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Red Deer Advocate FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2015
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In the driver’s seat AGRICULTURE MINISTER HOPEFUL RETALIATION THREAT WON’T BE NEEDED BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
MEAT LABELLING RULES
CALGARY — Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says it’s time for the United States to come to terms with country-of-origin labelling rules. The World Trade Organization ruled Monday that the U.S. labelling requirement, known as COOL, violates that country’s trade obligations. It said the labels put Canadian and Mexican livestock at a disadvantage and rejected a U.S. appeal following a similar ruling last year. “The rules have been adjudicated, the U.S. was found offside and now it’s up to them to find the fix
that makes us happy,” Ritz said Thursday. “We’re now driving the bus. We’re not under it anymore, so we’ll see at the end of the day.” A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has already voted to repeal the law, which requires labels that say where animals were born, raised and slaughtered. Canada will probably be able to impose retaliatory tariffs against the United States by late summer or early fall if Washington doesn’t repeal COOL rules. “If they don’t come up with the fix to COOL, like
repealing it, then that’s our Plan B,” said Ritz. The extent of retaliatory tariffs would depend on what the WTO would allow, Ritz said. There are 38 commodities already listed that Canada could put tariffs on and the list could grow even higher. “We would bring our economic model to them as to the hurt that we faced from a livestock perspective — somewhere between $2.5 billion and $3 billion a year — and make the arguments,” Ritz said. “Hopefully we won’t need it. Hopefully the Americans will decide we’re serious and we’ll get this repealed in short order.”
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CRAFT BEER NIGHT
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From the left, Kat Englemann, Andrea Fletcher and Nicole Hollman share a laugh as they sample one of 50 beers represented at a craft beer event at Heritage Ranch Thursday. Exhibit B The Art of Craft Beer is the second annual craft beer night in support of the Central Alberta Chapter of the MS Society of Canada. Ten Canadian craft brewers were represented at the event. Food was provided by the West Lake Grill and included lamb lollies, rabbit, ostrich kangaroo, bison, duck and beef sliders among other items. Funds raised Thursday will help fund local programs and services for the MS Society of Canada.
killed in Ready to rock: lineup Motorcyclist collision with truck; unveiled for music festival driver charged BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Hedley, Our Lady Peace, Matthew Good, Dragonette and Dear Rouge are the first acts announced for a brand-new, two-day outdoor music festival planned for Sylvan Lake this summer. Electric guitar sounds should meld with the hum of watercraft on Friday and Saturday, July 10 and 11, when the Summer Sensation Beach Music Festival is expected to bring pop, rock and electronica groups to Centennial Park, next to the lake. Ten to 12 different bands will entertain at the event, which is expected to attract up to 4,000 people a day, ages 13 and up, said promoter Quan Diep, president and managing director of True Channel Entertainment, of Red Deer and Calgary.
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“We’re trying to bring in the best acts we can,” he added — particularly those that are family-friendly, considering the open-air setting. Toronto alt-rockers Our Lady Peace were signed as first-day headliners, while Vancouver’s radio band Hedley will cap-off the second day of the festival. “It’s very exciting,” said Diep, that major entertainers are coming to Central Alberta to perform at the beautiful lake-side location. “Cool things are coming to the Red Deer area.” The full entertainment schedule — including performances by B.C. rocker Good, Ontario synth-pop band Dragonette, Dear Rouge (co-founded by Red Deer-native Danielle McTaggart), and other acts, yet to be announced — will be posted over the next few weeks on the website SummerSensationFest.com.
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BY ADVOCATE STAFF A 44-year-old Springbrook man is dead after his motorcycle collided with a Ford F-150 truck in Red Deer on Wednesday. Police arrested the 30-year-old driver of the truck, who now faces charges of impaired driving causing death. Around 6:30 p.m., police responded to a collision between the truck and the motorcycle at the intersection of 19th Street and 30th Avenue. Witnesses attempted to administer CPR until Red Deer Emergency Services arrived. Despite all efforts, the man died at the scene.
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Regrets, she has a few Rookie Alberta NDP member Deborah Drever says pretending to be assaulted for a garage band cover photo is an inexplicable error of youth. Story on PAGE A3
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