This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Taber Times
Location
Taber, Alberta, Canada
Date
Feb 27, 2008
Page
9
A provincial 2008 election briefing asks where the party stands on the oil royalty regime and its impact on natural gas and oil sands, plus plans for affordable housing and living costs in Alberta. It also probes economic diversification away from oil dependency and climate policy options including carbon capture and renewables.
PETA EU Realsetter outlines views on lawful oil lease contracts, higher rates, and better recovery technology. The text also argues to cancel health care premiums, raise tax exemptions, and reinvest tax revenue locally while forming a multi stakeholder panel on climate policy and ensuring environmental standards apply to exports.
Broyce Jacobs of the Progressive Conservative outlines support for Premier Stelmach's royalty review decision and calls for adjustments for junior companies. He highlights $285 million for housing and rent protections, plus 11 000 new units over five years and rent supplement aid for 8 000+ households. He promotes value added tech, wind and solar growth, and continued use of traditional energy sources while boosting education to diversify the economy and create jobs.
Suzanne Sirius outlines policy aims to raise royalty collection to match leading nations, replace royalty with a shared system for Albertans, reform utility deregulation, and fund farming and green energy through equitable royalties. She accuses the Tories of temporary fixes and stresses solar geothermal and wind expansion.
The piece argues that Alberta and Canada gain from oil production but should not bow to producers. It supports the recent royalty increase, aligning with a review panel view that royalty systems must provide long term stability, not respond to short term market shifts.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.