Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 22, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free March 1996 a3 Tony free press on patrol in Valley of the dead has had his share of porcine Valley of dead pigs signifies the hatred by Tony Davis staff reporter Valley of the dead pigs this wide and once picturesque Valley stretching North of the Village of Sanica want always known As the Valley of the dead but that what British and Canadian soldiers serving with natos forces Call it and with Good pigs have been victims of the War Here too lots and lots of the Valley and its dead Swine Are a grisly Symbol of the wan ton waste and destruction prac tired in the name of revenge and ethnic scattered in the dried out stalks of Cornfields and in front of the burned out farm Homes that speckle the Are the remains of countless some Are their Pink skins turned a Dull Blue their rot Ting carcasses puffing like bal others have been gnawed by dogs or by other pigs that have run wild since the Valley changed hands during Battles last the Valley was once a peace Ful place where serbs occupied one slope and muslims the after War broke the bosnian serbs pushed the muslims out of officers greeting eases tensions continued from a1 even with czechoslovakian peacekeepers Manning a nearby checkpoint and Canadian forces on site inspecting their Handi the woman and a group of about 80 other muslims dared not Cross a serb police chief in a Blue uniform and Beret waited on the other Ive got orders from my Supe he called to you can Cross in a few Days when things have settled but not ten More serb police arrived in a Van and it seemed no Bridges would be crossed on this then something remarkable Tookos Muslim police chief arrived and strolled proudly to the Centre of the the serb police chief stepped towards his adversary and a propping up Tim peace the ruins of a6 the taking Over Muslim farmsteads and bringing their pigs with the As part of their revile pigs As when the serbs were ousted last most fled and left their pigs returning having no use for but a Strong taste for killed the animals whenever they found the carcasses make for some gruesome encounters for Cana Dian troops patrolling the in one an eight wheel drive 17tonne Bison ran Over a a Bison Fol lowing close the Guy following the Bison that hit the pig got smeared with All this rancid a Corporal Canadian Brad Amirault had another we ran Over a live one a few weeks All four tires went Over its it just got up and staggered off into a we could see it was Hurt pretty i told one of my men to take it the Soldier fired two shots but did not kill it just kept on said it took a total of 10 rounds to put him the pig problem is not con fined to the Valley of the dead in Sanski a Valley where people pigs litter front farm Yards and Side Mirzah Purich said bosnian Muslim soldiers had Little Choice but to kill the ser owned at he the muslims thought of giving the pigs to the bosnian croatians As a Goodwill the now allies of the bosnian turned Down the gift with gruesome Good Rea witnesses had reported see ing some pigs feeding on the bodies of dead muslims left where they were killed or unearthed from shallow the croatians said they did it want the pigs because they had been fed human said can you believe people would let their pigs eat dead Bod that is the kind of hatred we have in this Tony free press serb police officer right talks with Muslim on hush watch whispered an Irish officer serving with the International police task which monitors the behaviour of local there two old cops who used to be on the same Side of the he i guarantee there going to shake if they it will be the picture of the Day in they they Shook talked and smiled and the tension a few muslims cautiously slipped past the clutch of other serb offi cers and into their old neighbor the old just Back from grabbed her daughter and grandchild by hand and went straight to her riverfront its front windows were Shat the Walls were pock marked with Bullet holes and artillery part of one Wall was like All the other houses it had been picked clean by serb the old woman dabbed a hand kerchief to her sobbed qui etly for a few then turned and slowly walked Back across the River bridged by a hot comfy roots in environment Canadas Outlook Canadian press dust off your shades and break out the environment Canada is predicting a warm summer after a Winter most people would rather senior climatologist David Phillips writes in a yearned review of weather patterns that if history is any warmer Summers follow la Nina la Nina is the cold phase of Al which refers to a warming trend in the equatorial South Pacific that affects North american environment Canada con siders this past Winter a modest la in the past 50 years in 10 la Nina episodes have two Summers cooler than one that was near Normal and seven that had warmer than nor Mal Odds favor Wanner Hanaver age conditions across Canada this Phillips writes in Winter 19951996 from one extreme to the Prairie Farmers will also Benefit from the weather because Mois Ture Levels at the roots of plants and vegetables should be Ideal for environment Canada projects that Spring Root zone moisture lev Els to be moist to adequate across Saskatchewan and Southern and Wes Central Alber tax info Access probe demanded mrs accusation elicits conflicting responses by Eoin Kenny Canadian press Ottawa a demand for an investigation into whether income tax preparation firms have too much Access to clients financial information appeared to catch Revenue Canada by Surprise i am shocked to learn Revenue Canada is giving thousands of Access codes to tax giving them Access to what should be confidential lib eral my George Baker wrote in a letter to privacy commissioner Bruce asking for an various Revenue Canada offi including minister Jane made conflicting state ments about what data Are actually available to tax preparers and what should be done about discounters prepare returns and offer instant refunds in return for 15 per cent of the first of the refund and five per cent of the bal instant refunds Are particularly attractive to the students and others who cant or wont wait for the refund to be since government deducts out standing Federal debts such As unpaid student Loans from discounters need Access to such data to protect their Stewart said the system contains adequate protections against she said tax firms can Only ask if the client owes the govern ment collects a employ Here is data preparers can obtain Newfoundland my George Baker wonders whether tax preparation firms have too much Access to confidential information on their Here Are some of the data they can Access code 103 Money owed to Revenue Canada Over code 104 prior claim on refund related to child support code 106 prior claim on refund by human resources department for unemployment insurance or training allowance code 112 client received us payments in taxation ment insurance or has already filed a return and Only if the client consents to the they can Only get a yes or no answer to those theres no Way for them to get into the sys tem of detailed we guard that with our who represents Gander grand Falls in says an unidentified tax discounter con firmed that far More sensitive information is including to which department Money is even whether the return is to be seized for nonpayment of child support or the client is Bank if anybody denies they have Access to Revenue Canadas confidential information on including your child support payments or any other attachment that could be made against then they dont know the said Revenue Canada then admitted there Are approximately 20 codes simply to signal that there is per haps some prior claims that could affect the net amount of the there Are 40 codes in a list obtained by the Canadian Mike assistant Deputy Revenue weighed in to the saying he sees no value in the codes and that he planned an immediate investigation into the whether they owe Money to two or three different departments or Only one Doest if theres a debt discounters can make a decision from still an aide to Stewart said the codes Are necessary to direct tax filers to specific departments to obtain details of their then the Filer has the option of having that amount certified by the in which Case the tax preparer will Grant the Dis counted said Massimo Burpee said he still plans an investigation into the codes but Doest want to see discounters getting burned or clients Cut off from instant this is a service people we Willhof be undersold 95 grand Marquis is 4 dual Power rear air Cash Back Auto St 95 win Star go 7 350 a dual air rebate taxes 24 month Rel 95 villager is 95 grand Marquis of lilt 24 month Sci 1996 Ford Crown Victoria seals 24 month Hal 94 Cougar is Cass taxes 24 month Rel 95 Continental Cass by Hwan no Tyrolt Jim rebates Back to dealer Uno Mercury sales limited 555 Empress 7722411 a we will not be undersold selection will never be better new service hours 7 6 ;