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Guest speaker Arthur
Griffiths, chairman of a com-

mittee working to bring the
Olympics here in 2010, will

THE B.C. chapter of
Women Entrepreneurs
of Canada (WEC) has
begun to market a
business women’s trade
mission to Los Angeles.
Scheduled for October
1998, the mission will develop
strategic alliances, foster busi-
ness relationships and provide
a forum for the exchange of

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discuss what the proposal
would mean to both the com-
munity and the economy.

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ideas and experiences.

WEC president Sandra
Miles, a Horseshoe Bay resi- .
dent, started planning for the ©
event when she met with Kim
Campbell, the Consul General
of Canada on March 19 along
with other members of the
WEC board and several Jead-
ing .. Vancouver — business
“women,

‘WEC focuses on the needs
of women who own or control
companies with an eye toward
encouraging communication
and trade within Canada and
internationally.

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Bringing the. winter
= Olympics to Vancouver and
* Whistler will be on the menu

next Thursday, April 16 during

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Jantri Resources Ltd. (JNT} 0.45-1.02 0.45 NC
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restaurant, 125 East 2nd St.,
N.V. from noon to 1:30 p.m.
Call the chamber at 987-4488
for more information.
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Meanwhile © the = West
Vancouver, Chamber — of
Commerce is hosting an MLA
roundtable on Tuesday, Apel

The registration deadline
for the session is 2 p.m. tomor-
row, Thursday April 9.

MLAs Daniel Jarvis,
Katherine Whittred, Jeremy
Dalton and Ted Nebbeling
are all scheduled to participate
in the morning session with
the aim of providing an update
from Victoria. The recent
NDP government budget is
sure to be a hot topic at the
7:30 a.m. breakfast. So will the
item below. .

For reservations fax the
chamber at 926-6436.

ees

April 1, British Columbia’s
minimum wage increased by
15 cents and now stands at
$7.15 per hour.

The increase is the first
since 1995 and puts this
province’s minimum wage as

According to the government,
the increase will affect 100,000
workers, 60,000 of whom are
under the age of 25.

Piece rates for farm workers
and daily rates for resident
caretakers, domestic workers,
live-in home care workers and
live-in summer camp Icaders

will also increase.
— Robert Galster

North Shore business aroups
and individuals wishing to sub-
mit items to Business Brief can
fax them to the attention of
Robert Galster at 985-2104, or
via e-mail to ;
robert@nsnews cont

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dissenting opinion.”

All the rest...

Other merchants on the
block are (west to cast) Luxury
Rags Consignment, Dee’s Hair
Design, Skin Deep esthetic
care, O'Neill Goldstone and
Co. certified general accoun-
tants, Michacl Deane and
Associates Lrd., A and M
Dargahi import export, Dr.
L.P. Hilton podiatrist, Dr. M
Tracey dentist, Paul Locwen
and Associates, J. Merchant
and Associates CGA, Young
Drivers of Canada, Moncy

Watch Consultants, Burning
Giraffe Pictures, Dollar
Accounting Services Lrd.,
Laleh Bakery, auniliary to the
Lions Gate Hospital thrift
shop, MacGillycuddy’s Quality
Consignment, Lonsdale
Eyewear Optical, Glidden
Paints, Domino’s Pizza, Kim
Vickers and Marlene Nielsen
Notaries Public, Jack *n’ Bean
Creek Hide Away Bistro, My
Wine Cellar and Bank of
Montreal. . —
Write to ‘Commercial
Avenues t/o Robert Galster-at
the North Shore News,-1139 - -
Lonsdale Ave., North
Vancenver, V7M 2H4 .

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