Medicine Hat fights taxes with gas firms in court
Medicine Hat officials battle federal gas taxes with two large users Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd. and Western Co op Fertilizers Ltd. withholding PGRT payments while the city seeks to declare the taxes unconstitutional. The case centers on valuing gas and the city’s $9 million reserve to cover tax payments during the court process.
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Allan Doyle
The
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Winston Kerr
Court of Queen’s Bench
Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd
Western Co-op Fertilizers Ltd
WCFL
Kerr
Ottawa
Revenue Canada
Ted Grimm
Frank O’connell
Aldermen consider citizens report on council roles
A council committee may review a citizens review report on alderman and mayor roles in a closed session Thursday. Alderman Sauer seeks reporters present as the review panel prepares to finish the document by June 29 and release details later this week.
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Council
Citizens’ Review Committee
Ald
Ren Sauer
Frank Riddle
Riddle
Lucy Milne
Alberta Education
Roy Hoffman
Alberta Manpower
Eugene Eaton
Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Sissons
IXL Industries Ltd
Ken Sauer
Sauer
Citizens’ Committee
Dr. Sauer
Sissons
Milne
Eaton
Hoffman
Sauer questions park spending on Echo Dale project
Alderman Ken Sauer pressed for scrutiny of Phase 2 park expenditures asking why a three bedroom caretaker home is planned and why a 30 person information centre is needed. Council approved the plans but will revisit these items with Community Services before work begins.
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Echo Dale
Ald
Ken Sauer
Sauer
Community Services Department
Johnny Cash Delivers Legend at Medicine Hat Show
Johnny Cash headlined a two hour concert in Medicine Hat with a safe set list of his hits. He performed with June Carter Cash and five piece band delivering staples like I Walk the Line Ring of Fire and Ghost Riders while a rare spontaneity moment came from a Battle of New Orleans duet by John Carter Cash. The legend drew about 3000 fans and earned standing ovations, hinting at a possible return.
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Johnny Cash
Cypress Centre
Cash
Lan Scott
Walk
Ring of Fire
Folsom Prison
June Carter
New Orleans
June
Suffield
John Carter Cash
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Earl Poole Ball
W.S. Holland
Bob Wootton
Jimmy Tittle
Marty Stuart
Carter
Bruce Springsteen
Medicine Hat
Drunk in Court Over Off Road Driving fines 750
A 37 year old man was fined 750 in provincial court after police reported his vehicle forced another off the road. Marcel Folk of 20 Ross Glen Way SE tested .21 and .20 on a breathalyser, with prior convictions listed.
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Marcel Folk
Ron Jacobson
Darwin Greaves
Folk
Ross Glen Way
S.E
13Th Avenue
Robert Smith
Smith
Seventh St. S.E
Redcliff
Cousins Coulee
Greaves
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Tower Estates
Muzzy
Yellowknife
N.W.T
Frank Webber
Bill Keith and
George Davison
Park
Review
Keith Parnell
11Th Ave. N.E
Clay Ave. S.E
Parnell
Sandy Schafer
Schafer
Jacobson
CP Rail
William Vennard
Vennard
Bridge St. S.E
Ronald Nichols
Nichols
Ontario
K-mart
Ave. S.E
Gerry Michalezki
St. S.E
Michalezki
Chase
Arnold Horton
Lethbridge Correctional Institute
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