Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Pow 7 r a Gold Rush Canada wins Gold medal in world championship the Mick bids Adieu Yankee great Mickey Mantle Dies of liver cancer d1 28 pages vol 123 no 252 Canada Post sales agreement 563595 Winnipeg free press 50 get Post get Post Oti Sicie cily 75tf in Ontario weekly Home delivery 25 wkly 20 Post in Winnipeg 30 it key 09 t 21 Post outside cily August Marc Gallant Winnipeg free press or thu ult not i Wii arcu Lutc rut Barb Iwanchuk left Katelin her Foster grandmother Anita Mary reflect on service remembering the sacrifice a lot of people dont understand what we went vet says by Glen Mackenzie staff reporter Anita Baker goes to the Brookside cemetery five or six times a year to visit her husband and her who Are buried yesterdays visit during the hour Long service commemorating Vij Day was the veterans deserved More they had to fight for All the vet Erans benefits and the recognition they this is an important Day vets hailed 50 years a3 for their yesterdays ceremony observed the 50th anniversary of the Day the japanese ending the the actual Vij Day is Tomor of said her a Steven fought in both world wars and her Reginald Hugh fought in the second world both sur Vived the wars they Baker said she visits the Ceme Tery every time she is in Winnipeg with her Foster Grace whose Vince fought in the second world War and the two women were among 500 family members and members of the general Public who turned out for the one of the veterans on hand yesterday was George who was taken prisoner at Hong Peterson said some canadians have forgotten the sacrifices our fighting men made in and he fears More will forget because there will be fewer anniversary commemorations like a lot of people dont understand what we went Peterson although adding that for Many Hong Kong vets Only talked about it among an official with the common wealth War Graves commission said the Stone of remembrance at Brookside is the Only such one in Canada honouring those who died in the two world ads Eye medicare remedy nations doctors in City to evaluate health system by Alexandra Paul medical reporter Canadas doctors Are descending on Winnipeg today to debate whether Universal medicare is at the annual meeting of the Cana Dian medical association a lobby group representing doctors nationwide 200 voting delegates from provincial medical associations and another 200 observers will debate a proposal for a two tier health Cha background documents make it Clear that doctors want to keep medicare but fear taxes alone cant support the fiscal cutbacks and rapid Struc Tural reforms that Are affecting can Adas healthcare system have placed the very future of Canadas medicare system in states one it proposes a dual system that would include a Public component with Core medical services available to everyone and paid out of tax Dol what services constitute Core care is not defined in the anything extra would be doctors would have the option of Billing patients directly for services in both Public and private the Cha is also proposing that the Federal government repeal Laws against extra or direct Bill ing of doctors want Laws to allow private healthcare insurance companies to provide coverage for both Public and private Cha Jack said that he and the majority of Canadian doctors Are fed up inside Story heal thy profession with Federal cutbacks in health he estimated that Federal health cuts nationally have added up to billion since the another billion is going to be sliced off provincial Transfer payments for health education and welfare by we cant live under this illusion we Are being More we have to Point out that if were having cuts of that something has got to Armstrong but Manitoba Deputy health min John said its a mis take to think a private insurance system will save if you look at us versus the Amer the single payer system is responsible for the most the americans pay 33 cents to 34 cents on the Dollar to administer their sys id estimate we pay six cents to eight instead of two Wade said people should look at contracting out services to the private sector for patients who can Bear some he said that arrangement would relieve pressure on Public waiting lists without a costly infrastructure for a separate health some clinics have offered selected services privately for years in such As Cataract sur where the government is billed the doctors fee and the patient pays for everything a nurse who spoke on condition she not be identified said self inter est is propelling talks of a two tier system among food engineers take aim at eating habits by Catherine Mitchell staff reporter in the latest bid to save us from ourselves or at least our Lousy eating habits health experts want to lace our food with another nutritious medical researchers say beefing up our diet by adding folic acid to something As common As bread quote of the Day i didst want to be kid napped so i stayed away from Derek frightened by the violence hed seen on american explains Why he hid for 1 8 hours after he became separated from his tour bus in s on Page b1 the weather today mainly Cloudy with 40 Chance of showers Thunder show High Low tomorrow sunny High Sun rises sets Moon rises details on Page 07 inside Story adding muscle to your diet b3 would go a Long Way to reducing the incidence of Spina a neural tube defect in which the spine does not properly it is the latest disorder or disease we Are arming against through the Wisdom of food a Field inside diversions rubes and Ann c2 doctor b4 in movies sports to barely explored even after 100 years of we think that it is a very Good said Lauri chairman of the child health executive com Mittee for the Manitoba medical As we think that its its just a matter of convincing our cereals and milk All have healthy products injected to help us Avert everything from cretinism to fortification is a Way of sneaking it in for people who Are not going to make the choices says dietitian Laura but this Progress is not without controversy and the protests of purists who deplore fooling with the de signs of Mother dietitians themselves wonder about the Wisdom of catering nutrients to a society so Blase about the basics of its All about How much control you take away from people for their own says Alto and others said the health Protection branches concern is that while folic paid May be a Boon to and particularly to Young women of childbearing there May be Small parts of the population for whom the additional amount of the b Vitamin could cause while folic acid will not prevent All Spina recent studies have shown supplements to pregnant women have greatly reduced occurring in cases per it is considered the leading disabling birth defect in she Hung on tight to keep sister alive by Bud Robertson staff reporter t t was praying to god that he would make i my legs Strong so i could keep and he those spoken by exhausted six Earold Julia ring Clear As Day in Rose Marques mind As she recalls How her daughter battled the Waves to save her Fivey Earold sister from drowning during a frightening incident at grand Beach last i could see they were really said a Winnipeg Ger who had briefly lost sight of her two Young children while enjoying a Day at the Beach last it was a Windy Day and the normally Calm Waters were the Waves were a lot higher than i expected them to said who sent two who were wearing Down to the waterfront while she prepared their minutes Marques she looked up and the girls were she ran to the Shoreline and frantically searched around for the who had been carried nearly three City blocks along the Beach by the when i found i nearly had a heart she Julia was treading water and holding tight to her sister Sheena normally the Waves had caused the water to Rise to an uncomfortable height for the two Little if Julia haunt been holding her Sheena Maie would have with her life jacket said whose husband was out of town at the Marques added that while Shes extremely proud of her Young she cant say the same for several adults who were within helping distance of the two girls and did from Sheen Amaie and ;