Page C2, October 24, 1979 - North Shore News

Only: one-third shop early fl ge _

“If yoa haven't yet started —

your Christmas shopping,

don’t worry. Less than one in

eight North Shore residents
-begin. their . Yuletide

spending spree. before early
November and the majority

don’t get going until a month
later than that.

at

In a recent survey by the

"Public. Opinion ~ Research -

Division of the North Shore
.News a balanced sample of

380 North: Shore residents -

were asked: “When do you
- begin “your ; Christmas
: shopping?”

| Lisa Bird

Columnist Late Sunday

Times, is now in this .
district and free
.to. take appointments.

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Only 12. per cent. of the
‘respondents said they began

‘In early October, as-against when they -“began their

20 per cent who said early

_November and 30 per- cent—
who said early Dece cember.

However, ‘there was also
an interesting indication that

. quite a number of people
may do sporadic Christmas.

shopping throughout = the
year. Over and above the 62
per cent of respondents
mentioned above, a further
26... per.. cent said they
shopped for Christmas

“anytime during advertised
sales”.

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The remaining 12 per cent
of respondents “didn’t know”

Christmas s shopping. .

are involved in far less court
cases than men, a Statistics
Canada study of almost

_ 14,000 cases showed Friday.
‘Women appeared as

_ defendants in only 16.4 per

cent of the cases surveyed
between 1974 and 1975 and

as plaintiffs in only 34 per ~

cent of the cases.

The study — “Women in
the Civil. Courts Research
Report” said women might
feel “intimidated” by

Women involved in os
if lan one in. six cour : ‘cases

OTTAWA: (UPC) - “Women

“overpowering” - male

lawyers and ‘drop their.

charges.

: “We would argue that the
. frequency

- with | which
women are found in civil or

criminal court cases ... is

. possibly an indicator of their.

less than full participation as
a class of persons ‘in the
mainstream of activities in
this society,” said one of the
report's authors, Dr. Craig
McKie. .

‘in the

”

The report showed a ‘wide
provincial discrepancy of
women launching suits,
ranging from 14.5 per cent in
Quebec to only 1.6 per cent
NorthWest
ritories.

In contrast, the propertion
of male plaintiffs differed
between 31.2 per cent in
Quebec and a low of 14.4 per
cent in Nova Scotia.

The remaining suits were
launched by corporations.

Ter- -

‘Contract and property
cases account-for-about 56
per cent of court: actions
brought by men but only 28
per cent of those brought by,

‘women.

Usually. women launch -
suits centering on. injuries;
resulting largely from traffic.
accidents. Traffic - injury
cases make up about 28 per
cent of the cases launched.
by women and some 55 per
cent of actions launched by .
men.and women. -

ALL NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS are hosting a visual display at Park Royal (north mall) from
Wednesday, October 24, to Friday, October 26. Times are 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily and also 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday,

October 25. Above, preparing for the event at Highlands Community School, two grade 7 stadents, Lesley- -Wood .
and Jinelle Paterson share a terrarium they created with kindergarten students Linda Champion and Tasha Lamb.

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