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Alpha chairman flies to Olympic rescue

VANCOUVER – Alpha Group's Fred Kaiser was feted last week in a Vancouver Sun article for his plan for corporate jets flying into the 2010 Winter Olympics. Recounting his own experience of flying to the Sydney Olympics and being forced to park his own jet at a "Mickey Mouse" far off regional airport, Kaiser, a long-time pilot, was determined not to have the same thing happen in B.C., where he has a home.So, the founder of the company that supplies most of the power supplies to cable companies in North America (among other businesses), took over the 28-year lease the money-losing...