Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press More Canada and world news around Canada coverup alleged Toronto forensic scientists were convinced Guy Paul Morin killed Christine Jessop and deliberately buried hundreds of Microscope slides that would have exposed their evidence As a says the Jessop family you believed wholeheartedly that Guy Paul Morin was guilty and you were going to help the police and crowns convict lawyer Stephen Reich said to Stephanie the Centre of forensic sciences analyst assigned to the dips again Victoria a second Agency has downgraded British columbian Bond Standard and poors Cut the provinces rating to double from leaving tied with Alberta for the highest rating in the Moodys made a similar move last the downgrades mean it will Cost the province million More to Bor Row this the government is expected to borrow flood threat rises two Hundred Many of them working through the filled about sandbags to help protect Homes from the surging Bulkley water Levels Rose by almost 10 centimetres in 12 a hastily built Dike was keeping water Back on the Eastern portion of the town of Hose spat fatal a dispute Over whether a Neighbour could keep using another mans Garden Hose to fill a water bottle ended with a fatal police they started then a fight broke out and the Man who wanted the water stabbed his Neighbour in the stomach with a said Francois a Quebec provincial police a couple of hours after the Stab Gilbert died in hos Pital wednesday my eases ban Edmonton extensive tests near a Northern Alberta hazardous waste treatment Plant confirm Tox ins have seeped into the the provincial health officer said but the contamination is not As bad As feared so John Waters eased a five Montgold ban on eating game taken around the Plant near Swan people mostly natives who eat the meat can safely have a meal or two a Waters mountie in Clear drunk driving charges against an ramp Comman Der have been dismissed because the officer who charged him is facing unrelated perjury a defence lawyer Terrance com Mander of the Ponoka was stopped in red Deer on 17 by red Deer ramp Bruce Steeves was charged with impaired driving and driving with a blood alcohol level Over but the charges were dismissed wednesday after Crown prosecutor Morrey ferries said he would Call no patients shipped out newfound land is sending 50 heart patients out of the province for surgery to reduce a serious the health care corporation in Johns has made arrangements for the patients to undergo cardiac surgery in Halifax and Saint the move will Cost Newfoundland Between and compiled from Canadian press Canada world May 1997 editor Patrick Flynn b1 going up the space shuttle Atlantis is shown in a time lapse photo As it Heads for orbit Early yesterday at the Kennedy space Centre in its International Crew of seven is planning to Dock with the russian space station Mir this the Mission is to deliver urgently needed repair equipment and a new american astronaut to replace the one who been in space since panic grip Kinshasa residents flee advancing rebel troops Mobutu ensconced at Riverside enclave by Lynne Duke the Washington Post Zaire panic and confusion became the order of the Day in this bristling capital City As rebel forces report edly moved to within 40 Kilometres of Here and residents prepared for the cites expected the fear wrought by the rebels Advance from the East was palpable and observable All Day on the streets of this City of 5 million soldiers from a paratroop brigade retreated from their positions on the cites out about 100 of Mobutu secret police stormed the Gates of a port entry in anger Over withheld fleeing zairian jammed ferryboat to the congolese across the Zaire others hauled household goods in wheelbarrows and on their Heads As they moved from the cites Eastern perimeter to the presumed safety of the Central one group of journalists trying to chronicle it All was confronted by screaming sol Diers waving hand a Diplomat who monitors military movements said yesterday that the forces of rebel Leader Laurent who has seized More than three fourths of Zaire in his seven Montgold bid to topple president Mobutu sese could move into Kinshasa within a about of Tabilas troops have reached the Nusele just 40 kilo metres from the and 24 Kilometres from and Jill International the official this source and another diplomatic source said events were moving so fast that Tabilas forces could arrive at the Airport Friday Mobutu government continues to insist that the zairian army has stopped the rebel Advance farther a longtime Mobutu claims to seek a transition to democracy that would sweep away the corruption and cult of personality that have characterized the Mobutu regime since Mobutu seized Power in with his forces in control of most of Hutu refugee children give thanks to god while dancing for Aid workers in Biro Kabilka has appeared less than committed to the mediation sponsored by South Africa and aimed at averting a violent end to Aires on Kabilka backed out of scheduled talks with Mobutu in Pointe South african president Nelson Mandela met with Kabilka in Cape town and reportedly secured from him a commitment to give Mobutu until monday to respond to a proposal for creation of a transitional zairian government to which Mobutu would hand Over but the rebel Leader refused to Tell reporters in Cape town whether he would halt his troops Advance to wait for Mobutu i have Noth ing to say about he Accord ing to the Reuter news who returned to Kinshasa yesterday from made no Public statement and aides gave no indications of his plans or his assessment of the cites the 66 year old who is suffering from prostate ensconced him self at his Riverside military Camp and met with key aides last night to consider the we have to face this situation with realism and mob Tus son and close Mobutu Nan said last asked if there was fatalism in the presidents he said were being theres no theres no Dingwall wants Alberta to scuttle private Hospital Canadian press Edmonton Federal health minister David Dingwall has warned Alberta pre Mier Ralph Klein that unless the province scuttles plans for a private Hospital in hell find a Way to shut it Dingwall was in Edmonton yesterday for a fed eral election Campaign event when asked about a for profit Hospital planned by Calgary based health resources Alberta has said it will allow the Hospital so Long As it is totally private not connected to the Public medicare system in any but Ding Wall has other Ralph should close it he i would Hope the Klein government would not go that route of establishing a Hospital for prof i dont think its in the Best interests of the Canadian healthcare in prepared to look at this and if in prepared to Amend the Canada health i dont think we need in this country hospitals for health resources group is spending Mil lion to renovate two floors of the former Grace Hospital in Calgary with plans to open it this sum the Hospital was closed in 1996 As part of provincial it will have 37 including four intensive care three operating rooms and eight Day surgery As Well As lab and x Ray the Hospital will sell private medical services to the workers compensation private Cor native groups and Jim hrs president and a former chairman of the Calgary health said his company wants to meet with Dingwall and show him their proposal is not a threat to the Canadian healthcare we have accepted As our underlying Princi ple that we will offer services within the accept Able interpretation of the Canada health Saunders the company wants to pursue similar ventures in other provinces including Ontario and British Alberta health minister Halvar Jonson said he was not aware of Din Walls a spay hike pains taxpayers Canadian press Toronto a pay hike being offered to Ontario doctors by the provinces cos cutting conservative government will Cost taxpayers another million Over three health minis Ter Jim Wilson said some of it will be new Wilson acknowledged in an were recognizing for the first time the aging growing which is a Point the Ontario medical association has been making for some the three year Deal will increase the amount of Money doctors can Bill the Ontario health insurance plan and increase a provincial subsidy of physicians malpractice opposition members suggested yesterday the government will use the Money it will save shutting and merging hospitals in the province to pay for the will you make patients pay for services that currently get paid for by the government Liberal Ger Ard Kennedy asked Wilson in the will you Hurt More hospitals and Lay off More nurses to pay for this Deal and your bumbling of the handling of doctors affairs in this province Shelmerdine nurseries Garden Center at 7800 Roblin blvd Tori where the magic take a Scenic drive to Winnipeg Plant Garden our Flower Garden show runs throughout the planting see Why Novice master gardeners alike have made Shelmerdine their Choice for bedding plants Garden Ware for 60 years x one year warranty on our outdoor plants have a landscape plan let us quote on your Plant needs assemble your Yard planning kit from our free display q comfortable Ivr nutritious puts win i o v e use Pride All purpose planting mix for All your Flower planting a huge 45 liter sack is just Valick until ;