Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 9, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg Fri 2000 Sage eng continued from Page a1 although the Centre now operates As one it started As two separate pro Grams to treat alcoholism and solvent this is the latest Volley in a Battle that has been raging Between the treatment Centre and health Canada since it was Learned the Centre sent about 70 staff members and 10 others on a Caribbean cruise seven weeks Centre officials have said the Tab for the professional development exercise was paid for by affidavits from government appoint de auditors note there were unsupported claims for payments made to places such As shoppers Haven jewellery in Maarten in the Caribbean islands and grand Pines to Din ers american and for air line health Canada Cut the centres fund ing last claiming staff refused to cooperate with an audit into books that covered the time of last Falls Caribbean the which was closed at the time of the has since reopened and has started to admit patients it has about health Canada spokesman Jeff pen Der said Ottawa would like to see them transferred to other but they must consent to the in the Case of their parents must the department funded 95 per cent of the centres budget through a variety of separate deals signed Over the last few auditors Victor Duret with Komg and Gary Timm of Kroll Lindquist Avey la complained that while some financial and client records were made available to they were stonewalled in efforts to conduct a Complete audit of the in a 29 letter to Gordon acting director general of health Cana Das internal audit Duret and Timm said they but did not interviews with staff members who were on the cruise As Well As the they also wanted copies of the professional development including instructor and staff the affidavits also Point to missing Bank Deposit incomplete patient records and unsupported payments to consultants and outside in a 27 letter to the the centres lawyers said no Public funds were used for the at any they the foundation had the right to pay for the cruise for professional development boosting employee morale or As an employee no matter where the Money came in addition to health Canada is seeking an accounting of All Public funds received by the defendants under 1997 and 1998 Transfer the parties Are to meet in court next tues Day to set a hearing with files from Canadian press recount continued from Page a1 formidable Legal and political Obsta cles were instantly rolled into Gores Bush lawyers sent a Quick Appeal to the supreme they also asked a Federal District court in Atlanta to pre vent any recounts from the Texas governors Florida representative was outraged after the states High court ruled in favour of this is what happens for the first time in modern a candidate resorts to lawsuits to try to overturn the outcome of an election for said former Secretary of state James the republicans who dominate the Florida legislature prepared to Trump the states High they began the process yesterday of certifying a slate of representatives to the electoral College that will cast their votes for circuit judge Sanders Sauls had rejected Gores bid to order selective manual recounts in a few counties earlier this the Florida supreme court has ordered a far broader recount than Gore originally raising doubts it can be completed before when elec tors Loyal to a presidential candidate must be the High court justices said so called under votes ballots on which there was no vote for president must be recounted in All 67 Florida counties where such a recount has not yet but the bitter nature of the Divide Between the justices was made Clear in the dissent written by chief Justice Charles the prolonging of judicial process in this counting propels this coun try and this state into an unprecedented and unnecessary constitutional Wells i have to conclude that there is a real and present likelihood that this constitutional crisis will do substantial dam age to our to our state and to this court As an Florida 25 electoral votes would push either Bush or Gore Over the 270vote threshold needed to be elected two Florida circuit judges earlier rejected democratic bids to invalidate enough Absentee ballots to put Gore ahead of they concluded Republican election officials in Seminole and Martin coun ties might have erred slightly when they allowed Republican operatives to sup ply missing vote identification information on Absentee ballot request but the circuit judges said such irregularities did not justify the remedy sought by democrats who filed the Law suits throwing out thousands of Absen tee ballots from the two Canadian press huge leather outerwear millions of in inventory will be sold hundreds of styles Only 2 Days Efti factory direct save 50 to 80 off suggested retail Portage 9 8 am10 pm former Winnipeg Supply 10 11 am7 pm thousands of mens ladies leather jackets i Wool camping jackets i Wool parkas ladies length Lambskin Parka fur 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nagging at me about the tragic death of Jovita the 52yearold woman who was struck Down late last month by a stolen truck that was being pursued by a police it was some thing i heard last that the keys were in the truck and the motor was running when it was police Media spokesman Bob Johnson confirmed who was the owner i asked i wanted to ask him How he Felt about what particularly Given that if the truck haunt been left the thieves probably have stolen at the very it would have taken them certainly longer than the 17 min utes it took from the time they hopped in and drove off around until the time it which Means that Jovita Ominga have been on Selkirk Avenue when the red Chevy pickup spun out of control and pinned her to a building As her husband she already would have been driving to work at the Tuxedo Villa nursing instead of just getting into her Johnson give me the name of the truck but he offered to try to Contact the Guy and have him phone i had another question for where was the truck when it was stolen when Johnson got Back to me yes he had but want Able to reach the owner of the but he said the truck had been at a repair i phoned precision at 90 Macdonald Street late yester Day afternoon and spoke to a Mechanic named who knew the Dan explained the Chevy belonged to a Friend of his named a Guy who in his Dan said Brian is a and sometimes he brings the truck by precision transmission to do some work on that what Brian had planned to do with him that Dan so while they were Clearing out the service Bay to make room for the red Brian moved his truck to the service and because it was cold and snowy and figuring that it would Only be a minute or two before the Chevy was safely inside Brian did something he never he didst lock the club on his steering he left it in the Back Dan Brian used his second set of keys to lock the and next thing they it was i asked Dan How Brian was feeling about what Brian is the kind of Guy who keeps things to Dan so he really haunt said much to him about but Dan said he knew Brian was upset about losing his was his Pride and of that a woman had been killed by i was still wondering How the thieves got into the i mean if it was Dan said he didst know for was there any broken Glass on the ground i i didst see but Dan did notice the thieves foot Are you sure Brian locked it i dead Dan Hes a very responsible he quickly one other Section 221 subsection 1 of Man Tobas Highway traffic act makes it an offence to leave a motor vehicle without Locking the steering column and removing the but Section subsection 2 offers one if its you can leave a car running and unattended for the purpose of warming the vehicle and defrosting the Windshield in Winter so Brian did nothing wrong by leaving his keys in the nothing that the Drivers of four out of 10 stolen cars in North America Haven done before closing out Sal liquidating entire Stock now Many other items too Many to list i 9 All sales final while quantities last Dpi Caprice 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