Friday, August 18, 1996
TAKE a walk on the wild side. .

The. Greater Vancouver’ Regional
District’s (GVBD) summer series of wildlife
walks continues.

The next walk is on Tuesday, Aug. 20,
with an evening of observation of the coastal
forest.

Naturalists will lead this 14-hour explo-
ration of Capilano River Regional Park. As

‘with all wildernc
required. :

The walk is “free and registratio
required.

Participants are asked to meet in the main
parking lor of the Capilano Fish Hatchery at

7 p.m.

For more information, cal! GVRD Parks

at 432-6359.

Wildlife
walks for
the public

FOOD & DRUG

~ NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

- Kiwanians for kids

; NORTH Vancouver Kiwanis Foundation has
donated. $1,000 towards North Shore
‘Neighbourhood House’s (NSNH) summer day-
camp. program. Left to. right: Kiwanian Dave
‘ Courage, camp supervisor Chad Wetts, NSNN’s
‘director of child care Diane Biannebonozew and

“camp coordinator Nee Poulad.

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port

shih traffic

despite a slight dectine
total tonnage;

“Dining the first six x manths

35.5 million ‘tonne?’ of cargo,

three percent”. from
mi car totals of 37.9 :

284,000. TEUs: twienty foot .

equivalent. units), i is ahead
1995 by. 19%...
This is due to the continu-

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ef : :
At. 258,009 revenue xe ‘par ,

sengers, the port is running
29% ahead of 1995. |

The, addition of larger
capacity : ‘vessels ..on = the
‘Vancouver-Alaska route, new
ruise’ lines,:, and easier air
access: to Vancouver, con-
tributed to this growth. ,

In the bulk cargo sector,’

cal; the largest volume com-
: modity handled by. the port, is
ahead‘ of last. year’s. record
pac by. three. percent for.a
total ‘of 13.6 million tonnes.
© Mid-1996 totals for all fer-
tilizer products were . at ‘five
million tonnes. .
Levels ‘of. sulphur and
phosphate ‘rock were similar
to ‘those in 1995.°The only
significant decrease | was
“potash; Which registered a
31% drop, to two million
tonnes.
‘ Inepart, : ‘this ‘drop reflects
the ei eptionally high vol-
ipped i in. the first half

‘business of existing:
carriers and the addition of
5 in 1995,

10, 700 people.

Grain. shipments are up
One. percent compared to

1995.

Although world grain
prices and demand continue
to be vigorous, volumes have
been limited by supply short-
ages. As good crops are antic-
sr in 1996,'shipments for
the remainder of the year are
expected to increase. To date,

‘wheat - and specialty grains

“have posted ‘gains, . while

"_ ‘canola, barley and alfalfa have
; “declined.

of 1996;: the. port: handled |» ~
“lumber, pulp and wood chips’
-moved ‘at similar: levels’ as_in

Forest products, including

1995 (3.6: million tonnes at

7 mid-year.

Given results to date and

_cargo projections for the next

six months, indications point

to another successful year for

the port — with the possibili-
ty of volumes exceeding the
71.5 million tonnes record set

Said port chairman Ron
Longstaffe, “The. economic

growth in Asia Pacific, the 73 '-

cent. Canadian dollar which
favors exports, the stable labor
environment at the port and
our competitive rates are all
contributing to Vancouver's
strong, performance.”

Added Norman Stark,
VPC president and CEO,
“From the perspective of eco-
nomic. impact, employment
and payments to governments
at all levels, the port’s mid-
term results are great news.

“However, we ‘should not
lose sight of the fact that many
shippers and carriers are still
facing low. returns trying to

_ compete in a global market-

place.”

Vancouver, is Canada’s
largest and most diverse port,
directly employing’ over

Annually, the port handles

an estimated: $30 billion of
~ cargo ;

through 20
marine terminals.

major

The goads move ‘to and ©
“from more than 90 countries.

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