CBC

Mon Nov 27, 9:57 pm

Mechanical glitch gives some Albertans extra energy rebate

Some people in Alberta are getting a bonus to their bonus.

As a way to offset skyrocketing energy prices, the Alberta government promised energy rebate cheques to people across the province.

Albertans were supposed get one cheque for $150 in November, another in April.

But a mechanical glitch at Revenue Canada has resulted in some people getting more than one cheque this month.

Revenue Canada says it believes about 100 people have received the bonus cheque and it's asking them to send it back. But if they don't, the agency says, those people just won't get their second cheque next spring.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), November 28, 2000