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REGIONAL RESOURCESResources Available Locally Coal Timber Limestone Natural Gas Mountain
Scenery
Products
Wooden Cable
Reels Dimensional
Lumber Treated
Wood Posts and Poles Natural Gas Machined
Metal Products Wooden Signs Sulphur Lime Jams & Jellies
WAGE RATES Prevailing
Provincial (Hourly ) Minimum Scales Full
Time / Part Time Workers: $5.65 as of April
1, 1999 $5.90
as of October 1, 1999
| Labour |
| Unskilled | $6.00
- $8.00/hr. |
| Skilled | $8.00
- $11.00/hr. |
| Site
Foreman | $14.00 - 15.00/hr |
| | $15.00
plus credentials |
| Natural
Gas - Industrial | $2.06/1000
cu.ft. |
| Electrical -
Industrial | $9.86/kw
of demand 2 month rate |
| | 400
kw/kw of demand x .1043 above .0321 |
| | 1-400
kw/kw of demand x .1043 above.0321 discount - 9.604% |
INDUSTRIES/CLASSIFICATION
WHERE
MOST EMPLOYED
| Mining | 670 |
| Retail Trade | 420 |
| Manufacturing | 290 |
| Health & Social Services | 290 |
| Other Service Industries | 240 |
| Construction | 215 |
| Educational Service | 215 |
| Accommodation, Food & Beverage | 170 |
| Government Service | 130 |
| Transportation | 95 |
| Logging | 80 |
| Communication/Utilities | 75 |
| Ag/Service | 50 |
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