EXPERIENCE
UNLIMITED

EXPERIENCE UNLIMITED,
102-145 West 5th St., North
Vancouver, has opened its doors
to help unemployed men and
women aged 45 or over.

The company offers free help
for North Shore residents who are
seeking current information about
the labor market and their poten-
tial place in it.

Funding for the community-
based employment assistance pro-
ject is provided by the North
Vancouver Canada Employment
Centre and priority is given to
applicants who are eligible to col-
lect unemployment insurance.

Professional counsellors help

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unemployed people discuss topics
telated to finding work oppor-
tunities.;

Experience Unlimited will offer
a series of group employment
counselling sessions starting on
Aug. 4.

The program is headed by
Pamela Lelong who has coordi-
nated the downtown Vancouver
office of Experience Unlimited
since 1986.

She and her staff provide indi-
vidually tailored sessions as well
as group employment counselling
in a confidential, supportive at-
mosphere. Experience Unlimited is
designed to assist with:

@ normalizing the experience of
unemployment;

@ developing strategies to cope
with change;

@ exploring new directions in

one’s job or career;
@ regaining a sense of purpose
and control.

Those interested in using the
service should either contact the
North Vancouver branch of the
Canada Employment Centre, 124
East (Sth St., North Vancouver or
call Experience Unlimited at
980-9449.

POWER SMART

NORTH VANCOUVER-based
Albright and Wilson Americas has
received a national award from
the Canadian Electrical Associa-
tion (CEA) as well as a Power

Smart award for energy efficiency.

Albright and Wilson, an indus-
trial producer of sodium chlorate,
has been located in North Van-
couver since 1957. While increas-
ing production capacity by 84% it
was able to reduce electricity use
by 28%, with major environmen-
tal benefits.

As B.C. Hydro’s eighth largest
single customer, Albright and
Wilson cut its energy use by
100,000,000 kilowatt hours, saving
enough electricity for 10,000 new
homes.

Four other B.C. industries aiso
received 1992 Power Smart Indus-
trial Awards. Total annual energy
savings achieved by the winners
would provide enough electricity
to supply the annual needs to

tricity needs of 560,000 new B.C.
homes.

FEDERAL FUNDS

THANKS TO Vancouver-based
Brookdale International Systems
Inc., we will soon be able to
breathe easier in the event of fire,
earthquake, toxic release or chem-
ical warfare.

In 1960 the smoke alarm was
introduced to the world. Since
then over £00 million alarms have
been installed worldwide and tens
of thousands of lives have been
saved as a result.

Brookdale has now developed
E-VAC to take over where smoke
alarms leave off. Once the alarm
signals the presence of smoke,
E-VAC provides protection for at
least 15 minutes from toxic gases
and transient. flame and allows its
users to escape safely.

Brookdale has received a federal
loan of $798,000 from Western
Diversification Canada (WD)
toward the E-VAC project.

E-VAC is a_ pocket-sized

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Ratian

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BUSINESS BRIEFS

lightweight maintenance-free air
purifying respirator that can be
donned by an untrained user in a
few seconds. Brookdale plans to
test, certify and manufacture and
market E-VAC by 1993.

Total costs of the project are
estimated at $1.95 million.

KIRSTIE

STARK MACLISE

“Over Thirty Years Combined Experience”
Authors of DOMESTIC CONTRACTS
A Book on Mariage and Separation Agreements.
MCUSTODY MAINTENANCE & PROPERTY DIVISION
1620 - KOH NELSON STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. (NELSON SQUARED PHONE: 682-4999

10,745 new B.C. homes.

Power Smart is recognized as
one of the most progressive energy
conservation programs in North
America. It aims, by the year
2010, to provide 5,600 million
kilowatt hours of energy savings,

photo submitted? = enough to meet the annual elec-
ALBRIGHT AND Wilson Americas’ Roger Thomey (left) and Brian

Smyth (right) accept the Canadian Electrical Association's na-

tional award for energy savings from Power Smart vice-president

Veikko Kammonen.

Host families sought

NACEL CANADA, a non-profit
organization, is in desperate need
of B.C. host families for French
students aged 14 to 18 years.

_ The adolescents will be arriving
from France on Aug. | and stay-
ing for four weeks, until Aug. 29.
There is no remuneration for
hosting the students other than
adventure and friendship. (This
keeps costs low and makes the
program available to a broader
range of students.)

French teens tend to be very
family-oriented and are often
happy just playing a board game
with their hosts. They are here to

_ immerse themselves in our lan-
guage and culture and to become
another family member for a
month, doing whatever the host
family is doing.

Although it is preferred, host
families do not have to have

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This is an 18 hour course
covering creating, editing, for-

matting, saving, printing,
retrieving documents. Simpie
math, columns, text boxes,
merges, and database will be
covered. Students will have
plenty of practice time to
finish assignments.

July 20/92 - 12:30-3:30
(Mon., Wed., Fri. aftn’s.)
Aug. 10/92 — 9:00 - 12 noon
(Wed., Wed., Fri. — morn’s.)
(6 sessions)

Aug 10/92 ~ 7:00 - 10:00
(Mon. & Wed. — evenings)
(6 sessions)

Cost: $150.00 + GST

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teenagers of their own. Students
and families are matched for simi-
lar interests and written references
are required for both students and
host families. Chaperones check
on the students throughout their
Stay.

All students have medical, lia-
bility and emergency return in-
‘Surances.

This year French families will
be hosting over 60 teenagers from
B.C. Nacel hopes that B.C. fami-
lies can return this gesture and
open their homes to French teens.
Most of the remaining students
needing placement range from 16
to 18 years old.

If you are interested in hosting
a French teen this summer, call
922-2159, fax 922-2594, or write
to Nacel B.C., Mrs. Gaye
Lefaivre, P.O. Box 91824, West
Vancouver, B.C. V7V 4S1.

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