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BUSINESS

CA earns top
mark in exalt

NORTH Vancouver’s
Karl Dennis has earned
the top mark in B.C. at
the Uniform Final
Exams (UFE), a national
exam for Chartered
Accountancy students.

Dennis, who works at
KPMG LLP in New
Westminster, was awarded the
Gold Medal by the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of B.C.

He also carned a spot on
the National Honour Rol} by
finishing cighth cverall in the
country.

Dennis, a recent graduate of
UBC and BCIT, credits a great
training program at KPMG
and his friends and mentors for
his success.

“I had no idea I had done
this well,” he says.

Thirteen other CA students
from North Vancouver and
West Vancouver are cn their
way to becoming chartered
accountants after passing the
UFE. They are:

“8 From North Vancouver:

Christopher Cass, Douglas
Chivers, Jerome Holland,
Harry Jussinoja, Alan - Linsey,

‘Kurt’ Loewen, Grace | Miu,
- Boland Parker, and Marcus
‘Wong.

B From West Vancouver:

_ Margaret Clay, Shaun
Desai, Ivanhoe Ma, and Byron
Yip.

KARL Dennis took top
marks in the UFE.

“The USE exam is a mile-
stone for chartered accountan-
cy students,” said Richard
Rees, CA, CEO of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of
B.C.

“They should all be very
proud of themselves.”

In addition to passing the
exam, students must completc
30 months of experience with a
CA firm.

On completion of all
requirements, they will official-
ly be designated a chastered
accountant, or “CA.

For the third year in a row,
the B.C. School of Chartered
Accountancy had the highest
pass rate (75%) of any CA edu-
cation system in Canada.

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. morning via the:

O’NEILL Hotels and
Resorts, which now
owns 50% of Whistler’s
Powder Resort
Properties, have made
an agreement to pur-
chase the remaining
50% share from
Blackcomb.

The transaction is sched-
uled to complete in March,
2000.

John and Rob O'Neill
began Powder in 1994. The
O'Neills have becn successful
partners in the venture with
Blackcomb for five-and-a-half
years, with O'Neill Hotels
taking an active management
role.

During this time, Powder
has grown to more than
1,000 units in Whistler

Village, including such pre-~

sitigious properties as the
Radisson Aspen, Le Chamois,
and Marriott Hotels’
Residence Inn.
President John O'Neill

says thar with the decision to
buy 100% of Powder, the
group’: Ss commitment to
Whistler is even stronger.

“We are thrilled at the
prospect of continuin
grow and improve our busi.
ness. Also, with the opening
ofthe 419 luxury suite Westin
Resort and Spa next March,
our ability to attract new con-
ventions and meetings will be
enhanced.

“This purchase clearly
demonstrates our commit-
ment to our staff, our. guests,
and our 1,400 unit owners in
Whistler.”

Chairman Rob O'Neill
adds, “our partnership with
Blackcomb and Intrawest has
been superb for the last five-
and-a-haif years, and we look
forward to a good continued
relationship with them in the
fucure in the areas of resort
marketing and packaging.”

In addition to its Whistler
businesses, O'Neill - Hotels
also operates the new Westin
Grand Hotel in Vancouver.:

Bakery ended home. :
deliveries in 1940s __

From page 245.

ever letting us down. She was _

slow and wheezy but always
kept going even through two
feet of snow.

Around 1932 or 1933,

the North Shore branch at
13th and Lonsdale was shut

down and all drivers had to -

go to the Ash and ! 1th bak-
ery in Vancouver in the earl
_ Nort
Vancouver ferr'

They would pick up their:
‘trucks

which “had been.
loaded overnight, come back ©
across on the ferry, make® .
deliveries and at.the end-of
the. day. go back. with the

* truck to Vancouver via the
‘ferry again.

“One of our last’ deliveries
was. at 15th -and: Grand

“Boulevard, -and. 1 would. sit

‘quietly and hope there would”.
‘be at least one butterhora -
lefe in the back of the truck.
If there was, Dad would give
it to me to‘eat on the way to.

_the ferry.

The bakery had its own
gas station in, the lane. he :

" north . of the bakery.

servicing the truck, we put it
in the garage and‘Dad would:
go upstaiis: to pay the ‘day
receipts and put in his order
for the next. day. “There were:
several other.’ boys’: wh
“helped ‘their | dads” on “th
trucks and we would:all ‘wait

"for them; while they:

‘the office. We. did‘ we

ing.
we ould ners raiting. down,
from the office and:
* begin ‘our fourth ferry ride o!
the Bes “go back