Sauer seeks to keep $4 million for debt paydown
Ald. Sauer and his utilities committee favor applying the $4 million remaining in a Petroleum and Gas Revenue Tax account to debt on the city's $42 million gas field purchase rather than issuing rebates. The three-man panel, joined by Bauman and Hirsch, call it a good business decision and plan to present an option to the full council for Monday.
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Sheri Murphy-Wright
The
News Gas and Electric
Ken Sauer
Jim Hirsch
Bill Bauman
Sauer
Ted Grimm
Bauman
Graham Kelly
Lee Anderson
Grimm
PGRT
City Hall
Auditor Dye Warns on Federal Provinces Spending Deals
Ottawa faces concern as Auditor General Ken Dye reports federal money remains at risk when spent by provinces. He cites a $100 million Canada Nova Scotia offshore fund misused for unconnected projects including two Halifax bridges and a sewer. Dye urges tighter auditing amid Meech Lake fears and warns of broader transfer funding gaps.
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Maritime Canada
Dartmouth
Dye
Marcel Masse
Commons
Nova Scotia
Ottawa
Halifax
John Buchanan
Auditor General of Canada
Nova
Israel rejects Arafat plan at UN General Assembly
PLO leader Yasser Arafat proposed a three stage peace plan at a Geneva UN debate drawing a cool response from Israel. Prime Minister Shamir insisted the PLO is no peace partner while Defence Minister Rabin said the speech showed some flexibility but targeted the United States. External Affairs Minister Joe Clark said Ottawa would study the speech.
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APCP
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Washington
Israel
Arafat
United Nations General Assembly
Middle East
Joe Clark
Ottawa
Palestine
Soviet Union
United States
Yitzhak Shamir
Palestine Liberation Organization
Jerusalem
Shimon Peres
Shamir
Yitzhak Rabin
Auditor General faults spending and oversight in federal programs
Highlights of Ken Dye’s annual report show improved taxpayer spending but lingering issues. About 100 million of a 200 million offshore development budget for Nova Scotia funded questionable projects like bridges and highways. Food inspections are stressed, tax collection needs a tougher approach, contracts show deficient audits, and monitoring by CIDA is inadequate. Reports say little assurance that funds to Indian bands are used properly and foresters lack complete data on Canada's forest resources.
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Nova Scotia
Supply and Services Department
Canadian International Development Agency
Canadian Forestry Service
Canada
Boucher Cleared of Assault in Redcliff Case
Constable Gerald Boucher was found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm after a 45 minute jury verdict. The incident stemmed from a 17 year old arrested for impaired driving on April 10, during which Boucher testified about threats. Boucher, suspended with pay, may return to duty in a couple days as police chief Mike Pearce indicated relief at the verdict.
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Boucher
Brian Foden
the News
Redcliff
Gerald Boucher
Mike Pearce
Pearce
Court of Queen's Bench
C.D. Evans
Robin Dann
Dann
Calgary
Derrick Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Feds collect heavy petroleum taxes as industry struggles
Ottawa pulled in about 2.3 billion dollars in federal taxes on petroleum products in the first half of 1987, nearly double the industry's 1.28 billion net income. Rising operating costs and new excise taxes squeezed oil firms while pumps added a cent per litre, boosting government revenue.
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Calgary
Ottawa
Petroleum Monitoring Agency
Marcel Masse
Calgary Herald
Canadian Forces Admit World War II Gas Dump Off BC Coast
Col. Conrad Mialkowski announced a 1947 operation dumped mustard gas artillery and mortar shells 160 kilometres west of the British Columbia coast. The program was outside normal disposal methods and records may be incomplete. The shells lie in an ocean trench about 2,500 metres deep, as investigators search archives.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Conrad Mialkowski
Mialkowski
National Defence Headquarters
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