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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 3, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Digest Index local a3,4 Canada world a5.7.8 10,12,b6 forum b4 slice of life b5 family notices births deaths in a emporiums cd classified cd diversions Horoscope crossword a11 comics b6 to listings cl2 sports record c5.6 movies d2 prime time to cd 2 weather cd 2 deaths Atchison Bernice 75, widow of Earl Atchison. Brand. Katherine 89. Byard William Harden. Humphrey Harry i classified death notices c7 i i i today in history the Fly released British Trade commissioner James Cross in Montreal 30 years ago today in 1970, after police surrounded the House where head been held captive. In return the kidnappers and their families seven people in All received Safe conduct and transportation to Cuba. Cross had been kidnapped in october along with Quebec Cabinet minister Pierre e by the Radical separatist organization. I Porte was murdered oct. 17. Also on this Date in 1984 a More than 2,500 people were killed and thousands injured when deadly Methyl soc Nate Gas leaked from an underground tank at the Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal India. 1999 a five canadians were among to people killed when a helicopter crashed into the Indian Ocean near a maldives Island resort just after taking off in heavy rain from a resort on the Island of Bengali. 1999 a statistics Canada announced that the unemployment rate for november had fallen to an 18-year Low to 6.9 per cent. I i i lotteries Rick 3 winning number yesterday was 694 lotto 6/49 winning numbers yesterday were 3, 6, 20, 24, 36 and 47. Bonus number was 34. The plus winning number yesterday for the main prize of $100,000 was 191781. Western 6/49 winning numbers yesterday were 10, 16, 24, 28,33 and 43. Bonus number was 42 encore winning number yesterday was 727988 111 How to reach us Winnipeg free press 1355 Mountain Avenue Winnipeg. 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Cheap Hydro credited for sodium Chloride expansion City taxes / continued from Page a1 the most up to Date and most reliable information comparing municipal tax and Utility rates comes from the City of Edmonton. It has surveyed 18 major Canadian cities for the past decade. According to its october 1991 Survey Winnipeg had the second highest ranking of All Canadian cities after Montreal for property tax levies. It found the property tax Levy including school taxes on a Sample three bedroom Bungalow was $2,469, the second highest among Canadian cities. Only in Montreal were taxes higher at $3,507 for the same House. Its 2000 Survey released two weeks ago shows Winnipeg has dropped three spots behind Montreal Ottawa Regina and Toronto. Winnipeg a total Levy after the $325 provincial tax credit was $2,481. Winnipeg a ranking started to drop in 1998 when City Council froze taxes. City of Edmonton chief economist Jong Huang who has prepared the reports said Winnipeg a War on spending should be congratulated. A a it a better than what a happening in other cities a Huang said. A to reduce taxes two per cent when cities like Edmonton and Calgary Are raising their taxes is Good especially if essential services Are not when Murray released the budget Fig ures wednesday he went to great lengths comparing Winnipeg a tax rate to Edmonton a and Calgary a. Edmonton and Calgary Are raising property taxes 2.5 and 2.8 per cent respectively next year. A no one holds a Candle to us a Murray said. A find me a government that a doing what we re doing. We re blowing Alberta out of the Charger added that when All factors Are considered the net gain Over three years for Winnipeg taxpayers compared to people in Calgary and Alberta is positive. A in our favour a after three years it will be significant Quot he said. A it gets to be in the to to 15 per cent Range in our a Public meeting to detail the budget will be held from 1 30 . To 4 . On wednesday at the Winnipeg convention Centre theatre. It goes to Council a week later for approval. However Vrsnik said the City a comparisons Between Winnipeg and Alberta and its trumpeted two per cent tax reduction Are just smoke and mirrors politics. For example Winnipeg still has one of the highest property tax rates in the country he said. The same Edmonton Survey shows Winnipeg a total municipal and school tax Bill in 2000 was $2,806 before the $325 tax credit compared with Edmonton a $1,605 and Calgary a $1,643. Toronto a was $2,670, Regina a was $2,679, Ottawa a was $2,760 and Montreal a was $2,893. He said the tax savings on a Home assessed at $100,000 is Only $30, not very much when school taxes will wipe that out. A fall this does is make it easier for Young Winni Eggers to move elsewhere when the inevitable slowdown in the Economy comes a Vrsnik said. The Edmonton study also shows that while Winnipeg a property taxes have decreased school taxes have shot up. The 2000 Survey shows Winnipeg a school tax Levy was the highest in Canada at $1,350 for the same Sample House. The next highest was Regina sat $1,349. A we have the highest school taxes in Canada Quot Vrsnik said. Murray said the province is aware of the school tax problem and its Burden on homeowners. It is expected to unveil a new funding formula for schools sometime next year he said. That wont help City taxpayers in 2001, however. Manitoba association of school trustees executive director Carolyn Duhamel said school boards Are facing their own rising costs this year including higher fuel prices and wage settlements and will Likely pass them on the upcoming tax Bill. Whether any potential tax increase is above the current 2.4 per cent consumer Price Index remains to be seen she said As school officials Are Only now preparing budget documents. By Sean of Connor cheap electricity at Home and increased environmental pressure around the Globe have resulted in a combined $90-million expansion of sodium Chloride plants in Manitoba. Calgary based Nexsen chemicals has announced a $50-million expansion of its existing sodium Chloride Plant in Brandon while Edmonton based Al chem is building a new $40-million Plant outside of Virden. Both will be Complete by 2002. Al chem will employ up to 26 workers while Nexsen will hire up to to additional workers. Construction which in both cases begins in the new year will require up to a combined 275 workers at its Peak. Sodium Chloride is a chemical used to bleach Wood pulp for paper products. Demand from the pulp Industry has grown because sodium Chloride is considered More environmentally Friendly than chlorine bleach. One of the biggest issues facing sodium Chloride producers is the Cost of electricity. According to Nexsen electrical Power accounts for 80 per cent of manufacturing costs. The production process involves passing electric currents through Salt solutions and then evaporating water from the solutions to form a dry Crystal that can be shipped. Kevin Kohler alb chem a president has said his company zeroed in on Manitoba because of Low electrical rates especially when compared with albertan a fluctuating marketplace which is in the throes of deregulation. Premier Gary doer credited the provinces abundance of inexpensive Power for nip government decisions in the 1980s to invest in Power projects. A a companies think the rates Are absolutely advantageous a doer said. 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Borot Ditsky a nurse Malo a at 787-1633 Jayapura Indonesia a tensions Between indonesian forces and separatists pushing for irian Jayar a Independence exploded into violence yesterday when police fired on a group wielding bows and arrows during a clash. Eight people were killed. Gen. Sylvanus Wenas a top police commander in the troubled province said the two sides clashed after the separatists tried to raise an outlawed rebel Flag in the Southeastern town of Mer Auke. He said the Independence supporters challenged police during the Flag raising ceremony and fired arrows at settlers from other parts of Indonesia wounding three. Wenas said seven separatists were killed. Local police said an eighth Man a taxi Driver from Java Island died from his injuries later. It was not known whether the taxi Driver was one of the settlers nor was it Clear whether the separatists physically attacked police before the officers opened fire. The deaths bring to to the number of people killed during the past two Days As the restive province Marks the anniversary of a failed 1961 Independence bid. The anniversary has prompted a Security Clampdown in the Region. Irian Jaya a Mineral Rich Jungle covered province 4,023 Kilometres East of the capital Jakarta is one of several regions pushing for More Freedom from the sprawling indonesian country of 17,000 islands and 210 million people. Yesterday indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid announced a wide ranging development package for the embattled aces province about 1,770 Kilometres Northwest of Jakarta apparently to defuse growing demands for Independence there. A associated press ;