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A22 - Wednesday, December 3, 1980 - North Shore News

More Canadians
heating with gas
Federal study shows

OTTAWA (UPC) - More
Canadians now heat their
homes with natural gas than
oil and use of electricity was
increasing steadily, Statistics
Canada said Monday.

The federal agency said
the survey showed natural
gas has overtaken oil as the

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leading home-heating fuel in | Gnristmas

Canada with a 40.1 per cent

share of the more than 7.8 ;
million Canadian private at the
homes.

Oil, which heated almost

io Sh:
60 per cent of all Canadian Patio S Op
homes only 10 years ago, - -
slipped into second place . 1S like
this year with a 37.3 per cent
share of the market.

| nowhere else
Natural gas, which has

become more available than
oil because of major new
discoveries in the far north,

You will enjoy browsing and shopping for gifts
for all on your Christmas list. Beautiful custom

made decorations for your home — tree. trims,
wheaper as a hone heating games, cuddly toys, fun soaps, decorator
< fuel. candles. serviettes and hostess accessories,
In its Oct. 28 budget. the fireside accessories, TV tables, the Comfort
OLD BUILDINGS LIKE THIS are becoming a rare sight in North Vancouver — and . 8 id ; Trap”, and always our Patio Furniture.
this one too was torn down recently. A small building covered over with imitation federal government said it

brick, it was a Doggie Parlour for the last few years. It stood at the north-west corner oat, maintaining the price
of 5th and Lonsdale. It was built in 1905 and was the first office of lrwin and Billings than oil’an 4 was. rovidin
‘Real Estate. The gentleman on the left was Mr. Irwin. The first letter mailed in North P 8

di t ts toh ners
Vancouver was put in a mail box, after a short ceremony, out in front of the building to refit their fornaces to vee
in 1907. * natural gas.

Statistics Canada said the
number of homes using
electricity for heating also

rose steadily during the last 1575 Marine Drive 2082 West 41st Ave.,
10 years. Some 19.5 per cent

ot are now heate West Vancouver Vancouver
Haiti an crackdo wi Of-at|Romes are now heated |! 995-1101 261-4116
onty 4.0 per centin 1970.
ends liberal trend

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti young Duvalier took power
(UPI) - Haiti charged in 1971 after the death of his
Monday that journalists, father, Francois “Papa Doc”
officials and hunran nmghts Duvaher
activists arrested in Haiti's Observers in

city, Port au Prince, say the
arrests have ended the
liberal trend exhibited by the
government over the past

the capital years
biggest crackdown 1n nearly
a decade were

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“troublemakers and cr Gd ad gq 0 f T 0

communists n i ni p pu qd i n
A communique read by

pohce chef Col Jean B

e e
Vaime “over wovernment D@SSES 24 million mark | ompany

the detainees part of the OTTAWA (UPC) Canada's province remained Bntish Store
cc Mmunist conspiracy . =.
branding them population officially passed Columbia with = 2,662 000.
“t oublemakers” the 24 milhon mark in April while Alberta, with
of) this year Statistics 2 1193.300 — peopte. and

The communique came Canada says Manitoba s 1.028 000) were
after 48 hours of silence by next
the Hattain regime of The federal agency an Saskatchewan registered a
President for hfe Jean Cla nounced Tuesday that more population of 973 000) Nova
ude Duvaher following a than a third of the country s Scotia KASS OOO New
weve of arrests of jour people hve in Ontane Brunswick "OK COO
ni tists politicians and Whose pepulation reached Newfoundland SK?) 900
human rights ac tivitists KOSK’ OOO on April 1 Prince Edward Island

Ihe arrests wete Quebec Wes opert with 124 O00 Northwest
described ay the most far 6 310 000 Jerritones 3) 000 and the
reaching crackdown since The third most) populous Yukon with 2b 600

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