Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 27, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba May 2000 a14 editor Doug Speirs 6977294 Canada world news Ntim firl in 17 r11 13 11 around the world teacher shot to death Lake a 13 year old student sent Home from school for throwing water bal loons on the last Day of classes returned and fatally shot a teacher with a semiautomatic pistol police the Grade 7 student returned to Lake Worth Community Middle police chief William Smith spoke with teacher Barry pulled out a calibre pistol and fired a single killing the envoy leaves Peru Peru Eduardo the organization of american states envoy who tried and failed to win agreement for delay in Perus presidential left the coun try yesterday saying tomorrows voting will not provide a basis for anthrax Retreat a the defence department yesterday informed air Force Clifton one of the highest ranking officers to refuse to take controversial anthrax that he May resign under honourable students protest Belgrade students took to the streets of the yugoslav capital yesterday demanding an end to state repression and urging opposition politicians to come up with a More effective strategy against president Slobodan close vote Likely London with Northern ire lands peace agreement hanging by a thread and violence breaking out anew in the embattled British the largest protestant party will meet today to decide whether to rejoin the new Power sharing local the question facing the Ulster unionist party executive Council was described by one expert yester Day As very around Canada he killed teacher jury a Man was convicted of first degree Mur Der thursday for sexually assaulting a strangling her and then hiding her body in piles of Martin Edelenbos was sentenced to life in with no Chance of parole for 25 years after the jury returned the guilty verdict in the murder of Eileen of Mckenna asked to run new Brunswick Premier Frank Mckenna confirmed rumours this week that he has been approached by the prime minis ters office and asked about running for the liberals in the next Federal expected to be held within a while Mckenna did not absolutely close the door to the he made it Clear this is not a Good time for he said his has been diagnosed with breast cancer and family considerations Are uppermost in his sentence appealed Saskatoon the Crown will Appeal a nine month jail sen tence handed Alberta my Jack for attempted rape because it believes the penalty is too Ramsay received notice this week that the Crown will ask the Saskatchewan court of Appeal to review the suing Church Thunder Alleg ing cultural genocide and sexual and physical a group of Northwestern Ontario natives has filed a lawsuit a Aust Ottawa and the anglican Church of the announced yester was filed on behalf of 22 former students of the now defunct Pelican Falls Indian residential school in a Remote Corner of the Canada world soundbite we continually Deal Mth people friends who Are who Are sick you going to put changes into effect so this Type of tragedy never has to happen again Veronica Walkerton town awash in rage Walkerton buries Coli shrieks at Harris by James Mccarten fury and fear spilled on to the streets of this sleepy farm Community yesterday As Resi dents began burying victims amid the worst Coli outbreak in Canadian flags across town flew at half Mast and police began an investigation that could Lead to criminal charges As 66 year old Lenore Al was Laid to rest at the sacred heart roman Catholic five including an have died and As Many As More have fallen ill As a result of the deadly Coli bacteria thought to have swept into the towns water Supply during a torrential rainstorm two weeks and As re eyed residents gathered outside the local Post office to listen to a statement from Ontario Premier Mike their grief quickly turned into we Are a Small town we have dealt with resident Veronica David son shrieked at who refused to take questions from locals who tried in vain to get the premiers we continually Deal with people friends who Are who Are sick Are you going to put changes into effect so this Type of tragedy never has to happen again townspeople have been furious since learning the Community pub Lic utilities commission knew Coli was in the water for More than a week but failed to Alert Harris said it was the former nip government that downloaded water testing to municipalities in new democrats who served under former Premier Bob Rae were not immediately available to comment on Harriss but Erik the provincial Audi warned in his annual report in 1996 a year after Harris was elected that because of the govern ment was failing to audit hundreds of Small water plants across the there was change after 1996 made but it was very Peters said town residents were planning a rally today and tomorrow to protest Ontario government cutbacks they say Are responsible for the Coli by Ontario provincial police had begun conducting inter views and collecting documents in an Effort to find out if someone is Crimi Nally the investigation right now is not criminal in but that could change As the evidence comes said Rick Murray the areas med ical officer of said in nearby Owen sound that Many Are still sick and he expected the death toll to other cases of Coli infection were being reported yesterday in cities throughout southwestern including London and Kitch officials believe those cases stemmed from the Walkerton out mayor Dave Thomson said hed spoken to Stan the manager who stands accused of knowing about the contamination More than a week ago but failing to Tell Koebel feels extremely is very sorry that he haunt taken More prompt Thomson residents bearing signs wait to see Premier Mike Harris at the town office yesterday in while family members carry the casket of Lenore makes a donation at a water depot in the grief and bacteria stricken Community where five have in not a says paediatrician who cracked deadly Coli Case the actions of a who denies Shes a helped uncover a massive Coli out break in Rural Ontario and spurred health officials into Kristen was the Doc Tor to recognize the first two bacterial infection cases in the outbreak that hit this Small farming town and left hundreds ill and at least five in devastated by the number who have been said Hallett on herself a Mother of two Young children in Owen about 40 Kilometres Northeast of walk in not a i was just doing my her involvement began May 18 when a colleague referred to her an 11year old boy from Walkerton who was experiencing severe abdominal the who was thought to have was admitted to an Owen sound Hospital suffering from bloody that same a seven Earold Walkerton girl was admitted at the same suffering from severe abdominal vomiting and Diar my first gut reaction i was worried said suspecting not tainted water but contaminated same school Hallett asked the girl if she had eaten at any fast food restaurants lately and was told she had a week after interviewing the Hallett found out the two children attended the same Walkerton that left Hallett worrying that there could be other children who were at but she also wondered if it could be the towns water Supply that caused the the following morning she called Murray the regions chief medical officer of but reach in the she said she was told by a Hospital nurse that Walkerton Hospital was bombarded with similar Hallett called Back again and was Adamant you have to make sure Mcquigge gets this message it could not sit Over the she Mcquigge called the Walkerton pub Lic utilities that starting an investigation that would reveal the deadly contamination in Walker tons drinking the girl Hallett treated was recovering in a London Hospital thursday and the boy was recovering at he was a real Hallett another Young patient she saw tues a Foury Earold was in stable condition in press nations tallest Peak Stormy weather cuts Victory Celebration Short by Julia Necheff Edmonton Ross Watson stood triumphantly atop mount the first Blind person to conquer Canadas tallest but unforgiving Mother nature robbed him of a Victory fatigued and chilled to the the Alberta Man and three climbing part ners reached the Summit thursday at cd during a Hig Halti tude they marked the achieve ment with a few High fives and took some then were forced to beat a Hasty Retreat from the icy relent less wind and threatening it was an extremely Stormy we Only crested the stood there for in photos and ran before we got blown the Watson said in an inter View yesterday via satellite phone from mount a Peak in Yukon Remote Kluane National we certainly had some concerns about How cold we How exhausted we were and How much wind there was at the said a 49year old town councillor and Lodge operator from also reaching the Summit were expedition Leader Jay Honeyman of and Geoff of along with film Crew member Graham of As they made their final ascent to the West Summit during terrible conditions they could see the storm on top of the making them wonder All along the Way whether they should Watson talks on phone on mount Logan earlier this Watson with just 200 metres to they were still trying to decide whether to go for during the entire Watson relied on feeling the tracks of his teammates ahead of him when they were on i they were using crampons spiked Iron plates fixed to their and ice i would rope up really Short to the climber in front of me and listen to the direction he was sometimes i actually just had to follow the direction of the v Canadian Fass ;