aN BUSINESS BRIEFS SUN RYPE WINNER NORTH VANCOUVER resident Shirley Westwell is the winner of “the contest Sun-Rype Products Ltd. holds to promote February Appie Month, regarded as one of the biggest promotional events in the grocery industry. Catch the Orchard Express was the theme on which this year’s promotion was centred. Westwell wins a fully equipped Get-Away camper sports van designed especially for the contest. Valued at $50,000, it comes com- plete with a television and video cassette recorder and extras such as a wind sucfer, snow skis and a set of golf ciubs. “It’s like a godsend,” said Westweil. “I have two kids who have been hounding my husband and I to take them camping but we didn’t know if that would be possible this year.’’ Westwell and her husband Jim have a 17-ycar-old daughter and a 15-year-old son who, Westwell said, ‘‘already has his eyes on those skis.’” Relationship workshops scheduled NORTH SHORE Family Services Society (NSFSS) is offering two workshops about relationships for couples and singles called _ Love is a Verb. "The first workshop is for cou- ples and will take place on Satur- day, May 23. The second workshop is for singles and will be held on Saturday, May 30. Both workshops will be co- facilitated by NSFSS community family counsellors Chery! Bell- Gadsby and Kate Blassnitz. “People are. very concerned about breaking old patterns and styles of relating to one another, which have led to separation in past relationships,’ says Bell- Gadsby. She says that as the trauma of divorce and the threat of AIDS take their toll, committed rela- tionships are becoming more valued. The workshops will deal with identifying personal needs and values, relationship styles, com- munication and negotiation, trust and integrity, sexuality, intimacy and money issues. Through small group discus- sions and practical exercises, par- ticipants will learn and discover new and effective skills for enhancing future and_ existing relationships. The workshops will be held at Lonsdale Quay from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The couples workshop wili cost $80 per couple and the singles workshop $50 per person. For more information, call Vai Houck at 926-7851. Established in Kelowna in 1946, Sun-Rype Products Ltd. has branches in six major markets in western Canada and is a leading juice manufacturer in that region. The company is currently expan- ding its products into northwest Ontario. JOBATHON TWO STUDENT placement of- ficers at the Canada Employment Centre for Studeuts in North Vancouver have vowed to remain in the office until 50 job oppor- tunities are called in. The Jobathon that Rob Mar- coux and Carrie Dawson are tak- ing part in is a campaign designed to find employment opportunities for students. Students are now searching for summer jobs. The Canada Employment Cen- tre for Students has succeeded in placing over 100 students in the three weeks that it has been open but there is still a long list of stu- dents looking for work. North Shore businesses and homeowners are encouraged to contact the office if ney are able to offer students jobs. For more information call 666-9192 or drop by the Canada Employment Cen- tre for Students at 300-1124 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. FINANCIAL INFO INFORMATION ON B.C. in- surance and trust companies and credit unions is now available in new consumer-oriented brochures from the Financial Institutions Commission (FICOM), B.C. Fi- nance Minister Glen Clark has announced. “df someone is looking for a secure place to invest, they have every right to know how safe their hard-won dollars are going to be,” said Clark. He added that financial institu- tions are carefully monitored by FICOM and the public can famil- jzrize themselves with sume of the workings of trust companies, in- surance companies and credit unions before deciding the best way to invest their savings. “These brochures provide peo- ple with answers to commonly asked questions in an easy-to- understand format,’’ said Clark. Clark said FICOM’s mission is to protect the public and serve the financial sector, delivering infor- mation and clear, impartial judg- ments based on legislation that enables the financial sector to earn customer confidence. The brochures are provided as a public service and are available free of charge from FICGM, 1900-1050 West Pender St., Van- couver, V6E 387 (ph: 660-0129) or from any insurance agency, credit union o7 trust company in B.C. NEW LOOK BC TEL has unveiied a new look that it says will take the company into its second century. “In an era of international competition, a strong, consistent, easily recognizable identity will be a key element in successfully posi- tioning ourselves to face the challenges of the 1990s and the 21st century,’’ said BC Tel presi- dent and chief executive officer . Brian Canfield. BC Tel has recently gone through an extensive — strategic renewal process that has reorganized the company to become more customer-focused. “We're not the same company we used to be,"’ said Canfield. The new corporate signature will become the focus of the entire organizations’s identity. Many of the company’s subsidiaries and business units will be adding BC Tel to their own name. Binding arbitration is the only fair way to settle the current dispute between the NDP government and the doctors of British Columbia. The doctors are prepared to accept binding arbitration. The Canada Health Act requires it, and even the NDP government in Ontario sup- ports it. More important, in a recent poll, 87% of British Columbians The dociors of B.C. A Wednesday, May 20, 1992 - North Sho NEWS photo Cindy Goodman - Business after Business THE NORTH Shore Credit Union was one of several jocal companies that set up shop at a recent Business After Business event hosted by the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and co-sponsored by the North Shore News and Presio Catering. favoured binding arbitratien as the way to settle the current dispute. But the NDP government is reluctant to settle this dispute in a fair and impartial manner through independent binding arbitration. BRITISH COLUMBIA er Let’s solve this dispute now. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 1