Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Mete Canada and world around Canada impaired diplomacy Ottawa envoys at sever Al Ottawa embassies have beef abusing diplomatic privileges and making Money by feed ing the Market for cheap the who have been watch ing the illegal Trade for Are cracking but their action is limited by diplomatic on two Ottaw area men who Are not diplomats were charged with illegally possessing and distributing police say they had an a kuwaiti embassy attache who was directly and knowingly involved in the Ille Gal diversion of Seal Hunt opposed group of High pro file canadians Are protesting the East coast Seal Hunt just Days after the Federal fisheries minister endorsed it As a legitimate the organization of 25 environmentalists and artists called the Hunt archaic and immoral and said it be subsidized by tax i am offended that my taxes Are being used to promote an Industry where Over 100 sealers Are facing or have already been convicted of deliberately killing protected pups and numerous other said Clayton the groups founding actors Margot Kidder and William Shatner and authors Farley Mowat and Michale Ondatje Are among members of canadians against the commercial sealing wedding interrupts Toronto Only 10 minutes before a suspected illegal alien was to say i the ramp said no you dont and slapped the cuffs on a Man was on his Way up the ele Vator to the wedding Chapel at Toronto City Hall last week when he was arrested by the the Man came to Canada from Grenada last month without per we managed to get him before they got an officer his Bride and family saw the mayor must pay Gays mayor Dianne Haskett said she might Appeal a Rul ing wednesday that she discriminated against the cites Gay and lesbian Community by refusing to proclaim a Pride Haskett and the City were found liable for damages totalling plus interest that to be paid to complainant Richard Hudler of the Hom Ophile association of ruled Mary Anne adjudicator for Ontario human rights fighting Back she said i never meant any i Only wanted to remain silent and i certainly didst want there to be any backlash or hatred on either i certainly consider myself mayor of All of Lon including Gays and i meant them no Mckenna takes Bow Premier Frank Mckenna took to the Federal provincial stage for the last time yesterday with a sometimes bitter examination of the Atlantic regions failure to share fully in the National who will leave new Brunswick politics and perhaps pub Lic life on monday after a decade in said that while Federal largesse has helped the rest of the it has Hurt Atlantic change of command Halifax a decorated Gulf War officer became commander of maritime forces Atlantic in a Cere Mony rear Admiral Duncan Dusty Miller replaces Vic Admiral Greg who off to Ottawa to take command of the Navy from Vic Admiral Gary Garnett is now Vic chief of the forces second most senior position fight for a Reward a judge will decide next month if Paul Bernardos former Best Friend is entitled to for helping police Patch the sex killer judge cent said yesterday heu deliver a written decision in the third week of november on a civil suit launched by Van Smirnis is suing the Toronto Sun for Reward Money offered by the newspaper for information leading to the conviction of the killer of Ontario schoolgirls Leslie Abaffy and Kristen Yaffi pms Winnipeg free press Canada world october Patrick Flynn 6977294 b1 a photo people watch As a roaring River sweeps through an Acapulco carrying part of a in Paulines Wake Pauline lashes Mexico Hurricane devastates Acapulco at least 118 killed in two states associated press Mexico Hurricane Pauline struck Mexico most famous tourist resort with devastating fury unleashing deadly torrents that swept cars and giant boulders toward beaches before being downgraded to a Tropi Cal at least 118 people were killed in Oaxaca and Guerrero twice that number were reported dozens were floods and mudslides were rampant and dam age was ports were closed All the Way from near the guatemalan Bor to air traffic was sus Pended until further Power was out through most of the and Telephone service was the Hurricane Centre in said at 7 cd Pauline was centred about 50 kilo metres North of Playa Azul in Guerrero state and moving Northwest at about 20 Kilometres an but winds dropped to 113 pm h below Hurricane but heavy flood warnings remained in Hurricane Pauline As of cd yesterday position 102w moving wow at 20 Kwh sustained winds Kwh gusts at 1501w Kwh 15 Pacific Ocean Hur Rissie water 1igo 106 90 Guerrero state Secretary hum Berto Salgado said 94 people died yesterday in Acapulco most of them drowned by authorities appealed for help for which the mexican government declared a disaster the Beach resort Tod run out of i drinking cloth medicines and Many More very sad this is a very sad said Angel Guerrero Home to where Pauline sent torrents of Rainwater raging through Aguirre said at least five other peo ple were killed elsewhere in the adding we dont recall a Hurricane Ever having caused such in neighbouring Oaxaca where Pauline first struck a Day ear state government spokesman Leandro Hernandez confirmed 19 15 people missing and Sands of the figure could still said speaking by Telephone from the where Pauline ripped makeshift Homes away and badly damaged such resorts As puerto fuelled by the warm Al Nino Ocean Pauline powered towering metres tall on exposed coasts pounded Acapulco Pristine beaches to a maelstrom of trash and twisted lounge Rivers of debris heavy Rains turned streets into roaring Rivers of water swept boulders the size of cars Down the Hills and flipped vehicles like a coastal Highway skirting the famed beaches teemed with raging water and one mans body stuck from the arms outstretched and Mouth president Ernesto on a state visit to ordered troops into stricken areas along a Long stretch of soldiers in humvee poured into Acapulco by the hundreds to secure areas around Homes wrecked by raging a photo residents form a Chain As they try to Cross an Acapulco a photo two men Cross a Bridge near Huat Ulco As a River rages dont travel agent says staff the Hurricane that swept the resort Belt along the Pacific coast of Mexico is unlikely to spoil Winter vacations for thou Sands of travel officials last night said there Are currently no Tours from Manitoba in the Acapulco area hit by a category 3 Hurricane that dumped 40 pm of rain in three hours As winds reached 185 Pat sales director of Sig nature vacations in said up to Manitoban vacation in the Region every year Between december and her advice to travellers is not to she said Hurricane damage tends to be sporadic hitting Only cer Tain this is a Region that is used to Hur she if there has been a Hurricane in the Region hotels Usu ally Are Back up and running within a month or the Winter season is their bread they work night and Day to prepare for deaf people win right to be heard court gives disabled powerful weapon in bid for Equality by Jim Morris Canadian press Ottawa Gary Malkowskisr hands spoke excitedly about How a supreme court of Canada decision yesterday gives the disabled a powerful weapon in demanding equal treatment from the High court ruled unanimously that the governments refusal to Supply sign language interpreters for deaf people receiving medical care infringed on their right to be treated equally under the charter of it is the Best scenario we could have possibly spokesman for the Canadian hearing said through a sign language we have finally recognized people with disabilities Nave Access to health care on an equal All provincial governments will have to follow this the High court ruled that without sign interpreters to explain proce deaf people were receiving medical services inferior to that enjoyed by the hearing it is fair to say the absence of a publicly funded sign language interpretation service discriminated against the appellants by denying them the equal Benefit of the British Columbia health care Justice Gerard la for est wrote generally the Quality of care received by the appellants was inferior to that available to hearing the Case stems Back to a 1990 Deci Sion by the government not to fund a program to Supply sign interpreters for the John and Linda a deaf Cou ple who were almost helpless bystanders in the birth of their Daugh and Robin a deaf woman suffering from a number of medical said the medical services commission violated Equality provi Sions in the charter of rights by not covering the costs of the High courts decision used some very bread language and want con fined Only to the deaf when economically no disabled person Boum be prevented Access to a government the court that the government will be required to take special measures to ensure that disadvantaged groups Benefit equally from services offered to the general Public is widely accepted in the human rights la Forest wrote Michael spokesman for the Council of canadians with said the decision applies to All educational and training programs offered by provincial and Federal govern Joy Bealts said interpreters win be in place with in months but bemoaned the costs involved the pressures that this will put on Bealts care resources will be sub Stan she ;