Bow Island Mulls Gas Supply and System Sale
Bow Island residents gathered at the Elks Hall as the town council weighed four gas supply options and whether to sell the distribution system. Proponents argue selling saves insurance and maintenance costs while critics warn the system’s value could vanish and Bow Valley supplies may delay.
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Feedlots face financial ruin in Saskatchewan hearing
Saskatchewan's 65 feedlots near bankruptcy as droughts and high interest rates push prices up. Producers push for a national marketing agency and stabilization plan while opponents warn against supply management. Officials from universities and stock growers call for policy changes and cautious government support.
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Nurses back elimination of extra billing in Alberta
About 300 delegates of the United Nurses of Alberta voted nearly two to one to back Friends of Medicare a group opposing extra billing even if it costs doctors as allies in wage and condition battles. The group supports doctors right to bargaining but rejects fees via extra billing and medicare premiums.
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Social Credit selects cattleman for Olds Didsbury byelection
Lloyd Quantz a 34 year old general manager of the Canadian Charolais Association and former securities analyst was chosen to contest the Olds Didsbury byelection for Social Credit after Bob Clark resigns. The race tests Social Credit under Rod Sykes as West-Fed activity complicates politics near Calgary amid Premier Lougheed’s silence. Clark’s departure triggers six month timetable for a vote with January or February seen as possible.
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