Winnipeg Hydro sale debated as city weighs privatization
Peter Holle argues Winnipeg should privatize Winnipeg Hydro to reduce debt and cut high costs. He cites Fairbanks Alaska where privatization lowered taxes and rates after converting utilities to private ownership. He contends municipal subsidies mask true costs and that competition makes private ownership inevitable.
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Winnipeg Hydro
Hydro
Evemome
Fairbanks
Alaska
Frank Biondi
Anchorage
Biondi
Telephone Company
Alaska Public Utilities Commission
Fairbank
Winnipeg
Centra Gas
Unicorp
Community Fights to Save Manitoba CN Rail Line
In Manitoba CN sought abandonment of the Cowan subdivision long the northwest farm belt. Communities pressed CN under the Canada Transportation Act and won a reopened offer to Ethelbert after discovering the municipal district's status. Pine Falls and other shippers show renewed interest. a potential restart hinges on service viability and regional talks.
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Paul Beingessne
Cowan
Manitoba
Ethelbert
Montreal
Edmonton
Manitoban Pool
Ethelbert and
Fork River
Pine Falls
U.S
Prairie People Day celebrates varied readers and reporters
A Neepawa Press notice reports retired school inspector Joe Butcher donating 100000 dollars for two scholarships for Neepawa and Carberry students. Winnipeg’s Inventors' Fair awarded Gary Meisner 2000 for a portable log-to-finished lumber saw.
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Prairies
Neepawa
Joe Butcher
Carberry
Winnipeg
Gary Meisner
Grahamdale
Camrose
Valhalla Lutheran Church
Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations
Valhalla Lutherans
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MTS
Peter Holle
The
Frontier Centre For Public Policy
Mini
Natoral
Canada
Pitch-In
Fred McGuinn
Les Dunford
Westlock News
Les
Gimli Legion
Dominion Command
Alberta
Mike Zukowski
Sunnybrook
Mike
West Coast
B.C. Fisheries Brigade
R—Ray
Russell Ration
Bob Ross
Auesyor
Fea
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