Eight-year-old pays taxes with coins at Beaver counter
Adam Klimkowski, a second grader at Anthony Wayne Elementary School in Ambridge, pays $39.86 in pennies dimes and quarters to settle his college fund tax. He was barred as Beaver County officials enforce personal property tax collection. The total included a $2 penalty for missing the November 2 deadline.
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Beaver, Pa
Adam Klimkowski
Anthony Wayne
Pittsburgh
Ambridge
Beaver County
Adam
Mother deported for child abduction. daughter left in Canada
Nina Lamont, 32, was ordered out of Canada after losing an appeal to stay. Immigration and RCMP escorted Lamont and her 13-year-old son Boris to Calgary for a Paris-bound flight. Natassa, 9, remains in foster care as Lamont faces a two-year prison term. Family friends fear for Natassa's safety.
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Calgary
France
Alberta
Canada
RCMP
Nina Lamont
Boris
Lamont
Natassa
Scott Marlin
Paris
Alberta approves high tech mill project in Grande Prairie
The Alberta government backs a 1.6 billion high tech paper mill near Grande Prairie by Grande Alberta Paper, promising over 900 jobs. Environmental review and public input must proceed before final approval and construction, with a 1996 opening target and no government loans.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Grande Alberta Paper
Grande Prairie
Don Getty
Getty
Northern Alberta
Manning
Dick Johnston
Robert Schuyler
Grande Alberta
Private Funding Sought for Northwestern Alberta Wood Mill
Johnston and Schuyler say financing can be fully private for the megaproject but offer few disclosure details. The two firms will share forestry resources in northwestern Alberta to win backing. Environmental critics warn endangered woodland caribou habitat could be harmed by larger cut blocks and increased access.
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Johnston
Schuyler
Alberta
Gray Jones
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
Jones
Two C-141B cargo planes crash in Montana air refueling drill
The collision killed all 13 aboard from two C-141B transports based at McChord Air Force Base. Twelve bodies were recovered by Tuesday night as wreckage covered about 50 square kilometres in north central Montana near the Canadian border. Weather and mechanical failure were not suspected, and an air force investigation began with crews from the other two aircraft.
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Harlem
Mont
U.S
Ray Martell
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Montana
Medicine Hat
Washington Air National Guard
Martell
Brenda Mohar
Turner
Air Force
David Jones
McChord
Alberta trustees reject essential service status for education
Cypress schools chair Stan Krause says local bargaining should stay with trustees. Alberta School Board Association votes 679 to 377 against declaring education an essential service, deferring on wage cap proposal. Roy Wilson and Linda Blasetti support local talks and oppose compulsory arbitration.
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Alberta
Cypress Schools
Stan Krause
Alberta School Board’s Association
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Krause
Roy Wilson
Teachers’ Association
Calgary Catholic School
Linda Blasetti
Cypress probe re examined by Mounties
RCMP will re evaluate the Cypress Municipal District accounting probe amid new allegations. Calgary commercial crime and Medicine Hat RCMP may reopen the file but a full re open is not guaranteed. An inquiry could cost up to 500 000 dollars and take months.
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RCMP
Cypress
Doug Heaton
Medicine Hat
Calgary Commercial Crime Section
Medicine Hat Rcmp
Heaton
Mick Nieman
Jack Osadczuk
Gary Lehr
Lehr
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Halifax
Ron George
Native Council of Canada
George
United Native Nations
British Columbia
Native Council
Victoria Times
UNN
Ann Landers
AG City News
Doonesbury
Sarajevo
Alberta OK
Fanjoy
Mike Bauckmeir
Murray Snyder
Mountain View
Mounties
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