Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 1, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Winnipeg free press to june Canada at a glance Road tolls Way of future from the Canadian press Halifax Drivers had better get used to the idea of toll Booths on the Tran Canada if they expect major Highway projects to Public works minister David Dingwall said Dingwall said Ottawa and the provinces will probably have to resort to More Pri vat Public sector agree ments like one planned for Northwestern Nova action demanded Victoria the government faced another Day of demands to move against a native Road blockade yesterday As critics suggested the new democrats dont have the political will to get Tough with a about 200 members of the upper Nicola Indian band have blocked a Highway Lead ing to a private ranch in a Dis Pute Over Reserve boundaries and fishing inquiry launched Quebec a potentially embarrassing Public inquiry will be launched into allegations of widespread corruption in the awarding of con tracts to private electricity producers under the former Liberal Premier Jacques Parizeau told the legislature Tough penalties drunk Drivers in Nova Scotia will lose their licences on the and speeders with a fondness for radar detectors will have to find a new the provinces Tough new amendments to the motor vehicle act kick in and police Are suit in offing Montreal a second Montreal could be facing a lawsuit Simi Lar to the one launched by the american government this week against Saluc a Justice department spokesman the department is seeking More than in dam Ages from where data falsification and fabrication were discovered with respect to breast cancer studies Tak ing place there Over an 11 year marys also took part in the contracts hit Ottawa the Reform party accused Revenue minis Ter David Anderson of Patron age yesterday for giving government contracts to three Law firms run by Liberal friends in his Victoria carriers jobless Victoria changes to the employment standards act May spell the end of Young people having paper routes in British when the act is expanded to include Par time it will mean people like paper carriers will have to be paid the minimum wage for at least four hours a Low budget War Newfoundland will wage a Low budget Battle for the eco nomic rewards big budget film productions can Industry minister Chuck Furey says picturesque land scapes and tax Breaks Are All the province can afford to of Fer Mainland that puts Newfoundland far behind nearby Nova that provinces film develop ment corporation annually costs taxpayers about Mil Fonyo desperate Vancouver one legged runner Steve who raised millions for cancer Only to be dogged by ruins with the has come Back to British Columbia to try to turn his life Ive got to Start All Over he fire puts town on Alert Blaze nears Cranberry residents on evacuation standby by David Kuxhaus staff reporter up photo a raging fire Burns near fort Mcmurray closing a raging blazes Swallow vast Western forests As hundreds flee Homes by Janice Tibbetts and Charlie Gillis Canadian press two raging fires took huge bites out of Western forests yesterday and threatened everything from Gas plants to native reserves and summer in Northwestern Saskatchewan three fires joined to form a Blaze that consumed an area larger than Prince Edward the which ate Hect ares of was by far the biggest on the Prairies in a year that has Al ready been described As the worst in More than a i heard it said that this must be what its like to look into said Saskatchewan forestry spokesman when you Fly through the smoke everything goes completely about 250 firefighters toiled on the ground trying to contain flames that were leaping 20 metres above water some from As far away As tried to Block the fire from destroying cab ins and Bible More than Saskatchewan residents including another 100 yesterday have fled their smoke enveloped just across the Boundary in North Eastern Alberta some Gas Compa Nies were shutting Down plants and pulling out staff As another huge Blaze burned out of there shutting their plants you said Wes fire Centre spokesman in the Oil City of fort at least three companies briefly closed Down natural Gas but officials said there was no danger of the reason for evacuating was the smoke More than said Dan president of Canadian Conquest which cleared workers from three of its about 400 people who fled the smoke filled native Community of Janvier for fort Mcmurray waited for word on when they could return most of us Are enjoying our selves and going but some of the older people Are missing Russell Janvier said from his the main Highway running into the City of remained closed As flames As High As 30 metres continued to shoot across the the about 100 Kilometres South of fort spread Over More than hectares compared to a Day hat crime Bill sped up pm signals end to caucus debate by Bob Cox Canadian press Toronto controversial legislation to boost sentences for hate crimes against groups such As jews and Gays will pass the commons this prime minister Jean Chretien any threat to one group in our society is a threat to All of us to our very Chretien said yesterday in an address to the Cana Dian society for had a group dedicated to remembering the we have seen what happens when society stands by and lets these threats go by unchallenged or Chretien said the Bill will be passed before the commons Breaks for summer recess june his Promise signalled that he is calling an end to a two month debate within the Liberal several Liberal backbench ers oppose the legislation because they consider it backdoor recognition of homosexual it would allow judges to impose a higher sentence on someone con for of if the motivation for the crime was hatred based on a victims religion or sexual it was spurred by incidents such As attacks by Neo nazis against jew ish targets As Well As i think its going to be a warning to some of the hatemongers in this country that vandalism and acts of racism will be punished in a differ ent format and maybe that will serve As a Strong said Frank executive vice president of Bani brith Canada but Dimant said he was less pleased with Chretien stance on two other issues stopping Holo Caust deniers and pursuing nazi War criminals in Chretien said holocaust deniers Are not Welcome in but Legaye no indication his government will do anything to Stop people such As Toronto based Ernst Zundel from publishing and Broad casting Antisemitic weve heard those statements about holocaust deniers not being but there operating just a few Kilometres from Dimant Chretien also said the government is committed to bringing War Crimi nals to but gave no timetable for dealing with outstanding were no further ahead today after this speech than we were be Dimant nurses moved after shots fired nurses working in gods River were temporarily evacuated to Thompson yesterday after a 15yearold boy went on a shooting ramp spokesman Wyman Sangster described the evacuation As a precautionary Sangster said the youth is facing several charges in the police were called just after after a youth fired several shots from a 12gauge Shotgun at the re Serges nursing school and a Corner several windows were but no one was by the re serve residents had subdued the ramp said they do not know what prompted the Sangster said it did not appear the youth had any intention of injuring he added that drugs and alcohol were not gods River is located 800 kilo me North of fort Mcmurray Marlane Lake residents in Cranberry Portage were preparing for a possible evacuation last night As a raging Forest fire worked its Way toward weve told everybody to be on the Alert and ready to move on Short said Paul the towns emergency whipped by High winds yesterday the Blaze was just four kilo metres Northwest of the Northern Manitoba Community of fire officials could not estimate the size of the Blaze because of the dense intense heat and flames kept ground Crews the Crews cant get anywhere near it so water bombers Are trying to Knock Down the front end so they can get to said Bill Medd of the provinces Forest fire program last Cranberry Portage is about 90 Kilometres North of the which is where residents would be sent if forced to said meanwhile a Section of Highway just South of was closed yesterday afternoon when a fire jumped the which Nancy Guip would normally carry on through grand was being rerouted through the As of there were roughly 40 known fires burning in the there popping up Here and there so its difficult to said aside from Cranberry other hot spots Are near Lynn Lake and but neither of those communities is two water bombers from Quebec arrived in Thompson last night and another two helicopters one from and the other from Ontario were to be brought in with anywhere from 15 to 20 new fires starting up every you Start to run out of said the province has a Fleet of five water bombers and 20 about 200 firefighters Are currently battling the the dry weather forecast for the next couple of Days int making their Job any making conditions even More vol Atile is the fact that the Trees Are extremely dry and ignite they Haven had Opportunity to draw any water out of the soil yet and till they do that it makes them very said we pay the Andrews shoes european imports 1116 Portage 7752866 the City of Winnipeg notice of meetings City Centre Community committee the City Centre Community committee will hold the following meetings on june in the Community committee 300 Assiniboine Avenue regular meeting to consider business of the Public hearing to consider License and zoning All interested residents Are invited to attend councillor Amaro Daniel Mclntyre councillor Sandy River Heights councillor Glen fort Rouge Carol Community Telephone 9863157 by Steiman auction Sale of City of surplus at Carters auction gallery 206 Princess june 2nd at 1 surplus supplies unbind 85 Vel bind 220 292 binding machines Howe Richardson scale office desk chrs calculators 2 photo copiers desk 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