Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 5, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba 958rent 7368 june 2000 Canad world b1 business b7 editor Doug Speirs 6977294 news continued on d6 around Canada free trip for defendant Halifax welfare officers accidentally helped a Halifax Man skip bail when they bought him a plane ticket to British the Nova Scotia jus Tice department then paid another to Send two peace officers to bring him Back in Lloyd Eugene was to go on trial March 6 on charges of sexually assaulting a soldiers Iii equipped Ottawa a detailed postmortem of the Kosovo Mission concludes Canadian soldiers per formed admirably but were compromised because they did not initially receive All the equipment they says the Ottawa this unit deployed into an Uncertain theatre of operations without the required equip says the document released under the Access to information this action not Only hindered Mission accomplishment but could have jeopardized the lives of officer investigated 24year old police officer is under investigation after a car crash left one Man in critical condition and Hurt two other including a fellow provincial police will look into whether a Donnacona Cap Sante municipal police Cruiser passed illegally into the oncoming Lane before crashing into two motorcycles compiled from Canadian press around the world quake deadly Indonesia a pow Erful earthquake and several Strong aftershocks rocked the indonesian Island of killing at least 44 injuring hundreds and leaving thousands authorities said the indonesian meteorological and geophysical service said the measuring magnitude hit at yesterday and was centred beneath the Indian about 650 Kilometres Northwest of the geological Survey in estimated its strength at prime minister seized new zealand the prime minister of the Solomon Bartholomew has been taken hostage and armed rebels have put up Road blocks in the capital of new zealand ministry of foreign affairs and Trade said pipeline fire rages Nigeria a huge fire was raging along a major Oil pipeline in Southern Nigeria yesterday after youths set fire to the facility carrying refined Petroleum products to the North of the police and wit Nesses there were no immediate reports of compiled from the news services Roi Gurdebeke Windsor Star Windsor Star photographer Ted Rhodes is treated by medical personnel after being hit with Pepper Spray while he was covering Pepper Spray flies As Oas opens Summit police clash in Windsor Kevin frayed Canadian press a police officer arrests a protester outside the site of the Oas by Sandra cordon As protesters rallied yesterday to denounce liberalized prime minister Jean Chretien sprang to its insisting that open Trade reduces poverty and enhances social his opening the first organization of american states annual Assem Bly Ever held in emphasized the value of free Trade a growing Good jobs and the Promise of new Opportunity Are the pillars of a secure society and a secure Chretien told for eign ministers from the 34 Oas states who begin formal meetings enhanced Trade and investment flows Are the engines of economic growth and More than demonstrators fewer than Many expected marched through downtown Windsor to a rally outside the meeting compound to protest globalization and Trade agree ments which they say sacrifice human and labour rights to business several were Pepper sprayed and a total of 41 were arrested during Small skirmishes with police but they failed to stall the Many of the marchers wore Bala kerchiefs and goggles and some used Spray paint and Chalk to scrawl antipas and ant police Graffiti on the pavement and Concrete Barri and they complained that police in this southwestern Ontario City have overreacted to their but the demonstrators defended their we have to do we have to raise Public interest in the issues around glob explained a 20year old University student who said she was afraid to give her last a Veteran of protests in Washington that Drew people in Dorothy said Canada and the United states should speak out More strongly for the poorer members of the 34country its an unfair system and the Taa free Trade area of the americas will just make it she tied with several other protesters to a Woven web of Chretien including his Hopes for the also seemed to Fly in the face of department of foreign affairs officials who have been Down playing the role of Trade at the Oas delegates will be looking at the Agenda for next years leaders Summit in Quebec which Chretien said must Kevin Fravell Canadian press riot police use Pepper Spray to fend off a protester press ahead with an Taa that can pro Duce benefits for All nations of the Hemi by but officials have insisted the Oas Agenda this week emphasizes human Security issues and finding ways to enhance democracy rather than go foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy said late yesterday of downtown Toronto too wild for Moose by Angela Pacienza Toronto City living is proving Tough for Toronto fibreglass while roaming the wooded areas of the Canadian the mooses native the four legged beasts need Only worry about the occasional Wolf or but in the big danger has lurked around every Corner in the form of the dreaded two legged Van dozens of the three metre 540 kilogram foam stuffed fibreglass Moose arrived in Midway on the streets of Canadas biggest the brainstorm of mayor Mel who said the animals would attract tourists and raise Money for the Cana Dian olympic but it seems the Moose Are proving vandals have removed the 540kilogram Bay Street mooses Antlers More than More irresistible to vandals than to Many Moose have had their Antlers pulled off and endured the Humilia Tion of being Spray painted with Offen Sive including it was the most Jaye the producer of the Moose said of the it was a matter of the Moose being in the wrong place at the wrong so in the interest of Moose protect Rene Johston Toronto Star the City enlisted two summer Stu dents to patrol downtown streets with the sole Mission of protecting and cleaning up Toronto 300 Bull the result a gimmick that was sup posed to boost the cites revenues has turned put costing it million to advertise and fund the Moose continued please see Moose 83 the ant Trade maintaining there aiming at the wrong last months election in Peru is also on the Agenda the Oas pulled its monitoring team before the vote was even held on the grounds that it was far from free and continued please see damning report b2 alzheimer drug May control loss of memory a 75yearold Kelowna woman last week became the first Canadian to enrol in an International study on a new drug for alzheimer says a Kelowna Lee Rasmusen said the unidentified woman will be one of up to 50 Cen trial Okanagan residents to take part in the clinical study this for six patients will take which promises to freeze or even reverse symptoms such As memory continued please see alzheimer 16 custom Blind drapery Sale 3o off custom draperies and sheers choose from our entire selection of 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