City Move Toward Commission Board Government
Allan Coyle reports city council moves toward a commission board style to replace the co ordinating committee. The plan would create a board of commissioners with the mayor as chairman and four other commissioners. Proponents say the change would streamline administration while critics fear greater power for directors and reduced council oversight. Byalaws to implement the reform may be ready within a month after a $40 000 restructuring report.
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Sam Stone
Medicine Hat
Coordinating Committee
Board of Commissioners
City Council
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Stone
Ted Grimm
Commission
George Davison
Commission Board
Yuill
Grimm
Sauer
Fire Protective Services
Utilities Department
Medicine Hat confronts MacEachen on NEP gas tax
Aldermen blast Finance Minister MacEachen for missing Medicine Hat's case on a 90 cent per MCF natural gas tax. They note tax doubles costs from 47 cents and say the effort should go to court if federal relief fails. Mayor Grimm and others criticize the minister's letter as insincere.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
Ald.rien Sauer
Allan MacEachan
MacEachen
National Energy Program
NEP
Sauer
MacEachan
Ted Grimm
Grimm
City council receives regretful letter over revenue plan
Sauer argues the proposal seeks extra revenue from citizens to fund expenditures such as Petro-Canada. Keith notes the council received the letter with regret.
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Petro-Canada
Keith
Proposal to add room at cultural centre remains alive
An ongoing cultural centre expansion plan faces opposition from the city finance committee as it moves forward. The public debate centers on budget and community impact despite continued support for the project.
Alberta backs $40 million design for Slave River hydro project
Aldrien Sauer praises Alberta’s plan to spend 40 million on early design of an 8 billion hydroelectric project on the Slave River near the Northwest Territories border. Larry Shaben notes parallel approvals and a 10 million study finding the dam economically viable with risks and cross border impacts.
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Aldrien Sauer
Utilities Committee
Larry Shaben
Slave River
Northwest Territories
Sauer
Dunvegan
Peace River
Prairie Provinces
Calgary
Territories
Lake Athabasca
Wood Buffalo National Park
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Environment Department
Shaben
Paris restaurant attack fuels fears of new anti semitism
Six people were killed and 22 wounded in the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in Paris, the deadliest anti Jewish assault in France since World War II. Two Americans died, with two more wounded. The incident follows a broader wave of anti Semitic acts linked to the Israel Lebanon crisis across Europe, including in Italy Germany Austria and Switzerland.
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Ann van Zanten
Evanston
Ill
Italy
West Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Rome
Terni
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