New assessment shifts hit older Hat homes and condos
Medicine Hat taxpayers face higher property taxes on older homes condos and mobile homes and on Dunmore Road area businesses while newer homes and downtown businesses may see lower rates. City tax assessor Russ Barnes notes total amounts await full completion and council review.
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Property tax classifications and 1996 values summary
The document lists tax valuations for 1997 across property types. Residential, commercial and industrial land and buildings are at 100 percent of 1996 market value, machinery and equipment at 77 percent of 1996 value, greenhouses with farming land at 100 percent, and buildings at 50 percent with exceptions for residence and utilities.
Saddam marks 60th with lavish birthday celebration
Saddam Hussein turned 60 and promoted a cult of personality as Baghdad broadcasts praised his defiance of American tyranny. Street loudspeakers proclaimed blessings for the leader while Uday's Shebab TV renamed itself Birthday Television for week long festivities amid rationed sugar and widespread poverty.
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Ontario officer found guilty in Ipperwash shooting death
In Sarnia Ont Judge Hugh Fraser finds OPP acting Sgt Kenneth Deane guilty of criminal negligence causing death in the Sept 6 1995 shooting of Aboriginal activist Dudley George outside Ipperwash Provincial Park. Sentencing set for May 27. verdict to be appealed.
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Chretien pledges halt to health care cuts in Liberal plan
Prime Minister Jean Chretien framed the Liberal campaign around increasing health care funding by six billion dollars over five years, arguing extra transfers would help provinces while defending the move as investment from deficit relief. Conservatives dismissed the pledge as misleading and politically motivated.
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Ste Agathe Hit By Record Flood Dike Breach
Manitoba flood advances as Ste. Agathe residents flee after water surpassed emergency dikes. In south Winnipeg suburbs 4 000 plus evacuated near St Norbert while 2 000 more, including Sanford and La Salle, depart as 40 kilometre Brunkild dike project nears limit. Mayor Susan Thompson notes calculated risk period.
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Explosive Tenderizing: A New Path for Meat Tenderness
An agricultural researcher and a retired weapons expert team to tenderize beef pork and lamb with underwater detonation of up to 500 grams. In tests a 275 kilogram carcass can become tender almost instantly with no additives or marbling. Morse Solomon of USDA Beltsville calls the method powerful and risky. John Long, a former weapons specialist, conceived the idea and supports its potential.
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