Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Pesky potheads drive hemp Farmer to destruction Canadian press Ictoria unable to convince plundering potheads that his hemp crop did t have the same kick As its cannabis Cousin a Vancouver Island Farmer slowed the crop under last week. Even As Vera Mitchell destroyed 10 acres Friday of the first commercial hemp planted legally on the Island in 60 years two More youths were arrested with a Knapsack full. They would t have gotten High if they smoked the whole lot but said they did t believe that and wanted to try it anyway. The two were to be charged with theft and although Industrial hemp is a no narcotic Cousin of marijuana they will also be charged under the controlled substances acts with Possession. About fund under. It s no secret. Investor line discount brokerage offers Nepf fhe widest selections of Mutual funds in the Industry. 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Dave Glancie of the Cem Al Stanich police. " Mitchell will lose about $10,000 on the one million plants he destroyed. He said he could t put up with any More thefts. Nip use of funds in recall clouded . Party threatens to sue newspaper Canadian press Vancouver the . Federation of labour spent thousands of dollars to Fly 10 nip volunteers North to work against a recall Campaign the Vancouver province reported yesterday. Federation president Ken Georgetti told the newspaper the request for the funds came directly from nip Headquarters. They asked for assistance with their volunteers so we paid the airfare and that was it Georgetti said in an interview with the newspaper. The $3,900 spent by the federation was not reported to elections . According to the recall and initiative act any property or services provided during a recall Campaign Are considered a contribution and must be disclosed. But Georgetti said the federation was assured by the party that the airfare fell in the Volunteer category and did not need to be disclosed As a donation. One of those flown into the Skeena Riding during the Campaign to recall nip la Helmut Giesbrecht was Glen Macinnes now ministerial assistant to labour minister Dave Lovick Georgetti said. We made it Clear to the party that we did not want to be directly involved in the recall Georgetti said. This was a request from the party to pay for plane tickets. What they did with them after that was up to a forensic auditor has been hired to investigate whether Campaign contributions were properly disclosed following a Story in the Vancouver Sun last week. Lawsuit the government has hired a lawyer to prepare a lawsuit against the newspaper if a retraction in t printed by today. During his speech to the nip provincial Council on the weekend Premier Glen Clark lashed out at the Media for what he called biased coverage. Neither party president Brian Gardiner nor Clark responded to requests for an interview from the province. Liberal Leader Gordon Campbell said elections . Should take immediate Steps to seize and secure financial records at the labour federation office. It shows once again that this was an orchestrated Effort connected directly to the Premier s office Campbell said. Georgetti said he will co operate with the investigation. The efforts to recall Las Paul Ramsey and Giesbrecht were unsuccessful. Giesbrecht said saturday he was unaware the . Federation of labour paid the airfares. I met a lot of people. I did t ask them All who they were or How they got there he said. He and Ramsey have said they re confident the financial disclosure forms filed on their behalf were accurate. The great West life Assurance company . Reznik . Allison . Schirman . Buchalo . Jam . Kerluke . Bettencourt r. Sic Jomen Raymond l. Kcf errors president and chief executive officer the great West life Assurance company is pleased to announce the following management appointments . Reznik Cha is appointed vice president investment administration & systems. Tony is responsible for the administrative operations and systems for the company s investment division. . Allison mba spa is promoted As director Bond investments Market risk. Brian is responsible for the management of Public Bond portfolios Treasury functions and derivative operations. . Sharman mba Cha is promoted As director Bond investments credit risk. Bill is responsible for underwriting and and private placement debt investments. . Bachalo it. Comm hons coif fill is appointed director mortgage investments. Rick is responsible for portfolio planning property valuation and portfolio risk assessment of the commercial mortgage portfolio and for head office mortgage underwriting. J a. Janz mba is promoted As manager Bond investments. Jon is responsible for the total return management of several Public Bond portfolios. . Kerslake Cha is promoted As manager investment financial management. Brad is responsible for the operations of the investment financial management department including monitoring and reporting on the projection allocation and analysis of investment results. . Bettencourt is appointed manager securities administration. John manages the accounting and administration functions of the company s securities portfolios. He is also responsible for the co ordination and management of associated securities systems and the analysis and implementation of related accounting policies and requirements. R. Skjolden is appointed manager corporate properties. Randi is responsible for the negotiation acquisition development administration and disposition of Canadian Field office leased premises. 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