Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2022-11-03
issued: 1987-09-17
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note: DELEGATE, COUNCILOR DISAGREE Toll-free tactics in dispute MURRAYVILLE - If things are not done just right, it could be "game over, for perhaps the next five years," Aid. Patrick Boyle said Monday night. Together with colleague Len Fowler, Boyle has been meeting with senior execs from B.C. Tel, and it is his contention that the telephone company gladly would grant toll free calling between Aldergrove and Vancouver if only the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) would accede. A submission -- the right kind of a submission -• must be made to CRTC, Boyle insists. Not so, says Steve Ferguson, an Aldergrove man who spent several days in Ottawa and Hull, Quebec earlier this month lobbying federal politicians and CRTC commissioners for an end to the toll-free dispute. The CRTC is not against the change, Ferguson told council members here Monday night. B.C. Tel is. "It is no use pressuring B.C. Tel," Boyle insisted. "B.C. Tel has no mandate whatsoever to change the system." "The CRTC would be more than happy to change (to toll free calling between Aldergrove and Vancouver)," Ferguson said. He added that commissioners had been "overwhelmed to see an individual from Aldergrove" with a new petition from far off British Columbia. Ferguson said the CRTC "sympathises with Aldergrove's problem and are prepared to move on an issue which may force B.C. Tel to change its criteria on extended . area service (EAS) throughout the entire province of B.C." The reason B.C. Tel is against the change to EAS is that the company is making a lot of money on long distance telephone calls between Aldergrove and the city, Ferguson said. However, he added that the company could make up for loss of this revenue in other ways. Modern technology such as computers and fibreglass optics have completely changed the industry and made it much more profitable today than it was 10 or 15 years ago, Ferguson said. 51 11 VOL. 29 No. X THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER If/, 1987 30 CENTS Establis…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0421840
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text