Deregulation failure blamed as Alberta heating costs rise
Alberta energy firms face higher October rates with Direct Energy approved at 12 262 per gigajoule for southern customers. Rebates will soften some bills, but residents face near nine dollars per gigajoule this winter, while other provinces pay less. The piece calls deregulation a failed experiment and urges a return to regulated prices and common sense.
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Alberta
Direct Energy
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Taber remembers Ken Jardine a town character and poet
Ken Jardine known for music and humor in Taber and district died November 10, 1950 at 74. He worked for the CPR dray in Taber and wrote for Taber Times and Lethbridge Herald. Harvest Supper at the community centre October 22 marks a town tradition with his memory.
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Taber and District
Kenneth L. Jardine
Taber
Ken
Ontario
Purple Springs
Browning
Oswald
Lucius Henderson
Ay Oes
Taber Free Press
Taber Times
Lethbridge
Ken Jardine
Times
Taxes Jump eight per cent as council balances '83 budget
The Taber town council approves a eight percent property tax hike for 1983 to balance the budget. It uses 62,000 from reserves to limit the rise and covers a planned 2 million water system overhaul over 18 months while other municipal projects proceed.
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Taber
North Side
Barnwell
Alberta
Tabor
Milliken Farm Supplies
Rick Ramius
Inland Irrigation
Carey Thiessen
Vauxhall
Art
Susan Horovitch
Ken Williams
Indoor Pool Society
Council
Hostess Foods
Doug McLaughlin
Taber Chamber of Commerce
Harley Phillips
William Wright
Troy Jensen
M.D
Holger Just
Municipal Planning Commission
Homestead Manor
Bountiful
Roy Woolley
Acorn
Boy Scouts
Esther Allen
Taber Museum Society
Barons-Eureka-Warner
Taber Christian School
Southside
Monarch
Ted Allen
Alberta of
of United Grain Growers
Sandra D’cunha
Lion’s Club
Empress Foods
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Connecting Our Communities
Alberta Newspaper Group, Inc
Street
Coleen Campbell
Garrett Simmons
Canada
U.S
Overseas
Borne
Mail Reg
Istratic
Theas
George Beatty
General Foods
Toronto
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