Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 16, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg free jury Canada faithful grits get Chance at Senate by Jim Brown Ottawa Ter Jean Chretien has a Chance to Reward some faithful liberals and ease a parliamentary headache for himself As he ponders candidates to fill four vacant seats in the the openings the result of one death and three retirements Over the last month have left the grits with a 4948 Edge Over the conservatives in the upper with three independents rounding out the 104seat that will change once care sometime Between now and the resumption of Parlia ment in names a new Batch of Chretien was embarrassed in his first mandate when the con profiting from a temporary majority left behind by Brian stalled Sev eral Bills in the Senate after they had cleared the Liberal dominated the tories even killed one Bill outright a contentious piece of legislation that sought to impose a settlement on private developers of Toronto Pearson International Airport the most intense speculation centres on the Nova Scotia seat that came open with the death of 91yearold John Macdon a tory who was the last sen Ator Forlifer exempt from the retirement age of its widely assumed David the former health minister who lost his commons seat in the june 2 is a sure bet if he wants the comeback Dingwall int saying if he but some liberals think at age he harbours thoughts of an electoral come Back or of a More lucrative Post than the which pays a year plus three Defeated colleagues from Nova Scotia have had no trouble finding Mary Clancy was named con sul general to Boston last Francis Leblanc is the new executive assistant to human resources minister Pierre pet and Geoff Regan has joined the staff of Senate Leader Al Chretien could repay another political debt when he replaces Liberal Joseph Landry of new who was named to the Senate at age 73 and served just twi years before reaching retirement age last the leading contender is per nand a longtime my who gave up his seat in 1990 so Chretien could run in a Bielec Tion after winning the Liberal alternatives touted by some Are Ray Deputy pre Mier to Frank and former my Pierrette Ringuette there is also an opening in Quebec with the retirement of conservative Guy Charbon who served As speaker when his party held one possible candidate is Serge a Cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau and still a Power in Liberal he has been tipped for the sen ate before but found his Hopes the fourth vacancy is in Prince Edward where Liberal Doris Anderson retired this former Premier Catherine Callbeck is among the names that have surfaced As a potential july crazy clearance Floral Home accessories up to prices decor City 885 King Edward referrals appreciated Laurie Foster 2554204 heart and stroke foundation get the Best weekend news delivered to the cottage keep the Best weekday news delivered to your Home or office activists unfurl Banner to protest High his rate in skid Row area of Federal action urged to still the Png Fields Mdian press Vancouver traffic was brought to a halt in the heart of the downtown Eastside yesterday As pro testers called on the Federal government to Stop the rising death toll among intravenous drug members of the killing Fields Campaign said the skid Row neighbourhood has the highest rate of his infection in the West Ern they said More than people have died in the downtown Eastside from drug overdoses since about 50 activists blocked traffic and stretched a red Banner across the Street read ing the killing Federal action a killing Fields Campaign news release said if the present rate of his infection con 65 per cent of All injection drug users in the downtown Eastside will contract aids in the next two Ann a nearby said should bring in legislation to pro vide for the controlled and Legal distribution of narcotics by addict plants Cross at a City colonel on sick recuperating Canadian press senior Mili tary officer who was the subject of a two week police search until he was found in the Rideau River has been released from Reno Vanier is now on sick leave from the defence but will undergo an evaluation in about a month to determine if Hes fit to return to Bernard a military said yes Hes said his Dana he still needs some peace and Dionne said the defence department expects to report on the circumstances sur rounding Raniers disappearance by the end of the depending on Raniers condition at the end of his the military also plans to question him about the Circum stances surrounding his Digap and decide if any charges will be was under investigation Over an incident in where he served As the chief of operations and com manding officer of the Canad an peacekeeping he returned from the Caribbean in april and was reported absent without leave june 9 when he failed to appear for his new Job As Deputy chief of staff operations at National defence Winnipeg free press 1 Complete Story for years presents to inc with special guest Amy sky pm july 1997 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