Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 30, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba 40 pages vol 123 no 179 Canada Post sales agreement 563595 Winnipeg free press get Post 6w get outside City m Ontario weekly Home delivery 25 wkly 05 20 Post in Winnipeg s3 30 wkly 09 21 Post outside City May 1995 in crisis splits House Call to Retreat Lydiann Rinehart Canadian press Ottawa Canada wants the in to change the Man Date of its peacekeeping forces in Bosnia to protect soldiers from being taken there isolated now in Small numbers in dangerous prime minister Chretien said yesterday in the the work that has to Beltane by our troops and the Means they have to do it has to be modified so our troops will not be exposed in Small defence minister David Collen Ette said nato is looking at Vari Ous options to resolve the crisis involving 370 peacekeepers including held by the bosnian these include removing unarmed military observers from the Field and beefing up in other options include concentrating troops so they Arent Iso As were eight Canadian peacekeepers now being detained at observation posts in Elijas near but Collenette said Canada has no plans to Send additional unless there is a need for a withdrawal of forces under the auspices of and then of course we would be part of a collective the situation in Bosnia sparked an emergency debate in the com Mons last night As the Reform party renewed its Call for Canada to pull its troops out of the former Chretien said he sup ports the principle of continued in air strikes against serb Posi a photo Sena Spahic tosses Flowers into Sarajevo grave of grandson he died in wielding a bigger a4 cant Cave but he wished there had been More notice of the last air strike so Canada could have taken better measures to protect its peacekeepers from being taken Collenette said the bosnian serbs must understand the inter National Community int going to sit idly by if it is cannot assume we wont use air strikes whether its tomorrow or the next it was in air strikes last week that led the serbs to take in peacekeepers the Reform party called for Canada to immediately withdraw its troops from Bosnia even if that meant leaving the 10 Canadian hostages there Are allies there who will get our 10 my Bob Mills Collenette and bloc quebecois Leader Lucien Bouchard said that suggestion is a he wants us to withdraw All our forces and leave our own person who Are now being to fend for themselves Collenette i cant believe a Canadian Politi Cian would make that Bouchard agreed with the de Fence minister during the Emer gency the bloc Leader also said it would be wrong for Canada to pull out now and leave the women and children of Bosnia prey to further there was no vote at the conclusion of the which was held to let maps outline their views be fore foreign affairs minister an Dre Ouellet meets his nato counterparts today in trial opens Man killed sister for the insurance prosecution alleges by Kevin Rollason Law courts reporter murder for profit namely in life insurance benefits was the reason Mohamed Khan killed his Young wife and a jury was told on the first Day of the Winnipeg mans double murder trial it was murder by design and the reason was the insurance Crown attorney George Dangerfield told a five woman court of Queens Bench plan was simple this trial concerns a scheme of murder for the plan was a simple one to insure the victim of a sum of Money higher than Normal and shortly after to put her to Dangerfield told Justice Gerald Jewers of court of Queens Bench he expects to prove to the jury that Mohamed Ameer Ula killed his 21yearold for her two insurance policies Worth and his 27yearold Sis for her two policies Worth the Crown said Khan later received 55 per cent of his Sisters life insurance but made no attempt to collect on those of his Dangerfield said even though several House hold Bills we rent paid because a was experiencing financial difficulties at the the insurance premiums were always paid the body of Bibi Khan was found in a Freezer at the Alfred Avenue Home she shared with her brother in september Sureta Khan was found dead in a Bathtub at the same Home on Khan has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first degree Dangerfield said witnesses Are expected to testify that Khan was with both who appeared subdued at the when they purchased the insurance he said a policy Khan took out on him self when he insured his wife was a red it was something to divert Dangerfield said a pathologist will testify that Bibi Khan died of asphyxiation and the four types of sedatives found in her body following an autopsy would have made it physically impossible for her to climb into the to Load ing Freezer where she was found alongside a flashlight and caulking repair work the Crown said Mohamed Khan told police his sister wanted to do some repair work and had taken the flashlight and caulking gun to repair the the Crown said another pathologist will testify Sureta Khan died of asphyxiation from gentle suffocation not drowning before she was found in the the trial medicare Eye tests in danger panel considers dropping them in search for healthcare savings legislature reporter Manitoban May have to Start paying for All Eye examinations under a proposal now being studied by a special provincial health the Manitoba medical services Council is examining the possibility of removing biennial Eye tests from medicare coverage As it searches for million in healthcare Sav Ings this in Eye examinations Cost the system they Are looking at All sorts of ways of managing the Manitoba medical association pres ident Sunil Patel confirmed yes while the 12member Council has yet to vote on the possible medicare there Are already fears the Days of free Eye tests will soon Van in january the province restricted Manitoban to one free Eye examination every two years unless there was a medical condition re Quiring More frequent Nelson a Winnipeg said fewer people will come in for Eye tests if they have to move he feared would make preventive Eye care nearly Imossi this is Short term gain for Long term and it is really Short he for some Eye diseases such As glaucoma can easily be treated or managed if detected in the which has few Early warning can Lead to permanent a full Eye examination costs medi quote of the Day when the Sun sets and the Rescue equipment the town starts a russian television reporter describes the scene in the town of Neft Gorsk in russian far where thousands of people lie buried by rubble from an earthquake that struck Early details on Page the weather today wind k Southwest 20 to 30 High Low 3 tonight w tomorrow r mainly High Sun rises sets Moon rises sets details on Page c10 care but Bourdon said the Price could jump to if doctors Are free to charge whatever they Jane the president of the Manitoba association of Ottom is urging health minister Jim Mccrae to ensure her group is part of any discussions about Dein Suring Eye Thrall said her association Doest have a position on any insurance changes but believes charging for examinations will reduce the number of Manitoban who have their eyes obviously the concern is that As soon As you reinsure a some will not come she the plan would require Mccrae approval before being Mccrae said he wont be second guessing every recommendation from the As Manitoban accept that changes will have to be made to preserve the healthcare Are we insuring More things than we can logically and reasonably afford to insure Mccrae asked yes have we allowed our health sys tem to be built into something that we can no longer afford that something the Manitoba medical services Council is the councils move to consider which services will still be covered by medicare stems from the five year contract the province signed with the Mma in under the doctors fees Are now protected from any and any savings needed in the system will come from de insuring ser Patel noted that other prov inces have already reinsured Eye inside diversions rubes and Ann 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