Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 12, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Canada world May 1998 Patrick Flynn 6977294 b1 More Canada and world news 81 d9andd12 around soldiers to fight fires Edmonton Canadian soldiers Are joining the War against Forest fires in North West at least 100 soldiers and Between 20 and 30 trucks will be heading out from Edmonton John Stuckart said by the army will help move the estimated firefight ers in the Field from their base Camps to the fire there Are 15 fires burning in the with five still out of con Mitchell quits politics Edmonton former Alberta Liberal Leader Grant Mitchell quit politics Clearing the Way for a by election Campaign by his Nancy Mitchell said it was a sad decision but the timing was right for him to leave political his departure will allow Macbeth to seek a seat in the and Mitchell promised to support her Campaign Premier Ralph Klein will decide when a by election will be held in the Edmonton Mcclung Riding Mitchell has held since teen faces charge Toronto family members cried As their 14yearold son was charged with second degree murder yesterday for last weeks knife slay ing of a High school the Grade 9 student is charged in the death of Tom who died after being stabbed at a snack bar across the Street from his High to see Bluenose ii Halifax Nova Scotia sailing ambassador will head to the West coast this summer for a tour of British Bluenose ii will sail nautical Miles Down the Eastern through the Panama up the Pacific coast past Mexico and Cali fornia to British Columbia and Back not bad for a 35yearold Schooner deemed a seaworthy five years More than million Worth of renovations Bluenose ii is in great senator Wilfred chairman of the Bluenose ii preservation said dog put to death Toronto in the Shadow of Public anger and a court Mosley the killer dog has been put to the Fivey Earold Bull mastiff that killed Little Courtney Trempe in a Stouffville backyard two weeks ago was Given a sedative and then a lethal injection in his leg on Andrew chief bylaw enforcement officer for a town just North of said animal shelter staff have been the targets of constant harassment Ever since a court ordered the pet postal talks on hold Ottawa arbitration proceed Ings that were scheduled to resume today Between Canada Post and its largest Union Are on hold the Canadian Union of postal workers said yesterday it has agreed to delay arbitration to give the Federal court time to hear its application to have a Federal Media to arbitrator removed from the the Union alleges in court Docu ments that new Brunswick judge Guy Richard expressed a Proman gement Bias in a conversation he had with a businessman on a flight Between Ottawa and Toronto on april Richard has refused comment on the he would Only say yesterday that the matter is being handled by his crime stance tougher Ottawa Ottawa plans to Sig Nal it will take a tougher stand on youth crime today when Justice min ister Anne Mclellan releases a fed eral blueprint to change the Young offenders Canadas youth Justice renewal strategy is expected to Lead to legislation overhauling the maligned act dealing with Young people under 18 in trouble with the its anticipated the strategy will touch on everything from rehabilitation and prevention to dealing with violent it will permit the Public identification of some older teens convicted of serious crimes and allow for the Transfer to adult court of More youths charged with violent India out of nuclear closet underground blasts create diplomatic Shock Waves Apfler Terrp new Delhi India set off three underground nuclear blasts yesterday and announced it was capable of making nuclear enraging its Neighbour Pakistan and defying a worldwide Campaign to contain the spread of nuclear Canada strongly deplored the test explosions and said the Indian move could have grave implications for the disarmament the Onemo Thold Indian govern ment led by the hindu nationalist Bharatia janata party surprised allies and enemies alike with the country first nuclear tests in 24 prime minister Atal Bihari Vanpay fighting a reputation of being too weak to control his fractious coalition summoned reporters to his Home to announce that India had con ducted three underground nuclear tests in the desert 530 Kilometres Southwest of new no radiation was released into the he adding that scientists tested a fission a Low yield device and a thermonuclear Pakistan immediately pledged to make its defences impregnable against any Indian be it nuclear or the responsibility for dealing a death blow to the global efforts at nuclear nonproliferation rests squarely with pakistani foreign min ister Gauhar Ayub said in very disappointed the United states expressed its disappointment but did not say whether it would impose sanctions v to keep sophisticated technology out of this runs counter to the Effort the International Community is making to promulgate a comprehensive ban on such White House spokesman Mike Mccurry foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy issued a statement saying Canada is deeply concerned and very disappointed with India these tests could have grave implications for global nonproliferation and As Well As for regional Axworthy he urged India to renounce its nuclear weapons program and sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and the comprehensive test ban it is a very major regressive step Axworthy told reporters in when you get into playing with new nuclear or new nuclear its very destabilizing for the whole Axworthy said the Canadian High commissioner to India has been ordered to make Canadas concerns known to the Indian Axworthy said his staff will exam Ine what action Canada could take to express its including the possibility of cancelling millions of Dol Lars in Aid he said leaders of the group of seven industrialized countries and Russia will discuss the matter at the g8 Summit in Era Manila the Philippines appears poised to elect a self admitted Womanizer and Gambler As its 13th president in National elections that Are being heralded As among the cleanest and most peaceful in recent with More than 27 million of the country 34 million registered Vot ers turning out to vote in yesterdays former movie Star Joseph Era whose coarse style and ant intellectual Appeal has made him the target of numerous attacks from the Ramos seemed on his Way to becoming pres in very preliminary exit polls and unofficial partial results from the precincts throughout the Estrada appeared on his Way to a landslide outdid dancing 10 other presidential Candi dates by a wide Estrada appeared Able to capture nearly 40 per cent of the popular an impressive tally Given the Large num Ber of candidates on the presidential although the philippine commis Sion on elections Comeleo was forced to suspend or cancel voting in several areas of the country because of logistical problems or irregular the Campaign was deemed to be generally one of the bes executed in recent at midday in there were some concerns about vote tampering referred to As Dagdag awas in filipino tagalog because of an inexplicable delay in the processing of municipal election returns in several dozen key areas of the the National citizens movement for free elections the official arms length watchdog of the said yesterday it was concerned the delay could be a sign that the municipal vote tallies were being altered to favour a specific candidate or can most of the troubles were reported on the Southern Island of where voting was cancelled or sus Pended in 20 Comeleo officials in Manila said the poll fail ures were a but because of the relatively Small number of Vot ers it would not delay National a total of 34 election related killings were reported to Comeleo during the Campaign and another 35 deaths were reported on election later this but in officials were in a celebratory handing out sweets to reporters at a news these tests have established that India has a proven capability for a weaponized nuclear said Rajesh an aide to the prime he said the tests were done for the Security of the people of i residents look for their names on voters lists at their local polling precinct in our Man in Manila As millions of filipinos headed to the polls free press reporter Dan Lett was there to cover the issues and candidates in the controversial election Cam Lett reports on Vot ing Lyle free press clean election Only a the philippine National police and armed forces of the Philippines leaders stated the level of violence was greatly diminished from past a filipino Marine watches proceedings at a polling the biggest Story of this the 1998 presidential election election could be the unprecedented has been yanked from the grasp of Public and Media exposure to the bal officialdom and dropped squarely lot after generations of into the hands of the Media and pub electoral fraud and the Hunt is on for fugitives assets by Howard Burns London free press clutching a precedent setting Canadian court investigators on the Trail of millions stolen by fugitive financier and accused murderer Albert Walker Are ready to in a move destined to have a trans Atlantic a court put a distinctly Canadian stamp on the assets of currently behind bars in its the latest twist in a still evolving fraud and murder mystery the decision issued yesterday by the Ontario general brings betrayed southwestern Ontario investors allegedly bilked out of Mil Lions by Walker a step closer to getting canadians can Lay claim to millions financier took before fleeing judge at least some of their Cash it clears the Way for trustee Komg to recover assets in including whatever sits in a Maze of Bank accounts in Switzerland and the Cayman among other coun lawyer Angelo Dascanio called it a Victory for Canadian it strengthens the hand of which is in hot Pursuit of Mil Lions in stolen investor while its still too Early to say How much eventually will be Komg said it is optimistic the Prece Den setting decision by Justice Edward Browne will make it possible to recover at least some of walkers assets for the Hunt is still said a pigs Richard with the new court he believes the assets can be secured and brought to Canada the next he is to have agents for the trustee Liae up Neces sary overseas cooperation from for eign jurisdictions and the English courts must still recognize Brownes decision and agree to help with its we now will be contacting our solicitor in to set the wheels in motion to have him assist us on that Side of the Jackson who ruled he has the Power to get involved in the signed a motion brought by Komg to go after the International assets of who used to run a financial services company in the heart of is charged with defrauding Canadian investors of As much As with his financial dealings closing in on Walker fled Canada for Britain in 1990 with his then Hes in jail in charged with murdering businessman Ronald whose Iden Tity he had British police allege that took Platt out on his Sailboat off the Devon coast in july knocked him unconscious and after weighing him with an Anchor tossed his body into the English ;