39 - Sunday, January 24, 1984 - North Shore News

BUSINESS

ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE

A NORTH Shore-based importer of high-tech environmen-
tal control equipment is developing a low-tech environmen-

tal control sideline as the distributor of a

repellent.

Residents chronically plagued by
raccoons trashing garbage cans or
cats turning cars into scratching
posts might find relicf in a new

“business
briefcase

by Michael
Becker

product carried by Dirk Beckmann
of BH Lis.

The product, called APC
(Animal Protection Control),
works through the animal's sense
of smeil.

A North Vancouver biochemist,

new animal

tired of a nightly ritual of raccoons
ravaging the family garbage, came
up with a malodorous chemical
concoction that takes full advan-
tage of a raccoon's sense of smell
being at least 100 times more sen-
sitive than a human's.

Beckmann maintains a few
strategically placed drops of the
non-poisonous, waterproof, non-
corrosive repellent will ward off
any unwanted creatures of the
night.

For more information call 980-
3475,

es eee

THE INTRICACIES of doing
business in Japan will be laid bare
in a series of five siminars beginning
Jan. 27 at Worfid Trade Centre
Vancouver.

The Doing Business With Japan
sessions will zero in on topics in-
cluding marketing in Japan,
Negotiation tactics, and Canada-
Japan trade relationships.

“The seminars’ objective is to
make it easier for B.C. businesses
to understand the Japancse market
and to improve their success,’’ said
Jim O'Hara, World Trade Centre

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FOUR-LEGGED nocturnal garbage gobbters beware — BIL Ltd.'s Dirk Beckmann is distributing a new non-
poisonous animal repellent. The product is currently being tested by the SPCA.

Confed Trust

IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THE OPENING OF
THEIR WEST COAST BRANCH
LOCATED AT

Bob McFarlane,

Kathy Bruyns,
Regional Manager

Branch Manager Supervisor, Deposit Services

Kathy, Bob and Léona would like to take
this opportunity to invite all new and
former clients to drop in for refreshments
and pick up a historical print of Vancouver.

= Confed Trust Company

A MEMBER OF THE CONFEDERATION LIFE GROUP OF COMPANIES

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650 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver V5Z 2M9
Telephone: (604) 266-8865