Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A14 editor Doug Speirs 6977294 saturday free press May 2000 Canada world Canada news Iti Hupfl on a1 18 bin around Canada mans a astounding a Federal Crown attorney says he has no plans to drop drug trafficking charges against a dying Kingston area even though a doctor says he needs massive doses of Brian was found with thousands of morph Itte pills when police raided his Bat his lawyer pub diced a letter from a doctor saying he had been prescribed mor Phin pills on March look at those two numbers pills and 180 per prosecutor Bruce Macnaughton that you draw your own police dog quits Job a valuable Caw Dian police dog who once sniffed out criminals in downtown Toron to is now himself on the Lam in Rural a Street smart belgian Malinis who was inthe training to find bombs and Bod escaped from truck last weekend Nort Central min Trainer Joe Jasicki said the three Earold Pooch Worth has All the savvy he needs to make it on the 1 now its manslaughter Montreal a police officer and former restaurant Doorman pleaded not guilty yesterday to of in the a homeless Jeanpierre died six weeks Vert Berjie and neck injuries lowing scuffle outside a police had tried my for lewd a Joyan Nir Stante and Steve june in bolsters Sierra Leone Force peacekeeping troops boost rebels driven away from Freetown around 5 evidence demanded of Albert Pesalvo and the family of one of women confessed Dering demanding police turn Over evidence collected their investigation into the Strangler Desalvo confessed the 11 Boston Strangler killings Between 1962 and and the murders of two other but polio a never charged Desalvo time in Pris Oij on unrelated charges in 1973 when a soviet murdered Santiago an earthquake Mea Suring Shook Northern Argentina As Chiles atae Ajna where major min ing companies calling at least one death and cutting Power and Telephone authorities i 1 War resumes adp1s Ababa ignoring National pleas Border Ethiopia and Eritrea returned to ups Navajr with fighting reported on three of Ccreary Kafi Annan predicted a very brutal f Freetown pro government fighters in Sierra Leone drove rebels away from the capital of the West african country their morale boosted by a strengthened United nations peacekeeping Force and hundreds of British tens of thousands of mean packed a Freetown stadium at the funeral of 19 civilian calling for missing rebel Leader foday Sankoh to be tried for War in Secretary general Kofi Annan sounded confident yesterday after 10 nerve racking Days during which the ragtag revolutionary United front rebels humiliated the world body and threatened to overrun the the situation seems relatively Calmer Annan said in new York i am quite hopeful that we will be Able to stabilize the situation and then move for Ward with our Jordan flew in some 300 paratroopers taking the strength of the United nations Mission in Sierra Leone to More than Canada is sending million in Emer gency trained crisis response plan ners and equipment to help the in hold rebel forces at Bay in Sierra no Canadian ground troops will be sent for now because none has been summoned by the government leaders the million announced yesterday is earmarked for emergency food sup medical Aid and shelter for families displaced by the violence that broke out last it will help thousands As soon As the country is stable enough for Aid work ers to said International cooperation minister Maria poor coordination and communication were but the in peacekeeping Mission is not a foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy said from there Are in troops they Are holding Freetown the he the missions fall into disarray last week stresses the need for a in system that can quickly respond to Axworthy to that he offered two Canadian forces officers with military training to help the understaffed in department of peacekeeping operations in new budget constraints mean the depart ment has 200 staff to plan and oversee 16 in missions around the said it would help if countries such As the United states would pay overdue in he adding that been one of the Canada will also pay for two officers from developing countries to help the new York peacekeeping unit better pre pare and plan in a Canadian plane leaves today from cab to pick up soldiers in India and deliver them to Sierra it will stay on to help with transport efforts for two or three continued please see Sierra Leone a15 i escape their Only Chance c8 Brendan press a woman weeps As her husband slain along with 18 others when rebels opened fire on a crowd of unarmed protesters is buried Blowtorch heat break but fire still threatens town los Blowtorch winds and searing heat that fed a rag ing wildfire broke easing the threat to los Alamos from a Blaze that destroyed 260 damaged the towns nuclear weapons Laboratory and forced people to the which began with a government prescribed Burn to Clear remained out of control in the nearby forests and and residents were told they could not return to their houses for at least a this fire is not Over with and nobody Here is pretending it new Mexico Gary Johnson Many of those who fled wednesday faced the anxiety of not knowing whether their were still stand the Blaze swept through some Homes like a flaming while neighbouring Homes were left in a red Cross shelter at a High school in Santa anxious residents crowded around to watching Roundt Hemlock news footage to see whether their Homes were still across new months of drought have left the state tinder More than hectares have burned already nearly fou times the total for All of last the fire season has just roughly 320 Kilometres to the a fire in the Sacramento sparked by a downed Power Cov ered up to hectares the Blaze forced the evacuation of the Southern new Mexico towns Sacramento and Weed and surround ing Rural said Rick a fir information he did not know How Many people had fled or whether any Homes had been Jake press Chimney is All that left standing of this los Alamos Home the los Alamos Blaze was deliberately set May 4 to destroy Brush at Bandelier National Monument but it raged out of control and had swept through hectares by Roy the Bandelier superintendent who gave the godhead for the despite an ominous weather was placed on leave with pay thursday pending an los 113 Kilometres North of is essentially a company town for the nuclear which employs people at buildings scattered throughput the it was the base of operations in the 1940s for the Manhattan which built the atomic associated press inter climbs out of Canyon after setting Back slain officers widow decries Federal decision lesbian killers put in same prison by James Mccarten air Canada service under attack by Paula Arab or wit Dunnett is trav Elling with a Foury Earold tugging at her a baby strapped to her ing passes in her free hand and carry on Luggage Slung Over both she has lots of patience for her kids its the attitude at air Canadas checking counter at Canadas busiest Airport that giving her a obviously i dont have a whole lot of hands and if j didst have my Mother Here i a would have had to throw my lug Gage on said on her Way from Toronto Pearson International Airport to her Home outside Van she found the service at checking far from saying the agent was very it seems like everyone is in a Pussy mood and youve walked up and ruined their said who is still feel ing from the first leg of her journey a week she was bumped into econ merger of airlines puts pressure on National Carrier my class and forced to carry her four Mont hold daughter on her Lap for the 4 because her reservation for the Bassinet seat was Given bumped overbooked Long Waits and lost Luggage Are problems that have intensified for the airline since its integration with Canadian began six weeks ago while it keeps a close watch on How Many people Are turned away because of the airline could not provide figures for at Canada introduced its summer schedule on april with seats on domes tic routes Cut by 15 per and the air line began flying people on Canadian which in has caused con fusion and missed flights because the n two airlines operate from separate its the Only place in Canada where you have a two terminal said Laura a spokeswoman for air were finding that creating concern for our we have people find ing themselves at the wrong while the two companies wont officially merge until the move to Inte grate has been an absolutely Mammoth said who apolo Giard to the Public for the we recognise were not providing the level of service we want to for our Cus air Canada is moving to rectify the problems As quickly As she and will hire additional the airline has been under attack across the country because of problems associated with the on wednes Day it announced the appointment of an ombudsman to oversee the interests of Cust Persand the creation of what it is Cal tog a customer of Toronto political pressure wont change Ottawa decision to imprison together the lesbian lovers who Fatah stabbed a Toronto police officer in says correctional services Elaine and Mary Barbara were transferred to the Joli Ette prison for women in Quebec last month after being convicted in novem Ber 1999 in the stabbing death of det William they were moved to the mediums ecu Rity facility after a careful assessment of possible rehabilitation and the risk they might pose to other inmates and corrections spokesman Jacques Belanger said political considerations or Public Opin Ion Are never a Factor in such he we make our decisions without taking into account Public pressure or political Belanger the which was made Public in a newspaper report prompted Ontario corrections minister Rob Samp son to lash out at Ottawa for coddling a pair of convicted the Joliette prison described by Many As club Sampson sneered is far too cushy a facility for the likes of Cece and the minister told a news this so called prison features Semi detached housing units that feature All the comforts of including a Sampson said in a voice heavy with this so called prison has been frequently referred to As club where the Federal Liberal government turns hardened criminals into Happy cot David the lawyer who defended Taylor at said yesterday the two inmates were not being housed in the same unit Sampson said Hes written a letter to Federal solicitor general Lawrence Macauley asking the Transfer decision be who was in Washington yesterday for a pet eng attorney general Janet was now pm Ive asked corrections Canada offi Sampson said he was urged by Han Coxs widow Kwh to speak in not Here to we the Kim told toe National a Story published j am Here to right a ;