NEP changes fail to fully aid Alberta oil sector
Medicine Hat area service operators say the national energy program revisions announced by Energy Minister Marc Lalonde will help only modestly. They warn small independent oil drillers and oil well service firms face ongoing hardship despite tax cuts and limited price measures. Local officials predict continued slow business and worry higher taxes if broader reform isn’t pursued.
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Medicine Hat
Marc Lalonde
House of Commons
Karl Thomas
Brooks
Thomas
B.J. Hughes Services Ltd
Alberta
Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission
Merv Leitch
Lalone
Mike Sehn
Mike’s Welding Ltd
Redcliff
Gordon Johnson
Opsco Oil Well Pressure Surveys Ltd
Edmonton considers anti hooker bylaw crackdown
Edmonton's proposed bylaw would criminalize street prostitution and soliciting, with fines from 100 to 500 dollars. Critics say it intrudes on lives while police see it as a tool against street solicitation. council could vote on June 14. Calgary’s similar measure awaits a Supreme Court decision.
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Edmonton
Legislative Affair
Paul Norris
Norris
Calgary
Supreme Court of Canada
Airport tax hike raises maximum air levy to 23 dollars
Canada’s government lifted the maximum air transport tax to 23 dollars from 17 50 to cover rising costs at publicly owned airports. The 8 percent rate remains for most tickets while high price fares hit the 23 dollar ceiling. Domestic increase began Monday and is not retroactive.
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Edmonton
Canada
Transport Canada
Gabe Heiser
Heiser
Bright future for cattlemen in Saskatchewan
The election of the Progressive Conservative government is seen as boosting the Saskatchewan beef industry. Joe Willmott of the Saskatchewan Stockgrowers Association notes 20 legislative members rely on agriculture, possibly yielding a more receptive government. He blames the prior NDP for focusing on grain over livestock, which accounts for 29 percent of the province's economy. Willmott cites a market upturn improving near-term livestock prospects.
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Swift Current, Sask
Saskatchewan
Joe Willmott
Saskatchewan Stockgrowers Association
Swift Current
Willmott
NDP
Ironbridge director backs Medalta museum idea in Medicine Hat
Dr. Neil Cossons of Ironbridge Gorge Museum says a Medalta Pottery site working museum could work in Medicine Hat. He notes Ironbridge's profit boost and local buy in after initial funding, engineering a model for a Canadian project.
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Medicine Hat
Neil Cossons
Ironbridge
Cossons
Medalta Potteries Ltd
Britain
Canada
Medalta Avenue
Nell Cossons
Ironbridge Gorge
England
Kiwanis Club
Jack Forbes
Sindlinger forms Alberta party aims for middle ground
Tom Sindlinger moves to create the Alberta Party drawing about 200 supporters in Edmonton. He envisions a private enterprise oriented party with social conscience and a moderate stance, challenging Western Canada Concept and the governing PCs. A leadership convention is planned for November with a Red Deer policy meeting in June.
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Tom Sindlinger
Alberta Party
Alberta
Western Canada
Sindlinger
Calgary
Buffalo
James Schleppe
Beiseker
Alta
Vicechairman
Red Deer
Calgary man loses jury trial right under new Charter
Justice Hubert Prowse ruled that Joseph Edward Allen, 44, cannot demand a jury trial after twice failing to appear for a 1980 rape case. The decision states nonappearance can extinguish the right unless excused. Allen’s counsel argued the Charter guarantees a fundamental jury right. prosecutors countered it is not absolute. Allen’s June 7 trial date was set after the ruling.
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Hubert Prowse
Court of Queen’s Bench
Joseph Edward Allen
Allen
Donna Martinson
Iane
Manfred Delong
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