SHELL Busey gave out Power Smart advice and answered heme improvement cx:estions at Home Hardware last weekend. Busey popularizes Power Smart Deana Lancaster News Reporter déana@nsnews.com HOME Hardware shop- pers in North Vancouver got an earful from Shell Busey last weekend. .. Fhe popular host of CKNW’s — BC Hydro Home Ideas Show, joined the company’s Youth Energy Services Team at the store to provide helpful hints to the public. Although Busey’s been at the public information game for a while now, the youth team has been tackling the job with great enthusiasm in recent weeks. “THOMAS LEONG VIVIAN CHENG The summer employment pro- ject, created under the provincial government’s Youth Option’s BC program, involves 200 young people. You may have seen them around the Lower Mainland — including Stanley Park, Science World, Whistler and White Rock — listening to BC Hydro cus- tomers’ concerns and sugges- tions, and veo out information about Hydro products and ser- vices, At Home Hardware, Busey added to their program, with information about Power Smart products, and answers to shop- pers’ home improvement ques- tions. jm 986-4371 AMEX BROADWAY WEST REALTY 649-4582 4506 RANGER AVE., NORTH VAN. CANYON HEIGHTS ~ Totally updated 3 level split home ‘= 8 bedrooms up, master ensuite with jetted tu -- Designers kitchen B ~2 storey tall solarium off family room : — Lower level has 1 bedroom, 1 mS rec room and a 3rd bath my — Lot 65'x116 & — Close to Handsworth School — 3 bedroum, 3 baths ~ Over 1660 sq.ft. — Bright end unit with lots of storage — Sunny fenced patio with pri- vacy — Two car secured parsing — Pet OK #2-2133 ST. GEORGES ANVE., N. VAN - Central Lonsdale, 3 levels, family home ~ Gorgeous 50x157 lot — Main floor master with ensuite - Two bedroom + den upstairs : — Total of 5 bedrooms, 3 baths — Family room off kitchen with sliders to deck in backyard — 2 bedroom in-law accommoda- tion in basement BAY CITY REALTY INC. “New Home ae KEITH RD. ' -. NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. EXPERIENCE THE BEST! 2 Deluxe 2-level penthouses FD 1446 sq.ft. and 2068 sq.ft © ratios & balconies to 900 sq.ft. es ceilings, + windows MB > courmet kitchens sarbie finished gas fireplaces, 7 top line appliances f > Whirlpool, sauna, exercise room, two guest suites + Live-in Caretaker - secure underground parkin: INDIAN RIVER'S BEST i Graat home for young family. Most desirable J C-D-S. Weatk to Dorothy Lynas & park. Surny & bright. Fully fenced S/E level yard. a Family room off kitchen. A must see! 3825 ORLOHMA PLACE. Better conds warranty te be available BUILDING industry players are doing all they can to help new home and condo buyers breathe easier. The latest to offer reassurance in the form of enhanced warrancy protection is The National Home Warranty Programs, the pri- vate sector warranty provider recognized by CMHC to provide warranty coverage for new homes across the country. The enhanced protection meets the recom- mendations of the Barrett Commission report as well as the Mandatory Warranty Legisiative package that was introduced in to the House July 13. “It’s time co rebuild trust in the new home building industry in the province, “said Ken Burton, president of the National Group of: Companies. “We are going to act now on Barrett’s recommendations, because we believe it’s the right thing to do. Effective today, new home and condo buyers can have warranty coverage for two years on all work- manship and materials, water penetration cov- erage for a full five y: cars, and major structural : protection for 10 years.” The extended warranty protection is avail- able through builders who've . chosen ‘the; National as. their warranty provider. This: optional warranty coverage will cost/an addi-- - tional $100 per. anit. Multiple family | y prciects : will require ce and project. liability. insurance to be" in place for thaxe involved i in: constructing the building enveldpe. 7 “We chose not to wait unté tne Jantiary, lL 1999 cfiective date of the mandatory warranty : legislation,” said. Burton. “We are oifering it: now at very little extra cost because we. have _ confidence in our builders and in the industry in B.C.. It’s time to move on, and get ‘the: home and condo industrv back to work.