Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 23, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A14 editor Doug Speirs 6977294 saturday free press september 2000 Canada world Canada world news Itin Necton around the world Helene fizzles out Atlanta the remains of tropical storm Helene swept across Georgia and fell apart after dumping rain on the Florida Panhandle and spin Ning off several Little damage was several centimetres of rain fell in Atlanta and has flood watches were out for much of outdoor events such As the Peanut Festi Val in former president Jimmy Carters Home town were still Helenes Centre made landfall with top winds near 72 Kilometres an hour at about 7 cd near fort Walton Beach it was downgraded to a tropical depression a few hours Ozone Hole grows Geneva the Hole in the Ozone layer Over Antarctica is growing at an unprecedented and could reach a record depth this United nations meteorologists said the findings of the world meteorological organization come two weeks after the National aeronautics and space administration said the widest Hole Ever seen had opened up Over ant arc a sign that greenhouse gases Are taking their toll on the earths protective cube snoops Washington the United 1 states has led a worldwide drive to build the groundwork for expanded snooping in the digital Era two civil rights groups alleged in a new the electronic privacy information Center and privacy inter National highlighted what they called a push led by the Fri toward wiretap Friendly International communications Washington also has sought to curb the development and Sale of hardware and software featuring Strong the commune cation scrambling knowhow aimed at securing data from pry ing the Survey unapproved aids tests Washington a government crackdown on Unap proved aids tests sold Over the has uncovered another complaint such tests routinely Iare exported to other countries with no guarantee they officials the Federal Trade commission this week announced its fourth Legal action against unapproved his a Small settlement for bidding a California distributor from misleading defective test kits May con tribute to the spread of Etc commissioner Orson swindle said in a statement accompanying the latest journalist killed Moscow a journalist work my far radio Liberty in has been found dead with severe head the radio said Iskandar who also was a worked for the radios tajik service aimed at the former soviet Republic on the Border with and it but the radio declined to give any further it was not Clear How he received his tire recommendation re it Ford motor will recon incl Ford explorer own e inflate their tires to 207 Kuo pascals 30 pounds per Square Jafim after Stone criticized the automaker in congressional Tes Timony As setting the pressure too automaker released a letter a saying it is Rastog the move because the company Tes Turocy be caused confusion Chretien keen to drop writ by Jim Brown Ottawa Only a week into the fall sitting of some politicians Are wondering whether prime minister Jean Chretien is going to Cut the session Short for an Early for Chretien has been telling fellow liberals to be ready to fight a Campaign any time from this autumn for months they have been telling him it would be better to wait until next the debate was renewed this week As Chretien convened the first party Cau leans toward calling snap election so far Hes in a minority9 insider Cus of the political buoyed by a Federal provincial Deal on health he really does want to have an elec one insider reported the problem is that so far Hes in a Minori a snap election give Alliance Leader Stockwell chosen in As much time to get his party but Many liberals recall the 1997 when Chretien went to the people just a few months Short of the Normal fou year Mark in his first Man he ran a lacklustre Campaign and barely escaped with a reduced majority an election this fall would come less than 3 years into the current Man Date and make it even harder to explain to voters Why an Early vote is theres going to be an but not till next says Toronto area Bac Bencher Derek theres no platform yet and no Stan of fears hed have trouble explaining what Hes doing on Peoples doorsteps if he has to Start canvassing this i think its Clear the government is providing Good government and we can continue to do so until the says continued please see election a19 Day draws hubbub a19 its like Shes mocking victims families lawyer Homolka party picture outrages by James Mccarten the sorority style snapshot of two Well dressed party girls look out of place in a family album or University dorm except for one thing Karla Homolka and Christina Sherry Are in prison for their roles i some of the most heinous sex crimes in recent Canadian so whats wrong with this picture its almost like Shes pulling the Wool Over our eyes one More said lawyer Tim Danson of the photos of Homolka published in newspapers yes Homolka was convicted in 1993 of two manslaughter counts and sentenced to 12 years in prison for her role in the sexual assaults and murders of Southern Ontario teenagers Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen her plea bargain with Crown officials infuriated especially when she appeared a willing participant in the attacks on French and Mahaffy on videotapes played for jurors at the 1995 trial of her Sexhus Paul Homolka testified she was a prisoner in an abusive marriage and was merely doing the bidding of her Vio Lent and deranged in the photos published Homolka and Sherry Are celebrating at a behind bars birthday party and mugging for the camera Clad in Slinky evening the images Are since Sherry was jailed three years ago for crimes eerily similar to Homolka luring women to James now designated a dangerous offender for his and helping him sexually assault and torture them in a Montreal who represents the French and Mahaffy said the pictures were a blow to his attack Bear on its september 2000 since 1778 outside metro area 704 Taktai of tool major police Ron comment Ito our Fly 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facility 70 Kilometres Northeast of Montreal that critics Call club Joliette features 10 Semi detached Bungalow units with a Host of including that allow inmates to interact with each prisoners at Joliette Are allowed More Day today responsibilities than inmates in maximum Security ins Titu they Cook for shop for their own groceries and do their own guards refer to the facility As the love but Joliette and the four other All female facilities like it in Canada Are very effective at reintegrating inmates into said correctional services spokesman Pierre these pictures create a very distorted View of of e in a Federal women Florea Csc certainly regrets the distress it must have caused to the families of the continued please see Homolka a19 shot fired during standoff Over rights shooting should be a makeup Call to everyone Mercredi by Chris Morris cd Muumin poem natives held a rally on the shores of Miramichi Burnt the standoff Over native fishing rights in new Brunswick turned Vio Lent yesterday when a nonnative boat was struck by a Bullet fired from another ramp Kevin Vickers said mounties received news of the shot at exactly the same time As a Federal deadline expired ordering Burnt Church natives to remove their lobster traps from the Miramichi Bay Vickers had few details but said nobody was Hurt in the incident the complaint is that four White Fishers on a fish ing boat were struck by a Bullet allegedly fired from a boat believed to have been driven by some natives from Burnt he there was very Little damage to the boat and no one was the Bullet smashed into the toilet of the com Mercial lobster fishing reporters who tried to get details of the incident at the Neguac wharf were told to leave by angry nonnative fishermen who have been pressuring Ottawa to take action against the Burnt Church lob Ster the situation continues to be very difficult to Deal with for everyone Vickers the will do our utmost to ensure there Are no breaches of the Vickers said there Are no he said that while its alleged the shot was fired from a native he does not believe the Burnt Church Community either authorized or promoted such an we have every reason to at this that the or acted ind Epen an unidentified Man who said he was on the non native fishing boat at the time of the told ctr the native boat tried to ram their he also said the including at least one Warrior dressed in military fired flares at the nonnative he said the Bullet came through the Back of the wheelhouse and blew the toilet right off its chief Wilbur Dedam of Burnt Church condemned any violence and said the incident reportedly involved a nonnative fishing boat which was con fronting a native fishing boat that was counting in Oyide former chief of the Assembly of first said the native group delivered a message to senior do officials asking the department to avoid confrontation and resume mediated talks with the he said the shooting should be a makeup Call to everyone in the the shot disrupted what was otherwise an unexpectedly peaceful Day at Burnt hundreds of native people lined the Shore of the Bay to drum and chant As the lat morning deadline for removing their traps slipped by with out ;