06 Mar 1996
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1996
Page
1
Charleston artist Chris Deem known as the Michelangelo of aluminum foil recycles foil scraps into sculptures from gun-toting GIs to guitar players. He favors foil for its pliability and ease while noting clay falls short and he avoids making a car because wheels never turn out round.
City proposes a 538 percent rise in offsite levies to 31 545 per hectare and a total 26 605 hike per lot, potentially adding about 4 500 to each lot. Builders warn higher costs may slow development while officials defend it as a user pay system and pledge careful review at March 18 council reading.
Motorists and industry figures spar over a price rise blamed on oil companies and a possible federal budget tax. Shell and Petro-Canada executives defend the move as market restoration or correction, while independents doubt the tax link. Calgary prices rose from 45.9 to 51.9 cents per litre.
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein pressed Ottawa to shield the province's growing Cuba trade as the US Senate tightens sanctions on Havana. He noted Alberta exports to Cuba exceed 20 million annually with 14 million in imports, urging federal leadership amid US measures impacting international firms and land expropriation provisions.
Premier Ralph Klein orders a second review of Deputy Health Minister Fulton’s credentials. Public Service Commissioner James Dixon is already examining alleged embellishments to her professional and academic records. A respected academic will reexamine Dixon’s findings, though Klein has not chosen a reviewer.
Finance Minister Paul Martin prepares a discussion paper with the budget outlining options to reform Old-Age Security. The plan aims to vary pension benefits by retirement income and may cut OAS for future pensioners. Government faces pressure from senior groups and advisory bodies on the scope of changes.
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