Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 9, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free press Dlice Makr 2000 a16 editor Doug Speirs 6977294 news continued on f m m m w or Canada Canadian press archives scientists warn that current catch Levels will shrink cod stocks to what they were before the 93 cod Stock shrinking three years after the cod fishery reopened off the South coast of newfound Federal scientists Are ring ing alarm Bells the fisheries department released a Bleak status report yesterday suggesting current catch Levels will reduce the spawning Stock to the size it was just before the devastating cod moratorium was imposed in sep tember the spawning Stock is starting to decline said Bruce the departments regional director of the closure of the Southern cod fishery in which came a year after the Northern fishery was shut helped eliminate jobs in Newfoundland and Eastern making it the largest mass Layoff in Canadian fiscally unfit Ottawa the Agency that nagged canadians for 30 years to exercise and get is shutting Down at yearned because of Money the Agency annual funding from the which was about million 30 years gradually it was Down to about this participation wanted a raise to million a Lastman on defence Toronto mayor Mel last Man has filed a notice of intent to defend the lawsuits launched by his a mistress and her two sons who allege Hes their two lawsuits one by Grace and the other by her Kim and Todd Louie were filed last the lawsuits claim graces children were fathered by last who allowed them to be raised in abject the louies Are seeking Lastman admitted he had a 14 year affair with a married starting in but he neither confirmed nor denied prisoner takes plunge Prince police said yesterday they found a Sui cide note from a prisoner who managed to push open a heavy air plane door and fend off a Deputy sheriff before leaping metres to certain search and Rescue officials called off the search for Donald Biggs body in Hecate Strait Between the Mainland and Queen Charlotte Bigg faced charges of sexual assault with a Alliance gains ground Regina the nip retained one seat and lost another yester Day As judicial recounts were completed in two Federal Ridings in in the Palliser which includes parts of Regina and Moose nip incumbent Dick Proctor won by 209 votes Over Canadian Alliance challenger Don in Cen nip incumbent John Solomon lost by 160 votes to Alliance candidate Larry a 58yearold Regina compiled from Canadian press Canada world water chief resigns source payout to key Walkerton crisis figure cited by Colin Perkel Toronto the Man in the hot seat Over the handling of tainted tap water that killed seven and sickened hundreds in Rural Southwest Ern Ontario has resigned and accepted More than a years salary As a a source close to the Deal said Stan who earned a year As manager of Public utilities which he joined 28 years will get a including the Days in Vaca Tion time he had accumulated but was unable to its Only a question of the Date the resignation takes the source said from the farming the which has been asked to foot the Bill for the sever says nothing has been the Puc has asked for Money and Council has said they must have Legal advice with respect to what their respond if Are and what their options said Rod the lawyer who represents the Council was expected to discuss the matter at a close door session on the utilities commission recommended acceptance of the package on said a source familiar with that lawyers for both parties had been working on an agreement since he i dont think we were actively look ing for Oebels but he had been off for a Long time and with the Evi Dence that is coming it was Felt we should at least discuss the situation with the source but word of the settlement has upset Many people in the the optics of it Are not said Bruce Davidson of concerned Walker ton continued please see water a17 Steve Russell Canadian press a to Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau left and Jett Centre get a tour of the space station from space station welcomes endeavours Crew aboard Cape the Crew of space station Alpha finally welcomed space shuttle endeavours astronauts aboard after six Days of flying in locked the commanders of the two space both Navy followed the etiquette of the High the Crew requests permission to come shuttle skipper Brent Jett called out As soon As the space station Hatch swung permission replied Sta Tion skipper Bill As Jett floated inside followed by his Shepherd rang a ships Bell and announced in a singsong voice it was a Jumble of Blue and red As the two Crews Shook hands and slapped each other on the the three space station crewmen wore Blue athletic suits the five shuttle including Canadian astronaut Marc were in red Golf shirts and Blue endeavours astronauts were the first visitors Shepherd and russian cosmonauts Yuri Gudzenko and Sergei Kri Kalev have had since they moved into the International space station on Shepherd commended the endeavour Crew for installing and then fixing a giant set of electricity generating solar wings on the space i cant think of a Mission that weve flown in a Long time that been a big Ger he solar wings the glittering solar stretch ing 73 metres from tip to were already generating More than 40 kilo Watts of on two endeavour space walkers had to tighten the right which was too Slack when it was unfurled four Days Earli the hatches Between endeavour and Alpha could not be opened until that third and final because the shuttles Cabin pressure had to be kept lower than Normal for the spacewalk the two Crews have just 25 hours together before the hatches Are sealed Back endeavour is due to pull away on saturday and return to Earth on Shepherd and his Crew have at least three More months aboard the first Canadian in said yesterday that he Likely was on his last Mission and could turn the Page you cant be greedy in Gar Neau told a news conference Broad cast at the Canadian space Agency in suburban Schubert near Ive fulfilled just about All of the things that i would have Ever dreamt even Many that i didst even dream that i could Ever so in very Happy to have been Able to Fly on three occasions in space and especially to finish off with an Opportunity to visit station App with wife Carol is expected to receive Mideast bloodshed mounts on Day of rage Jerusalem palestinian gunmen ambushed jewish and israeli tank shells razed a palestinian police guard Post As the deadliest fighting in weeks engulfed the Territo seven palestinians and three israelis were the bloodshed came just three Days before the arrival of a inquiry commission looking into the and it dimmed waning prospects for a resumption of peace who were marking the 13th anniversary of the outbreak of their first uprising against Israel with a Day of warned the fighting would the uprising is a strategic Choice of the palestinian and it cant be there will be an escalation in the com ing said Marwan head of palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat Fatah movement in the West israeli prime minister Ehud meeting with israeli peace activists yes said a renewal of talks was his ultimate but that he would not give in to opening fire yesterday began with palestinian gun men opening fire on a Van carrying israelis to the jewish settlement of Kiry at near a 39yearold school teacher and Mother of As Well As the were another teacher was after Muslim noon hundreds of palestinians poured from mosques and marched toward israeli throwing stones at israeli who responded with stun tear Gas and rubber coated steel in a 16yearold Palestin Ian was killed by a shot to the head in clashes with israeli troops outside Rachels revered by jews As the burial site of the biblical in outside the Al Asa mosque dozens of Rock throwers fought with riot police along the via or Way of which tradition says Jesus took to his Clouds of tear Gas Rose from the Cobblestone alleys of Jerusalem walled old a group of palestinian dressed in Long Robes and wearing collected stones for the one protester was killed by israeli fire and several were several policemen were also associated press Faith turns to curses at Bush he despite Florida its definitely not Backer counselled Texas for Bush the Light they perceived at the end of the postelection Day Tunnel turned out to be an oncoming judicial freight Jesus Christ a frustrated staffer yelled at bus Cheney Headquarters As she stormed from the room As others Shook their Heads in but the Shock of the Florida supreme courts ruling yesterday mandating fur ther recounts quickly melted away As workers headed Back to their desks in an office where the unusual has become Telephone lines linking the Campaign to the outside world became counselling hotlines for frustrated dont be a worker told a dont have a heart another caller was its definitely not near the governors a there demonstrators of various stripes have been hanging around since just after election yesterdays rulings ignited emotions rubbed raw by 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