Brooks Leads Town Battle Over Large Feedlot Plan
The Town of Brooks opposes a proposed 30 000 head feedlot four miles from town. Mayor Don Weisbeck and planner Gord Shaw cite environmental, land use and health concerns as the county planning commission reviews the project with a July 4 adjournment for more data.
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Brooks
Don Weisbeck
Don Alberts
Gord Shaw
Lakeside
Alberts
Shaw
Ines Shaw
Buckwold Dies Former Saskatoon Mayor and Senator
Sid Buckwold, 84, former Liberal senator known for opposing the GST, chaired the Senate banking committee in 1990 and helped launch the 1971 Canada Winter Games in Saskatoon. He served as mayor for one year before his 1971 Senate appointment and retired in 1991. His work included the Mount Blackstrap skiing mountain and he won the 1969 Saskatchewan Salesman of the Year Award.
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Saskatoon
Sid Buckwold
Buckwold
Senate
Pierre Trudeau
Banking, Trade and Commerce Committee
Pimple
Mount Blackstrap
Saskatchewan
Highway 3 upgrade urged by area BC mayors
Rossland BC area mayors say southern Highway 3 needs upgrading to handle rising traffic fueled by Alberta’s economy and currency factors. They note limited passing lanes and call for four lane-like improvements to prevent economic drag on communities from Sparwood to Princeton. The Crowsnest Pass committee seeks renewed provincial action under the new Liberal government.
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B.C
British Columbia
Alberta
Sparwood
Princeton
Salmo
Mike Berakoff
U.S
Tom Shields
Osoyoos
Martial arts aid teen survivor eight days trapped in wreck
Joe Spring 19 credits taekwondo and kick boxing with helping him endure eight days in a crashed car after leaving work May 21. An RCMP helicopter spotted his vehicle near Highway 97 north of Williams Lake on May 29. Doctors later upgraded his condition to good and he could be released soon.
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Joe Spring
Spring
Vancouver General Hospital
Langley
Victoria
Prince Rupert
B.C
Quesnel
RCMP
Highway 97
Williams Lake
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