The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, August 17, 1994 Time to get your fingers walking New plan will allow millions of new numbers to be added to the system Starting September 4, B.C. residents will have a monu- mental ing due to a pene sana J which will modem numbers, 20 speed With rapidly growing dials on the fax hine as well as 15 speed dials on the By. such as modems, cellular and fax master phone. es such as Celgar, Pope and Talbot, Selkirk College and Castlegar and District Hospital will undoubtedly have more numbers to change. But if you don't quite get to complete the programming task by September 4, B.C. Tel Officer, Ed quire all long 4 calls to be prefaced by B.C.'s local area code, 604. Whether it be telephones ith speed dial or auto dial feature, pagers, modems, faxes, answering machines or cellular phones, all will be required to be changed, espe- The Castlegar Sun is a prime example of how the change will affect individual business- cusn, said there will be a grace period in which the old system can still be used. “The conversion period will end January 5. If they don't use the new system their calls won't go through.” And it won't just be British Columbians who will be affected by this change, explained Clark; the system will be in effect in all of North a. “This is something that not only B.C. will have to do. All North America is in danger of running out of numbers, Hard to believe? Not really when you consider that 13,500 new telephone numbers are request- » ed every day. To meet the growing | demand the North American Numbering Plan is being mod~ ified by the directive. With the change, a pool of 640 new area codes each potentially capable of provid- ing eight million additional telephone numbers, will open up. In total there could be up to 5,120 million new numbers created by the change: The only exception to the change will be toll-free 800 and 900 numbers. So don't forget. When dial- ing long distance within B.C. after September 4, dial 1-604 Wednesday, August 17, 1994 The Castlegar Sun There’s jobs out there! Unemployment rate decreases in B.C. Although the unemployme: rate is at 97 per cent, which is considerably less than 12.9 per ceat in May, 1994, it's still higher than the 9.3 per cent reported for June, 1993. There's a decrease in those unemployed in the Columbia and the document shows that the Okanagan Boundary Region (which includes Trail, Grand Forks, Penticton, Kelowna and Vernon) was enjoying a lower unemp! rate with 8.8 per cent in May to 7.7 per cent in TOTAL CLAIMS 657 AVE INSURABLE WEEKS 33 AVE INSURABLE BARNINGS $9,741 AVE BENEFIT RA’ $285 AVE TOTAL BENEFITS AVE WEEKS PAID With fire season in full force, it is not unusual to hear helicopters and water bombers flying overhead. These helicopters were kept busy at the Koch Creek fires in the Slocan Valley. SUN STAFF PHOTO (Karen Kerkhoft AVE AGE pared to this time last year. In B.C. the drop was entirely attributed to job growth. Specif- ically, there were about 80,000 mncenvor ond Bal in Gen. vast of SUN STAFF Failure to to yield results in charges turned in front of a vehicle driven Columbia Avenue. the province. The West Kootenays appears A Robson man, 62-year-old by George Kardash, 59, of Although there were no Cc while attempting to injuries, damage to the vehicles to be a favorite place for Nick Ogloff has been charged head east onto Highway 3 from _ was estimated at $4,000. As Brandy Duke, Castlegar Sun employee is finding out, complying with the B.C. Tel change is a challenge. LOCAL HERO. es. The change will require and the seven digit number. Sun staff to reprogram several people in North America will jobs in B.C. a have to do it.” more jo! B.C. than a year claimants to live. During June province, by ago—which equates to four of and July there were 145 claims Interior with a rate of 12.5 percent. ten new jobs for the whole transferred into the region Nationally, the unemployment country. while 125 claimants moved out rate dropped by one point com- Job growth was about half in of the area. with failing to yield after a motor vehicle accident August 11. Castlegar RCMP say the acci- dent occurred when Ogloff STUDENT RESIDENCE ON CASTLEGAR CAMPUS The Selkirk College Student Residence Manager is accepting applications for the 1994/95 Academic Year. Space is limited, so if you are interested in living on campus in residence and would like an application form, please contact: Pat Rodrick, Residence Manager Castlegar Campus, 365-1227. Applications are accepted on a first come, first served basis. (@%) Castlegar Campus M4 Box 1200, Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3J1 Ph: (604) 365-7292 HOMES WANTED The Castlegar Junior Rebels Hockey Club requires homes for-players for the 94/95 season. | A monthly payment and complimentary season's pass | are supplied by the hockey club. }! Interested persons may call Riek or Diane 365-8174 Laundry Pairs ¢ Feature Loaded « Large Capacity Large Capacity Super Capacity Choose from 3 Models ¢ Great Savings ALL SALE PRICES! 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