Winnipeg Free Press

Sunday, June 29, 1997

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 29, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sunday free press Winnipeg june 29, 1997canada world editor Patrick Flynn / 697-7294 a3stvfirid Earth Summit admits failure Canada to the sounds of the fur Trade on the free outdoor stage. Simpsons Folly red River a it Pancake by summer Mel bad product of . 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Offered 10 35 .-12 55 . 1 10 .-3 30 . Students can also Register on mon., june 30 from 12-4 . Late registrants will be accepted on tues., july 1 if space is available subject to a late course Reg. Fee of $110. School will be open 12-4 . A an air conditioned summer school Prairie Region thrives Minneapolis it a it a economists from six . Midwest states and three Canadian provinces say the regions Economy is at its strongest Point Ever but they note they All face a common problem a not enough workers. The overview of the economies of Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan Minnesota Iowa the Dakotas Kansas and Nebraska came at a Minneapolis conference on the great Plains Economy sponsored by the Centre for the new West a non profit group based in Denver. Manitoba Alberta Saskatchewan Are showing above average growth which experts attribute to liberalization of Trade biotechnology and a rebound in commodity March Paris Reuter a tens of thousands of homosexuals from All Over Europe garbed in the colourful to the grotesque marched through Paris yesterday in their eur Pride festive Parade to demand equal recognition for same sex couples. Despite its risque Quality the Parade rang of respectability and Success. The newly elected left Wing French government has promised to deliver on its pledge to Grant Legal status to Gay and lesbian fire kills three Beijing apr a huge fire at a petrochemical Plant outside Beijing killed three people injured 64 and sent flames 30 metres skyward the City government said yesterday. The fire at the Dongfang chemical factory broke out Friday night and had been brought a basically under control a a City government spokesman said. The cause of the fire 30 pm East of the City was under held in killing Tokyo apr cracking a bizarre murder mystery that Shook Japan police yesterday arrested a 14-year-old who confessed to killing a younger boy and dumping his severed head in a schoolyard in the City of Kobe. The boy whose name was not released lived in the neighbourhood where the mutilated head of Jun Hasell was found by a custodian on May 27 at the Gate of a Junior High feared drowned Chittagong Bangladesh Reuter a scores of people were Blessing and feared drowned after a ferry capsized near Sandip Island in the Bay of Bengal during a rainstorm. Police said the ferry with at least 150 people on Board was overturned by Strong winds 25 pm from Chittagong port hits Japan r Tokyo Reuter a typhoon Peter stormed through southwestern Japan yesterday killing one person disrupting air rail and Road traffic and triggering landslides. Police said a woman 44, drowned after falling into a River while trying to get into her car. The typhoon was moving Northeast towards Central Japan at a Speed of 40 pm a officials said. Reuter United nations a a we Klong in Earth Summit ended yesterday with its chairman delivering the verdict a your words have not been matched by Razali Ismail the Blunt malaysian in general Assembly president called the results of the session attended by dozens of presidents and prime ministers a a sobering but a a honest in not attempting to gloss Over failures. He accused the More than 170 participating nations of lacking the a political will to tackle critical issues set out at a landmark 1992 environment Summit in Rio de Janeiro. But he said there was widespread recognition that abject poverty affect a trends for sustainable development Are worse today than in 1992 ing 1.3 billion people had to be eradicated if the world was to make economic and ecological Progress. And he said a we have advanced our understanding on the need for action on fresh water forests climate change and Energy policies. Delegates made no firm commitments on greenhouse Gas emissions that cause climate changes or on providing More Aid to developing countries so they would not follow the polluting paths of wealthier industrialized nations. Prospects however were Good for a palestinian fires a Slingshot at israeli troops in Hebron. Anti Muslim leaflets trigger More rioting associated press Jerusalem a palestinians clashed with israeli troops in Jerusalem and Hebron yesterday angered in one Case by israelis failure to release prisoners and in the second by flyers depicting the Prophet Mohammed As a pig. Israeli police pushed and shoved the Jerusalem protesters to break up their March. In Hebron troops fired rubber bullets injuring one palestinian and detained an israeli woman on suspicion she distributed the anti Muslim leaflets. Despite the renewed violence there were some signs israelis and palestinian leaders were ready to talk to each other again after a three month freeze in contacts. Ariel Sharon a Hawk in israelis Cabinet secretly met with palestinian president Yasser Arafat a Deputy Mah Moud Abbas and a second israeli minister Natan Sharansky was reported about to do the same. In their meeting june 16, Sharon and Abbas discussed a possible permanent peace agreement Israel to reported. In Hebron palestinian teenagers rioted for the second straight Day apparently angered by flyers posted on some 20 stalls in the Arab Market. In Jerusalem israeli police broke up a March by dozens of palestinians in East Jerusalem who demanded the release of relatives from israeli jails. New agreements on protecting fresh water in separate negotiations after the conference ended. On protecting forests the session put off until 2000 a decision on whether to negotiate a treaty pushed by Canada Europe Malaysia and Russia but opposed by the United states and Brazil. Echoing Razalia swords Tanzania Sun ambassador Daudi a Gelauta Mia Kawagoe representing third world states told the meeting a the world is crying for positive answers. This session has not provided most Industrial countries pledged at Rio to increase foreign Aid to 0.7 per cent of their Gross National product a goal on the in Agenda since 1972. Only scandinavian countries and the Netherlands have Ever achieved this goal. Elsewhere Aid has fallen to below 0.3 per cent with the United states registering the sharpest drop in the last few years. The final Summit document enshrined the concept of a sustainable development a economic growth compatible with social Justice and ecological safety. While acknowledging a number of positive achievements since Rio the text said a we Are deeply concerned that the Overall trends for sustainable development Are worse today than they were in 1992.�?� Klein under pressure to recognize Quebec Canadian press Calgary a Alberta Premier Ralph Klein is facing increasing pressure from Canadas top business leaders to Lead a movement among premiers to recognize Quebec a distinctiveness in their Legislatures. Ted Newall chairman of Nova corp., has publicly urged Klein to Lead an Effort that would signal to Quebe cers that the rest of Canada respects their distinct language culture and civil code. A i think there a a general belief that if the premiers were to take an initiative along these lines. It would have some Impact in Quebec a Newall told the Calgary Herald in an interview in Ottawa. A Klein is in one of the strongest positions of the provincial premiers so he a a natural Leader in that Klein has repeatedly denied he is planning to Lead a move to formally recognize Quebec As a distinct society a an action that could have severe political consequences in Alberta. But the conservative Premier has also said he oppose recognizing Quebec As distinct if it did not Confer any extra Power on that province or take Powers from any other province. Many supporters of the concept believe Klein can be persuaded to play a leadership role in getting provincial Legislatures to pass resolutions recognizing Quebec As distinct. Newall is on the business Council on National issues whose members Are the top executives of the largest Canadian corporations. The Council issued a statement this week calling on provincial premiers to join forces and recognize Quebec As unique. Taco workers accept agreement Sudbury ont. A workers for Nickel giant Inco. Ltd. Voted in favour of a three year collective agreement yesterday ending a 26-Day strike. The almost 4,800 members of the United steel workers of America Arentt expected to return to work however until july 21 after a planned three week shutdown. More than 80 per cent of Union members who turned out for the vote approved the new die in crash Wawa a four people have died and three others were injured in a two vehicle collision in Northern Ontario. The Tvan Canada Highway about 27 Kilometres South of Wawa was closed for almost three hours following the crash Friday police compensated Canoe Lake sask. A nearly 45 years after the creation of the cold Lake air weapons Range members of an aboriginal band will finish being compensated for losing their Canada a $12-million package was ratified by the Canoe Lake band this week. Between 1954 and 1961, the Federal government had paid the Canoe Lake band the cold Lake band in Alberta three other Saskatchewan bands and a number of Metis people More than $700,000 in compensation for claiming the Range established at the height of the cold war.. Boaters rescued Halifax a two american boaters were plucked from the Bay of Fundy by a Rescue Crew yesterday. A spokesman at the Halifax Rescue coordination Centre said the americans five metre inflatable boat ran into engine trouble off the coast of Fundy National Park and started taking on water. Compiled from Canadian press fruit amp vegetable my air key to designed for students seeking remedial tuition in order to qualify for High school credits. Most grades 9-12 courses Are offered including French immersion and Francais subjects. Upgrading permitted. Fee 100 per course for All Manitoba students a no Scalpel technique 202-1750 main Street 338-3700 ome visit us at Casa de Fruta in stills 53 Higgins ave. 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