HOME-BASED BUSINESS NORTH VANCOUVER-based Black tnk Ventures Corp. will be part of the B.C. Home-Based Business and Opportunities Show to be held from April 30 to May 3 in TRADEX, the Fraser Valley Trade and Exhibition Centre located at the Abbotsford Airport. Visitors to the show will have the opportunity to meet repre- sentatives of the leading franchise companies in Western Canada as a result of an agreement reached by the organizers and the Pacific Franchise Asscciation (PFA). The PFA Franchise Forum has been incorporated as a special feature of the exhibition. The organizers expect to attract a wide range in the type and size of franchise companies that will be exhibiting in the trade show. The event is aimed at home-based business operators and individuals considering starting their own business. The PFA represents franchisors and companies doing business with B.C. franchisers. BUSINESS BRIEFS BUSINESS SAIEFS “The odds of long-term success with a business are much greater if the operator of a business has a strong, professional franchise organization providing training, marketing and support services in the critical early years,’’ said PFA president Bill Waring, who is also president of De Dutch Pannekoek House Restaurants Inc. esas Sidebar oat NEWS photo Cindy Goodman NORTH SHCRE News sales representative Barb Mortlock draws a name for the winner of-a computer course offered by the Academy of Learning in North Vancouver. The winners were Jason Weir, left, and Renee Robertson. A draw for a computer will be held in May. Drop by the Academy of Learn- ing, 2030 Marine Dr., to enter the draw. DON'T BUY A HOME WITHOUT ONE! 6 MONTH CONVERTIBLE MORTGAGE * Compounded Semi-Annually Not In Advance ** Rate Subject To Change Without Notice SWITCH FOR FREE (Limiting Conditions Apply) COME IN OR PHONE TO ARRANGE YOUR MORTGAGE TODAY! Note to Realtors: No finder fees payable with this rate sale ate MONTREAL TRUST SINCE 1889 1586 MARINE DRIVE WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. 926-4365 1524 LONSDALE AVE. NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. 980-3355 People specifically interested in meeting franchisors should pre- register. Special workshops have aiso been planned to provide fran- chisee candidates with an under- Standing about what to expect from a franchisor/franchisce rela- tionship. Other workshop topics include marketing, sales and finance. For more information on the show, call Stan Sauerwein§ at $85-1143. CANADIAN COMPETITION THE NORTH Shore Economic Development Commission (EDC), in cooperation with Capitano Col- lege and the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, will host a discussion evening on March 10 which will focus on the question: “What will make Canada com- petitive?"’ An informal reception will be held from 6:30 to 7 p.m. in room All7 on the south campus of Capilano College, 2055 Purcell Way in North Vancouver. Following that, participants will break into small groups to discuss how to revitalize the Canadian economy and safeguard the na- tion’s standard of living. To reserve a place, call 987- 4488. LONSDALE REVITALIZATION GARY PENWAY, a planner in "SUITS" Regular to $699 | SLAC Regular to > INTERNATIONAL the development services depart- ment of the City of North Van- couver, will be the guest speaker at a general meeting of the Lower Lonsdale Business Assuciation on March ?1 at 6:30 p.m. te be held at Anatoli Souviaki restaurant. His topic will be the Lonsdale revitalization program. For more information. contact Muriet Olson at 986-3222. GRENBY CORRECTION A TYPOGRAPHICAL error ap- peared in Mike Grenby’s Dollars and Sense column in the March 4 edition of the News. Under the sub-heading Com- mon-law equais’ married, the budget proposal subjecting com- mon-law couples to the same tax tules covering married couples ac- tually takes effect in the 1993 tax year, not 1991 as reported. NORAD SHIELD A CHANGE in the marketing policy of Vancouver-based Shield importing Ltd. will make it easier for private end-users to purchase Shield's premier product, the NoRad Shield, according to com- pany president Margaret Saunders. “Growing public awareness of the issue surrounding exposure to electromagnetic radiation has led us to this decision,’’ said Saunders. The major volume buyers of the product have been federal and provincia’ agencies, law firms and financial institutions. The NoRad Shietd, said Saunders, has been independently certified as the mest effective screen on the market for blocking the electromagnetic radiation that is emitted by virtually all video display terminals. For more information call 682- §325. 9.65% GOVT. BONDS -..,. Govt. TBILL rates Govt. BOND rates 25 a 8.45% | 8.90% 2 YEAR 2 YEAR 5 YEAR | co: DAVID BLAIR .: 844-5709 We offer NO-FEE-RRSPF RICHARDSON GREENSHIELDS 300 - 1066 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3X1 All rates are sudject fo change without notice. Regular to $399 DRESS SHIRTS | 30 tor ENN & Shop at home by appointment eVUses 922-2018 _ 974 Park Royal South