of an economic boom because it has natural resources wanted by the Asian market, says the head of a business lobby group.