Calgary mayor Duerr topples tax and debt plan in Alberta push
Peter Holle argues Calgary mayor Al Duerr could lead a Liberal revival by selling Calgary’s hydro water and sewer utilities to wipe out 1.5 billion debt, cut taxes and improve services. The column contrasts Winnipeg’s high taxes with Calgary’s possible model, urging reform and taxpayer control via ACTW.
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Peter Holle
Canada
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Calgary
al Duerr
Liberal Party
Duerr
Winnipeg
City Hall
Association of Concerned Taxpayers of Winnipeg
ACTW
City of Winnipeg
The
Association of Manitoba Taxpayers
Springhill workers vote to strike at Neepawa plant
Workers at Springhill Farms Hog Processing Plant vote 93 percent in favor of a strike if talks fail. United Food and Commercial Workers Union spokesman Don Keith cites wages and guaranteed work week as main issues for 153 workers. The plant opened in fall 1986 and has not offered a guaranteed work week.
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Neepawa
Springhill Farms
Don Keith
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Keith
Local business expands line with mixes and plans
Paper Clips Compiled by Roxann Barker expanded its product line to include pancake bread and muffin mixes. Neepawa council faces a potential renter in Bob Mazer if the Valley Chev Olds building lease to Assiniboine Community College fails. Mazer seeks about 2000 square feet plus a shipping area for a Priority Ag and Auto Parts store. The town spent 250000 to buy the former Valley Chev Olds property and adjacent warehouse. The province adopts Livestock Waste Regulation under the Environment Act to regulate storage use and disposal of livestock waste and fresh lagoons require permits.
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Neepawa
Valley Chevalds
Assiniboine Community College
Bob Mazer
Mazer
Mazer Implements
Rick Murray
Valley Chev Olds
Glen Cummings
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Len Derkach
Russell
Pizzey Milling
Angusville
Derkach
Roxann Barker
Ski Asessippi Limited
Brian Bohunicky
Lloyd Axworthy
Marlene Cowling
Rossburn Review
Nesbitt Publishing Ltd
Rossburn
Manitoba
ROJ
GST & Pst Inc
Gregory Nesbitt
Michelle Gensiorek
Rossburn Kelly McMurachy
Dorothy Barr
Debbie Boychuk
Marcie Harrison
CCNA
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