24 Sep 1997
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1997
Page
1
Video artist Rob Thompson offers two people $2 500 each to spend a week in a chicken coop in an Ottawa art gallery. They will be fed vegetarian mash three times daily, have water from a dripping hose, and use a portable pottie. Leaving ends the payout. a camera records the experience for a documentary on human animal rights.
A compact pair of quotations challenges readers on thinking and youth. William James notes the danger of confusing rearranged prejudices with real thought, while Barbara Johnson offers that youth ends once, but immaturity can persist.
Diane Falconi won 21.874 million dollars after matching Lotto 6/49 numbers and her mother Everly Falconi’s picks. Everly Falconi died in June 1994, and Diane says the prize feels like a posthumous gift from her mother to their family.
Energy Minister Steve West told the Calgary Chamber of Commerce that deregulation aims for full competition in Alberta by 2001 with lower power bills for consumers. He cautioned against discussing legislative details but signaled options for residents to buy from preferred suppliers. Industry officials foresee 10 to 15 percent rate cuts for immediate effect, with large industrial customers leading the benefits.
Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the Liberal government unveil a throne speech aiming for a balanced budget by March 31, 1999 and outlining three priorities youth health care and industrial innovation. Opposition leaders warn against tax and spend tendencies as fiscal battles loom.
The speech pledges a two year path to balance with surpluses split between social spending tax relief and debt reduction. Ottawa will craft a national drug plan with provinces and double the child tax benefit to 1.7 billion. Opposition leaders attack the deficit focus and call for broader national vision.
Solberg criticizes government for not explaining new spending while noting 27 years of deficits and a $600 billion debt. He says reforms should be guided by a policy paper on debt retirement tax relief and future spending amid an upcoming mandate.
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