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A Toppled Traffic Light Standard Straddles A Car After A Two-Vehicle Collision At William Avenue And Princess Street. Although The Pole Was Replaced Within Hours, The Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce At 140 Princess Street Was Not So Lucky, Suffering Damage To Its Recently Renovated Stone Facade When It Was Rammed By One Of The Cars. Police Said One Person Was Injured In The Accident |
Accidents ▪ Automobiles ▪ Winnipeg Streets ▪ Winnipeg Buildings |
1988, January 6
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I.C.G. President Robert Graham Blames The Province For The Failed Deal. He Said Contradictory Information The Province Gave To Two Federal Government Bodies Killed The $175 Million Deal For The Purchase Of I.C.G.'S Manitoba Gas Distribution System. A Ruling From Revenue Canada Said That Because The Sale Was Agreed To Before June, The Deal Was Exempt From The New Tax Levy, Which Would Have Amounted To Federal Sales Tax Of $20 - $34 Million. The Province Told Revenue Canada It Had Agreed To Purchase The Utility, But A National Energy Board Hearing Was Told Last Summer That A Deal Had Not Been Reached. The Conflict, May Have Caused Revenue Canada To Demand The Tax |
Businesses ▪ Personalities ▪ Politics |
1988, January 6
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Pedestrians Disappear And Re-Emerge From Billowing Clouds Of Car Exhaust That Hang Eerily In The Frigid Air Around The Manitoba Legislative Building |
Environment ▪ Legislative Buildings ▪ Weather ▪ Winnipeg Buildings |
1988, January 6
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Waiter Stefan Tergesen Serves Hot Soup To Some Ultra-Cool Costumers At Picasso'S Cafe And Bar On Sargent Avenue. The Main Course, For The Annual January Event On The Restaurant'S Outdoor Terrace,Was, Appropriately, Arctic Char |
Events ▪ Food ▪ Restaurants ▪ Winnipeg Buildings ▪ Winnipeg Streets |
1988, January 6
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