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Page 2, Tuesday, December 1, 1992 Subscription Order Form PLEASE SEND ME A COPY OF THE PAPER EACH WEEK Enclosed is my cheque Fur Producers in Northern Ontario organize first trapper-owned Co-op auction company in North America NEWS Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ontario POT 2W0 GAZETTE Box 1057, Nitigon, Ontario POT 2J6 Within 40 miles...$18 Outside 40 miles...$29 USA...$38 Seniors ..$12 Inside 40 mile radius only Please add 7% GST. Make bedtime story time ABC CANADA THE FOUNDATION TO PROMOTE LITERACY IN CANADA Distribution of this message was made possible by the Canadian Advertising Foundation. Doug Harkness, Vice-President holds several martens which will be sold at a December auction, the first for the Fur Producers Co-operative Auction. by Cindy Laundry confident trappers will receive auctions. The OTA also Staff financial benefits from the new _ secured the bank loans of North The only fur producer- co-operative. Bay Fur Sales. When the com- owned co-operative in North "We will act on behalf of our pany went into receivership, America is holding their first auction, and organizers are fur producing members," said Co-operative Vice-president, Doug Harkness. "We will ensure fur producers receive the greatest of financial retums." Harkness said the co-opera- tive, incorporated in January of 1992 resulted from the collapse of the North Bay Fur Sales in January of 1991. The Ontario Trappers Association owned the Fur Sales buildings in North Bay and had been leased to the sales company for fur Pierre and Marie Curie--the husband-and-wife team of French chemists who discovered radium. It worked then and it works now. Teamwork. Teamwork today: Debbie Dupuis, Jarvis Resources of Lively and Dan Kochanowski, Northern Ontario or representatives from other government agencies or ministries. Heritage Fund Corporation. Got a good idea? Talk to your local Economic Development Office, or call the OTA was tied up and could no longer operate as a mem- bers' association. Until all assets are disposed of by the receiver, it is not known how much, if any, money will be returned to the OTA by the bank receiver. A meeting was held last February, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and a new trappers asso- ciation covering member ser- vices was formed to replace the OTA. The idea of holding a "one shot deal" spring sale was also proposed at this meeting. The Fur Harvesters Auction Inc. resulted from this propos- al. The non-share capital co- operative will be holding their first auction Dec. 12, 1992, in Toronto. Harkness said that having the sale in Toronto gives fur producers across the province better access to Canadian, American and International buyers. Eventually, the head office for the Fur Producers Co-oper- ative Auction will be in Thunder Bay. They are current- ly operating in Sault Ste. Marie. "We chose the Thunder Bay location because of its accessi- bility to buyers," Harkness said. He added that because the co-operative is owned by trap- pers, they are protected. us toll free at 1-800-461-8329. Consider Debbie and Dan. Together, they've helped bring a new marble cutting and polishing facility--and new jobs--to the North. We want to see more teams like this one. Teams that may include Heritage Fund staff and board members, EDOs, Teams that always include someone like Debbie. Through teamwork, we at the Heritage Fund aim to promote the economic development and diversification of Northern Ontario and the creation of stable, permanent jobs. That's some- thing we can all take part and prosper in. NORTHERN ONTARIO HERITAGE FUND aS PUTTING GOOD IDEAS TO WORK