Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 1, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free of Tibet i99f All Ocean liner drifts for 20 hours cruise ship regains steam Canadian press Halifax a cruise ship with More than passengers and Crew on Board was steaming toward Nova Scotia under her own Power overnight after Crew repaired damage from a fire that had knocked out her the 190metre dream Ward had drifted in the Gulf of Lawrence for More than 20 hours before Crew Man aged to restore her the Captain of the cruise ship con firms Treyve completed their engines Are Back up and and they Are now once again under their own said Dan spokesman for the Halifax Rescue co ordination the ship was making her Way toward with an escort from a Canadian coast guard research they were expected to arrive Early winds had been blowing dream Ward away from land Northeast of the lies de la Madeleine since Early yesterday and officials said the vessel and her passengers were never in immediate a tug had been dispatched to Tow the ship but apparently wont be weather was relatively Glenn Chamberlain said from the regional wind posed the main he the ship had been Drifting about Kwh away from Bird the nearest we never were entirely sure of the extent of the said we just knew that there was a Short circuit of some kind a bang or some sort of explosion within a Power panel that knocked out their ability to run their propulsion he said the cruise ship carried plenty of safety and lifesaving dream Ward with her Passen Gers and 514 Crew was in route to Nova Scotia from Quebec City when the engines the trip was part of a regular autumn route Between new que Bec Sydney and Back to new Chamberlain said they still had lights through the ordeal thanks to auxiliary go slow on land mine treaty Russia by Bruce Cheadle Canadian press Ottawa russian foreign min ister Yevgeny Primakow gave Canada a Pat on the head yester Day for its leadership in Banning land mines but insisted negotiations for a truly comprehensive ban should take place in Geneva during general disarmament we stand for a phased approach because we do not wish to see the world divided on that Primakow said during a meeting with Canadian and russian print youre aware that the United China and several other countries Are not to accept an immediate we believe negotiations should be conducted at the standing disarmament conference in Geneva and we have prepared to engage in those the foreign minister met later yesterday with prime minister Jean Chretien and Lloyd Canadas minister of foreign Axworthy made it Clear Russia int prepared to join the Ottawa process Banning we had a discussion about How we can have some parallel movements towards achieving the objectives of the Axworthy said following the while there May it be a signature on the the objective is to limit the use of Prima Kovs today visit is the first by a russian foreign minister to Canada in the pos soviet its a prelude for Chretien visit to Russia starting Primakow discussed a number of from nato enlargement it threatens Russia to civil War in chech nya Moscow could learn from Ottawa treatment of Quebec nation on Primakow lauded Canadas intentions but not its meth the a Harris blasts boards Tern Canadian press Toronto Ontario has a mediocre education system arid neither teachers unions nor school boards can be trusted to improve Premier Mike Harris charged Harris came out swinging at labour leaders who have threatened a province wide teachers accusing them of trying to dictate Educa Tion policy to the the Premier said Hes willing to talk to unions about the education Bill that has teachers poised to walk but the major pillars of the legislation Arent up for if they want to come and the teachers Are going to run the i dont have time for Harris were saying school boards and unions ate not trusted to deliver qual Ity but the one example Harris cited of How boards and unions have conspired to Hurt the Quality of Educa Tion is simply not said a member of the Board Harris said a recent contract negotiated by the Lakehead Public Board in Thunder Bay gave teachers a pay hike at the expense of larger class to teachers there Haven seen a salary increase in five said Board member Lynn Peterson who also head of the Ontario Public school boards average class sizes were recently bumped up by students not because of a Fay boost but a Mil lion Cut in provincial she said in an among other the education Bill would slash the amount of Prepa ration time available to High school teachers by up to so per cent and allow the government to determine class sizes and extend the school the reduction in preparation time would mean at least fewer teachers would be needed to cover the same amount of class unions fear it would pave the Way for further cuts of As much As Bil lion to school Karl president of the Ontario secondary school teachers said Harriss remarks show the government is trying to manufacture a crisis in education to justify the Premier is turning up the heat and wanting a confrontation with teachers unions say nothing Short of Complete withdrawal of Bill Iso will prevent a strike that would shut Down every classroom in the unions were planning to meet today and decide whether to enter negotiations with the Harris said Ontario has the worlds Best but the system is flawed and needs to be the Quality is not what it should he to mediocre is not Good enough second is not Good we want the but Peterson said most of the innovative programs developed in Edu cation have come from 3ople have John Foerster that raising million for a Centre of research on aging is too Tough a to Why he picked m director of is the driving Force behind the Success stories in research at Boniface general under his Boniface research Centre has generated Over million in economic activity in his vision and dedication have led to the recruitment and support of internationally acclaimed experts in areas As diverse As cardiovascular molecular sleep medical magnetic imaging and and health care he is now turning his attention to alzheimer stroke and other diseases that affect our rapidly aging let others tackle the easy a join the support our canvassers or Call us at team it i to St Boniface Centre for health research on aging ;