Gouging at the pumps and the gas tax burden
Victor Vrsnik, Provincial Director of the Manitoba Taxpayer Assoc, argues that half of the gas price goes to Ottawa and provincial taxes. He cites June 1998 Winnipeg gas at 53.9 cents per litre, with 25 cents covering delivery, refining, margins, and crude costs, and 25 cents for federal and provincial taxes. He urges reducing gas taxes to fund road infrastructure and criticizes centralized tax collection.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ottawa
Newfoundland
Alberta
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Provinces
Canada
Federal Committee
Victor Vrsnik
Taxpayer Assoc
Saskatchewan Short Lines Get CAIP Support Plan
Saskatchewan communities win a funding outline from federal and provincial authorities to help buy branch lines slated for abandonment. CAIP money will cover up to 32 percent of capital, with provincial cap at four million dollars, contingent on viable long term business plans and local financing. The move exposes gaps in the Canada Transportation Act and railway control, sparking debate over rail power and market access.
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Paul Beingessner
Saskatchewan
Feds
CAIP
Ottawa
Manitoba
Allberta
Prickly Pear Cacti in Manitoba Seek Clarity
A letter to the editor cites Xen Hancock of Nepean Ontario and researchers seeking evidence of native Opuntia polyacantha in southwestern Manitoba. Past finds from Millwood to Lauder lack recent confirmation, while Opuntia fragilis and Corypantha vivipara sightings persist near Virden Lauder and Oak Lake, prompting questions about extinction or misidentification.
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Xen Hancock
Nepean
Ontario
Canada
Manitoba
Millwood
Lauder
Virden
Oak Lake
Life in the boonies bears and CPR saves a life
Meighhbocky Mews recounts a bear invading a Mistauim home injuring no one after guests fled, plus a Calgary man mauled by a grizzly and five miles to help, a girl saved by CPR learned in potash mines, vandalism over a cash reward, and a 90 year old village barber on duty daily.
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Boonies
Randa Rae Bowditch
Mark Abbott
Soucy
Mistauim
Mark
Randa Rae
York
Crowsnest Pass
Raymond Walker
Calgary
Beaver Mines
Moosomin World
Caitlin Hayden
Armand
Armond
Caitlin
Moosomin
le Nouvelle de Bees
Amine Amada
la Nouvelle
Melfort Journal
Walter Gorczynski
Beatty
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StatsCan
Marc Prud'homme
Klaus Kostenbauer
Canada Agriculture Infrastructure Program
Western
THE
EDI
Fred McGuiness
Russell
Rion
Inglis
Darlene Yakubowski
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