» Dr. John Hurlburt €Cright) gives a demonstratian examination ta pretend patient Lil Kamlah (left? Northwestel Gives Break Whitehorse, Yukon some northern businesses will get a break in long distance rates now that Northwestel is able to offer Wide Area Telephone Service (Cor WATS). Northwestel applied in August to the Canadian Fadio— Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to introduce WATS to the north by the end of i990. The CRTC approved the ap— plication this week. Northwestel decided ta introduce WATS because of many demands from business customers for this service. The company has had a list of about two dozen customers who have been waiting to sign up for the service as soon as it becomes available. The rates for WATS service are structured to benefit busi— ness. customers who place many long distance calls during the business day. WATS will enable northern businesses to manage long aaa el. oa more effec— 144% : 1% eases rs eheed ya AO Tee elects, ReGee A pagers Ar ey Oe wae \< a 1 ee [Ae AR ATSC R yy AES | hae Seecoririraccrerst ret esta Lon pasei2 ||): assiar Courier the Voice of Cassiar Country JANUARY 1991 people at the jumped the gun year , present Mining Corporation. $6000.00 microscope at eye the Slit Lamp. only used for the eye, seemed like the Cassiar Hospital on Christmas this as they received a huge from Santa and Cassiar It almost The present was a brand new for looking injuries, simply called Dr. John Hurlburt says the Slit Lamp is much like a large micrascope for looking at the eye. He says the Slit Lamp checks for scratches and any debris that may be caught in a person’ Ss eye. Although the Slit Lamp is it has a lot of advantages to it. The advantage the Slit Lamp has is it allows the Doctor to determine how serious an eye injury is in a matter of minutes. This small amount of time can save a lot of time; about the amount of time it would take toa fly a person to a major centre toa have the eye examined. Continued on page 14 New Flights From Time Air Fort St John, 85.C....Time Air officials were in Fort St. John, Fort Nelson and Watson Lake recently to discuss the future air transportation plans for the region. The new schedule which will commence in April, will fea-— ture two non-stop F28 jet flights per day (Monday-Friday) between Fort St. John and Vancouver. This will create same-day return service for business travellers. One of these services will con- nect through to Fort Nelson and Watson Lake. Other include: schedule highlights from John A&A — One frequency ae day Prince George ta Fort St. and on to Fort Nelson. This ser— vice will replace the current flight provided by Canadian Air— lines International between Prince George and Fort St. John. re yer tk bp» ., Soe baee FF NNER mh 4 DT Te ®-% D&B Sy bd B- Effective December 1, 1990 Fort Nelson will have two Dash 8 flights per day. This will be replaced by one F28 and One Dash 8 flight in April. John Peter, Time Air dir- ector of marketing said, "This will be an adjustment in service that leads to a better overall approach in air transportation for the north. Connections will be convenient through Fort St. John toa Vancouver and Edmon-— ton/Calgary offering a more com- plete service for the whole region." These announcements were made as a result of Canadian Air— lines International announcing on October 12, 1990 that they would be turning over these routes to Time Air in April, 19391. Time Air serves 40 destina— tions in western Canada and the United States. 2 t) $ BUGS cael 42434 eee ore nO nT On eT , ee yA ae nan a ee ne EE pe > ve TE on setae se piss a i setts ee ae nT Ene Oren ene TEN setae —— sc meen et mn ce tne te ian eae iaactamneraeet inheritance einen ——- atte Atl tit ttt eta ta ta oa.