Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 24, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october b3 pleas for aids funds unanswered by Deborah Mcdougall Canadian press Toronto two top government scientists told a Federal inquiry they struggled desperately to track the spread of aids while their Calls for More funding fell on deaf Peter Gill and Michael Oshaughnessy said yesterday they pleaded with Federal officials for Money and staff to help the Laboratory Centre for disease control grapple with the emerging aids virus in but they said their cries for help went around Canada doctors defence Toronto doctors accused of negligence May soon be Able to pin their defence on the deterioration of Canadas healthcare a Veteran civil Litigator told a weekend a doctor could claim that the demands of working in an under funded system made it impossible to offer the options open to a patient who ultimately suffered a said Colin a senior partner of the Toronto firm Mccarthy artefact seller Vancouver the reputation of respected missionary Thomas Crosby is suffering As evidence comes to Light he and his descendants sold off hundreds of West coast aboriginal United Church aboriginals and anthropologists Are shocked that Crosby sold More than 300 artefacts to collectors and museums in the late 1800s while at the same time denouncing coastal Indian Reli crushes hand a 60yearold Farmer amazed his rescuers by remaining conscious and talking calmly for almost an while they worked to free his crushed right hand from a Cor picking Fernando Silva was working alone sunday afternoon in an Iso lated when his picker when he tried to Clear spinning machinery snagged his coat sleeve and yanked his right hand into rollers to past his Ghiz has cancer Charlottetown Joe a former Premier and current supreme court has had a cancerous tumor removed from his Kathryn a spokesman for Charlottetown Queen Elizabeth said yesterday the operation took place last grizzly loses Prince a Vancouver area Hunter won a fight to the death with a Mother grizzly stabbing the animal in the Eye and jugular vein As she tried to tear him to Bob Nichols of Maple Ridge is in Hospital in Prince awaiting extensive surgery for his the 400kilogram grizzly bled to court overrules dad Halifax a Nova Scotia supreme court judge ruled yesterday a Foury Earold boy will undergo a heart operation despite objections from his Jordan whose time is split Between his needs surgery to Correct a problem that could eventually kill his who lives in wants the opera Tion postponed until after Christ Mas because Hes Busy at work and wants to be there for the the boys Lisa Hashem of says the surgery has been delayed twice and the wait go on any tax credit Cut Denis a Mechanic who lost a leg in a 1986 farm cant understand Why Revenue Canada has cancelled his Dis ability tax do they think my leg has grown Back asked Revenue Canada and Revenue Quebec agreed in 1990 that Dion was eligible for the tax the pair said they were left scrambling to track the virus in ancient outside the inquiry advocacy groups and victims lawyers said a funding crunch was no excuse for Federal inac it have Cost them anything to hold a news conference and let canadians know what was happening at the said Gabe spokesman for hit which represents about 100 canadians infected with his from bad information was Gill and Oshaughnessy were two of the governments key scientists in charge of monitoring the killer virus when it began seeping into Canadas blood there among the first witnesses at the Krever inquiry into Canadas tainted blood scandal to shed Light on the Federal governments role in the the inquiry is probing Why thousands of canadians were infected with the aids virus and hepatitis c from bad blood in the Gill and Oshaughnessy painted a por trait yesterday of a Centre desperate for Money and staff to track the then head of the centres viral surveillance said in 1984 he was struggling to keep tabs on the rapidly spreading disease with just two they were supposed to test thousands of blood samples being sent to the Centre from across the the inquiry in August Gill urged Morri then assistant Deputy minister of the health Protection for four More workers to test blood samples to Monitor the a month he was still waiting for an answer and Gill said he was forced to dip into the centres biotechnology fund to help track the the Centre didst get the help it needed until May the inquiry then director of the centres Bureau of warned Federal officials that the aids virus was being detected in the wives and children of Haemophiliacs and he warned officials that the Bottom line from our results is that the virus is now Well seeded in the Canadian Popula the inquiry heard earlier this month that Federal officials ignored a desperate request for aids funding from the Cen tres director Alastair Clayton made a passionate Appeal for funding for aids research in August warning the disease May become the most serious Scourge of Mankind this compiled from Canadian press Ontario tightens up on parole Canada Post worker in Cap picks up Unity postcards from Ontario menu for poor appalling Bouchard by Eric sibling Canadian press Lucien says he finds Ontario new menu for the poor politically distasteful and Lam basted Premier Mike Harris for being disconnected from a diet recommended last week by the Ontario government is Bouchard said in a referendum Campaign speech to Junior College students depicting Harris As a righting ally of prime minister the bloc quebecois Leader heaped scorn on the new tory government for cutting 22 per cent of welfare cheques this the arrival of Harris on Cana Das political scene signals the politician most disconnected from said triggering applause from about 300 he lampooned the Ontario pre who said on the weekend that because he once survived on canned Beans and bread without so can the provinces welfare imitating the Leader of Quebec refuses to recognize Union Deal Cree referendum b1 loonie dives a1 Quebec yes forces continued they can buy every two boxes of cornflakes no two Kilos of hamburger 10 Bouchard suggested that har Riss menu for the poor is what awaits Quebec if it votes no on that what will be imposed on Quebec by Jean Chretien but i dont want Jean Chretien to decide what in going to eat Tomor the ghosts of Meech Lake and Charlottetown haunted Chretien yesterday As Sovereign lists challenged the suggestion Hes always favored recognizing que Bec As a distinct As a leadership Candi Date in was initially a vociferous opponent of the Meech Lake the Issue resurfaced on the weekend when Chretien and provincial Liberal Leader Daniel Johnson patched Over a difference on referendum strategy by issuing a joint we state without equivocation that Quebec is a distinct they with the Dollar Quebec Sovereign list sentiment rising and some federalists wondering what happened to their the prime minister remained out Wardly Serene we dont have to change Strate he said As he departed new York after a Long weekend Cele Brating the 50th anniversary of the United tonight Chretien delivers what May be the most important speech Hes Ever made when he takes the stage for a blockbuster rally of no forces in a Montreal also Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells said that giving Quebec distinct society status to keep it in Canada is too High a Price to although Quebec May be distinctly one province have special status Over the Wells the Reform party Quebec Point Man my Stephen Harper said the rest of Canada should set up a common front to negotiate Quebec separation if there is a yes vote monday in the by Tom Blackwell Canadian press Toronto Ontario conservative government announced a review of the provinces much criticized parole Board yesterday that could eventually see the Agency shut solicitor general Bob Runciman named a slate of new members to the including former police jail officials and business and he unveiled a series of reforms aimed at tightening the parole which was partly blamed last year for the shooting death of a Sudbury police were making Public safety the 1 priority of the Runci Man said outside the that Hast been the Case in the in our the government will make it Clear to Board members that they must reflect the governments Tough stand on crime in making their the minister but a group that provides rehabilitation and treatment services to inmates says its unlikely a tougher Board can make a differ ence because parole is rarely All parole boards Are so fright ened of fingers being pointed at they have become excessively said Graham Stewart of the John Howard Sci its going to be difficult for them to Cut Back on parole without abolishing the the provincial parole and jail systems Deal with convicts sentenced to less than two years behind Only two other provinces have their own parole in most provincial inmates Are handled by the National parole Runciman appointed Douglas former director of the Ontario police to conduct an inquiry into the future of his provinces including the possibility of having provincial cases dealt with by the Federal other changes announced by Runciman include a new risk assessment system will be implemented to rate an convicts danger to Board members must have detailed information on the inmates crimes before making a current photograph of parolees will be sent to police where the inmate plans to Canada researching War crime suspects Canadian press Ottawa the Justice departments War crimes unit has hired two researchers to comb through lithuanian archives next the German contract employees will begin work in the lithuanian capital of Vilnius next said Jim acting director of the War crimes the unit researches suspected War criminals living in Mathieson said a confidentiality agreement with Lithuania pre vented him from discussing details of the Western investigators Are researching several lithuanians for alleged War crimes related to the nazi Slaughter of jews during the second world about 94 per cent of Lithuania jews were killed during the Many lithuanians Are believed to have taken part in the the Federal government is in the process of trying to strip several alleged War criminals of their citizenship so it can Deport by Gord Mclntosh Canadian press Winters collision repair Centre 1010 Arlington 7866695 Ottawa the Union rep resenting Federal employees in Quebec has lost its bid for formal recognition of its collective agreement under sovereignty after five months of the Public service Alliance of Canada received yesterday a letter of intent that says its members will be Able to work for a Sovereign Quebec for at least two that something All other fed eral unions received without Nego the Quebec government promised in its sovereignty legis lation to Honor labor contracts signed with Ottawa and hire fed eral civil servants living in que but the Alliance didst want to leave anything to Joane a regional Union said from Montre Al the letter of intent wont have 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