function province_options(sel_value) {
// purpose: creates a set of option tags to populate the province dropdown box
	var arValues 	= new Array("-","AB","BC","MB","NB","NF","NT","NS","NU","ON","PE","QC","SK","YT");
	var arNames 	= new Array("Choisir la province","Alberta","Colombie Britannique","Manitoba","Nouveau-Brunswick","Terre-Neuve et Labrador","Territoires du Nord-Ouest","Nouvelle-Écosse","Nunavut","Ontario","Île-du-Prince-Edouard","Québec","Saskatchewan","Territoire du Yukon");
	var strStart 	= '\n<option value="';
	var strOptions	= "";
	if(sel_value==null) sel_value = "-";
	for(var i=0; i<arValues.length; i++){
		strOptions += strStart+arValues[i]+'"';
		if(sel_value.toUpperCase()==arValues[i]) {
			strOptions += ' selected="selected"'
		}
		strOptions += '>'+arNames[i]+'</option>';
	}
	return strOptions;
}