Business CAPILANO COLLEGE New retail management course ¢ ffered CAPILANO COLLEGE is offering a new business program in January directed at retail industry workers who feel themselves boxed into dead-end situations, or people who have been'in the workforce for five years and are looking for a change in direction. The. 10-month Retail Manage- ment Accelerated Program has been designed to prepare partici- pants for entry into retail management. The course focuses on marketing, accounting, com- puters, salesmanship, advertising, supervision, finance, promotion, visual merchandising, law and buying. The college offers financial aid to participants. Employment and Immigration Canada financially assists employers to allow employees to take advantage of the upgrading opportunity. For more information contact the Capilano College . Business | Management Department at 986- 1911, local 2960. kkk THE INDUSTRIAL Relations Management Association of B.C. is hosting a half-day seminar on Communicating Compensation and Benefit Programs. to Employees, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Dec. 9, at the Four Seasons Hotel -in Vancouver. The: -seminar will legislative. developments ‘focus on which employers should be familiar with; * planning an organization’s com- munications. program; 1 choosing. . strategies to meet communications cluding How To Handle a Business Mecting and How to Write an Ef- fective Business Letter. For more information call 980- 2713. hake ke BEFORE YOU crumble under the stress Of a Mac attack, mark the next Apple Canada Macintosh training workshop on your calen- dar. From | to 5 p.m., Dec. 8, at . objectives; using computers effec-* . citively in human resource manage- -Ment;. measuring the effectiveness. |: ‘of a communications program. For more information call 684- . 7228. taaee INDIVIDUALS OUT. to upgrade ‘business acumen can look’ to the offerings of The North © Shore School of Commerce in their quest * for a firmer financial future. : ‘The. school serves’ groups of people — managers seeking help in upgrading staff; . ‘Cdreer-changers;. those wishing to- ‘upgrade current, skills; those at- , ‘tempting to re-enter the workforce. ‘School facilities include com- “puter rooms, typewriter rooms and ~seminar/classrooms. “Classes run: from regular day _ classes to one-evening workshops. Joan. Fleischer, school “coor- dinator, handles on-site . business training, with instructors coming - ‘to the place of business. ‘Night seminars cover topics in- [ 4HOUR NEWS. | HOTLINE all us any time, day or : Cc night, with your news tip. If. our’ reporters are covering -another. story when you call, § ‘please’ leave your name, phone § number, message and the time on _ > ff sour answering machine. Or call our | regular newsline 985-2131. be- tween 8:30 ‘am.'and: 5. pm. Remember, when you hear news, call the NEWS! ‘four; key — 27 - Wednesday, December 2, 1987 — North Shore News business briefcase by Michael Becker Apple Canada headquarters, 4th Floor, 1090 West Georgia in Van- couver, the topic will be Making the Most of Your Mac. The session will cover what’s on the desktop, using the tools, organizing files, copying and backups, the manag- ing system, program and data disks. For more information call 986- 8060. whakekhht - sighs are cancelled until further notice. Air Canada tickets will be accepted by other airlines and. your travel agent will be pleased to assist you with alternative travel arrangements. ' Express Air Canada Cargo services are also cancelled. Air Canada Connector flights operated by Air Nova, Air Ontario, AirBC, Notthwest Territorial and Commuter Exptess are unaffected by this dispute and will continue on schedule. For further assistance, please call: 278-3800 or 1- 800-663-0522. Air Canada Touram will continue operating and will. | strive to serve all its passengers. Please ¢ contact your travel agent a to confirm your reservations. 7 We regret any inconveniences this disruption may have ; cmees you. | _ Thank Kyou for your understanding, fe AIR CANADA SMARTIES puritans are already seeing blue, but for those who aren't, Rowntree Mackintosh Canada wants you to know that the addition of blue Smarties to the candy pack represents the first color to be added in 50 years of sugar-coated history. The original Smarties came in eight colors: dark brown, light brown, orange, yellow, green, pink, purple and red. In Canada alone, Rowntree produces 17 million Smarties daily or 3.9 billion per annum. Cana- dians consume more of the candies per capita than people in any other country where the product is sold. The company plans to include blue ‘Smarties in packs until the new year. “We regret that due to labour difficulties, all Air Canada