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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 22, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2 Winnipeg september 2000 digest Index local editorials a10 focus a11 letters to the editor a11 business stocks b6 family notices in a emporiums b9 classified b10 Jumble b12 diversions Ann Landers d3 comics d2 sports record entertainment d1 movies d7 prime time to c12 weather c12 i i i deaths Alexander widower of Agnes Mary Edna wife of William Marie Mary widow of John Jock of Reva widow of Israel of Swift widow of Vera widow of Denis Kapustiak Ken husband of Elizabeth widower of Beatrice widower of Maria Sig Lillian wife of Ben classified death notices b9 lotteries pick 3 winning number yesterday was lotto winning numbers wednesday were and Bonus number was the Jackpot of was carried 9 winners in the five out of six plus Bonus num Ber category each win win ners in the five out of six number category each win winners in the four out of six number category each win winners in the three out of six number category 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outside Winnipeg 18005428900 v directors publisher Rudy Redekop 6977362 editor Nicholas Hirst 6977295 director of circulation Harry Brown 6977359 director of advertising marketing Laurie Finley 6977164 director of finance Dan Koshowski 6977425 director of human resources Don Dufort 6977358 director of operations and technology Glenn Williams 6977045 Canada Post sales agreement 0563595 recycled newsprint is used in the production of this newspaper tax system continued from Page a1 the average Price of Gas across As of last was cents a the liberals Are looking at using the tax sys either through direct rebates or get cred As a Way to provide Relief from sky High fuel we have people working like crazy on what kind of mechanism we can said one adding a solution will not come under discussion is a proposal that might see an income tested credit flow to canadians to reflect higher prices paid to fill up their heat their Home with Oil or natural Gas and fuel truckers Liberal concern Over Home heating Oil is More acute because it is a major fuel source in East Ern Canada and the maritime where they Are desperate to win Martins tentative move towards helping out Consumers comes As the opposition launched a full court press on the government to Cut fuel the commons was dominated yesterday by debate on a Canadian Alliance motion that proposed a Cut in the Federal excise tax and the end of a double charging of the another motion that has Strong support from the tories and the nip would Cut roughly cents from the Price of a litre of As the debate in the commons inde pendent Ontario truckers Are ready to begin a strike today to protest what they say is a 75 per cent increase in fuel prices this what is further fuelling the cry for tax cuts is the fact Martin is staring at a surplus that could reach billion this Alliance Leader Stockwell Day said the liberals have a moral obligation to Cut the excise which was introduced in 1995 to fight the the liberals argued the Alliance motion does nothing to help those most affected by High fuel and those who heat their Homes with the excise tax does not exist on Home heating Oil or diesel and truckers Are Able to receive a get input Ontario grit Dan Mcteague failed in his attempt to Amend the Alliance motion to focus on Low income canadians and urged provincial governments to consider providing similar Mcteague proposal May be reflective of cur rent Liberal thinking As he led a 1998 Liberal caucus report on Gas the tories argued that failure to act on High fuel costs would put at risk the lives of Low income canadians who rely on Home heating tory my Rick Boro Tsik Brando Souris said Martin must make Good on his Promise to get rid of the excise tax because the deficit is to do otherwise would be a total political Boro Tsik promotion continued from Page a1 scary novel continued from Page a1 while illness May have affected the 33yearold Surin has been troubled by a tender Ham string the speedster from who Only last summer was clocked at in the world championships in Spain seemed to struggle out of the and afterwards walked past the wait ing press holding a hand to his left not said who like Bailey has invoked a self imposed Media not Good at it want Clear if Surin was talk ing about his hamstring or his but it didst either its ominous news for the Canadian olympic Hopes in both the 100 metres and the 4 x100 relay where the canucks also claimed Gold in Canadas Only other 100metre 20yearold Nicolas Macro Fonaris of failed to Advance after his heat time of you cannot expect me a 20 year old Guy who just came into the sport a couple years make the Young sprinter but in Ive achieved what i wanted to making the team and running and walking off the track with a smile on my i wont be forgetting May con Sider yesterdays results a lot less especially in Light of Baileys Awe inspiring dash in where he lifted the spirits of an entire country when he went head Ohead with the vaunted americans in their own backyard and boldly stole the Gold he was the worlds fastest a National until tragedy struck two years ago when Bailey Tore his Achilles Tendon in a pick up basketball despite predictions he was Fin Bailey managed to work his Way Back to the world sprinting but the 32yearold Oakville native has since been plagued by Tam photo Bruny Surin in by a whisker hamstring troubles and inconsistent always Brash and the now reclusive Bailey did Post a time in the past giving some Hope that he might somehow Rise to the occasion in but when word of his flu Bug Many observers were questioning whether Bailey was planting the seeds for a pos olympics in Bailey had the Media guessing whether or not he would even show up until a few hours before yesterdays an australian television station actually reported that the Canadian had bowed out of the you know Macro Fonaris when asked about the state of Baileys we dont know exactly what Hes Bailey added to the tension with a false Start out of Lane six the Sec Ond false Start of the but while his trademark explosion out of the Block was not Bailey steadied and recovered with a burst to nose out German Marc who finished seconds after the Bailey ignored the shouts of the waiting walking past with his head but just As he Bailey looked up and flashed a wide Grin and but that smile seemed much More genuine at the finish line in entry level positions at converges will Start at slightly More than an but with regularly scheduled pay increases and internal promotion Hallonquist said employees can reach an Hallonquist said he realized that filling his employee Ros Ter will be difficult in the tight local Job in Manitoba unemployment rate was the lowest in the country at per cent compared with a National rate of per compounding the Challenge is that a number of local oper including cantal Canada Naylor Kitchen Craft of Canada and air have announced their intentions during the past few months to hire More than were trying to differentiate ourselves As an employer of we consider our entry level positions an entry into a Hallonquist said in an interview from North he cited the company employee Stock Purchase benefits and practice of promoting from within As examples that differentiate it from other firms competing for the eve shrink ing Pool of sue converges manager of corporate and Community relations in said the Success of the Winnipeg which has grown from just 260 people when it opened five years paved the Way for other Canadian expansion in Edmonton and the Call Centre Industry has come a Long Way from its beginnings As a telemarketing service renowned for poor working conditions and Low wages in the said Steve dem executive Vic president of the Manitoba Call Centre Call centres Are morphing into customer Contact its a worldwide every business application is moving into the internet Economy and into customer based he Demmings said the converges wrings bring the number of Call Centre jobs in Manitoba to near a number he expects will be surpassed once a couple More announcements Are made in the coming he noted that As Call centres have evolved from Selling mag Azine subscriptions to providing knowledge based services for software and the the skills and Edu cation required by workers have As Call centres become More proficient and customers become More the employees skill Levels must get that positive for them because it gives them a wider Range of employment he All converges employees will move from its two Down town offices to the company hew location in the Square foot fort Garry Plant abandoned by Nortel networks last 10 Salmon 100 Tiger shrimp 8 lobster tails fresh Pickerel daily we pack for travel 596 Dufferin 5893474 Deer Lodge Centre making lives better to Volunteer Call 8312541 Stasil halloween costumes 2550 printed tableware pottery Pine lighting drapery drapery Ruga Armolea Indian Rosewood custom 9 until 23 784 Corydon design services available to sat 106 Sun 125 off 50 off Winnipeg original discount 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