Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada at a glance coming Premier Canadian press Quebec Ottawa is directing the provinces to gang up on Quebec on the verge of a fall refer Jacques Parizeau charged the Quebec Premier delivered a detailed account of what he called a common front operation against que Bec being orchestrated by Lucienne Federal min ister responsible for the refer Ive checked it out and the information is Parizeau said in his first pub Lic appearance since a Holiday in syringe robbery a Man who robbed a drugstore while armed with a syringe he said contained i tainted blood was sentenced to a year in jail Peter who earlier pleaded guilty to Rob Bery and two counts of utter ing death admitted to taking prescription drugs from a drugstore in nearby Hanover earlier this officer faces ban police officer faces a maximum five Day suspension after admit Ting he used a police computer to Check the licence plates of cars parked outside a Vancou ver abortion Steve Parker of the Delta police Force was charged with discreditable conduct under the police an internal disciplinary committee that re viewed the matter monday is expected to impose a penalty later this suspect killed Montreal a 23year old Security guard shot and killed a Man who attempted to Rob a the guard fired after he was forced to Back away monday when the Man repeatedly threatened him with a knife in front of several Bank custom ers and police manhole gang police Are hoping to blow the cover off the manhole enterprising Crooks who have turned to sewers to make a at least 17 sewer covers were stolen Between May 15 and june 30 in vilest a Montreal suburb that has about 450 each cover weighs Between 45 and 70 kilograms and costs about to Queen petitioned a Man who objects to sections of pro posed new gun Laws has petitioned the Queen to Ken Russell has filed a Peti Tion of which he says the Queen must respond to within 60 Days by publishing her response in either the can Ada the Ontario Gazette or a local murder charge Victoria a woman has been charged with first de Gree murder in the slaying of a second world War Veteran found stabbed to death in his suburban Home last ramp said they arrested the woman monday night after receiving a tip that led them to the car that had been stolen from Campbell stuarts residence after he was Kathryn Ann Grimston appeared in court monday after noon and was remanded in custody until her next court appearance court threat an environmental group is threatening to obtain a court injunction if salvaging efforts on the sunken Irving whale Barge Canada Winnipeg free press a q july Bank rate inching upward o Byro Carrick Canadian press Ottawa time is running out for one last round of inter est rate cuts before the de Bate Over Quebec future heats the trendsetting Bank rate crept up of a percentage Point yester Day to per the second straight weekly economists said rates Are enter ing a period of relative stability after major declines in the last few John Deputy chief economist at the Royal said theres a Good Chance consumer borrowing costs Are As Low now As there going to be in Advance of the Quebec referendum on the risks Are that Consumers Are going to face a temporary uptick in Johnston he said financial markets Are for now paying Little attention to the sovereignty debate in but this could change As soon As a referendum Date is Many economists believe theres a threat that uncertainty about the outcome of the referendum will Hammer the Canadian forc ing the Bank of Canada to defend the currency by raising interest the conference Board of Canada has said financial Market volatility could temporarily push the major Banks prime rate As High As 10 per cent in the when the referendum Campaign is though reserved for top Bank Cus the prime also sets the trend for a wide Range of consumer Bor rowing and savings the prime has recently fallen to per cent from a 1995 High of per cent thanks to Bank of can Ada efforts to revive the ailing econ omy with lower interest Tim chief economist at Bank of said its possible the prime could fall another Quarter of a percentage Point if the Dollar were to gain strength and then hold its the currency closed at cents us up of a Oneill said Canadian interest rates would also have room to fall if the Federal Reserve were to Cut but that seems unlikely after com ments last week by fed chairman Alan Greenspan suggesting the Economy is emerging from its the potentially volatile political situation in Quebec would Likely make any interest rate decline a Short Bank rate 14 july 25 9091929394s5j july source Bank of Canada up undercover guides campers Melissa Stephens Meggan Davies take shelter under a Banner As rain Falls on the opening ceremonies for soar British columbian girl guide at Camp 20 Kilometres West of Prince mohawks9 pot creates Cloud of controversy by Sarah Binder and Conway Daly Canadian press the discovery of a major Marijuan narrowing operation in the Mohawk Community of Kan Satake has key authorities passing responsibility like a hot some Kan Satake mohawks want Ottawa to take but Federal authorities say its a local enforce ment Issue for the Quebec Provin Cial Premier Jacques Parizeau is chuckling Over the idea of a pot Plantation in on Federal government Kan Satake grand chief Jerry Peltier says his band authorities cant Deal with the situation and called yesterday for an emergency meeting with prime minister Chretien the fact that Kan Satake was the site of the 1990 Oka crisis May have made the buc passing even More frantic nobody wants a repeat of the 78day standoff Between mohawks and just Back from smiled broadly when asked in que Bec City about Oka pot its on Federal territory that things like this happen he asked with a what country Are we living in Parizeau said there Are even mohawks who allege that ramp offi cers told them to get rid of some pot plants were too visible feb Niffie p spokesman Yvon Poirier Mari bureaucrats delay Pearson inquiry Macdonald issues caution Maureen Dunn jewellers recounts designing repairs appraisals inshore Goldsmiths trusted for 3 generations 9423bb6 261 Toruga Dufresne furniture appliances by Bob Cox Canadian press Ottawa the chairman of the Senate inquiry into the cancelled Deal to privatize Pearson Airport has issued a Stern warning to Federal bureaucrats to conservative senator Finlay Mac Donald began hearings yesterday by complaining about trouble the in Quiry has had getting documents and answers from Federal his comments suggest the inquiry is having trouble getting to the Root of the Deal to privatize the Toronto which was signed by the for Mer conservative government and cancelled by the Macdonald said it was ludicrous that in some cases officials refused to give the inquiry documents Al ready released to the Public or courts under the Access to information documents have arrived the night before there needed which Means we have to stay up half the night studying Macdonald theres no malevolent plot going on that i can its still horribly frustrating Macdonald also said he will not continue to allow bureaucrats who come before the inquiry to refuse to answer questions without explant he said he simply wanted to warn bureaucrats not to be cute As the in Quiry tries to get answers about pub Lic Public servants Are not just implementers of government they play an important role in the development of that said Mac this is not a its a work i just wanted to give them a that some Federal bureaucrats who appeared before the inquiry earlier refused to give opinions or reveal advice they gave to Victor a senior trans port department official and key figure in the Pearson refused to answer several including whether he thought the privatization process was such questions Are crucial since the inquiry is trying to determine whether the privatization was in the Public interest As the tories a payoff for conserva Tive As the liberals senators 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