Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 18, 1999, Winnipeg, Manitoba September 1999 a12 Patrick Flynn 6977294 saturday free press Canada world More Canada and world news around the world la cops investigated t of Angeles a los i reeled yesterday accusations that police officers in one division not Only shot and framed a honduran Immi Grant for a crime he did not com Mit but also killed an unarmed Man in a gang raid and then lied to cover up the As top officials vowed to bring the truth to Light in the cites worst police corruption scandal in a rogue officer in the Rafael told police he and his partner shot and paralysed honduran immigrant Javier Francisco Ovan do and then framed him for assaulting a police Barak hosts Arafat Jerusalem in a secret late night israeli prime minis Ter Ehud Barak and palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat took peace talks into their own hands and Reaf firmed a pledge to reach a final Deal within a officials said the two leaders agreed to meet from time to time to review Progress in the said palestinian information minister Yasser Abed who was appointed thursday to Lead the palestinian delegation to the Barak invited Arafat to the 90 minute meeting in the Hope of building said israeli Arab legislator Ahmed a former Arafat adviser who met with the palestinian Leader explosion rocks Toulouse France Reuters an explosion ripped through a residential hotel in the Centre of this southwestern French City yester slightly injuring at least four officials said they believe the blast was although they had not yet identified the origin of the Rescue workers searched late into the night for possible further victims under the hotels wreck around Canada session ends Ottawa the Liberal government has called an end to the Twoy Earold parliamentary buying itself some breathing space on a Host of contentious issues while it drafts a fresh Romeo at the governments was to Issue a proclamation formally terminating the session that began in sep tember that cancels the commons sitting scheduled for next maps who have been away from Ottawa since june will wait another three weeks before returning the Day after treaty upheld Ottawa the supreme court of Canada upheld 52 yesterday a centuries old treaty Between Mik May natives and the British the ruling stems from the 1996 conviction of Donald Marshall a Nova Scotia for catch ing and Selling 210 kilograms of eels out of season and without a the decision acquits mar shall of All charges and confirms that Mikmak and other Nova Scotia aboriginals included in a 1760 treaty can fish and Hunt unlicensed and loophole to close Toronto the Ontario government will slam shut a 14year old loophole in its hazardous waste regulations shatae it says has allowed toxic waste to be dumped in the province with the abrupt change was announced yesterday after a stun Ning admission from environment minister Tony Clement that inadequate Laws have been on Ontario books since mines to be restored nine abandoned mine Sites will get a Facelift under a provincial plan to restore and revitalize Timothy Ontario minis Ter of Northern development and announced the rehabilitation plan this compiled from Canadian press russians gripped in terror by Fred Weir Canadian press terrorist bombings in recent weeks that have flattened apartment buildings and killed hundreds of peo ple Are striking fear into the hearts of Ordinary russians and driving some to the verge of in afraid to go out and in afraid to stay says Galina 51year old office they could strike anywhere this fear is almost impossible to and the authorities Are doing nothing to protect for there is a fear of a Dif Ferent kind a belief that embattled president Boris Yeltsin will use the bombings As an excuse to declare a no place to hide from bomb blasts state of emergency and derail the country fragile bombs have been going off alarm ing two huge blasts in Moscow in just Over a week each destroyed a big apartment Block and killed a total of More than 200 they followed an earlier blast in the Southern City of on thursday an explosion blew away the front of a residential building in Kilometres South of leaving at least 17 a smaller bomb went off yesterday in a Petersburg apartment killing two though police suspect the Peters Burg blast May have been a Gangrel at de attack unrelated to the there is no doubt Russia is in the grip of an orchestrated terror Security forces blame islamic Mili Tants fighting to wrest the Southern province of Dagestad from russian no group has yet taken direct responsibility for the explosions a Factor that heightens the apprehension Many russians Are i dont Trust anything our leaders Are says Pavel a 27year old the Only thing that obvious is that people Are dying in their Beds and no one can Stop buildings erupt in flame in bound Brook after Floyd sparked a flood of the Raritan Hurricane floyds fury fades before it hits the maritime by Kevin Carmichael Canadian press Halifax Hurricane Floyd for Eastern it was Hurricane the monstrous storm that left a path of death and destruction As it wended its Way up the Eastern Seaboard of the United states was Little More than a late summer storm by the time it reached the maritime not that anyone was said Mike a spokesman for the Nova Scotia emergency measures when asked about the emergency officials had braced for the worst in the were never called Floyd had caused enough damage before it arrived in the storm is being blamed for at least 19 deaths and millions of Dol Lars in damage since rocking the Bahamas with 250 winds on twelve deaths were the result of traffic accidents in five states the Virginia and two girls in Delaware drowned after being swept into a sewage a body was sighted in floodwaters in new Jersey and one Man was presumed drowned in the hundreds of people were left stranded in floyds Many fled to their roofs and scampered up Trees to escape the flood Paula Vella carries a Heater from her Home in Garland in the thousands Are expected to be without electricity and water for president Bill Clinton declared an emergency in new Jer sey Atlantic canadians started ready ing for a blast from Floyd As Early As when fishermen started bringing in nets and ships were warned to return to at the Sable offshore Drill site near Sable up to a third of the 300 employees were flown Back to Shore thursday As a and schools were closed in the Southern part of Nova which forecasters suggested would be hit first and but floyds premiere in Canada was More hype than winds rarely topped 80 though there were reports of 104 gusts off the Northumberland forcing the closure of the con federation Bridge Between new Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to transports and campers Friday rainfall was As High As 67 Millimetres in parts of new Brunswick and Romanow where is Strong Power president Yeltsin talks about the need to destroy the but he does someone should control the Many muscovites say that Yeltsin bears responsibility for launching the 199496 which Russia to crush an Independence drive in the caucasus Republic of thousands of chechen civilians died in the spawning a generation of bitter some of whom May now be taking revenge against i blame Yeltsin for starting All this War in the says Igor Shen a 48year old tens of thousands of Interior ministry troops have been brought into Moscow and other russian cities to patrol streets and search apartment grits Kingmaker in minority nip regime by Martin Ohanlon Canadian press have Only three seats in the but Saskatchewan liberals Are in a position to make or break the provinces newly elected nip gov As Premier Roy Romanow comes to grips with the sober ing reality of leading a minority Liberal Leader Jim Melenchuk is getting ready to take his place As political Power wit Romanow one seat shy of a majority after thurs Days election and the righting Saskatchewan party threatening to try to bring him he badly needs the support of the who failed to win a seat for himself in a 1998 by election and whose party standing dropped two seats was flexing his new found political muscle he said he will support the nip provided Hes involved in drafting Melenchuk suggested his first action will be to Call for changes to the nip plan to give free firs year tuition to University and College the Liberal Leader would rather see the Money shared among All pos Sec Mondary his other priorities Are improved health care and Quick Aid for Strug gling some predict Romanow will offer Melenchuk a Cabinet others Sug Gest the Premier will ask him to offer one of his members As House who votes Only in a that would give the new who hold 29 seats in the 58seat legis a on vote majority while still leaving them Beholden to the a Deal would seem to be crucial for the Given the Sabr rattling by Saskatchewan party Leader Elwin who commands 26 Hermanson said he will demand fast action on cutting taxes and getting Aid to besides coping with the politics of a minority Romanow will have to work hard to ease the division Between Urban and Rural instead of cruising to a majority As polls had Romanow was clobbered by disgruntled Farmers struggling through their worst Cash crisis since the great while the nip took every Urban seat but they lost almost every Rural the party popular vote fell almost 10 per cent from what it was in the 1995 the Saskatchewan party actually garnered More votes with per cent to the Dps the liberals had Ontario plans improvements to deadly Highway by Kate Mccrindle and Yvonne Bendo Canadian press the Ontario government said yesterday it will increase the number of police officers assigned to a deadly stretch of Canadas busiest Highway and improve the but critics say its not David the provinces transportation said up to 22 provincial police officers will be added to the detachment near this South Western Ontario City to help patrol a Section of Highway 401 dubbed nage Alley by the five Point plan also Calls for 21 truck inspectors along the Road Between Windsor and London on which nearly two dozen people have died this in confident that the plan i have announced today is a positive step for Ward towards sustained action on Road safety in Turnbull said yes the announcement was hotly anticipated following a horrific crash two weeks ago that killed eight people near an inquest has been called into the which police have blamed on Driver error and thick critics immediately labelled turn bulls plan which includes Highway upgrades such As fully paved outside rumble strips from London to Windsor and better markings and signs a Quick the Guy had a Chance to hit a Home he said Nick Ferris of the Canadian automobile the association had earlier called for Many of the improvements turn Bull announced including the immediate widening of the High Way to six the widening across Ontario from Windsor to the Quebec will Only happen Over the next several Turnbull the volume counts that normally trigger expansion to six lanes Are expected to be reached in i dont think we can wait until said Lakeshore mayor Pat turn Butts plan does not include the addition of median barriers across the Highway because he said they would cause not its better not to hit anything at he turn bulls paving is elated to begin in ;