Alberta Treasurer resists spending cut slowdown
Calgary reports that despite forecast crime increases and rising personal crises, Alberta Treasurer Jim Dinning vows not to curb debt reduction. He cites $958 million extra cash from oil profits land sales lotteries and corporate taxes, while cautioning that one surplus does not solve the province's $32 billion accumulated debt under the Deficit Elimination Act.
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Calgary
Alberta
Jim Dinning
Dinning
Alberta reports 958 million surplus and debt focus
Alberta Treasurer Jim Dinning announced a 958 million surplus with 286 million to pension liabilities and 672 million to reduce a 32 billion debt. Revenue sources include 1.097 billion in general revenues and 1.073 billion in corporate taxes, with a 506 million deficit forecast for 1995-96. Liberal critics urge health care spending instead of debt relief.
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Alberta
Jim Dinning
Mike Percy
Alberta sterilization board rushed approvals in midcentury
Law professor Gerald Robertson testifies in Edmonton that the Eugenics Board approved sterilizations of more than 2,500 people with little regard for policy. He notes the process shrank from hourlong reviews to five minutes by 1938 and that Leilani Muir sues the province for damages from being sterilized as a teenager under the Sexual Sterilization Act.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Gerald Robertson
University of Alberta Law Faculty
Robertson
Leilani Muir
Muir
Victoria
Eugenics Board
Break-in at Stetson Feeds in Medicine Hat seeks tips
Crime Stoppers asks for help solving a break-in at 1502 Brier Park Rd NE between May 21 and 22. culprits smashed a rear window to the master room, pried doors, ransacked the office, and stole cash. losses exceed $5,000. Call 527-TIPS or toll free 1-800-242-TIPS.
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Brier Park Rd
N.W
Stetson
Medicine Hat
Klein promotes Alberta business ties with postwar Lebanon
Premier Ralph Klein led a 20 firm Alberta delegation to Beirut to pursue Lebanon's 25 billion reconstruction program. After a 45 minute meeting with Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Hariri said Lebanon is open for business. The group includes health care, construction, oil, education and technology firms. A $13.8 million billing system contract was signed between Saville Systems Canada and Jaber Engineering Co. for the Lebanese government. Klein met with President Hrawi and Foreign Minister Bweiz and toured a training center in Aley aggressive push for free trade zones and Canadian participation.
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Beirut
Ralph Klein
Alberta
Lebanon
Rafik Hariri
Klein
Elias Hrawi
Faris Bweiz
Aley
Wild Rose Foundation International Development Fund
Lic
Saville Systems Canada Ltd
Jaber Engineering Co
Zuhair Jaber
Hariri
Weed Eater drug raid nets 32 suspects in Calgary
Calgary police charged 32 people in Operation Weed Eater, dismantling a $6 million hydroponic marijuana network led by a 51 year old matriarch. Detectives seized over 300 pounds of marijuana and scores of firearms including an AR-15, plus more than $300,000 cash from a home safe.
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Calgary
Mike Cullen
Calgary Police
Keno Lottery Winning Numbers Drawn in Kamloops
The Friday BC Keno draw in Kamloops lists winning numbers 2 5 12 18 19 38 40 and 54. No winner details were provided in the brief.
Pick 3 Winnipeg Winning Number Report
In Winnipeg area the Western Canada Pick 3 drawing on Friday produced the winning number 217. The outcome affects local bettors and notification systems in gaming reports.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada
Winning Lotto Super 7 numbers for Friday draw in Toronto
The Friday Lotto Super 7 numbers are 2 3 22 28 31 34 39 with bonus 8 for an estimated 9 million jackpot. Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Yukon and Northwest Territories Extra draw number is 3713490. If discrepancies occur the official list prevails.
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Toronto
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Downtown Turbo robbery reported on Sixth Ave
Police seek a lone male who robbed Downtown Turbo at 102 Sixth Ave at about 10 57 p.m. Friday. He is 179 cm tall with an average build, light facial hair, dark brown hair, wearing a ball cap and light shirt with baggy sweatpants.
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Sixth Ave
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