Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 10, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba The nation Winnipeg free press a o january 1 Vij Canada at a glance alleged debated diplomats have met with the country police chief to Avert mounting criticism of Jamaica refusal to accept three alleged killers whom Canadian authorities Are try ing to All three Are wanted for murder in the Caribbean Toronto police have repeatedly complained that the jamaican government has failed to Start extradition proceedings against two of the men face deportation hearings next Friday in Toronto but could be released because there is no extradition request for police Boxer blinded Ottaw Aan Ottaw area Man appeared in court last week after a Fivey Earold purebred was beaten so badly that he became Blind in one Conrad Laframboise of the Ottawa humane society said he thinks the muzzled dog was kicked and beaten with a mop Anthony Jose faces criminal charges of wilfully causing an animal to suffer pain callers outraged say Treyve been overwhelmed with Calls from people offering help and Money for an 83yearold who was raped and beaten in her one caller to a special hotline offered another wanted to pay for an alarm system in the woman while an upholsterer offered his said police Rue Chase ramp patrol boat chased a suspected smuggler into the main Harbor of the French owned archipelago of Stpierre Miquelon on the violating policy and angering local we have discussed this Issue with officials on the French owned and expressed our regret in this said ramp Phil color secondary Halifax the hiring of Nova Scotia first Black Deputy minister was a significant move and will show minorities top level government jobs Are finally open to say some Black Community Gordon Earle was appointed Deputy minister of housing and consumer affairs last he views his qualifications being most being Black is says ant movies Toronto the teamsters Union wants to bring Down the curtain on Canadas thriving movie charges a Toronto entertainment Stephen Waddell says teamsters International wants to hit Canadas movie major part of an entertainment Industry that employs get lucrative film work Back South of the Francois a spokesman for teamsters said Waddells theories were surgery fatal Ottawa Nineteen Earold Natalie Young emerged from the recovery room after More than five hours of successful dental surgery last six hours later she stopped a coroners jury last week concluded she died because of a prolonged Lack of oxygen to the and there recommending better training for Hospital critics fear genetic screening by Dennis Bueckert Canadian press when Phyllis Ross Learned that her unborn child had Downs syn her doctor gave her a dark portrait of what Lay ahead if she kept the infant and 24 hours to decide whether to the Vancouver woman was it just baffled me that he would give us that kind of says she and her husband decided to carry through with the and to Day their son Jamie is almost he Hast burdened us she he has a lot of love and Hes a Hes what More can i say like Many parents of disabled Ross worries about How the medical profession is using in formation gleaned from increasingly powerful prenatal critics fear that genetic screening will Lead to a passive form of eugenics in which fetuses with genetic defects Are selectively whats been happening is that doctors have been recommending an abortion right away when theres a says Norma Collier of the Canadian association for Community an advocacy group for the its almost automatic that a Par ent or parents Are they do not give the parents any education at All about what its like to have a child with a what the potential can research conducted for the Royal commission on reproductive technologies found that 80 per cent of pregnant women who Learned of a serious fetal disorder through pre Natal diagnosis in 1990 decided to terminate the about one in three women whose children were found to have so called Pyy and xxx syndromes linked to lower Intelli As Well As behaviour and learn ing problems decided to Al though these conditions dont necessarily result in serious i think its reminiscent of a i really think you Are looking to purify the said Connie Lau also of the the debate is Likely to intensify As techniques of genetic screening in More than 600 genes have been associated with known and the number is rising constantly As scientists push ahead Tough tactics curb violence in schools by Annemarie Tobin Canadian press Toronto a Toronto school Board that introduced a get Tough policy in keeping with Ontario crusade against school violence has already noticed an in the Scarborough Board of Educa Tion introduced its so called Zero tolerance policy parents were blitzed with information and brochures explaining that Zero tolerance meant students would be suspended or expelled for carrying weapons or threatening be i think there is some Impact on kids who know that if they bring a prohibited weapon into a school they May be said Harold an administrative assistant at the in before the new 30 students were suspended for pos session of assaults or threats of violence against students or that dropped to seven cases in de and Bell said none of the incidents involved prohibited Wear an expulsion hearing will take place 17 for a 16yearold scar Borough student who gave a fellow student a students Are recommended for expulsion if there found in posses Sion of a prohibited if they use any weapon or replica in a threatening assault an other person with a weapon or As Sault another person to the extent that the victim requires medical at fanfare education minister Dave Cooke announced his ant violence Strat egy with much fanfare in late no ordering All boards to develop violence prevention the ministry will also ensure that students who Are expelled or sus Pended for violent acts have it noted in their the information will follow them to any school where they seek in a task Force is being created to develop special programs for kids who have been kicked out of school and a Community Summit on violence will take place March Fred a Community pay said the efforts May pre vent Ontario schools from turning into the armed Camps found in some american but the strategy needs Fin tuning so that educators and counsellors look at the reasons behind the Vio he boundaries this is a watershed said author of a study on perceptions of violence in we have a Chance right now to avoid what the americans Are experiencing guards that work in armed Metal Detec that would be an absolute mis take for us to go that route in Cana Mathews contends that kids Are looking for boundaries such As Zero he boundaries must be accompanied by selective sanctions on a Caseb Case basis that look at mitigating circumstance for officials must take into account the fact that a student May have been taunted mercilessly or been subjected to racist insults before striking out at his Tormen some of those kids who Are perpetrators Are also victimized and Treyve turned their status from Vic Tim into offender to Settle scores be cause school administrators would said that where you get a lot of Vigi officials should also look at whether theres a history of alcohol or drug use or whether a student is abused at schools must develop partner ships with police and social workers who can Deal with problems before they he but University of Toronto sociologist Jack Wayne said there is a grave problem with the concept of Zero tolerance because some Stu dents come from cultural Back grounds that Are More one might think that dealing with the backgrounds of the the school school Secu Rity and a number of other issues would be More he Karla Teale got off respondents Tell pollster Canadian press Toronto an overwhelming per cent of Ontario adults polled Felt that Karla Teale got off easy with a 12year prison sentence for her role in the sex slayings of two school a poll theres no doubt where they no its just Over said Conrad pres ident of Otta abased polling which conducted the sur vey for the Toronto almost on Quarter of those per believed Treyve been told forbidden details covered in the ban imposed by jus Tice Francis the poll found per cent of respondents Felt the sentence was while Only per cent thought it was too no margin of error was cited for the which involved the questioning of 500 Ontario adults up photo Ross holds while whom a doctor recommended be smiles after to map the human genome the cans not parents decide genetic code that determines inborn which fetal anomalies justify in its the Royal commission says genetic screening should be used Only for serious medical conditions and parents should have the final say on whether to but a Survey performed for the commission found that almost 40 per cent of doctors thought phys one of the major concerns is that genetic screening could be used for nonmedical such As sex be it has been suggested that some ethnic groups might be inclined to avoid female infants through another Issue is the right of expectant mothers to decide whether to be tested and whether to the commission found that some women Felt they were swept along by an imposing process without adequate who has a 33yearold daughter with a visual and mental believes society will be the poorer if the trend to weeding out genetic disorders exploring unknown carries Steep Price skiers find Canadian Prince some More skiers Are discovering the thrill of the unknown can carry a Steep Price tag for those who deliberately head out of Bounds and get powder King ski near Mackenzie about 200 Kilometres North of Prince is following the example of an Okanagan ski Hill and Billing two sets of out abounds skiers for the Cost of their two 18yearold men from Prince George skied away from the designated powder King trails and got lost a few Days two Mackenzie men in their 20s skied out of Bounds and had to be they were found within signs and ropes make it Clear where the designated trails powder King manager John 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