Prairie Appreciation Festival Adorns Prairie Treasures
The first Prairie Appreciation Festival near Elkwater drew about 80 people including ranchers and city residents. Organizers from Nature Conservancy of Canada and partners showcased water development, bug safaris, solar pumps, and plant life, urging conservation of grasslands and collaboration between ranchers and environmentalists.
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Rob Gardner
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Geoff Watson
Cypress Hills
Gardner
Camp Apistotoke
Review of GST rules for financial services broad revenue neutral
Ottawa defends an internal review of GST and HST rules affecting banks and insurance firms as routine, aiming for broadly revenue neutral changes. The six member team studies exemptions and cross border treatments, with outside reports from KPMG Deloitte and international comparisons, while no public output is promised.
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Stephanie Rubee
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South Africa
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University of Calgary
Economic Council
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Former Calgary student president withdraws fraud plea
Meghan Melnyk, former Mount Royal University students association president, is allowed to withdraw her guilty plea on fraud charges. She previously pleaded guilty to robbery, possession of a prohibited weapon, and committing an indictable offence while disguised after a February 2012 Servus Credit Union robbery. Sentencing on the robbery count is set for June 17, with fraud charges to be addressed separately.
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Mount Royal University
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British Columbia team hits milestone in medical isotope efforts
TRIUMF and BC Cancer Agency researchers in Vancouver report large scale production of TC 99m using a Richmond built cyclotron. The breakthrough aims to ease Canada wide isotope shortages after Atomic Energy of Canada reactor shutdowns and NRU reactor phase out.
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British Columbia
Triume
B.C
Vrant Scnatter
Nead ‘Triumf
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
Chalk River
Ottawa
Atomic Energy
National Research Universal
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