Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 29, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Two u of m architecture dts Duffit beat out Over other entries 16 win award 01 just what the doctor ordered bears dispels liars for children b1 32 pages vol 123 no 178 Canada Post sales agreement 563595 Winnipeg free press get f Post t get Post outside Aly 75e in Ontario weekly Home x 05 to Post in Winnipeg 30 wkly 09 1 Psi outside City May bosnian crisis deepens officials helicopter shot British soldiers taken hostage by Barbara Demick Knigh Wridder newspapers Croatia Bosnia plunged deeper into crisis yesterday with the death of its foreign whose helicopter was shot Down by serb and another round of hostage Tak ing that left the United nations and nato powerless to Stem the Vio As of last the tally of in personnel held by bosnian serbs had climbed above including a number of the latest were a contingent of British sol 33 of whom were abducted yesterday from observation posts around Gorade in Eastern Many peacekeepers in there was no More Blus Tery talk of air the United nations seemed paralysed with deteriorating is How Chris the in spokesman in assessed the another Day of diplomatic consultations and urgent meetings from Washington to Ottawa to Paris failed to produce any Resolution to a crisis that is swiftly careening toward late British prime minister John major announced the dispatch of up to More troops to the strife torn after an emergency meeting at 10 Downing Street that lasted three major announced Steps to greatly strengthen the ability of the British peacekeeping contingent to defend itself in View of this much More dangerous envy the killing of bosnian foreign minister Man Ljubijanac and six other passengers in his helicopter throws another complication into the already explosive throughout the four Daylong Cri bosnian government forces have held their fire at the urging of the United but this latest casualty raises the likelihood of re was shot Down on his Way Back from a meeting in the Bihac in Northern Bosnia at the croatian he was the highest ranking government offi Cial killed in three years of it is devastate bosnian in ambassador Muhamed Sac Irbey told but so Many others have lost parents and we Are accustomed now to death maybe too accuse bosnian serbs kept up the relent less pressure a Shell killed a Man in while mor masked bosnian serb guards in Soldier near tars exploded around the narrow pass Over mount the Only Access route into or out of Sara the captured British peace keep most from the Royal Welsh Fusiliers had been Manning eight isolated observation posts near Gorade when they were easily overcome by serb there was no Exchange of Jim a in spokesman in said last night that there had been no communication with the men since their they could be in More peril than other hostages because the serbs have tied their release to that of four bosnian serb soldiers captured saturday in general Ratko the serb sent a message late yesterday to in commander Rupert himself saying if the four bosnian serb soldiers were returned by 6 he would treat the British soldiers according to the bosnian serb soldiers were not the in said that More than 300 soldiers were under some form of restraint by the bosnian serbs some chained to potential nato targets As human u bosnian serb government croat federation i ser held Croatia a Norrie holds Duguid cards by Stevens wild City Hall reporter quote of the Day we Pul in t be opposed to taking Over the Brian Harling of the ads health group says his National medical Laboratory company ability to keep costs Low is becoming More attractive to budget conscious provincial details on Page b1 the weather today mainly sunny wind i High Lew tomorrow sunny High Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details on Page c8 inside diversions rubes and Ann doctor in sports to thousands buried in quake associated press Many As people remained trapped under the debris of wrecked buildings and Many were feared dead after an earthquake flattened a town on an Island in russian far at least 160 bodies were recovered by Early today and the death toll is sure to Rescue workers reported hearing moans from under the rubble in the town of Nef which bore the Brunt of the quake that belted Sakhalin Island Early yesterday while most residents russian Ita Tass news Agency reported 300 people were confirmed 1 in the with around the same number in the report could not be independently by Early rescuers had re covered 160 including those of 11 and found 200 people alive in the said russian emergency situations minister ser Gei the ministry said rescuers took at least 144 people to the Hospital after one of russian strongest quakes the casualty toll is expected to Rise As Rescue teams comb the re Mote Pacific Island Eleonora a Moscow based spokeswoman for the minis said yesterday people were unaccounted for in the town and Many feared dead or the which struck the Large Pacific Island at local time was centred just off Shore near its thinly populated Northern population which is 65 Kilometres Northwest of the was other villages were Raisa municipal spokeswoman for the regional Cen tre said 13 five Storey houses made of prefabricated blocks col lapsed in burying about hundreds of those buried were later she said by in a town of people located about 90 Kilometres North of balconies fell from two five Storey buildings and Many houses sustained cracked Walls and broken aftershocks rocked the Region throughout the Day a special plane left Moscow yesterday with a Rescue team and equipment Terry Duguid has the the support and the political experience to Chal Lenge mayor Susan Thompson in this Falls civic he just has to decide if he wants but his decision to a Large on whether former mayor Bill Norrie decides to observers say a bid by Norrie would Likely split the vote Between Duguid a longtime City councillor for North Kildonan and increasing the chances of incumbent mayor Susan Thompson winning another inside Story a grassroots kind of Guy Norrie said yesterday he wont re veal what his intentions Are for an other couple of Duguid cant run for both City councillor and mayor and he Calls the decision one of the most difficult of his political while he has publicly made no Duguid has made it Clear to colleagues that he will not run for Council again Eyen if he Doest take a run at the mayors Al Golden vital said Duguid has Little Chance of Success if Norrie University of Manitoba political scientist Phil Wichern if anyone is to mount a major Challenge to Norrie has the name and he Duguid admits who he considers a is on his its a combination of including who else is in the Bill Nomes candidacy will obviously be a but is generally regarded As one of the most effective City councillors and poses a serious threat of his own to Thompsons bid for a former environmental was first elected to City Council in 1989 and now chairs the works and operations which oversees major capital and infrastructure Deputy mayor George Fraser Charles a Backer of Thompson sceptical of dug ids potential Terry Duguid Doest stand a he anyone who wants to be mayor who has to wait to be anointed by a former mayor to make that decision Doest have the qualities to be mayor of rickets growing concern in North by Kim Guttormson and David Kuxhaus staff reporters Vitamin d deficiency takes toll on native children a disease that should have disappeared 25 years is a growing problem among children in Many Northern native children with rickets caused by a Lack of Vitamin d show up in steady especially around Island Lake in Northern doctors and nurses we see a number of patients in childrens Hospital with rickets each paediatrician Jim Haworth we realize its just the tip of the weve been seeing rickets for 20 years or More and despite All the were still seeing As much if not More Rick ets in its getting the Island Lake Region about 600 Kilometres Northeast of Winni Peg takes in the communities of Garden Theresa red sucker Lake and its a real said Garden Hill councillor Russell we really dont know Why this is Hap Vitamin d helps the body absorb which strengthens Teeth and most people get and store Vitamin d by exposure to Sun Light or by drinking milk that has been fortified with Vitamin rickets causes Bones to soften and Bend it can Lead to constricted Pel vises in which makes childbirth Michael Moffatt people cant even believe this is happening in the associate professor in paediatrics and Community health at the University of Manitoba theres More concentration in Island Lake than anywhere else in in severe not enough Calcium in the blood causes which one Island Lake baby could have died from this one paediatrician said there is plenty of information available on reserves about but it seems to be and while children can take Vitamin the parents dont seem to be giving them to Harper agreed that most of Gar Den Hills residents know Little about the we need some sort of programs out Here to help people follow Sharon director of the Hildes Northern medical said the reasons rickets still exists Are part of the problem is the Cost of milk in Remote Northern areas and the fact Many people use evaporated which Doest contain added Vitamin As there Are fewer Daylight hours in the North and people tend to shield Young children from the Macdonald the biggest problem is milk is not a part of most adults diets and Many Are lactose intolerant milk makes them feel if the parents dont drink they Arent Likely to give it to their although an intolerance for lactose usually Doest develop until age five or most rickets cases Are seen Between the Ages of nine months and two Island Lake is working to develop alternative ways of delivering Vita min d to Young ;