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  Encyclopedia: Bill Smith (Edmonton mayor)
Edmonton mayors Janice Rhea Reimer (born May 23, 1952) is a Canadian politician and former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta.
Smith believes the best way to keep property taxes low (raised every year but the first of his years in office) is to win new financial funding from the province and a portion of the national gasoline tax from the federal government.
Smith also makes the point that the Mayor of Edmonton represents not just the city but the region, and he sees a tax and service sharing agreement with neighbouring municipalities—on fire protection, snow removal and bus routes, for example—as a priority.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bill-Smith-%28Edmonton-mayor%29   (442 words)

  
 Janice Rhea Reimer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Janice Rhea Reimer (born May 23, 1952) is a Canadian politician and former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta.
Born in Edmonton, she is the daughter of Neil Reimer, the first leader of Alberta New Democratic Party.
She was an Alderman from 1980 until 1989 and mayor from 1989 to 1995.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Janice_Rhea_Reimer   (122 words)

  
 Winnipeg Sun Columnist: Tom Brodbeck - Edmonton mayor sets the record straight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Edmonton Mayor Bill Smith is up in arms over media reports that a "new deal" for major Canadian cities is dead because former Winnipeg mayor Glen Murray was given the boot by voters in last month's federal election.
Smith is part of the Big-City Mayors group that's been working on a "new deal" for cities for the past couple of years.
Smith was so angry about this nonsense that he wrote a letter to the editor of the National Post and copied it to all the big-city mayors, including Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz.
www.canoe.ca /NewsStand/Columnists/Winnipeg/Tom_Brodbeck/2004/07/24/pf-555941.html   (618 words)

  
 Bill Smith (Edmonton mayor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William (Bill) Smith (born December 11, 1935) is a Canadian politician and former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta.
He was mayor of Edmonton from 1995 until 2004.
He became known as "Booster Bill" for his efforts in promoting Edmonton as the "Greatest City in the Greatest Province in the Greatest Country."
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Smith_(Edmonton_mayor)   (112 words)

  
 Journal of Canadian Studies: City campaigns on the cusp and the Edmonton mayoralty election of 1992
Although Smith lost, his general position remained powerful, and conflict was now locked into every city council debate.(f.63) Most of the projections made by Smith's advisers, based on their expertise and announced by the candidate to frequent ridicule, became city policy before the next fiscal year end.
Mayor Reimer's poor showing against an ill-organized, often-bumbling novice, but one with a clearly defined civic policy position, presaged the elimination of NDP seats in 1993, while her own attitude in victory foreshadowed this event.
Mayor Reimer's New Democrat credentials were well known and a second challenger, Lance White, was a sitting Liberal member of the legislative assembly, a past city councillor and continuing crony of former Mayor Decore.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3683/is_199704/ai_n8768044   (8041 words)

  
 Bill Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bill Smith (Jazz musician), folk jazz clarinetist and Professor of Music at the University of Washington since 1966
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Smith   (134 words)

  
 BBC News | UK | Mayor rejects 'Deadmonton' tag
The Mayor of Edmonton in Canada has hit back at suggestions by a British journalist that the city is a less than thrilling place.
In the piece, Mr Philip wrote that Edmonton's charms were "less than obvious", and described it as a "visually unappealing corner of Canada".
Edmonton was known as the "gateway to the north", boasting a diverse and flourishing economy, he added.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/uk/1482465.stm   (468 words)

  
 Life on Brian's Beat -- The Edmonton Journal, Thursday, June 12, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mayor Bill Smith says he will sign a proclamation declaring Gay Pride Week in the city, insisting his legal obligations override deeply held personal beliefs.
The mayor has for seven years steadfastly refused to give the city's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community official city sanction for its celebrations.
Smith refused to elaborate on the specific "personal beliefs" that have prevented him from proclaiming pride week.
www.web.net /~jharnick/edmonton.html   (731 words)

  
 The Spokesman-Review.com
Smith was endlessly engaging while talking up the virtues of Alberta's capital, or praising the reception prepared for his first visit to Spokane in 30 years.
Smith said the group was meeting in a room adjacent to his office on Sept. 11.
Smith was a breath of fresh air, and he may have seen more of Spokane than any recent mayor of Seattle.
www.spokesmanreview.com /news-story.asp?date=051303&ID=s1349410&cat=section.spokane   (812 words)

  
 Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, November 20, 2003 – The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), a nonprofit public service organization dedicated to recycling rechargeable batteries, recognized Edmonton, the "City of Champions", today for their outstanding efforts in rechargeable battery recycling.
"Edmonton is the leading composting and recycling community in North America, and we are proud to be involved in the RBRC program," said City of Edmonton Mayor Bill Smith.
Edmonton has one of the most comprehensive recycling programs in North America, including a Blue Bag program for single family homes, Blue Bin recycling for apartments, and 20 depots.
www.rbrc.org /press/archived/11.20.03.html   (573 words)

  
 Edmonton Sun Columnist: Kerry Diotte - Is it going to be Mayor Mandel?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mandel considers Smith enough of a friend that he approached him and told him man-to-man he was poised to challenge him for the job.
Smith wished him well and said no matter what happened, they would still be friends.
He figures Smith is already in trouble because two recent polls showed he trailed Noce by a small margin.
www.canoe.ca /NewsStand/Columnists/Edmonton/Kerry_Diotte/2004/05/20/pf-465773.html   (602 words)

  
 YEAR-Alta-Drugs,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
EDMONTON (CP) - Police found young Richard Prasad's bloody body slumped over the wheel of a car with a gaping bullet hole in his chest - yet another killing in an ongoing gang war over illegal drugs.
Rather than accept the violent death of the 17-year-old as just another crime statistic, Edmonton Mayor Bill Smith decided 2003 was the year to say enough is enough.
Smith said that will be hard to achieve when the federal government is taking steps to decriminalize marijuana.
www.cp.org /english/online/full/health/031230/x123004A.html   (732 words)

  
 CTV.ca - On the hunt- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
It was in the early hours of July 10, 2003, and Mayor Bill Smith drove past as emergency workers were working to extract two young women and a man from a horrific wreckage.
Smith’s experience prompted him to support the city’s police department in the establishment of a program targeting the city’s worst drivers.
But Brian Beresh, one of Edmonton’s top defence lawyers, says regardless of whether these people deserve to be felt sorry for, they do have the same right to privacy and not to be prejudged as the rest of the population.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1077896832846_73306032?hub=WFive&subhub=PrintStory   (1393 words)

  
 CNEWS Space - Mayor recalls chance visit with spaceman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Commanding the shuttle was Rick Husband, who Smith said he met in the late 1990s on a flight of a 737 jet from Iqaluit, N.W.T., to Edmonton.
Smith said it was his first time meeting space shuttle astronauts.
Alberta Community Development Minister Gene Zwozdesky, MLA for Edmonton Mill Creek, said he was so stunned by the shuttle tragedy that he was glued to the radio in his stopped vehicle after arriving at City Hall for a ceremony.
cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Space/2003/02/02/19680.html   (349 words)

  
 North America's largest co-composter opens in Edmonton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
EDMONTON, Alberta (March 3, 2000) - Edmonton Mayor Bill Smith and Steve Snyder, president and CEO of TransAlta, today officially opened the Edmonton Composting Facility, the largest facility of its kind in North America.
The Edmonton Composting Facility is owned and operated by TransAlta under a 30-year agreement with the City of Edmonton.
Edmonton will send approximately 300,000 tonnes of waste to the facility each year, including municipal solid waste and biosolids.
www.transalta.com /website2001/TAWebsite.nsf/AllDocPrint/4D0BFEE814038A7D872569AB000C7E6D?OpenDocument   (380 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Bill Smith
Bill Smith, who drove one of the trucks that delivered more than 170 tons of clothes and hygiene products to Houston, was one of several dozen Lake Elsinore residents to participate in the shoot.
Bill Smith, county health director, said he's pleased as well, especially considering the county was working off a design that had never been used before.
Bill Smith, vice president of public policy at the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, a comprehensive sex education group that also receives federal funding, said the Waxman report underscored the need for closer monitoring of what he called the "shame-based, fear-based, medically inaccurate messages" being disseminated with tax money.
authors.surfwax.com /files/Bill_Smith_Book.html   (4166 words)

  
 Bill Smith (Edmonton mayor) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Bill Smith (Edmonton mayor) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
He was mayor of Edmonton from 1995 until 2004.He became known as "Booster Bill" for his efforts in promoting Edmonton as the "Greatest City in the Greatest Province in the Greatest Country."
Bill Smith (Edmonton mayor), 1935 births and Edmonton mayors.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Bill_Smith_%28Edmonton_mayor%29   (108 words)

  
 CBC Calgary - Edmonton mayor vows to annex airport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mayor Bill Smith has launched his re-election campaign with a promise to annex Edmonton's international airport.
Smith told the crowd gathered at his campaign headquarters yesterday that he wants to extend the city's boundary to include the airport.
Smith denies the annexation plan is a simple tax grab.
calgary.cbc.ca /regional/servlet/View?filename=0729airport_annex-caJuly292004   (153 words)

  
 CANOE -- SLAM! 2004 Games Cycling : Muenzer welcomed home with big party
EDMONTON (CP) - Awe-struck and sleep-deprived, Olympic gold medal cyclist Lori-Ann Muenzer revelled in a day of celebrations Friday in her home town.
Edmonton Mayor Bill Smith has said Muenzer will be invited to play a starring role in the day-long Parade of Athletes being held for the city's 100th anniversary celebrations in October.
Muenzer got her first taste of fame at the Edmonton International Airport late Thursday night where about 200 co-workers, family, friends and fans cheered and screamed as she walked through the arrival gate with her bicycle in tow.
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Athletics/Games/2004/Cycling/2004/08/27/603809-cp.html   (607 words)

  
 SEE Magazine: September 20, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bill Smith, Robert Noce and Mike Nickel are the front-runners, if for no other reason than they’re the only ones who can afford to be.
Smith, who hasn’t returned any calls from SEE Magazine in the past 12 months, was expected to have a similar fund-raising target – his 1998 re-election campaign cost nearly $165,000.
When asked if the city’s disclosure rules mean that their names and the sizes of their donations will come out eventually, Pilon replied that by the time Jan. 31 rolls around, the public isn’t worried about it anymore and the media are only concerned with total amounts spent on campaigns, not individual donors.
www.seemagazine.com /Issues/2001/0920/news.htm   (953 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NHL - Rivals Oilers, Flames might square off ... outside the rink
The NHL is evaluating a proposal that could see the Edmonton Oilers play the Calgary Flames in an outdoor game in 2004.
Edmonton Mayor Bill Smith said the proposal has received tentative approval from both the league and the players' association and the city is now in the process of working out a lease with the Oilers.
Smith said it could turn out to be a six-year event, with one game held in November each year.
espn.go.com /nhl/news/2002/0920/1434512.html   (348 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Edmonton grudgingly declares Gay Pride Week
Edmonton's mayor says he's been forced to declare Gay Pride Week in his city, against his will.
He says he was worried the City of Edmonton would be liable for any damages if the commission ruled against them.
He said a complaint to the human rights commission was the only way a proclamation would be made under Mayor Smith.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20030611/edmonton_pride030611?s_name=&no_ads=   (309 words)

  
 Edmonton - Alberta - Canada's Mayor Bill Smith
Edmonton has an international reputation as a leader in education, bringing out the best in students from all cultural backgrounds.
Edmonton is a great place to live, to visit and to learn in.
The Mayor of Edmonton is very important to Canada, as our city is the capital city of the province!
eltc.com /formerMayor.html   (208 words)

  
 Fairview Post, Fairview, AB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
However, Fairview Mayor Jean Charchuk said although it was a good meeting and she agrees with the ideas behind the discussions, she wonders how much effect lobbying and letter writing will have.
Edmonton Mayor Bill Smith and his council have to take care of Edmonton first, she said, and they will do what works for them.
However, she said, it’s essential that the airport remain open to medivac flights, because the added travel time from the Edmonton International Airport to the city’s hospitals could mean life or death.
www.fairviewpost.com /story.php?id=82411   (418 words)

  
 Justice Talking
Kerry quotes a poll that shows that Edmonton Mayor Bill Smith is becoming beatable because of his anti-smoking policies.
The Letters to the Editor in the Edmonton Sun are full of non-smokers who are fed up with the devastation caused to the Edmonton hospitality industry in general, and the Keep It Simple Club and the closing of the Strathcona Legion in particular.
The first reference outside of Edmonton to the endless story of the Keep It Simple Club-the AA meeting place that would have to apply for a liquor license to allow smoking.
www.justicetalking.org /joindebate_viewpost.asp?postID=1578   (141 words)

  
 CBC News:Edmonton police can ticket bullies under new bylaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
EDMONTON - Edmonton city council passed a bylaw Tuesday prohibiting people from bullying anyone under the age of 18 in a public place.
Under Edmonton's bylaw, anyone caught bullying could be fined as much as $250.
Edmonton Mayor Bill Smith supported the bylaw, saying it will send a message that bullying won't be tolerated.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/03/12/edm_bullying030312   (324 words)

  
 Edmonton Sun Columnist: Graham Hicks - Age appropriate dress
Stephen Mandel is going for the brass ring, joining incumbent Bill Smith and Robert(o) Noce in the race to see who'll be Edmonton's next mayor come Oct. 18.
In the background at his kickoff yesterday were political enthusiasts Susan Smith, Lance White, Denny Thomas and Robert Rosen, along with councillors Karen Leibovici and Allan Bolstad.
Kudos to Mayor Smith, who, upon election in 1995, called the mayors/reeves of Fort Saskatchewan, Strathcona County, Devon, Sturgeon County, Leduc County and Parkland County together to scheme and dream about one big river valley park.
www.canoe.ca /NewsStand/Columnists/Edmonton/Graham_Hicks/2004/07/06/pf-526278.html   (856 words)

  
 CBC News: Upset win in Edmonton mayor race   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
EDMONTON - A rookie city councillor won an upset victory in Edmonton on Monday, unseating the city's mayor of nine years.
Smith, who was fighting for a fourth term, took about 33 per cent of electors.
During the campaign, Smith, 68, came under fire from his two main opponents for being a career politician who had run out of ideas.
www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2004/10/19/edmonton_newmayor041019.html   (283 words)

  
 Edmonton Election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Democracy was exemplified in the arena of election culminating on Monday, October 18th in Edmonton.
The new mayor of Edmonton is Stephen Mandel, considered to be fiscally responsive, with a keen social conscience for the less fortunate and homeless.
Former Mayor Bill Smith, who has served Edmonton honourably for three terms, failed to elicit sufficient electoral support to continue.
www.petergoldring.com /speech/spso097.htm   (132 words)

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