Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba May 2000 a14 Doug up fairs 6977294 Canada world news around mans fix 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 thousands of morphine pills when police raided his Bat his lawyer from a doctor saying prescribed Flor Phine pills on March look at those two numbers and 180 per prosecutor Bruce Macnaughton thats1 you draw your own a police dog quits Job Torolf 0 a valuable Cana Dian police dog who once sniffed out criminals in downtown Toron to is How himself on the Lam in Rural a Street smart belgian Malinis who was in the awning to find bombs and Bod escaped from his owners truck min Trainer Joe Jasicki said the three Earold Pooch Worth has All the savvy he needs to make it on the now its manslaughter Montreal a police officer and a former restaurant Doorman guilty yesterday to charges of manslaughter in the beating death of a homeless Jeanpierre died six weeks after he suffered broken vertebrae and neck injuries Fol lowing to scuffle outside a restau police had tried to arrest him for lewd const Giovanni Stante and Steve deschatelets will return to court june Canadian press around the world r evidence demanded Boston relatives of Albert Desalvo and the family of one of the women he confessed to Mur Dering Are demanding police turn Over evidence collected during their investigation into the Boston Strangler Desalvo confessed to the 11 Boston Strangler killings Between 1962 and and the murders of two other but police never charged Desalvo was serving time in prison on unrelated charges in 1973 when a convict murdered i earthquake hits Santiago an earthquake swing Shook Northern Argentina As Well As Chiles Atacama major min ing companies causing at least one of St and cutting Power and Telephone authorities War resumes Addis aba8a ignoring National pleas to end their two year Border Ethiopia and Eritrea returned to open War yes lighting reported on three in general Kofi very brutal and Canada world in bolsters Sierra Leone Force peacekeeping troops boost rebels driven away from Freetown 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 Brennan Linley associated 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 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 Homes 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 year and 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 Schoellkopf associated 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 press Elaine Thompson press firefighter climbs out of Canyon after setting Back two inmates transferred to medium Security prison policeman widow hits Ottawa decision by James Mccarten air Canada service under attack by Paula Arab Dunnett is trav Elling with a Foury Earold tugging at her a baby strapped to her Board 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 i didst have my Mother Here i would have had to throw Ray lug Gage on said on her Way from Toronto Pearson International Airport to her Home outside she found the service at far from the agent was very it Aegis like everyone is to a Pussy mood and youve walked up and to tar m said who is still re lag from the first leg of her journey a Jopek was bumped into merge of airlines puts pressure on nations 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 while it keeps a close watch on How Many people Are turned away because of the airline could not provide figures for air Canada introduced its summer schedule on april with seats on domes tie routes Cut by is per and the air line began Hying people on Canadian which in has caused fusion and missed flights because the l 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 apologized to the Public for the Inco Nve we recognize 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 and the creation of what it is calling a customer Bill of its Only place in Canada where Toronto political pressure wont change Ottawa decision to imprison together the lesbian lovers who fatally 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 Sampson said Hes written a letter to Federal solicitor general Lawrence Macauley asking the Transfer decision be who was in Washington yesterday for a meeting with attorney general Janet was noncom Ive asked corrections Canada officials to review the Macauley Sampson said he was urged by Han Coxs widow Kim to speak out in not Here to change the Kim Hancox told the National Post in a Story published i am Here to right a Canadian press ;