North Shore companies show off their wares A NUMBER OF North Shore companies, including Ballard Power Systems Inc., Offshore Systems Ltd., DBA Communication Systems Inc., Pyrotech Asphalt Equip- ment Mfg. Co. Ltd., Sytek Enterpises Inc. and Elemental Research Inc., will be showing their stuff 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 28, in ballrooms A, B, and C of the Van- couver Trade and Convention Centre. The 1992 western Diversifica- = ion Product Show features com- panies Teen Michael Becker panies recently supported by. the federal Department of Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD). : Companies assisted by WD must be developing a new pro- duct, entering a new market or in- roducing new technology to western Canada. The department’s goa! is to ex- pand the western Canadian economy beyond its traditional raw-resource base. Within the past five years WD has issued interest-free loans of over $250 million. Admission to the product show is free. HIGH TECH anrere : FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS News photo belonging to the Interac Associa- . tion have launched a service that ciations division introduced earlier ELEMENTAL RESEARCH inc. president Robert Brown locks on as tab technician Ray Ford examines a sample. The North Vancouver company is on the leading edge of research into the way our ; bodles absozb, distribute and excrete chemicals. The company uses inductively coupled piasma “mass spactometry equipment purchased with the help of Western Eccnomic Diversification Canada. The company developed an analysis method that can detect elements in blood and urine samples at concentrations as fow as 0.0001 part per million. - Employee relations discussed at meeting “THE ‘ASSOCIATION of Women ’ Business _ Owners’ CVBO) first . meeting of the season on Tuesday, ‘Sept. 29- will feature speaker :Keanne.L..-Turnbull, Director of : Mediation: Services for the : Van- ‘couver- Centre. for Commercial" Resolution: How To Solve Prob- lems In Your Business...Without Making Enemies.”’ Guest speaker Leanne Turnbull will discuss practical techniques and. alternatives you can use to maintain positive relationships and ly satisfying solutions. Noa- members (yes, men too!) are welcome to attend the meetings. The cost is $23 and in- cludes a buffet dinner. To register for the meeting or - for further information on the WBC, call 732-4175. now makes it possible for holders | of Interac cards used to make cash withdrawals at automated banking machines to use the cards to purchase goods and services at participating retail outlets. The purchase transaction is - automatically transferred from the - customer’s account to the mer- chant’s account. In B.C., an estimated 4,700 terminals are in place at about 2,300 retail outlets. e*nehee- B.C. TEL’S advanced commun- i Ge a 7 KEY INVESTMENT this month an enhanced facsimile . capability as part of the electronic communications service it offers. Enhanced Fax is a “store and forward’’ facsimile service with a broadcast and mailbox capability. Customers can send documents to any number of fax machines at the same time. Each customer works with a private ‘“‘mailbox.”’ For example, a business traveller can gain access to a mailbox from anywhere in the world and have. faxes sent to the nearest fax, : machine. . “Disputes, on the topic ‘‘Conflict: build consensus to obtain mutual- RECOMMENDATIONS | The timing is critical. The future for the Canadian - stock market starts today. By some measurements the:« - values aye the best in over 30 years. The infletion rate, , at 1.2%, is the lowest in 30 years. Interest rates are at their lowest in 80 years. The real rate of return on_ long-term Canada Bonds, at 7.8% is the best EVER. . The recession is ending. The Canadien dollar is down over 9% from its November/91 high. The prospects for growth are renewed. The potential for tha Canadian. * stock market hasn't been this high for possibly three ‘ decades. . In light of the above assessment we have prepared a - new research report entitled “7. Key. Investment : Recommendations". In this report we have identified 4: -; outstanding Mutual Funds which we think will carry ~ the growth torch the best, and the safest, over the next Bull market. We have also identified 2 stocks which, in our opinion, offer outstanding capita) gain prospects over the next 2 to 5 years These two companies aro both Canadian with a major international franchise. Finally, for those with income in mind, we have made. our selection of our favourite Preferred which offers quarterly income at a rate of return which is currently - over 70% higher than T-Bill rates and over 21% higher ~ than Canada Savings bonds. ‘For your copy of “7 KEY INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS" please call 844-5880 or 2- 800-663-0706 (B.C. toil free) or Fax us at 604-668- -6392.Thank you. a: a ie ee |= GENTLEMSN, PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORT ON - ; rt “7 KEY INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS” “BP NAME... 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