Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 1, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Soundbite in going to let my name stand and let the members my Jack convicted last rear of attempted Ani Ramett a will seek an Alliance b5 june 2000 Canad world b1 business b7 tse list Wijs b9 Mutual funds b10 editor Doug Speirs 6977294 news continued on my Hwy i j i Tori traded Selts for Plait session m the ormer israeli reconstruction packages the area after 22 cheering and ing sheep As police to control the pressing or drug tuesday Nguye plane crash feared in in i1 my Janina Zinith Ecomet be f i Whf teff Jacques press crowds lined Montreal Ste Catherine Street to watch fans bid Farewell to hockey legend Richard inspires applause even in death by Michelle Macafee in Maurice Richard inspired outbursts of admiring applause from the thousands of hockey fans who came yesterday to say goodbye Ai an emotional funeral Many arrived at the ornate Notredame Basil Ica looking much like they would turning up to see the game that gave them their legend sporting Montreal canadians sweaters and even cameras draped around their As fans crowded inside to join another family friends and hundreds More milled around outside to watch the 80minute service on a Large Richards funeral attracted a who who of hockey and politics rarely seen together in one Henri Richard lower right Breaks Down As his Brothers casket is wheeled into the other pall bearers Are Elmer Ken Butch Jean Ken Reardon and Gerry clockwise from Bottom prime Quebec premiers past and As Well As hockey stars from at least seven decades were among those who paid trib Ute to the Man whose Onice exploits thrilled the whole country from 1942 until but the Day really belonged to people like Claude a fan who managed to get a seat at the Back of the i have missed being part of it for said who watched Richard on to during his final it was really very i think it was the final homage the Public wanted to continued please see Richard b2 Richards legacy c3 Nulu chum on Canadian hum t outbreak in Ontario full scale inquiry ordered into deaths Premier bows to pressure Over out Coli outbreak by Colin Perkel Toronto Ontario chief Coroner was investigating nine deaths in connection with the provinces killer Coli out break yesterday As Premier Mike Harris finally bowed to pressure and ordered a full scale Public inquiry into the tainted water chief Coroner James Young stressed that not All the deaths Are necessarily related to the water poisoning in Rural walk but health officials in the area have said at least seven people have died from Coli infections Over recent two others a 92yearold woman who died May 15 and a 69yearold Man who died May 19 have been added to the list of deaths possibly linked to the but Young urged caution just because we Are investigating a death does not mean it was caused by what was Clear yesterday was that the planned coroners inquest will be charting new weve had outbreaks in nursing Homes of illness but not in the general population and not through drinking Young the probe will be wide ranging and will delve into How the towns water was test How the contamination occurred and whether government actions or policy played a it could Call Harris or some of his Cabinet ministers to Tes who has faced steady fire Over government cutbacks to the environment ministry and the decision to privatize water testing in finally gave in to hound ing from the opposition for a Public who has blamed Tannis too Hiyi Canadian Mem Young caution human error for the had wanted a legislative com dubbed by critics As a Kangaroo he said such a committee would get answers faster than the pub Lic inquiry demanded by the but by Early har Ris issued a statement saying that because the opposition had rejected a legislative com he would appoint a judge or retired judge to head up an we have a responsibility to the victims and their families to get to the Bottom of this Harris said in a news we will not rest until we Liberal Leader Dalton Mcguinty welcomed the but attacked Harris for not calling a Public inquiry Days it was because they Felt the heat and not because they saw the Mcguinty the opposition also attacked Harris for failing to appear in the Legislatures daily question leaving it to attorney general Jim Flaherty to make the announcement to the leg Flaherty said he would out line the inquiry scope in 10 continued please see Broad inquiry b2 29 3 adults held hostage Luxem Bourg police were negotiating with a heavily armed Man yesterday for the release of 29 children and three adults held hostage in Eastern Lux the in his late 30s and of algerian has demanded a plane and Safe passage to he had walked unchallenged into a daycare Centre in a Village on the Luxem Bour German Border yester Day afternoon brandishing a hand grenade and Security including a German special forces cordoned off the building and settled in for a Long night of negotiations by Telephone with the who had threat ened violence if his demands were not around half the children All under the age of eight were thought to be of portuguese continued please see hostages 92 feds vow action on forces poisoning by Stephen Thorne Ottawa the Federal government will respond within Days to an investigators report that six Canadian soldiers poisoned their platoon commander in defence minister Art Eggleton said but whatever Ottawa decides to its too late for former warrant officer Matt who says he plans to sue the defence department and the Feder Al government for not telling him of the Eggleton told the commons he and the chief of defence staff will come up with an action plan that will be both disabled victim plans to sue military fair and i want to also emphasize that what these people have done and what has happened Here does not reflect upon what the vast majority of the Fine dedicated men and woman in our Canadian forces Are he investigators say at least six soldiers admitted slipping naphtha heating stove fuel Antifreeze and Boot Black ener into Stop Fords Coffee in the Early 1990s in repeated attempts to Render him too sick to do his the platoon commander had apparently been branded a John Wayne Type who was forcing his troops to take too Many risks in a War Stopford is now Blind in one has poor vision in the and suffers seizures and various other health prob lems that confine him to doctors have been unable to Trace the source of his but Stopford blames senior not a medic reported the poisonings to senior officers at the time but he said he was Only told to keep an Eye on nothing was done to Stop the poisonings and Stopford was never told of the con if this is i could be healthy right Stopford said from his Home in in a Crip if the Only Way to make the army accountable for their actions is to take them to a civilian Well in going to have to do i mind an apology from both the government and and for not telling me for seven years that my Guys tried to Poison investigators have said administrative actions such As fines or Dis honourable discharges Are their Only available continued please see poisoning 62 ;