Irvine area considers dissolution into municipal district
About 50 residents attended a town hall meeting to learn the merits of Irvine dissolving the town to become a hamlet within the Municipal District of Cypress. Councillor Stan Stehr and MD manager Lutz Perschon warned no special status or guaranteed tax stability. A study projects a 37 percent tax cut if Irvine joins the MD, though future assessments and grants may affect finances. Residents questioned library, town hall, museum, and service retainment. some favor lower taxes, others oppose dissolving.
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Irvine
FT Nhe
Cypress
Stehr
Lutz Perschon
Dale Miller
Alberta Municipal Affairs
Charmaine Wood
Dunmore
Walsh
Caveman Iranian Found After 30 Years of Isolation
Welfare workers located Darab a 50 year old man living in a cave in Isfahan province after his wife left him 30 years ago. He spoke little and escaped back to his cave before authorities could relocate him. Welfare officials will provide basic necessities while seeking his relatives.
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Tehran
Reuter
Isfahan
Kayhan
Darab
Mortgage rates fall to new low in Canada
Canadian homeowners react as major banks cut mortgage rates by up to a quarter point effective today, with the one year term dropping to 5.35 percent. CIBC cites lower bond yields and notes the five year rate at 7.20 percent is the lowest since 1965, while monthly payments on a $100000 mortgage over 25 years drop from $747.33 to $601.69.
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Toronto
Margaret Beeton
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Paul Mim
Cibc Mortgage Corp
Calgary oil sector outlook stays buoyant into 2000
Richard Woodward of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says the Western Canada oil and gas sector should remain vibrant through 2000 as commodity prices and production stay buoyant. He notes the current oil price surge to over $25 a barrel and analysts forecast $20 to $22 by year end.
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Calgary
Canada
Richard Woodward
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Woodward
The
Association
Grizzly victim sues government over campground attack
Susan Olin a 39 year old Whitefish Montana woman and former Glacier National Park ranger sues the Canadian federal government in Calgary claiming park officials failed to warn campers about prior bear incidents before a violent Lake Louise campground attack on Sept 25 1995. The suit argues the bear posed a danger and the park should have closed or warned campers after earlier encounters. Four other tourists from Germany and Australia narrowly escaped when the bear ripped into tents.
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Calgary
Montana
Lake Louise
Susan Olin
Whitefish
Mont
Court of
Queen’s Bench
Olin
Glacier National Park
United States
Rocky Mountains
Germany
Australia
Simpson case opens in Santa Monica civil trial
In Santa Monica California the O J Simpson civil case opens with Daniel Petrocelli calling it the last fight for justice for Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. He accuses Simpson of confronting the victims and stabbing them to death on June 12 1994. The defense cites the former football star’s refusal to testify while the judge bans cameras and microphones.
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Santa Monica
Calif
O.J. Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Daniel Petrocelli
Goldman
Petrocelli
Fred. Simpson
Fred Goldman
Superior Court
Hiroshi Fujisaki
Simpson
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