Interest rate relief grants reach Lethbridge region totals
Program data released Monday shows 225,470 in interest subsidy grants sent to Lethbridge area recipients with city residents receiving shielding to lower business and farm rates. By January 12, delays and accounting issues limited some bank loans, while 3450 cheques for Medicine Hat area and 353 for Deer's area moved out.
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John Scott
Lethbridge
tong wih
peas moster
Medicine Hat
Crow rate hold up puzzles farmers in Canada
Ottawa reports show November deficit rising to 14.12 billion for the first eight months of the fiscal year due to recession. Unemployment insurance and welfare costs climb while taxes fall. 1.5 million people jobless as public debt and deficits grow. Gallup poll finds Canadians oppose testing US cruise missiles in Canada. Barney Clark's medical condition worsens delaying artificial heart transfer.
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OTTAWA
Finance Department
U.S
Canada
Trash landfill fights shutdown as Kedon press battle looms
Kedon Industries faced a potential shutdown of its private Lethbridge landfill after Barons-Eureka Warner health unit warned of permit breaches. Ed Johnson vowed to have compliance in place by Wednesday while authorities weigh suspending Kedon’s permit. locals fear disruption to the Crowsnest Trail project and waste removal. Separately, Canadian grain freight-rate politics stalled with Ottawa delaying a Crow rate reform, stirring debate among Prairie farm groups over timelines and cost impacts.
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area health unit
Ed Johnson
Kedon Industries
Calgary
Kenn Blom
Barons-Eureka- Warner health unit
Kedon
Blom
Provincial Board of Health
Robert Olshaski
Johnson
Lethbridge
Bryan Horrocks
Crowsnest Trail project
Chipper in January Heads North For Warmer Golf
Wilf Miller and Ted Ponech golfed at Henderson Lake Golf Club in nine degree weather in Lethbridge. About 50 golfers played weekend rounds as temperatures stay above zero through Thursday with sun forecast for Wednesday.
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Wilf Miller
Lethbridge
Miller
Henderson Lake Golf Club
Ted Ponech
Thatcher says Falklands invasion could not have been foreseen
London AP reports an inquiry committee concluded Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Conservative government could not have foreseen or prevented Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands last year, Thatcher announced today.
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LONDON
Margaret Thatcher
Argentina
Falkland Islands
Thatcher
Weather forecast for tonight and Wednesday
Forecast notes a low near 12 tonight and a high near 3 on Wednesday with mainly sunny skies. Stable pressure and light winds expected. No precipitation is anticipated.
Town Gossip Spoofs Dining Etiquette And Slippery Cucumber
A fragmented column imagines local chatter about manners with cucumber slips and safer dining, joking about using fingers or a knife and fork and playful mishearing of phrases in town life.
Man fined for assault on dog catcher in provincial court
Joseph Mraz of Coleman was fined 50 for common assault and 50 for allowing his dog to run at large after backhanding Gary Villemaire the town dog catcher in municipal hall last October. The court placed him on one year probation and gave him until February to pay.
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Herald Pass Bureau
CROWSNEST PASS
Joseph Mraz
Coleman
Gary Villemaire
Villemaire
Mraz
Lloyd Hudson
Hudson
Seniors Embrace Fitness at Lethbridge Centre
Doris Rhodes leads an exercise group at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Centre illustrating growing senior fitness interest. Response to a fitness program this month was strong, prompting a new beginners course. More photos on B1.
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Doris Rhodes
Lethbridge
Trudeau pledges Canadian resources to Japan for investment
Prime Minister Trudeau told a Tokyo dinner crowd that Canada can supply coal wood minerals grain and other resources to Japan for investment and higher Japanese purchases of manufactured goods He urged Japan to invest in upgrading resources and to buy more Canadian satellites aircraft and ICT while stressing Canada’s strong manufacturing base during his 18 day Asia tour before returning to Ottawa.
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TOKYO
Trudeau
Japan
Canada
Paradise Plateau
Mount Fuji
Canada Chamber
Canada-Japan Society
Zenko Suzuki
Ottawa
Canada Japan LNG sales cloud hangs over future
TOKYO CP The Trudeau government backs Canadian resources to fuel Japan with LNG exports but Alaska pipeline changes loom. A commission in Alaska urged scrapping the Western Canada route in favor of a shorter Alaska line to Japan, potentially altering Canada’s LNG prospects. Petroleum signed a 2.9 million ton annual deal with Japan, subject to NEB decision expected in January. Trudeau said he had not seen the Alaska commission report and brushed aside questions, calling Hickel simply a governor.
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Trudeau
Alaska
Canada
United States
Japan
Petroleum
National Energy
Boer
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