Hatters react to Klein speech in Alberta address
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein's state of the province address drew mixed reviews in Medicine Hat. Labor leaders called it fluff despite promises to restore education funding and internet wiring for schools, while business and health officials praised deficit reduction and new health and trade spending.
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Alberta
Ralph Klein
Medicine Hat
David Condon
Roy Wilson
Alberta School Boards Association
Wilson
Barry Miskuski
Medicine Hat and District
Hatters embrace winter in Medicine Hat despite bitter cold
Residents push through minus 30C to minus 50C wind chills. Jill Krasilowez calls it a heat wave and enjoys the dry cold. Polar Dippers Greg Ottway and Dr. Dale Lintott plunge into Elkwater Lake while others seek warmth indoors with ovens, bingo, or trips south. Dennis van Westerborg insists on daily stairs to stay sharp.
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Jill Krasilowez
Krasilowez
Medicine Hat
Regina
Krasilower
Elkwater
Lintott
Lisa Starner
Starner
Jeanette Spiry
Spiry
Glenda Leitch
Phoenix
Leitch
Alberta Travel and Convention Association
Mickey Ash
Ash
Dennis van Westerborg
van Westerborg
Peter Mah
South Railway Street
Belfast Street
S.E
Copps Says March Budget Will Replace GST
Heritage Minister Sheila Copps says the March budget will replace the seven percent GST with a unified harmonized sales tax. Prime Minister Chretien promised a replacement in the next budget as analysts await details from Finance Minister Paul Martin. The goal is harmonization across provinces, though final timing remains unconfirmed.
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Copps
Heritage
Sheila Copps
CBC Radio
Paul Martin
Unity committee urges higher threshold for Quebec secession
The committee recommends Ottawa reject a separatist referendum unless Quebec wins 60 to 66 percent of the vote, and would require Ottawa to specify the share of national debt a future Quebec would assume, about 25 percent. It calls for a clear question and signals a tougher approach to separatism. Prime Minister Chretien said Canada could be divisible if Quebec is.
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Vancouver
Apellet Committee On Unity
Ottawa
Quebec
Unity Committee
CBC Radio
Toronto Star
Star
CBC
Jean Chretien
Canada
Chretien
Liberal Caucus
High-tech and Homeless in Novato: Man’s Tech Life on Road
Neal Berry lives by the highway in Novato with a donated mattress and a $2,000 laptop, modem, cell phone, and email access earned from an $8 hourly shipping clerk job. Police say he was arrested for possession of stolen high powered batteries. He notes jail provides a cot and three meals a day despite internet access limits.
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Novato
Calif
Neal Berry
Berry
Tip leads to arrest in torso murder case
Edmonton police charged a man after a Crime Stoppers tip led to an arrest in the Jo-Anne Marie Dickson torso murder. Dickson, 35, of Calgary, was found in a suitcase July 20 along the North Saskatchewan River near a city park.
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Edmonton
Jo-Anne Marie Dickson
Nigel Stevens
Stevens
Dickson
Calgary
North Saskatchewan River
Weather forecast notes sharp cold tomorrow
The weather page reports a high tomorrow around minus 25 and a low tonight near minus 32 with details on the map page B6.
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