Redcliff hit by Medicine Hat budget hike spillover
Medicine Hat proposes an average 11.6 per cent electrical rate increase for customers outside the city. Residential charges would rise 18.9 per cent, consumption rates 10.3 per cent, adding about $1 monthly and one cent per kilowatt hour. Redcliff mayor says talks ongoing and cost impacts to be evaluated.
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Ald
Ken Sauer
Hatters
Redcliff
Bill Duncan
Medicine Hat
Ted Grimm
Oil prices plunge below 17 dollars in US market
Oil fell to 16.89 dollars per barrel as supply outstrips demand. Analysts cite expanded Iraqi exports under UN plans, higher OPEC output, and market factors from currency volatility to El Nino. Alberta royalty receipts could drop by 190 million Canadian for every one dollar US slide.
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Ken Croft
Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc
Iraq
United Nations
Canada
Medicine Hat water and sewer rates rise 6.7 percent
Medicine Hat approves a 55 million operating budget with a 6.7 per cent increase in water and sewer rates for 1998. Homeowners face higher base and usage charges while the city undertakes two new reservoirs costing over 15 million. The plan also adds nine new positions across police fire and utilities.
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Medicine Hat
Hatters
Ald
Bernier Anderson
Anderson
Ren Sauer
Public Services
Bob Warner
Warner
Police Commission
Canada to buy 15 AgustaWestland Cormorant SAR helicopters
Defence Minister Art Eggleton announced a $790 million contract to replace the CH-133 Labrador with 15 AgustaWestland Cormorants. The deal covers aircraft, training, parts, and support, with Ottawa paying up to $593 million for helicopters and about $200 million for management.
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Defence
Art Eggleton
Agusta-Westland
Eggleton
Diana's burial site tours spark global ticket scramble
Althorp Park estate in Britain opened to the public on Monday with 200 slots filled at peak calls. About 10 000 people tried to reach operators. tickets cost roughly 22.65 Canadian dollars. Proceeds go to the Diana Memorial Fund.
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Princess of Wales
Diana
Lake Island
Earl Spencer
Althorp Park
Diana, Princess of Wales
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