Winnipeg Free Press

Monday, December 07, 1998

Issue date: Monday, December 7, 1998
Pages available: 47
Previous edition: Sunday, December 6, 1998

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 7, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba 958rent 738b More Canada and world news around Canada sikhs pick moderates Vancouver moderate sikhs have won an election they consider a referendum on the volatile Issue of allowing tables and chairs in Temple dining we should concentrate More on the problems rather than Back Home in incumbent presi Dent Jarnail Singh Bhandal said in a Telephone interview yesterday after election results were violent clashes erupted Between moderate and traditionalist factions after the religions High priest in India issued an edict last May ordering furniture removed from Temple dining Bill to erase stigma private members Bill Aims to erase the words illegitimate child from All Federal Ottawa Centre my Mac Harb said More than two million canadians have been born out of Wedlock and the Law should reflect that times have Bill c345 seeks to replace the words illegitimate child from the criminal Canadian forces superannuation pension act and other Federal legislation with a definition a child born of persons who were not married to each other at the time of a stepchild and an adopted France honours vets Toronto in recognition of their role in the first world War helping restore peace to five veterans All nearly 100 years old were decorated with that country highest honour eighty years after the end of what was supposed to be the War to end All France is awarding All surviving Canadian veterans about 80 its prestigious legion of compiled from Canadian press around the world psf leading vote Nigeria a coalition of onetime opponents of the late dictator Sani Abaca was faring Well in Early results from Nigeria key local government officials said the Peoples democratic party was the top vote getter in most of Nigeria 36 amnesty opposed Johannesburg a South african president Nelson Mandela opposes a general amnesty for human rights violators who failed to meet a deadline for those seek ing individual a local newspaper reported crime Hoffa says Washington Knight Ridder the next teamsters president and son of one of the most notorious labour leaders in the nations Histo vowed yesterday that he would not get cozy with organized As his father did when he ran americas most powerful water stored grand Cox news service someone walked into deep Rock Crystal drop water in grand Junction plopped Down a couple Hundred dollars and left with enough packaged water to last a company Secretary Carolyn Mitchell said she had a feeling the Man had bought the water in preparation for the year smugglers executed Beuing a China said Ter Day it has executed a computer executive and an office worker for smuggling pagers and other electronic goods into the Winnipeg free press Canada to Peifier of yrs 6977294 Case tests fetal rights women advocates edgy As mom is sited Over harm son suffered in womb Bynah Lahaye Ottawa the course of Yea Wrid Ryan do sons life was set on March when he was involved in a car Accident that left him permanently it was a Little later on that same Day that he was to his Mother Cynthia who was 27 weeks pregnant and driving the ear at the the i Neidert sparked a Legal Battle Over whether Ryan has the right to sue his Mother for damages for her negligence leading to the injuries that have the highest in the land is considering that question on the supreme courts decision on the most Likely to Home next could have far reaching consequences for every expectant its a Case that has women rights advocates because a decision in the Childs they would threaten pregnant women ability to make choices about their own bodies and daily on the other anti Bertion groups see the Case As a possible door to ree opining fetal rights under Cana Dian a fetus is not considered a person and therefore has no Legal rights in but two religious groups intervening in the Case want a previous ruling the supreme court made about the pakistani militants attack Rescue workers douse a fire in Pakistan eth Nic militants lobbed hand grenades at a police station and set fire to a dozen shops during their attack at least one Civi Halwas r officers stand guard inset in Karachi after the which were a protest against a govern Mentrin Security police Radical populist taps into venezuelan voters anger leftist wins vows to redistribute nations Oil wealth Router coup Leader Hugo a Radical populist whose ant establishment Mes Sage alarmed ruling won Venezuela presidential vote yester Day by a commanding Accord ing to official with 78 per cent of ballots the had 56 per cent of the vote compared to 40 a Yale educated businessman backed by the country traditional political the figures from the National listed exit polls by local Media which gave Chavez a nearly campaigning on a fiery message promising to rewrite the Constitution and redistribute the country massive Oil Chavez has led opinion polls since tapping into popular anger with falling living standards and ram Pant portrayed As a dangerous rabble rights of a Onee to sue a third party for to be extended to the Robert the mothers declined but in court he argues giving a fetus the right to sue its Mother is discriminatory to women by virtue of the fact that the f Ather or a third party carry the fetus continued please see mothers men lie More on resumes study gender is an Issue employers must look at startled expert by Susan Hughes Halifax chronicle Herald voter at Caracas polling station is frisked by a Soldier rouser with dictatorial tendencies by along class Chavez Drew most argues that he of his support from the so per cent of is a Man of peace and Democrat Venezuela 23 million people living in from Bead to foe despite leading the while sates appealed largely bloody february j992 military to the wealthy elite alarmed by his tag in whim dozens Wei rivals military background and leftist the Campaign divided Venezuela Halifax beware of men bearing says a Toron to based company that investigates work when it comes to applying for men Are More Likely than women to lie about their Job experience and gloss Over a history of work says a background Check of 500 250 of them from men and 250 from found that 67 per cent of those submitted by men contained elements that were fudged or about half As Many 33 per falsified their its know that the Man info Naif you is twice As Lito by to lie about his past than the woman you just said Vincent a partner at the men Are also twice As Likely to have had personality conflicts at work and problems with attendance and Punk Tsang the study found that 89 per cent of the men investigated had problems with their work performance versus 11 per cent of the women Tsang said he was startled by the i had never seen a pattern on a Day today but this shows gender is a real Issue that needs to be addressed by Halifax psychologist Hermann Schwind said the findings dont sur prise about on third of All resumes have been said men Are much More they feel pressured to put themselves in the Best Light even better than they Schwind said workplace performance problems attributed to men Stem from in tend to be More women Are much More willing to to admit to wrongdoing and to men will deny things and when pushed into the will Pound the making the situation intolerable and then they have to inf Check conducted its study by doing background checks for 90 clients across the the positions were White Collar and in Crown uni financial institutions and Tsang the company interviewed three for Roer employers of each applicant and investigated the resumes education and professional the most common reason Given for dismissal on resumes was but we found some people were fired for serious problems sexual assault and fist fights on the Assembly Tsang in dreaming of a White out Christ tits a Salas Utah White in All 11 All Canada games is 1888 Imwon Ulel so All 14 Xci Tinli a macs ;