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SOME RECENT findings | SERVING
from B.C. Stats:
‘@ Marijuana and hash. usage is
more = prevalent in British
Columbia than in any other part of
the country, according to a survey
by Health Canada. fn 1994, 11.6%
of British Columbians indicated _ ; ; b .
that they had used these sub- ( : , a AW A : : : , NY a
stances during the last {2 months, A a a p
_compared to 7.4% at the national _ ; ‘ . — im .
Jevel, Ontario had the lowest 7 vas COM ES tA RLY a
‘reported marijuana and hash usage’. Pe i wens . ® |
(5.1%) in the country. ee aero ao Or et ——- : og
@ British ‘Coiumbians also report- ag gg 3 y . Le mn © ' YEAR END CLEARANCE PRICES SO yy
ed above-average usage rates for : , f j hh, Are : ‘ ‘ :
legal drugs such as sleeping pills ee G i, RAN a LOW WE CANNOT ADVER] ISE THE
(5.3%, compared to 4.5% nation- * cos a (EVERYTHING CLEARLY MARKED} ;
° ally) and anti-depressants (3.9%, At ces : ‘
compared to 3.0%). More than a Ay eee ae
fifth (21.2%) of B.C, residents
indicated ,that they hud used’ pre-
scription ’* painkillers such as
codeine or demerol over the past
12 month period. This was consid-
erably higher than the . national
_ average of 13.1%, but the Prairies
also had a fairly high usage rate of
‘175%. .
“W@> Tourism..room revenues "in
British Columbia’ totalled $133
~>-million in July,<an- increase of °
.-' 8.3% over the same month of ce
* 1994. The province's 24 large a rt) prs
“hotels (250+. rooms), which i _ : cs
account for about a quarter of total —ae -_ 0 "
“revenues, continue ie be animpor- , : P FINANCE ON
tant source of growth, with rev- A. ;
‘enues rising 16.7% ‘in July.’ Year- fe a ALL NEW ;
to-date, total tourism room rev- § G ; ALL USE
So enues-are 12.8% higher than inthe | | : | oa”
;* first seven months of 1994.
"During the first nine months of ;
‘the year, 9.2. million: passengers
travelled. through’ the Vancouver
_ International Airport. an- increase
of 9.7% over the same period of
1994, Traffic through Victoria's
airport rose 7.1%, with 617,300.
passengers using the facility so far
this year. ;

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he West Vancouver Memorial:
Library, 1950 Marine Dr., on’
“Wednesday, Nov..29 at 7 p.m.
_ Boys is:a kayaker/world trav-
“eller who has led adventure. tours
through Befize for several years.-:
The ‘presentation will include
information on Kayaking and snor-
. keling the barrier reef and atolls,
‘tropical river journeys, as well as
overland travel to various Mayan
sites.) | .
“Admission to the slide show is
free. For more details telephone 1-
800-667-1630.

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