Alberta Family Employment Tax Credit Faces Criticism
A single mother in Medicine Hat calls Alberta's Family Employment Tax Credit a joke arguing it helps the rich. The program offers up to 250 per child for families earning 6 500 to 37 500 with a sliding 4 percent cut above 25 000. Cheques were issued once this year with two payments planned annually.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Stockwell Day
Trish Filevich
The
Treasury
Filevich
Quiet Aboriginal Day Observed In Hat
Hatters expect little activity as the Migwasin Centre prepares to open for National Aboriginal Day. Federal and provincial governments and labor unions voiced support, noting the 1966 proclamation by the governor general and the UN decade honoring Indigenous peoples.
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Lee Durst
Migwasin
Durst
United Nations
Tree cuts leave Crestwood and Dunmore area without power
A toppled tree felled a city power line in the lane between 28th and 29th Streets, cutting power to about half the Crestwood and Dunmore Road area residents from 7:35 p.m. to 8:05 p.m. John John, GM of electric utilities, confirms the outage lasted just over 30 minutes after an unknown person felled trees Friday.
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Medicine Hat Pers
Crestwood
Dunmore Road
John John
Electric Utilities
Hong Kong China Investment and Tourism Questions
A fragmented article snippet notes July 1 as a turnover point for Hong Kong and China. It asks how much Hong Kong invested in China and mentions 5.5 million tourists visiting Hong Kong each year, reflecting a nugget of cross border economic activity.
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China
Hong Kong
Hong Ko
Evanshen Overcame Coma to Embrace New Life on Stage
Canadian Football Hall of Famer Terry Evanshen told a Midland Walwyn banquet crowd he woke from a monthlong coma with 44 years of memory gone. The former Montreal Alouettes receiver now shares a motivational message about resilience and rebuilding his character after a devastating 1988 car accident.
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Medicine Hatike Lazarus
iLi
Terry Evanshen
Evanshen
Midland Walwyn
Terry
Montreal Alouettes
Evanshed
Vm “T
Tannis Toohey
Medicine Hat
Mary Mytton
Jim Hunter
Crops Looking Good Despite Wild Oats Fight in Hat Area
Farmers in the Hat area report strong crops as they battle weeds with herbicides and fertilizer spending up five to ten percent. Experts estimate irrigation costs around $20 an acre and dryland costs $10 to $12, with yields rising where moisture and practice align. Alberta Agriculture notes 600,000 to 800,000 acres may remain unseeded in 1997 due to wet fields, while haying advances and optimism grow across districts.
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Medicine Hat
Ken Biemans
Biemans
Ken MacPhail
Gateway Fuel and Fertilizer
MacPhail
Doug Brodeway
Alberta Wheat Pool
Dunmore
Brodeway
Alberta
Alberta Agriculture
Brian Schlachter
Schlachter
In-line Skater Aims Across Canada For Cancer Research
Fran Gougeon, 53, begins a cross Canada skating fundraiser for The Cancer Research Society in Montreal after downsizing a hobby into a mission. She left Horseshoe Bay June 1, planning to finish by August with a hoped 100 times her $50 000 goal as she faces bears and a long road ahead.
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Medicine Hat
Rocky Mountains
Fran Gougeon
Gougeon
Cancer Research Society
Montreal
Horseshoe Bay
Atlantic
B.C
Coquihalla Highway
Canada
Robert
Peter Mah
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