Alberta Crime Down Despite Public Fear, 1996 Stats Show
Alberta's 1996 crime rate fell 1.3 percent from the previous year and property crime dropped 2.3 percent according to the Justice Department. Justice Minister Jon Havelock notes 90 percent of Albertans feel crime levels have stayed the same or increased, prompting a state of justice conference next year and calls for clearer messaging from government.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Justice Department
Alberta raises for senior bureaucrats spark controversy
The Alberta government announced fat pay raises for deputy ministers and other senior officials, targeting to keep them from leaving for private or other sectors. Base salaries rise to 125000 with potential bonuses, costing taxpayers about 1.6 million. Pam Barrett criticized the plan as unfair after years of cuts and wider disparities.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Stockwell Day
NDP
Pam Barrett
Stocks caution named by Mark Twain in May warning
A quip attributes to Mark Twain warning that May is a dangerous month to speculate in stocks, listing all other months as risky. The remark frames market caution through a humorous, timeless stock saying.
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Mark Twain
Wind shift aids Alberta wildfires firefighting efforts
Northern Alberta fires slowed as winds turned, saving Swan Hills from immediate blowback though the town remains evacuated. The Swan Hills blaze spans 121000 hectares, with over 25 fires across the region. Premier Klein plans relief talks as Ottawa pledges possible financial aid if costs rise.
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Swan Hills
Alberta
RCMP
Gary Pollock
Pollock
Prince Edward Island
Day withdraws pledge on lowest taxes in Canada
Alberta Finance Minister Stockwell Day signals little chance of further tax cuts soon after Ontario cuts its rate to 40.5 percent of the federal level. Day notes February budget promised Alberta would remain highly competitive with the lowest rates, not guaranteed to stay lowest.
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Edmonton
Iberta
Stockwell Day
Alberta
Ontario
Day
Treasury Department
Alberta obstetricians to halt new patient visits May 15
Alberta's 130 obstetricians threaten to stop accepting new patients after May 15 unless fee increases are granted. If unresolved, they will cancel medical insurance and cease obstetric practice January 1, shifting deliveries to family doctors amid staffing and workload concerns.
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Medicine Hat Ily
Alberta
Prince Tors
Gerry Prince
Medicine Hat
Noorali Bharwani
Palliser Health Authority
Duncan McCubbin
Medi
Military trainee attack destroys ranch home in BC settlement says
Vancouver resident Loring recalls Canadian forces blew up his three bedroom house barn log structures and a chicken coop during August 1994 war game exercises at Taggart Meadow. He spent years in court and won a 150000 settlement for the damage and wrongful map error.
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Vancouver
Reg Loring
Enemy
Loring
Taggart
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