Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 6, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba The nation Winnipeg pipe Pess wv6 1994 Canada at a glance human cargo Canadian press Montrea several hours of questioning by immigration officials probably came As a Relief to 21 stowaways who arrived Here the 20 romanian men and one bulgarian woman landed in Canada after a cramped sea voyage in four containers aboard a Hong Kong registered ship that sailed from they were expected to ask for political wheat talks set Winnipeg the United states International Trade commission is making a rare visit to Canada Early next week to meet with Grain Industry officials and discuss Canadian wheat the commission is investigating claims Canadian Grain exports Are interfering with wheat sales in the a commission spokesman in Washington described the visit As a fac finding Manning booed Leader Preston Manning gave his first major speech to organized labor yesterday and received a loud chorus of whether people could decide from what was said today that Reform favors i think its highly said James president of the Canadian federation of mushroom death teenager died yesterday after eating wild mushrooms while two other youths were taken to Hospital where they had their stomachs an autopsy was expected to determine if the 18yearold died because the mushrooms were poisonous or because he choked after throwing natives covered Ottaw Indian affairs minister Ron Irwin says the Federal government will make sure the charter of rights applies to natives under Irwin said a Bill to enact a self government agreement for Yukon to be introduced within the next week or include a clause that makes it Plain the charter applies after the agreement takes smoking out pigs Edmonton Alberta is getting Tough with cigarette smugglers and buyers of illegal smokes under new legislation introduced the Law would require new markings on cigarette packages to help police keep track of out of province cigarettes and new fines of up to million Are expected to take the profit out sea Kings live on Otta Wathe Canadian military intends to keep its sea King helicopters flying until the turn of the despite safety concerns about the aging defence minister David Collenette said they will keep flying to the year 2000 because they will be Well he flights touted Montreal air Canada said yesterday it has concluded an agreement with British Midland airways that will extend the network of under the air Canada will offer seats on British Midland Between London Heathrow and the cities of leed Bradford Well Canadian tire pledges by Sandra Rubin Canadian press Toronto if you cant beat join Canadian moving to defend itself from american warehouse is embracing a corporate culture of customer if you want to be a successful retailer in the youre going to have to live that belief walk talk breathe president Stephen Bachand told shareholders i dont just mean smiles and its a cultural its an in Case that not the 71yearold Canadian retail institution is also prepared to play Walmart the retail giant which makes service its hallmark recently bought 120 woolco stores in Atlan abased Home depot is also planning to open 27 super stores in Bachand said after the annual meeting that if Walmart drops the Price of Tennis Canadian tire stores will we he said Canadian tire has 425 stores and is a major retailer of goods such As automotive Home improvement supplies and sport ing we no longer see ourselves As every shoppers obvious a fixed Beacon in the retail land acknowledged an american retailing executive who joined Canadian tire just Over a year he tried to downplay the threat posed by Walmart and Home de were not a mass were not a discount he were a provider of a Broad Bachand says Canadian tire must embrace new deeper we pack age that with very convenient to James an analyst with Richardson said backhands plan to stress service is commendable but May be impossible to implement in the independently owned i really didst hear any specific programs that would Lead me to a conclusion that be Able to build a competitive advantage around Mcleod said after the if youre going to hang your hat on that As a competitive Adan it would seem youve got to do something but David an analyst at Wood said people underestimate the com pants ability to hold its Market Canadian tire will have a tremendous Edge in terms of convenience and Bro die if youve got 400odd chances Are your stores will be close to your and if youre competitive on Price and that half the parents rights take Back seat Childs welfare Paramount court by Jim Sheppard Canadian press Ottawa the Best interests of a child take precedence Over any rights of its biological the supreme court of Canada ruled yesterday in a Case that could have National Imp Lica the in a 70 said it is important to keep biological families together where but in determining whether a child should be adopted or remain with its birth the court said the Only True test is what is Best for the the ruling came in an Ontario Case but is expected to have a wide any time the supreme court of Canada says something about Chil it is going to have application throughout the says Elaine an Ontario government lawyer who worked on the the supreme court rejected an Appeal by a woman known Only As against an Ontario court of a peal ruling that her should remain a Ward of the Crown and be formally adopted by the Fos Ter parents who have cared for her since february who is originally from Portu Gal but who now lives in argued the child should be returned to her because she had made significant strides toward becoming a bet Ter the Mother argued the rights of biological parents should take precedence unless their actions fall below an acceptable minimum the now almost has been the subject of a lengthy dispute Between the Mother and the Catho lic childrens Aid society of metro Politan Toronto since she was five months the court noted the society first took the child into care on the basis of information that the Appellant the Mother had a history of leaving her daughter did not adequately care for the physically abused the child and threatened to kill her the girl was returned to the Mother on several but she has been in the care of the society since 1989 when the girl started screaming that someone was try ing to kill her during a visit to a Bank with her birth the Mother had won two lower court rulings that her daughter should be returned to those courts agreed that rights of the birth Mother must be Paramount unless there is evidence that reuniting child and Mother would cause irreparable harm to the those judgments were Over turned by the Ontario court of a the supreme court agreed with the Appeal court that the Childs interests Are Paramount in such the emotional Well being of a child is of the utmost wrote Madame Justice Claire Quebec open Beer taps to avoid american retaliation Canadian press Ottawa British Columbia and Quebec will make it easier to buy suds in their provinces to head off a Beer Trade War with the United a Deal announced yesterday will prevent the United states from retaliating with punitive duties against Canadian Beer headed fed eral Trade minister Roy Maclaren Quebec will allow the Sale of Beer in Corner and it could be on shelves within a British co Lumbia will smooth distribution of american this will allow Cross order Trade in Beer to continue Unchin Maclaren in Trade representative Mickey Kantor said the Deal will make it easier for Brewers to reach Canadian Beer but the tussle Over Beer is far from Kantor also said the still has a complaint against the minimum pricing policies in some which Hurt Lowe priced and Canada has its own complaint that 39 states have regulations which prevent the free flow of Beer into those Canadian Beer Doest have full Access to Canadian Maclaren told our motto is we sell for less More often future of to looks dishy More satellite Choice coming soon 94 Topaz sport 94 Topaz sport is 4 to choose from one Price your Choice 6 id choose from one Price your Choice Brand new 94 Topaz Max Brand new 94 Max loaded Canadian press Ottawa three of the biggest players in Canadian communications Are teaming up to beam scores of to channels to tiny Back Yard satellite the move could Speed delivery of a wide array of specially movies and concerts to viewers across the the consortium includes telecommunications giant Bce of broadcaster wic Western International communications of Vancouver and Canadian satellite communications known As the direct Home service will be available by next the Alliance announced it will give Canadian Consumers Access to the future of television and offer them a vast selection of Canadian and other said can com president Alain the lineup of actual channels and fees has yet to be but the consortium said the service would consist of three Levels j a mandatory package of Canadian and network and specially and payt As the movie network or Well As american j pay preview programming tha allows subscribers to choose from a Large menu of popular sports and special events such As the viewer orders the desired program using a Remote control and pays on a peruse the three Levels will offer a total of about 100 said Susan Ca coms Vic president of regulatory subscribers would need a 60centimetre dish that could be mounted at ground or on a Wall or the dish would be connected by Cable to a Small decoder Box atop the to the Box and Remote control Are expected to Cost about said people who already own a Large satellite dish would probably be Able to modify it to pull in the new to the service also plans to offer High Fidelity radio the venture still requires regulatory but the consortium said it will be a Strong Canadian alternative to u satellite As direct of to be available later this the cab let Industry said the announcement heightens its longheld fear that satellite broadcasters Are out to lure away Cable we we rent making it said Ken president of 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