Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 5, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba December Tan a14 up flask Flym Canada world More Canada and world news around Canada sikhs phones tapped Vancouver some sikhs campaigning for the Funda mentalist slate in today Temple election in Vancouver have received letters from the ramp informing them their Tele phone lines have been the letters state the person has been subjected to electronic Vei Llanee related to a criminal investigation by the the letters were received on the eve of the hotly contested election of the Ross Street North americas largest with More than labradors on ground Crews of the troubled Labrador helicopters will not be ready for search Andrescu missions until this weekend or Early next a cab Greenwood base spokes woman said flights on the aged aircraft were expected to resume thurs Day but were the labradors have been plagued by phone and blasted red a phone company to and insults christians by portraying one of the three Wise men pitching cell phones to the baby says a local this is supposed to represent to christians one of the most sacred events that occurred on this said Jack referring to the telus mobility Arnie telus mobility Vic president of said 40 complaints have been made since the and started running Mon who stole Santa Toronto not even Santa Claus is Safe these a 10 metre tall inflatable Santa disappeared from the roof of a car Dealership in yester someone stole Santa said John with the company that owns the Field said someone must have climbed up to the Auto dealers roof unzipped Santa and turned off the inflatable signs once the air is out of father he can be folded Small enough to fit in the trunk of a Field compiled from Canadian press around the world Frisco shaken san Francisco moderate earthquake Shook the san Francisco Bay area Early waking people and disrupting some transit there were no reports of damage or the geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at it said the epicentre was about is Kilometres Northeast of san Pinochet Deal tried London Reuters chilean politician is in London try ing to arrange a Deal in which Augusta Pinochet would inter viewed by a Spanish judge in Britain instead of being sent to Spain for the daily Tefa graph reported the London newspaper said that Pablo a member of the rightist Independent democratic Union was being used As Suharto at risk Jakarta graced former indonesian Dent Suharto could he placed under w mum few Mem Bouse arrest during an official non hot into his Wea Minnit pamment Fricia said state Era Aadi Baub Power to put the 77ygawod former Gener w4fr Bouse Arre Van a killer Van ran Over a curb and into a be Ratlif Bibb for a a flit in nne woman and ipuh acted erased out of control is it time for tax cuts canadians expecting Reward for erasing Federal deficit Liberal my by Gord Mclntosh Ottawa a flue anticipated parliamentary report called for tax cuts and increases to health spending it attracted a chorus of derision just the the Liberal dominated commons finance committee delivered its annual pre budget report to maps after details had been leaking out during the As the report said the next budget should include immediate elimination of the three per cent surtax on canadians earning More than a this was a tax that was supposed to be temporary to eliminate the deficit when it was introduced by the last i gradual elimination of the five per cent super surtax for canadians ing starting with a decrease of one per cent in the first an increase of billion a year in the minimum Transfer payments to the provinces for health and social pro adoption of a so called productivity covenant in which government would put most programs and spending to a test of what it will do for National a doubling what Ottawa spends on health an increase in Basic and spousal income tax deduction of Liberal my Maurizio committee said its payback time for canadians now that Ottawa balance Sheet is spinning out eliminating the deficit has restored our Freedom of Bevilaequa after sacrificing to eliminate the taxpayers expect to reap the rewards of their but regardless of the Bevilaequa found himself under attack from All commons finance committee chairman Bellacqua cays its payback time for and proposed the immedi ate removal of a one surtax and the phasing out of another in the committees annual budget report nip Leader Alexa Mcdonough called the report a disgrace that sends the wrong message about How a government should treat its poorest Citi removing the surtax from the High est income earners while other Are Liv up photo ing in poverty is she but both the Reform and tory parties said the proposed tax cuts dont go far continued please see Nickel up photo meritorious service medal awarded Craig Kielburger of shakes hands with governor general Romeo Leblanc after receiving the medal for his Campaign to raise Ness of child labour in the third Ontario tories Hope settles sex Case complainant wants apology too by Wendy Mccann Canadian press Toronto the woman suing a former speaker of the Ontario legislature for sexual harassment will decide Early next week whether to accept a settlement that would Cost taxpayers about but even if she accepts her share of the Sandi will still be looking for an her lawyer said she would like an apology that important to Jenny Stephenspn said in an but it May not be the decided at a closed meeting of the Legislatures Board of internal is an attempt to end an embarrassing episode in the life of the Mike har the opposition liberals Harris is trying to get a Quick out court settlement rather than have this matter proceed to court which Means the Evi Dence becomes very Public and it will All be very embarrassing to the Liberal Leader Dalton Mcguinty Al Mclean has to take Mclean accused Tri personal responsibility for his a former Spe Cial assistant to now filed an wrongful dismissal suit two years ago against Mclean and the Ontario government she has accused Mclean of firing her after she refused to have sex with Thompson says she reluctantly slept with him on four previous occasions in the speakers Queens Park apartment before try ing to end the who did not respond to requests to be interviewed denied the allegations but quickly resigned his Job As continued please see peace Accord could bleed to death sinn fein a Belfast sinn fein party Leader Gerry Adams warned yesterday that Northern ire lands peace Accord could bleed to death if the stalemate Over forming a new Compromise government is not quickly moderate roman Catholic politicians joined the Irish Republican army Allied sinn fein in blaming the impasse on protestant Leader David who flew to Washington yesterday denying any crisis is both sinn fein and the moderates accused the Ulster unionist party Leader of misleading British prime minister Tony Blair during Lions Between the North s roman Catholic politicians and the Ulster the two groups appeared to have reached an agreement on Northern Ireland new multiparty Tion but it fell apart hours after Blairs departure Blair and Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern expected local politicians to have formed Northern Ireland new administration by now and to have agreed on terms for the Way ment shapes policy with the Irish the agreement that fell apart thurs Day specified the government would have 10 departments and cooperate with the Irish government on seven committees dealing with issues like Trade and Cross order both sides still expect to reach a Deal along these lines but possibly not until late for the agreements plan to Transfer Power from the British government to local politicians in feb sear aus Trimbles would be colleague at the head of the As yet unformed Cross Community sharply rebuked protestant Kosovo rebels reject american peace Deal nato to putt observers As fighting intensifies Yugoslavia i a toy element of a w As Bow Tel Der stot Rous strains m the nato a a to Rescue Tufi be Case of Sacy the fqf88 of about l8qo 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