Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 8, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba In june 2000 Winnipeg free press animation arrives Microsoft split japanese animated films Aren t there Art and the of a u of m open House saturday d1 Bill Gates is fighting a court ordered breakup of his company b1 the weather mainly 40 Chance of High 18 12 garbage Day 2 school Day 4 inside Accident claims shining Star to her 19yearold Valerie Berg was to her she was my shining she was killed tuesday morning in a car Accident on Highway another name on the growing list of teenage crash casual ties v capital idea new University of Manitoba profs will share million to find practical r and potentially profitable innovations like Needle free drugs and Hardy plants survival secrets a6 illegal strike looms Manitoba radiation therapists and lab technicians May Start an illegal strike because of contract negotiations that have taken a year and a mediators report that recommends a raise lower than the provinces nurses got a8 the next Pope with Pope John Paul in his Twilight years and ailing at age there is heavy speculation among Vatican watch ers about who will succeed him b5 i business bran name planes the Canadian company that brought you bran name sweatshirts is getting into the airline Dan Aykroyd helped launch roots air at a press conference in Toronto promising a stylish and fun service for business travellers 17 aut Opac rates falling Mph wants to lower premiums for vehicles by Sean Deasy Manitoba motorists should have some extra change to lose Between the car seats next year unless they Are commuting to win under a new aut Opac rate Structure Manitoba Public insurance announced owners of 77 per cent of All family passenger vehicles would pay for More than vehicle own their aut Opac Bill would drop More than the reduction for owners of Winnipeg vehicles would average the new rates would apply to All poli cies purchased or renewed beginning next March some customers will not see changes until february 2002 due to staggered insurance Sample premiums provided yesterday showed general decreases in Manitoba largest the figures showed the Cost of insuring the same vehicles for motorists who commute to Winnipeg would increase Mph also said longtime Good Drivers would no longer lose the Merit discount on their insurance Premium when they have their first a fault but would pay a onetime Accident surcharge continued please see aut Opac a2 aborigines Welcome fire stick at sacred site Steve Holland associated press Peri Kneebone and her daughter flanked by aboriginal begin Torch trek near Ayers olympic Torch lights up begins trek around Australia avers Australia the olympic flame landed on australian soil this morning and began its Jour Ney around the Island Conti nent that ends in Sydney on for the Start of the 2000 summer in the Shadow of soar i n g Crimson Luuru the most sacred of Sites to aborigines in this continent nation australian governor general sir William Deane car ried the flame in a lantern that was used to Light the olympic Torch by native leaders who handed it to australian athlete Nova who in 1996 became the first aborigine to win an olympic Gold Reggie Kun manara one of the group of eight native keepers and custodians of the spoke before Peri knee Bone received the we Are All very Happy that the fire stick has come to my fathers Luuru we have been using traditional fire Sticks since ancient times and we Are proud to Welcome this special Torch Here the olympic flame that landed Here today in the sparsely populated Outback began its trek on May 10 when it was kindled by the Sun at Greece site of the original and ancient olympic continued please see Torch a4 Steve Holland associated press with Torch wrongly jailed to get a hero feds to create special investigation unit by Dan Lett Federal Justice minister Anne Mclellan will today unveil sweeping changes to the system of reviewing wrongful con the changes will include the creation of a special investigation unit with new Powers to subpoena evidence and wit Mclellan will not be creating a fully Independent Agency to review claims of wrongful sources an Independent such As the one in the United was demanded by lawyers and other Mclellan will announce she is creating a standalone special investigations unit within her department to assess All claims of wrongful provision Independence will be ensured with a provision that the new unit will report to parliament through the the new unit will involve trained investigators As Well As lawyers to assess each and the investigators will be Given expanded Legal Powers to subpoena evidence and compel witnesses to cooperate with their the changes will also include a formal criteria outlining the conditions and issues under which the minister will con Sider an the changes Are intended to make the system More effective at recognizing and investigating possible miscarriages of the system will be much More open and accessible and a highly placed source today announcement is the culmination of More than a year of Consulta Tion and study by the Federal Justice department in response to widespread criticism of its current system for reviewing claims of wrongful convict continued please see wrongful convictions a4 for your your present and your future the Diamond anniversary ring no payments no interest till 200j Belgium Diamond St vital Centre Dikil Durian plate Cut taif ant Park Murilene Steinbach Hur Hje id Prairie ;