Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba B6 editor Julian Rachey 6977235 december 2000 monday business business Calendar state Tor aft ment reports Orr the Federal fifes 0ross Domestic product data for today Manitoba safety Council Odd Day transportation of dangerous with instructor Dave Patterson at 700213 notre Dsurne for information Call fee 18 and 19 Manitoba safety Council today certified Fork lift truck with instructor Jack Taylor at 700213 notre Dame for information Call fee tomorrow Manitoba safety Council on Day defensive with instructor Dave Patterson at 700213 notre Dame for information Call fee Manitoba safety Council halfday Basic Accident prevention in the with instructor Bui Ford at 700213 notre Dame for information Call fee wednesday 20 Assn Lola chamber of West Winnipeg chamber december Holiday luncheon at at the Holiday inn Airport Portage donations of non Peri sizable food unwrapped toys or will be accepted for the Christmas cheer a sep to fee members and coming soon 4 University of Winnipeg continuing education management information session from to for information Call 982 Asper school of business and the continuing education the University of Manitoba management development program will hold business planning from 9 to 4 at the u of m continuing education with instructor Robert for information Call the free press welcomes items for the Busi they should include sponsor and fee and be mailed to Diane free 1355 Mountain fax email . Deadline is go carriers Brace for Holiday Rush air Canada now confident it can handle the hassle Well by Allan Swift Montreal As thousands of canadians pack their bags for that Well deserved vacation or visit with their families this the country airlines and rail operators Are scrambling to make sure it int a trip to while air other airlines and via rail say there they Are warning customers to take precautions to Cope with the Rush and that eve present Canadian threat during the Winter holidays bad air travellers can be forgiven for some suspicion about travelling with air in most cases the Only Choice they recall last Summers Long line ups at checking counters and Waits on the phone delays air Canada blamed on the integration with Cana Dian which it took Over last were certainly comfortable that weve crossed the major hurdles with regard to says air Canada spokeswoman Renee she notes that checking counters and Airport staff Are now As Well As the computer reservation Christmas will be but in terms of being prepared were confident we have taken the necessary Steps to be compared with last summer at Pearson the Dif Ference is night and Peter spokesman for the greater Toronto Airport said snowstorms last week were Good practice for new Snow cleaning equip ment at Canadas busiest we can actually Clear the runways in on third the time we could Gregg although up to half the flights through Pearson were delayed or cancelled by a storm that dumped about 20 centimetres of Snow on the Gregg claims this was not the fault of the these Are airline he and often have to do with disruptions at other airports such As those in Chicago and caught in the same planes get in or out of those places and that just has a Ripple effect Down the whole said it want a matter of Pear son we were taking arrivals when Ever they were a total of passengers went through Pearson last and this surged to on 3 As people returned this is still less than the summer peaks of a but weather is rarely a problem in july and Advance bookings at the major air line Are said thanks in part to a seat Sale announced in october that for the first time included flights in the Holiday in More Sun Belt destinations Are available this year than Between is and an average of passengers will travel daily on air including Canadian airlines and its regional the airline has More capacity this Winter for International and trans Border markets than was offered last year by air Canada and Canadian airlines but Domestic capacity has shrunk a West Jet airlines of Calgary expects its aircraft will be 95 per cent full during the Holiday season As continued please see travel b7 Wayne Glowacki Winnipeg free press Macnair from Woloshyn and Antonick negotiated the merger of their respective Winnipeg credit three credit unions decide to become one merger Aims to reduce expand member services by Murray Mcneill three Small Winnipeg credit unions have decided that bigger is Progress Vera credit communicators credit Union and Adana cred it Union Are merging their operations on 1 to form one Multi ranch financial institution called Alliance cred it Alliance will boast this is one million to Wau million in assets Way Tor us under its manage Little Guys s and try to hang Progress Vera on its around own has 892 Mem a lot longer Bers and Mil lion in Progress Vera communicators has manager members and Jerry Woloshyn assets of Mil and Adana has members and assets of about officials of the three credit unions said that by pooling their assets and combining their they will be better Able to adapt to changes within the Finan Cial services marketplace and to offer members a broader Range of products and Progress Vera general manager Jerry communicators general Man Ager Tom Macnair and Adana general Manger Tom Antonick said its becom ing increasingly difficult for smaller institutions with limited resources to keep up with the technological changes that Are taking place in the financial ser vices in today highly competitive those who dont keep Pace eventually they so this is one Way for us Little Guys to hang around a lot longer by sort of banding Woloshyn Dale corporate Secretary for the credit Union Central of said in an interview he expects to see More of these kinds of partnerships or alliances being forged Over the next few years As smaller credit unions search for ways to reduce costs and expand in some they May merge to form a single entity like Ward and in other cases they May opt just to share some of their backroom in still other one Large institution May end up absorbing a smaller equal say Woloshyn said the thing that sets the Alliance merger apart from Many other credit Union mergers is that the three merging partners will each keep their existing retail operations and staff and All have an equal say in How Alliance is run because each have three members on alliances nine Mem Ber Board of management at each credit Union will also retain a High degree of he and each Branch will retain a portion of its original Progress Vera will become Alliance credit Union Progress Vera communicators will become Alliance credit Union communicators and Adana will become Alliance credit Union Adana Antonick and Macnair said it was the idea of creating an equal partnership that appealed to them when Woloshyn first floated his merger proposal earlier this Antonick said Adana had already turned Down merger proposals from other credit unions because essentially they would have resulted in Adana being swallowed up by a much larger so when this came along i thought this is a pretty Good he Macnair said by combining the three partners will be Able to reduce their operating boost their buying clout and expand their marketing also be Able to share services and he and their members will have Access to three branches in the City instead of Woloshyn said he originally approached four credit unions about but one rejected the idea and the other opted to merge with another he said the merger is timely for Progress Vera because Early in the new year it will be moving from its current location at 627 Selkirk Avenue to a newer building at 930 Jefferson the which has been in the planning stages for some will make the Branch More accessible to existing and future members living in the Maples area of the he and will help the Branch attract More corporate clients from the Northwest part of the under the new Woloshyn will serve As manager of the Progress Vera Branch and chief executive officer of Alliance Macnair will be manager of the communicators Branch and vice president of human resources and marketing for Alliance and Antonick will be manager of the Adana Branch and vice president of operations management for make your own stamp of approval the free press charts the growth of entrepreneurial efforts in Manitoba with a look each week at a new business company hand stamped creations owner Irish Franklin location 629 Fleet 4878267 business Home based rubber stamp Craft Irish owner of hand stamped teaches the Art of rubber stamp ing through income workshop participants Are shown How to create Beautiful and unique greeting cards and have the Opportunity to create their own designs to take Franklin also offers advanced technique classes such As stamping on Orna fabrics As Well As advanced greeting card hand stamped creations Sells rubber Stamps and supplies unique to Winnipeg along with a selection of Christian business has been picking up Ive just started hand stamping Glass plates and they Are really Selling says the business started As then someone suggested there was no one teaching rubber and that How i Irish of hand stamped Cre shows custom designed Franklin teaches the Art of rubber stamping through in Home work open for business started doing the started a new business or opened a new the free press wants to hear from notices should identify the company Short description Joe Winnipeg free press of the number of Startup Date and Telephone new business Telephone numbers must be Avail Able through directory Send information to Edward 1355 Mountain r2x3b6 or fax Bortels Roth is Canadas news maker of the time says t v Toronto time Magazine has named Nortel networks ceo John Roth As Canadas news maker of the in the yearned Issue of its Canadian the Magazine says Roth has been instrumental in setting the Public Agen in terms of government Aid to High tech lobbying for reduce rates and increasing support of institutions of higher John Roth emerged As our selection for Canadian news maker of the year due not Only to the fact that he is an exceptional business but also because of his influential role in bringing innovation and entrepreneurship to the forefront of the Canadian said George editor of time time called Roth a nagging presence All year for Canadas decision makers due to his consistent commentary on the economic brain the article said Roth a former Engi Neer has become a corporate super Star since he took Over Nortel in 1997 and transformed it from a successful telecommunications equipment supplier into a internet Power House that operates in 150 time reported that Over the course of the past Nortel networks accounted for As much As 36 per cent of the value of the Toronto Stock Exchange also serves As co chairman of the business opportunities round an initiative promoting High tech Cana Diarl press ;