Medicine Hat to fight federal energy tax in court
The city plans legal action over Joker's federal energy taxes while also paying the levies. Mayor Ted Grimm says a special council meeting will authorize court action. Alberta British Columbia and Saskatchewan may join similar suits as Medicine Hat faces higher heating bills and reduced flowback proceeds.
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Medicine Hat
Joker
Ted Grimm
James D. Crawford
Calgary
McDonald and Haden
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat’s
Grimm
Platform collapse kills four on Vancouver tower job
Four Vancouver area workers died when a concrete pouring platform broke away and plunged 36 storeys at the Bentall Four Tower under construction. Names are Gunther Couvruex 49 Brian Stevenson 21 Don Davis 34 Yrjo Mitrunen 46.
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Vancouver
Bentall Four Tower
Gunther Couvruex
Brian Stevenson
Don Davis
Burnaby
Yrjo Mitrunen
West Vancouver
City weighs options if gas tax rebate possible
City finance director Bob Archel says Ottawa taxes on natural gas might be recovered and returned to consumers. If recovered, funds could defray rate increases or rebate customers, though direct rebates face address changes and legal delays. The November tax total was about 570 thousand.
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Medicine Hat
Bob Archel
Archel
Ottawa
House of Commons
Utilities Committee
Montreal hotel fire kills one guest in downtown blaze
Fire swept the Constellation Hotel from the ground floor killing a 20 year old Chinese woman and forcing evacuation of 75 guests. Seven were hospitalized for smoke inhalation as firemen searched room by room guiding people down stairways and from rear ladders.
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Montreal
Constellation
Fred Rumble
Richmond
B.C
Rumble
Four Seasons
Cjad Radio
Canadian U S firms sign 10 year natural gas pad deal
A group of five firms from Canada and the United States signed a 10 year agreement to export transmit and store Canadian natural gas. TransCanada will ship 8.5 million cubic metres daily to Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line with Union Gas and ANA Storage holding about 1.1 billion cubic metres for peak winter demand.
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U.S
Calgary
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
Transco Companies Inc
Houston
TransCanada Pipe Lines
Canada
Tran
Smission. Union Gas Ltd
Chatham, Ont
ANR Storage
Detroit
American Natural Resources Co
TransCanada
Rod Latimer
Transcontinental
Jack Earnest
Darcy McKeough
Union Gas
James Cordes
ANA Storage
Robert Wall
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Systems
Latimer
Investors slow to seek drilling funds under new energy plan
Barry Estabrook reports few investors respond to the federal energy program inviting access to oil drilling funds. Experts urge caution as regulators and taxes complicate risks, with bureaucratic hurdles likely until spring.
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Barry Estabrook
Financial Times News Service
National Energy Program
Marc Lalonde
Christopher Bill
Merrill Lynch Royal Securities Ltd
Alberta
Investment adviser Granville triggers market selloff with early warning
Joseph Granville, a Florida based investment adviser, told subscribers to dump stocks prompting massive early sell orders and a Dow drop from above 1000 to 980.99. His followers dubbed the Granville Groupies and he touted short selling on declines while touring U S venues with showmanship and a self styled Bagholder Blues composition.
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New York
Joseph Granville
Holly Hill
Fla
Dow
Toronto
United States
Granville
Wall
Wall Street
U.S
Garden Grove
Calif
Dayton
Ohio
Vancouver
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Judy Waites
Workers Compensation Board
Coroner's Department
Dominion Construction Ltd
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
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