Alberta sets 8.7 billion budget for 1982 83
Alberta Treasurer Lou Hyndman unveiled an 8.7 billion dollar budget for 1982 83 forecasting a 30.1 percent rise in spending over the prior year with a 758 million dollar deficit carried on paper funded from the surplus. Inflation, resource revenues and a transition year shape projections as the government avoids tax hikes while boosting hospital school park and road construction and directing trust fund investments.
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Hyndman
Cold Lake
Fort McMurray
Alberta
Canada
Alberta budget highlights show big spending, no tax hikes
Edmonton reports the 1982 83 provincial budget outlines total expenditures at 8.7 billion dollars up 30.1 percent from last year with operating and capital rises. Revenue expected at 7.9 billion up 17.3 percent, a 1.9 billion transfer to the trust fund omitted. The deficit excluding the transfer is 758 million funded by prior surpluses.
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Hyndman
Edmonton
Lou Hyndman
Alberta
Sikh court shooting leaves two dead in Osgoode Hall
A gunman opened fire in the Ontario Superior Court at Osgoode Hall in Toronto wounding a third, killing lawyer Oscar Fonseca and Bhupinders Singh Pannu. Amarjit Tatla remained in serious condition. Police seek activist Kuldip Singh Samra.
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Toronto
Ontario Supreme Court
Osgoode Hall
City Hall
Oscar Fonseca
Bhupinders Singh Pannu
Amarjit Tatla
Kuldip Singh Samra
Balanced Saskatchewan budget faces election goodies
Finance Minister Ed Tchorzewski tabled a balanced 2.7 billion Saskatchewan budget on Thursday with grants for seniors homeowners and renters. The British House of Lords gave unanimous second reading to the Canada Bill but warned Canada to treat its native peoples properly. The Vancouver Canucks ended the Montreal Canadiens 10 game unbeaten run with a 4 2 win in Montreal.
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Ed Tchorzewski
Saskatchewan
House of Lords
Canada
Vancouver Canucks
Montreal Canadiens
Montreal
Canadiens
Grants rise in Medicine Hat but still fall short of revenue sharing
Alderman George Davison says the 24.3 percent boost in unconditional provincial grants to Medicine Hat brings total to 1.186 million but remains inadequate without a revenue sharing model. He notes capital spending in the budget spurs jobs yet taxes may rise and services face cuts as the city awaits full budget figures and provincial formula details.
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Medicine Hat
Ald
George Davison
Medicine Hat News Today
Davison
Finance Committee
Lou Hyndman
Ron Grant
Dutch TV team in El Salvador killed amid crossfire
Dutch government cites reports suggesting journalists were shot in cold blood by government troops during a Chalatenango province gunfight. Defence minister says four guerrillas and four others died, while the victims identified include producer Jacobus Koster and cameraman Jan Willensen.
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el Salvador
Defence Ministry
Hague
Netherlands
Max van der Stoel
Chalatenango
Garcia
San Nicolas Piedras Gordas
Jacobus Andries Koster
Jacobs Jan Willensen
Jan Kornelius Kuyper
Hans Lodewijk Ter Lang
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