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▼ CANSTRUCTION
Financial loss of Canada Post service contract tagged at $1 billion
Students build to benefit food bank
Kathy Michaels STAFF REPORTER
Kelowna Flightcraft confirmed Wednesday the loss of a high-profile contract worth an estimated $1 billion. “Since 1977 we have been a key supplier of dedicated and reliable air service for Purolator and, more recently, Canada Post,” said Tracy Medve, Kelowna Flightcraft’s president. “While their decision (to change carriers) is disappointing, particularly in light of the 99 per cent reliability we currently provide, it is by no means the end of Kelowna Flightcraft.” The Canada Post contract was awarded to Mississauga Ontario-based competitor Cargojet which, in a press release, …IT IS BY NO pegged contract revenues MEANS THE END at approximately $1 bilOF KELOWNA lion during the initial sevFLIGHTCRAFT. en-year agreement, based on projected volumes. Tracy Medve, Their stock values president rose 22 per cent as news of the contract that begins in March 2015 was released. Dollar losses aren’t something Flightcraft management is willing to discuss just yet. Grant Stevens, Flightcraft’s director of human resources, said they still have 13 months to finish off the current contract, while working toward replacing lost business with something just as lucrative. “As we look at the forecast moving forward, and listen to all the talk on LNG, we can see that there’s demand for heavy lift (services) to the north,” said Stevens. “That may be an opportunity for us.” If they can’t replace the contract, however, the company could change significantly. Most notably, a fleet of 18 airplanes will be grounded.
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Wade Paterson STAFF REPORTER
For Grade 8 social justice students from Glenrosa Middle School, nothing is quite as Canadian as a cup of Tim Hortons coffee. So, when the students learned the theme of Canstruction Kelowna 2014 is all things Canadian, it didn’t take long for them to decide what they would build. Earlier this week, the GMS students were one of seven teams stacking cans and other non-perishable food items as part of Canstruction Kelowna 2014 in Orchard Park Shopping Centre. “It’s a unique event,” said Lenetta Parry, executive director of the Kelowna and Westside Community Food Banks. “It’s a great way to raise food, funds and awareness and shine a spotlight on hunger in a unique way.” The annual event is being put on by the Rotary Club of Kelowna, SaveOn-Foods, the Rotary Club of Kelowna Foundation, Kelowna Community Food Bank, Westside Community Food Bank and Kelowna Salvation Army. Teams who are building structures this year include: GMS, Maple Reinders, Orchard Park, Rotaract, Save-On-Foods, St. Joseph’s Elementary and UBCO engineering stu-
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GLENROSA Middle School Grade 8 social justice students Harpreet Saini (left) and Jessica Wiltink with their giant Tim Hortons coffee cup, built out of cans of food that will be donated to the Westside Community Food Bank. dents. Grade 8 GMS students Jessica Wiltink and Harpreet Saini said it took them and eight other students about five hours to construct their five-footnine Tim Hortons coffee cup, made out of approximately 1,000 cans of
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food. But the students began their preparation for the project last December. “We created a trial run at the school’s library, which was on display until Feb. 14,” said GMS teacher librarian and team
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coordinator Trina Zuyderduyn. “The purpose was to work out all the problems in advance of the competition.” Zuyderduyn noted Canstruction Kelowna 2014 gave students edu-
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cation on design and stability. “It used a surprising amount of math. (They) worked collaboratively on a student-designed and -created structure, all
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