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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1999
Page
1
Alberta Treasurer Stockwell Day said the eight per cent provincial surtax on incomes over 40000 may be dropped as it undermines government credibility. Introduced in 1987 to cut the deficit, it raises about 234 million annually from those paying over 3500 tax. Day questioned if the tax can be fully removed in one year.
Ashley Baron died at Calgary Alberta Children's Hospital after a virus damaged her liver and enlarged her heart. Laurie Baron describes a close hospital family as relatives plan funds for her funeral and future donation to Kids for Cancer.
The quote contrasts vagueness and procrastination as comforts for weak spirit. It warns that excessive caution leads to stumbling over something and missing progress. The two authors, John Updike and Gertrude Stein, are cited for the ideas about care and hesitation.
Australian Olympic official funded payments of seventy thousand dollars to two IOC members in Monte Carlo before Sydney won the bid by two votes. The disclosure adds to a widening corruption crisis as Libyan and other members resign or face probes over Salt Lake City 2002 bidding.
Ten Canadian premiers and territorial leaders sign a letter to Prime Minister Chretien agreeing that any rise in health transfers in next month’s federal budget will be earmarked for core health services. The move aims to advance a stalled federal provincial health accord and secure a share of expected surplus.
In High Point a female police mannequin in uniform was placed in a patrol car to curb speeding and accidents on busy Eastchester Drive. Residents mocked it as unfriendly or asleep. one caller even mistook it for a dead person, prompting a 911 call. Police say the dummy has reduced speeds at problem intersections.
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