". \previously NEW BUSINESS ISLAND ACOUSTICS Hearing Service has opened a new North Vancouver office in the Northm- ount Medical Centre, 302-145 East 13th St., after having pur- chased the North Western Hearing Centre from Isabelle Kennedy, which had served North Van- couver for the past 19 years. Island Acoustics has been in business since 1978 and has gone from a single office in downtown . Victoria to being Canada’s largest independent network of hearing instrument specialists and certified ~ audiologists. The North .Vancouver office is the .company’s 20th location. Other offices are located “throughout the Greater Victoria area,. Kerrisdale, Nanaimo, Courtenay and other parts of Vancouver Island. Georgia Pinkett will manage the new North Vancouver office. She co-managed Island Acoustics’ office for two years Sunday, August 30, 1992 - North Shore News - 23 Surj Rattan | BUSINESS BRIEFS and has consulted at other North ; Island offices as well. NV FIRM GETS CONTRACT NORTH VANCOUVER-based Offshere Systems Ltd. has receiv- ed a $1,711,906 contract to research and test an electronic navigational system for the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The contract runs until March 31, 1996. HOME BASED WORKSHOP THE PROVINCIAL government will host a workshop next month in Vancouver for entrepreneurs interested in learning the essentia! steps involved in starting a suc- cessful home-based business. - “The ministry of economic de- - velopment, small business and trade developed a series of workshops designed to support and educate new entrepreneurs in areas that most often cause businesses to fail,’’ said Economic Development Minister Dave Zir- ahelt. . “‘There are 130,000 self- employed people operating Zoroastrian congress to be held this week THE ZOROASTRIAN ee Society of British Columbia : is organizing and sponsor- ing the. The. Eighth North ‘American Zoroastrian Con- _-gtess-to be held at the Van- “couver Trade and Conven- = tion Centre from Sept. 4 to . Sept. 6 a no The: theme of the Congress is “Looking Ahead. to the 21st Cen- - tury.” oi Zoroastrians are of the follow- ers of the ‘teachings of Prophet Zoroaster of. Ancient Iran (then known.as Persia).. Zoroaster lived . about 1500 B.C. somewhere to the east of the Caspian Sea in ancient * “Iran; which extended into much of . what is today part of Russia. > Zoroaster was born into a fami- ly of. priests and was ‘the’ first prophet in the world to introduce .the (idea of | monotheism. (one ~ God)... : : Zoroastrianism was the officia! ‘religion of . Persia’ for over 1,000 ears from about $50 B.C. to 642 “A.D. For much of this period the Persian Empire stretched from . North India. to modern iraq and “even to modern Turkey. As the ., State religion: of this enormous empire, Zoroastrianism was prob- ably the most influential ‘religion ‘in the Middle East at che time of :, Jesus Christ.. The sacred books of the “" Zoroastrians were in the Avesta’ ' FREE BOOKLET One often hears Canadians com- plaining about the high amount of tax they pay. What many individuals do not realize is that simply by structuring their investments carefully, they can pay far less tax. This guide will provide you with ideas for saving tax through your investment program. Cull todity to receive your com- plimentary book!et. Mark Osachoff 661-7433 ScotiaMcl.eod Frasted newsmen mbax wce 1921 language, and even to this day they recite their prayers in Avesta. Through the Persian conquests abroad and the meeting of travel- Jers in the marketplace, Persia has influenced a number of religions. Perhaps no other religion than Zoroastrianism has influenced so many people in so many conti- nents over so many centuries. Zoroastrianism does not have enly historical or doctrinal inter- est, it is a living religion, although its followers are now few. Nowadays the total Zoroastrian population in the world is around 120,000 out of which 70,000 live in and around the city of Bombay in India; 17,000 in Iran; and the test, about 28,0000, are scattered all over the world. Since after the Second World War many Zoroastrians with pro- fessional backgrounds and tradesmen have migrated to U.S.A., Canada and Australia. On the North American continent there are about 12,000 Zoroastrians. Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the prophetic religions. its history is almost twice as long as Chris- FOR ANY MAKE OR MODEL PLEASE CALL AMBLESIDE AUTO SALES & LEASE 925-3233 OR CELLULAR 351-1958 - tianity. It therefore raises some of the basic questions as to how does, or how should, a religion change with the passage of time? 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