Alberta unveils hog stabilization plan amid market pressure
Agriculture Minister Dallas Schmidt announced a two part program to support hog production with more than 17 million dollars in aid. The plan includes a three month extension of the stop loss subsidy and a new Hog Assured Returns program featuring a start up grant of 10 million dollars and 10 million in loan guarantees to producers who contribute to a common subsidy pool. Alberta has about 9 000 hog producers and expects about half to join.
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Alberta
Dallas Schmidt
Schmidt
Hog Producers Marketing Board
Social Credit Calls Six Per Cent Interest Target
National Socreds leader Martin Hattersley unveiled a plan to lower Canada’s high interest rates arguing the Bank of Canada promotes rate rises. He proposed mortgage and loan rate limits, lock-ins, and penalties ban, aiming for a six percent target and a nationwide petition with a $1 voluntary contribution.
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National Social Credit
Martin Hattersley
Canada
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Bank of Canada
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Social Credit
Small rural Alberta schools seen surviving amid easing closures
Officials in southeastern Alberta say the era of schooling centralization is fading and closures will be less frequent. Medicine Hat division reports no current closure plans, while Forty Mile No. 8 hints at possible losses unless enrollments rise. Grants for small schools and districts help offset higher per pupil costs.
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Socred
Allan Coyle
Alberta
Dennis Moss
Medicine Hat
Cliff Elle
County of Forty Mile No. 8
Etzikom
Conquerville
Elle
Minister of Education
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Moss
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Municipalities Split Over Constitution Clash at Meeting
At the Federation of Canadian Municipalities gathering in Regina eastern and western delegates clashed after workshops on the constitution. Mayor Cec Purves of Edmonton criticized half the attendees for poor preparation, while Toronto alderman Anne Johnston challenged his stance. Vancouver Mayor Mike Harcourt urged calmer debate as Dennis Flynn of Etobicoke called for a peaceful municipal rights push, though Saskatchewan’s Roy Romanow opposed entrenching municipal rights in the constitution.
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Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Cec Purves
Edmonton
Purves
Anne Johnston
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Federation
Ottawa
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York
Vancouver
Mike Harcourt
Dennis Flynn
Etobicoke
Flynn
Roy Romanow
Saskatchewan
Romanow
Children Need Lawyer for Rights Claims in Alberta Case
Edmonton rights activist says three Medicine Hat children jailed parents for indecent assault should get a lawyer. Nancy Leavitt wrote to Social Services Minister Bob Bogle seeking a special children's advocate to represent the children. She worries they may be returned to unfit parents despite past foster care.
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Medicine Hat
Nancy Leavitt
Citizens In Action For Children's Rights
Social Services
Bob Bogle
Leavitt
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