Utility bills cut as federal gas tax falls
Allan Coyle reports Ottawa will cut natural gas excise taxes by 30 cents to 15 cents per gigajoule, effective August 1. Aldrien Sauer, chair of the Utilities Committee, says City utilities customers can expect lower bills due to the nearly 67 percent overall tax reduction.
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News City
Aldrien Sauer
Marc Lalonde
Ottawa
Sauer
Utilities Committee
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Utilities
Ottawa lowers natural gas tax aiding Alberta petrochemicals
Premier Peter Lougheed lauds Ottawa’s plan to cut the natural gas tax from 45 to 15 cents per gigajoule, hoping for relief for Alberta’s struggling petrochemical industry in Medicine Hat. The move reduces consumer bills to about 30 cents per gigajoule with credits to follow on next bills.
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Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Medicine Hat
Lougheed
Ottawa
Marc Lalonde
Lalonde
Niven Dies at 73 in Swiss Hospital
London AP reports veteran British actor David Niven has died at age 73 in a Swiss hospital after a year with a debilitating neuro muscular disorder. Publicist Jane Sylvester said Niven died Thursday night, with confirmation from Cowan Bellew.
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Cowan Bellew
Imagination Leads Parade Through Sunny Downtown
Children in imaginative costumes entertained thousands along Third Street in the Kiddies Day Parade led by 1983 Stampede Queen Corie Schock. Mayor Ted Grimm MLA Jim Horsman and MP Bert Hargrave watched as 13 categories awarded prizes of 20, 15, and 10 dollars with junior and senior divisions.
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Tators
Hugh Gill
Julie Jacober
Danielle Fyke
Lisa Heidinger
Mellissa
Michael Hudema
Irvine
Alberta welfare tops in the land
Premier Peter Lougheed defends welfare cuts in Medicine Hat claiming Alberta offers the highest shelter payment average among Saskatchewan and British Columbia. He says reductions maintain living standards and were aligned with provincial housing conditions. About 25,000 recipients are affected since July 1, with family of four shelter aid dropping from 560 to 505 and singles from 375 to 290.
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Alberta
Explosion at Calgary Stampede building linked to biker bombings
An explosion at the Big Four building on the Calgary Stampede Grounds shattered glass and damaged the foyer in the Artistry in Iran motorcycle show site. Police Inspector Ray Anderson said the blast may be connected to ongoing biker-related bombings in the city. No arrests were made and damage is pegged at about $50,000.
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Iran
Anderson
Pocklington Faces Mounting Debt Amid Empire in Flux
Edmonton reports Peter Pocklington once built a car sales empire now under financial strain. He says he spent 1 million on a PC leadership bid while Royal Bank sues him for 4.9 million. Holding firms including Pocklington Financial Corp face 1.96 million from Strathcona County over a Gainers plant site.
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Progressive Conservative Party
Pocklington
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Royal Bank
Pocklington Financial Corp
County of
Strathcona
Gainers
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