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REGENCY MAZDA, on Marine Drive in North Van., has been
honored with Mazda Canada’s Dealer of Distinction Award.
: Here (right to left), Mazda regional manager Jim Gordon and
Mazda Canada president Toshi Mori present the award to
Regency Mazdas’ Lawrence Pye, Stephen Schneider, presi-.
dent Amir Ahamed, Brenden Sherwin and Keith MacLeod.

Recycling old ICBC
files to stop: Pement

MINISTER OF Transporation
and Highways, Jackie Pement,

_fecently announced that a pro-
gram to recycle old ICBC
claim files bas been suspended
after a breach of security at a
Lower Mainland paper recy-
cling plant.

“We have suspended our use of
Paperboard Industries and recov-
ered all files still in the contractor’s
possession,” said Pement. “This is
the first of a number of steps being
taken to restore security of confi-
dential customer information.”

ICBC holds closed files under

. security for at least three years and
then has them destroyed through a
private paper recycler, Paperboard
Industries.

ICBC learned recently that a
number of these closed files had
been provided to the movie indus-
try by the paper recycler, instead of
being pulped and recycled accord-
ing to the terms of its contract with
the public insurance company.

Film-makers had been using the

old files for props in office scenes.

ICBC’s contract with
Paperboard Induskies stipulates
high security handling of files due
for destruction because they con-
tain confidential information.

“ICBC’s contract stipulates that
all material due for recycling be
handled only by bonded employees,
moved only in enclosed trucks or
containers, stored only in indoor
facilities with security systems and
baled for recycling the same way it
is picked up from our own secure
records retention warehouse,” said
Pement.

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cars such us the Mercedes-Benz.

Another unique option of
Ford’s compact cars is the All-
Speed Traction Control System.
Ford's system is a sophisticated
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and brake to rapidly control wheel
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{n comparison, many traction
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The top engine in the Contour
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