BC Supreme Court clears 2,4-D use on Okanagan milfoil
The British Columbia Supreme Court upheld six of seven pesticide permits for 2,4-D in the Okanagan lakes. It voided four permits extended to Sept 30. Protesters from the South Okanagan Environmental Coalition may face new hearings as environmentalists vow continued action and legal challenges. Greenpeace praised the decision while activists pledge further demonstrations.
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Okanagan Lakes
Supreme Court
A.B. MacFarlane
Justice MacFarlane
South Okanagan Environmental Coalition
SOEC
Pesticide Appeal Board
PEA
Penticton
B.C
PAB
Victoria
Environment
Jim Nielsen
Kelowna
Greenpeace
Peter Chataway
South Okanagan
BC legislature ends session with record bills and reshuffles
The third session of BC's 31st legislature adjourned after 39 bills in 64 sitting days. Speaker Ed Smith resigned amid a controversy, replaced by Harvey Schroeder, and energy minister Jack Davis faced theft and fraud charges. Initiatives include a balanced 4.28 billion budget, forest industry reforms, heroin treatment plan, and redistribution expanding the legislature to 57 seats.
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Victoria
British Columbia
House
Bill Bennett
Social Credit
Ed Smith
North Peace
B.C
Tom Waterland
NDP
Liberal
Gordon Gibson
Bob McClelland
Liberals
Progressive Conservative
Preliminary hearing set in Medicine Hat kidnapping case
In provincial court Judge Philip Wambolt set August 21 as the preliminary hearing date for Medicine Hat man Terry Robert Greenstein charged with kidnapping indecent assault attempting to confine and causing bodily harm. Greenstein elected trial by judge and jury and remains on $2,000 bail with conditions of no contact with the complainants and absolute abstinence from intoxicating liquor and illegal drugs. He did not enter a plea. Also in provincial court, Ryan Robert Becker was fined 410 for driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle after May 28 stop. He has until July 31 to pay.
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Philip Wambolt
Terry Robert Greenstein
St. S.E
Greestein
Greenstein
Ryan Robert Becker
Wambolt
Bill Cocks
Becker
Western beer shortages haunt Canada Day celebrations
Up to a million Westerners will toast Canada Day with American beer as U S breweries rush three dozen trucks to British Columbia Manitoba and Alberta. Labour disputes shut several Canadian breweries U S imports strain to fill gaps and police seize contraband at border towns while bilingual labels complicate shipping.
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U.S
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Wisconsin
Schlitz
van Nuys
California
B.C
Nick Clark
Japan
Monaco
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Mexico
12Th Avenue
Canada
Prince Philip
Malvern
AGTL offer to seize Husky via stock purchase disclosed
AGTL disclosed to the SEC it began buying Husky in January and has acquired 35 percent this week with plans for a possible tender offer or merger. It notes funding from Bank of Nova Scotia and Bank of Montreal and shows no finalized proposal to Husky's board. Energy Ventures linked to the battle and Trudeau confirmed a director’s past NEB role.
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Alberta
Husky
Petro-Canada
U.S
Occidental Petroleum Corp
AGTL
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
American Stock Exchange
New York
Occidental
National Energy Board
Husky, Energy Ventures Ltd
Boston
Pierre Trudeau
Marshall Crowe
Neb
Energy Ventures
Lovett C. Peters
Peters
S.R. Blair
James Nielson
Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Montreal
Subtle Gifts Tied to Guide Licensing Inquiry
Northern guide John Holmes testified he gifted a $400 12 gauge shotgun, antique snowshoes, and a writing desk to Art Balcombe, a former Vanderhoof conservation officer, after Balcombe expressed interest. He said the shotgun was loaned and never returned.
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Vancouver (Cp
Provincial Fish and Wildlife Branch
John Holmes
Art Balcombe
Vanderhoof Conservation
Balcombe
Holmes
McCarthy
Albert Fowlie
Doug Robertson
Les Cox
Ace Henderson
Robertson
Prairie musical planned at Elkwater amphitheatre
A rock and roll multimedia musical titled In Search of the One will be staged at the Elkwater amphitheatre on Sunday July 2 at 10 p.m. The one hour show blends stereophonic sound 35 mm color photography and live narration in a Cypress Hills Provincial Park setting. Admission is free and the production was created around Cypress Hills.
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Alberta
Elkwater Amphitheatre
Wildland Prairie
Cypress Hills Provincial Park
Kelly’s
Trustees react to homosexuality resolution in Alberta
Southern Alberta school trustees passed a resolution asking the province to let local jurisdictions handle homosexuality among students staff and officials. Willard Brooks presented the measure at zone 6 in Lethbridge and it moves to the Alberta School Trustees Association convention in Edmonton.
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Lethbridge
Southern Alberta
Willard Brooks
Cardston
Alberta School Trustees Association
Edmonton
Brooks
Alberta Teachers Association
Anita Bryant
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