Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba The nation Winnipeg free press a q january Canada at a glance project from the Canadian press Oil says it has shelved the next two phases of its massive heavy Oil project in northeastern Alberta because of fallen Oil Canadas largest Oil company wont spend any Money on phases nine and 10 of the cold Lake which were scheduled to proceed this said Miles an Imperial spokesman in task Force set minister Ralph Goodale has appointed a task Force to consider what changes Are needed to ensure the health of Dairy and poultry industries under new world Trade under the Deal signed in Geneva last Canada gave up import quotas for Dairy Chicken and Canada plans to attach huge tariffs to imports of those products once the agreement comes into effect in body dragged badly mutilated body of an Accident victim was found beneath a car that had dragged it for More than 20 police said according to Vijay Kumar was hit by a taxi and thrown into the path of a second the Driver of that car noticed nothing until he was flagged Down by another rebellion denied by Nova Scotia liberals about dumping Premier John Savage is Only natural because of a scheduled leadership review in says party president John if we did not set up a leadership review had we not provided for that kind of open participation where everybody can we even be having this Young said questions faulted Saskatoon interviews with children alleged to have been sexually abused at a Martinsville Home babysitting service were improperly conducted and Are almost an expert in child investigative techniques said David a University of Utah was testifying for the defence at the trial of Linda and Travis woman wounded Vancouver the daughter of National party Leader Mel Hurtig was grazed by a Bullet from a homemade gun in what police called a random Barbara Hurtig suffered a minor Cut on her Arm monday from the so called zip gun that shoots surprised Why Toronto of men from All Over the world have contacted a Canadian plastic surgeon about getting an experimental operation to lengthen their Robert Stubbs said he had no idea the procedure would attract so much about 400 men have called on Stubbs from saudi new the Philippines and the United All seeking the operation that can increase a mans Penis length by As much As 50 per Johnson picks leaner Cabinet for hard times new Quebec Premier takes reins Bujac Branswell Canadian press Quebec Johnson was sworn in As Quebec new Premier promising to work closely with Ottawa to create jobs and streamline govern he began the Job introducing a Cabinet almost a third smaller than that of retiring Premier Robert Johnson rewarded some longtime support ers with Plum portfolios but reserved the intergovernmental affairs portfolio for a Strong Johnson said he decided to take the extra Job because i want to show How important it in his first speech As Johnson said Quebe cers will have to make some Tough Deci Sions in the coming we have big choices to make on the Constitution and the he the liberals Trail badly in the polls and must Call an election by the end of next the opposition parti quebecois has promised a referendum on sovereignty if it it is no secret that Many liberals would like to make sovereignty the Issue in the next elec Tion As Well to divert attention away from the sluggish in a thinly veiled reference to the sovereignty Johnson said Quebe cers have to recognize they cannot shut out the outside it appears to me wrong that we should put up new Borders and thus reduce ourselves to a Small geographical he said after the Swearingin ceremony in the Legislatures Opu Lent red Johnsons watched with tears in her eyes As her smiling son completed the family triple brother who sat next to his was a pm Premier for 71 Days in 1985 and father Daniel served As a Union natio Nale Premier from Johnsons Cabinet is a mix of experience and youth with five new ministers Jacques a key Johnson gets promoted from the Bac benches to Edu cation while Roger formerly a Low profile Deputy jumps into the important Justice Andre Johnsons chief organizer in his easy leadership leaves Man Power to take Over Monique the former finance was named Deputy Premier and also takes Over Treasury Johnsons old Claude who used to be the minister of almost All the Tricky retains Only Johnson spends moment with Mother Reine after Swearingin municipal affairs while Christos Spirros has the new natural resources department added to native the smaller Cabinet meant several depart ments were such As forestry and Energy into natural it also meant the highest profile anglophone in Bourassaw Cabi former transport minister Sam was despite some griping from representatives of the anglophone the new Cabinet won Praise from business and other the pm said that despite All the new faces Johnson had Only made cosmetic changes to a tired the fatigue and Lack of ideas Are there this evening just As they were this said Bernard Vic president of the the liberals believe their Road to redemption among voters starts and ends with voters will get Back on the governments Side if they feel the difference in the income in their pockets and if there Are jobs for their families and said Pierre who held on to the environment tobacco Industry near Victory on taxes activist Canadian press Ottawa a leading anti smoking activist says the to Bacco Industry is close to Vic tory in its Campaign for lower cigarette but Federal officials ref use to say which Way the govern ment is leaning on the we Are in a situation where the Industry is close to Victory in its Campaign for a tax said David Sweanor of the nonsmokers rights at a news con Ference Sweanor said he has been told by Industry sources that Quebec is within a couple of weeks of announcing a tobacco tax and Ottawa is Likely to move in the same i the Industry has Long argued that lower Canadian taxes Are the Only Way to Deal with cigarette smug health groups vigorously Dis Pute saying it would Lead Only to higher tobacco consumption and More cancer they say the most effective single measure to Stop smuggling would be to reintroduce an Export tax which was lifted last year by the previous a finance department spokes application form based on research linking personal violence gun buyers harassed Man refused to comment on the likelihood of a tax but the who asked not to be made it Clear the finance department is not enthused about a recommendation from the Canadian cancer society that it reimpose an Export tax on cigarettes to combat under the previous government it the Export tax was removed be cause it became increasingly apparent that the tobacco suppliers in the would be Able to acquire to Bacco products for the Canadian Market outside of the Export tax caused a dramatic drop in Canadian tobacco exports to the United states during the nearly two months it of most tobacco products exported to the United states reenter Canada As by Bob Cox Canadian press Ottawa its a Gross inva Sion of privacy to ask people who apply to buy guns about relationship Job bankruptcies or school says a critic of Federal gun control its just another method of a said David head of the National firearms Asso but the Federal Justice depart ment says the information is key for firearms control officers who must determine if gun applicants pose any risk of the questions Are on an application form that would be gun buyers must fill out in order to get a fire arms acquisition which is needed to buy a anyone who makes false or mis leading or knowingly does not disclose relevant inform could be jailed for up to two the questions Stem from research showing Job loss and Money along with alcohol and Are often features of do Mystic violence cases when guns Are used for murder and a Justice department study found that when husbands used guns to kill wives in 1989 and 1990 q half the cases involved couples negotiating a separation or divorce 40 per cent involved people who recently stopped living q More than four in 10 husbands were unemployed and 30 per cent recently lost q half of husbands had financial troubles 25 per cent had experienced a bankruptcy or credit prob j two thirds of husbands were alcohol abusers and 21 per cent used about 80 per cent of killers possessed their guns the study did not look at How Long they had owned their firearms Are used in about a third of murders in Tomlinson said it is ludicrous to suggest someone is More Likely to buy Ajun to commit murder or Sui drug Job divorce among questions asked Canadian press Ottawa Here Are some of the questions people applying to buy guns in Canada must answer q have you or anyone in your household Ever been prohibited from possessing a been denied a permit to acquire a gun or had such a permit revoked in the last five years q have you been or Are you awaiting for an offence involving drugs or a violation of game Laws q have you been on parole or under court order to keep the peace q have you been treated for alcohol or drug convicted of a related offence or Are you awaiting trial on any such charge j have you been treated for suicidal depression or emotional problems q have you been reported to police or social services for violence in your Home or elsewhere in the last two years u have you experienced relationship failure in Job loss or bankruptcy cide just because he has broken up with a girl that he went out with for two or he has failed a class in Flower but Hayes said a school failure or Job loss does not automatically disqualify someone from own ing a there among several factors firearms control officers along with such things As alcohol and drug violent be criminal activity and mental health he the great upholstery Sale 4050 off All clearance upholstery plus we pay your on All special orders 0 off All special order upholstery for a limited time save 25 on All our custom upholstery chairs and All choose from the finest manufacturers Hickory Craft and 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