Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 24, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 16 Winnipeg free january Airport standards crash inquiry told protesters vent their anger at the cruise test during a demonstration yesterday at the Alberta cruise test goes prompts demonstration Edmonton up a cruise missile that sailed Over Northwest Canada yesterday morning landed just before noon As about 100 people protested the test at the Alberta the cruise test went off without a hitch when the unarmed missile made a Parachute aided Landing on a Snow covered weapons Range on the Albert Saskatchewan Canadian forces spokesman Jan Martinsen it touched Down on on tar Martinsen the missile touched Down on the Primrose air weapons Range at three hours and 47 minutes after it was released in Earl morning darkness from under the Wing of a air Force b52 the launch took place Over the Beaufort sea in the Western Arctic after the bomber had carried the missile from an air Force base in Audrey chairman of the Al Berta citizens ant cruise com Mittee and organizer of the lunch time criticized Ottawa and the Canadian military for allowing the test in Light of easing tensions Between Eastern Europe and the Western our world is seemingly Chang ing towards peacemaking and we continue to participate in readiness towards she it is sad and i am ashamed at the Canadian defence depart ments apparent oblivion to the efforts of countries trying to achieve firefighting called service role Gas fumes ground flights leaving Toronto Toronto up air traffic controllers at Canadas busiest Airport spent several hours yesterday working out of a trailer parked along Side a runway after Gas fumes forced them from the control there were serious delays and some flights were cancelled because air traffic controllers dont have the visibility at ground level that they do from the explained Bruce Reid spokes Man at Pearson International the Airport normally handles 70 flights each but that number was reduced to 35 after the Reid the incident began at about yester when Tower staff noticed a strange firefighters from nearby Mississauga deter mined that diesel fuel had either leaked or spilled from tanks located close to the the fumes circulated through the buildings ventilation Reid about eight controllers on duty were then moved into a trailer parked beside a they began returning to the Tower around 4 after health and welfare officials said the build ing was it was expected it would take most of the night before the Airport had cleared up the backlog of Reid neither of the airports two terminals were airlines were told flights would be limited As Long As the controllers remained in the Reid overseas flights were rerouted to Montreal Mirabel at least six Toronto bound flights were delayed at Vancouver International Reid said airports around the world were notified and Many airlines had to cancel flights scheduled to Fly into he said it was the first time the control Tower has had to nothing moved said Toronto up subsidized air ports dont have to follow transport Canada standards for firefighter training and Rescue a government official said at an inquiry yesterday into the crash of an air Ontario that Means managers and fire chiefs at airports transport Canada subsidizes but Doest run can disregard training courses and standards on which the Federal department spends thousands of Dol Lars each and in the Case of the its officials trans port Canada official Larry Obray told Justice Virgil head ing the investigation into the March 1989 disaster where 24 people Airport fire chief Ernie Parry told Obray and other transport Canada officials he didst have to ensure his firefighters Practised extinguishing fuel even though the depart ment recommended a certain num Ber of training drills each Obray and Parry Doest have to follow the recommendations transport Canada has made following the lawyer Kris representing the families of victims and some of the 45 said in an not one thing has changed in transport Canada since the said the problem is a debate within transport Canada about whether Airport firefighters provide a safety or a service Obray if crash fire Rescue services at subsidized Airport Are deemed safety then the airports Are legally bound by transport Canada Obray but if As his superiors indicated in a flurry of memos Between 1986 and 1989 the firefighters provide a service they Arent bound by transport Canada so if you were met with a Situa Tion where you had a recalcitrant fire chief who said i dont care what the transport Canada documents i run my show Here theres nothing you can do about it to this can you lawyer Paul representing Ontario chief Coro asked that is Obray re the debate Over Airport fighting As a safety or service function has not yet been said commission counsel Fred von the situation has not yet been von veh said following dec president seeks talks with Mulroney on sources say from the news services London european Community president Jacques Delors has said in a letter to prime minister Mulroney that he is willing to meet with the prime minister in a bid to resolve a bitter dispute Over dec fish catch quotas off Canadas at lactic dec sources Delors suggested in a 11 letter to Mulroney that the two men Dis cuss the matter at the earliest Opportunity because of the political and economic importance of the property demanded Warsaw demands to strip the polish United workers party of its assets grew yesterday As groups in five cities held protests to demand the handover of party property to the president Wojciech Jaruzelski appealed for urging Compromise Over a controversial Bill presented by a rightist Deputy to parliament calling for nationalization of All property the formerly governing party accumulated during 45 years in news Roundup Lowed the in car outside a Centre of Muslim revolt against in Dian the guards thought the pot was a Shamir diverge Cairo israeli Vic Premier Shimon Peres said yesterday agree ment is near on holding the first direct talks Between Israel and the but in a spokesman for prime minister Yitzhak Shamir denied that both sides were near agree ment on Moon shot delayed Japan space officials postponed japans first unmanned Mission to the Moon just 18 seconds before liftoff but said they will try again today if they can fix a technical if the Hydraulic system is re the launch is expected at 8 46 today plane crash kills 24 Podges help Caracas a venezuelan Mili tary transport plane crashed and exploded in the Hills West of the capital shortly after taking off yesterday killing All 24 people officials investigators said fog and rain were probably to blame for the crash of the twin engined which was carrying 13 venezuelan Navy eight civilians and three japanese vote slated Tokyo the japanese Cabinet decided today to dissolve the lower House of parliament and Call general they Are expected to be held next month and give the Liberal demo cratic party its toughest test in 34 years of guards mistake fatal India four people were shot and killed yesterday when Indian Security forces guarding an italian in observer opened fire on Kashmiri witnesses and in officials the officials said Indian forces opened fire when someone in the crowd threw a pot containing live coals at their vehicle As they Fol Damascus president Hafez Assad said yesterday the syrian army is ready any time to help break Michel nouns hold on Lebanon Christian but lebanese president Elias Herawi indicated no attack on Aoun was Herawi told reporters he wants to build his own strength and create an Oasis of peace in Muslim West which he Al ready controls with the help of Syri an journalists in Beirut staged a on Day strike yesterday to protest nouns order Banning the Media from identifying Herawi As president of Home front stressed Ottawa Canada and other drug consuming countries should be doing More to discourage use at Home at the same time they Are fighting to Cut off foreign sources of Mexico foreign affairs 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