Mixed Hat reaction to photo radar proposal
Police Chief Bill Spring floated using photo radar to boost Hat budget drawing mixed views from residents and workers. Some supported slowing speeders near schools while others warned against misissued tickets and targeting crimes for revenue.
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Bill Spring
Hatters
Spring
Police Commission
Hat Police Department
Alberta Motor Association
Bill Jodoin
Peter Mah
James Balmer
13Th Avenue S.E
Hat
Liberal exodus grows as Alberta party faces woes
Liberal figures Alice Hanson Al Zariway join Mike Percy in quitting or wavering before an imminent election. Percy says he leaves politics after term end citing dominance of personality over policy while Mitchell fights on claiming the party is not sinking.
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Alex Lyons
Calgary
Ontario
Tara Elliott
Edmonton Iberta
Alice Hanson
al Zariway
Mike Percy
Percy
Treasury
Liberal
Grant Mitchell
Mitchell
Gene Zwozdesky
Hat stabber dies after jump from mill roof
A 43-year-old man died after reportedly jumping from the Ogilvie Flour Mill roof where he worked at 1222 Allowance Ave SE. Police say he had stabbed two people earlier on Dominion Street SE. both victims, a 43-year-old male and a female 43, were hospitalized in critical and intensive care. Names withheld pending relatives.
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Ogilvie
Allowance Ave
S.E
Dominion Street
Calgary
Foothills Hospital
Medicine Hat
Taiwan Votes Defy Beijing in Landmark Presidential Poll
Lee Teng-hui led Taiwan to a direct presidential election seen as a defiant stand against China. With about 98 percent of ballots counted, Lee held around 55 percent, while Peng Ming-min trailed with 21 percent. DPP supporters framed the vote as proof Taiwan is an independent sovereign nation.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Lee Teng-hui
China
Nationalist
Lee
Hansen Chien
Peng Ming-min
Proindependence
Democratic Progressive Party
Peng
DPP
Shih Ming-teh
Shih
United States
Asia
Beijing
Tai Tai-chuan
Feds push GST harmonization with Atlantic provinces
Finance Minister Paul Martin signaled a move toward a 15 percent combined tax by provinces joining the GST framework with Ottawa. He described a province by province negotiation in St Johns after talks with Newfoundland leaders. Critics argue the plan delays promised tax relief and questions the cost to taxpayers.
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Ottawa
Atlantic
Ontario
Paul Martin
Martin
Weather Outlook Tomorrow
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Buscholi
Bev Funk
Jesu
Joddin
Dietz
Elliott
Medicine Hat News
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Feds
GST Harmony
Southam Newspapers
Double
Omaha
Neb
Rita Wolbach
Bergan Mercy Medical Centre
Ann Landers
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