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Erika Sherk
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Fly Yk to Vancouver direct
Non-stop flights between Vancouver and Yellowknife will start this December with Air Canada Jazz.
Daily flights will be served by a 50-seat Bombardier jet with the route operated only until April 2008, according to Air Canada Jazz.
"We expect these flights to be popular with both business travellers from Vancouver as well as leisure travellers from Asia," said Daniel Shiraz, vice-president of network planning for Air Canada Jazz. New chopper for Great Slave Helicopters
Great Slave Helicopters, a subsidiary of Discovery Air, recently added another helicopter to its fleet.
The Eagle Single helicopter delivered to the company was the first of its kind from Eagle Copters in Calgary according to Discovery Air.
"We see unlimited potential for this aircraft in the forest fire suppression market," said Adam Bembridge, president and chief executive officer of Great Slave.
Barbecue season ramping up
MATCO Transportation Systems had a successful barbecue last week and now Bartle and Gibson Co. is holding a customer appreciation barbecue today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its location on School Draw Avenue.
Many representatives from its suppliers - including Delta, Heat Link, Crane, GSW, Weil-Mclain, Ozram and Ontar - will be present at the barbecue.
"We get the reps to come up because then it's really informative, as well as the barbecue," said Wade Makaro, manager of Bartle and Gibson. "They get us a little smarter and fill us in on new products.
Spidey mania
J.J. Hobbies has sold four tarantulas in the past two weeks, said manager John Eggenberger.
"Ferrets are pretty popular right now, too," he said. "And we're selling a lot of fish."
Tarantulas run anywhere from about $25 to hundreds of dollars, he said.
"The most expensive one we get in is about $250," he said, adding the ones selling recently were the inexpensive variety - mainly rose hairs and pinktoes.