Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!looking!clarinews From: clarinews@clarinet.com (Bird/Standard Broadcast News) Newsgroups: clari.canada.briefs Subject: Alberta Briefs Keywords: canadian broadcast Message-ID: <4Ralberta_a8@clarinet.com> Date: 1 Feb 90 16:28:50 GMT Lines: 25 Approved: clarinews@clarinet.com Location: alberta ACategory: reg-headlines Slugword: alberta-2 Priority: regular Format: headlines X-Supersedes: <3Ralberta_a8@clarinet.com> ANPA: Wc: 244; Id: z1877; Sel: abn..; Adate: alberta-2-1aed Codes: jn..habl Note: Alberta-2 (Trolleys) Edmonton is leasing 30 trolley buses to Toronto for three years, while Toronto's transit system buys replacements to update its aging fleet. Two Edmonton buses are already making their way around Toronto, and the reports say they're working just fine. (Campeau) The financially struggling Campeau empire has sold off its three-building Elveden Centre in downtown Calgary for an estimated 27-Million dollars. Campeau's two major American retailing divisions have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy provisions to allow them time to restructure. (Session) The spring session of the Alberta legislature gets underway on March 8th. New environmental laws and more protection for consumer investments will be two issues on the agenda. (Senate) Alberta's intergovernmental affairs minister says Ottawa is offering no promises to appoint Stan Waters to the upper chamber. Last fall, Albertans elected Waters to fill their empty Senate seat. But the province has come up empty handed again this week.