Winnipeg Free Press

Wednesday, December 13, 2000

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 13, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Is Bieber securities a Mun Bobi full sir Fig firm financial income Trust paid monthly Shymchyk 9460297 or 18002059070 us Talca to Chanas member of Clef Rusf Hetoum Canada world news continued on d10 around Canada brother testifies Saskatoon the brother of a Man who died of a prescription drug overdose Only hours after being released from police custody wonders whether his sibling might have lived had officers taken him to a 1 think my brother might be alive today if that one officer took it upon himself to get my brother Cory Iron told a coroners inquest Home care lacking Toronto despite urgent and in some cases chronic the mentally ill have Little Access to Home care ser vices unless they also suffer from a physical ailment that qualifies them for a report issued yesterday by the Canadian mental health association even Home care vices designed for the physically ill often Lack the flexibility to Deal with the needs of the mentally and workers Are not trained to Cope with the special challenges posed by working with schizophrenics or the chronically the report grisly display Ottawa cigarette pack Ages featuring grisly pictures of diseased organs Are hitting store shelves even though the tobacco Industry said a year ago that it was technically impossible to print but cigarette manufacturers Are crying saying they were forced to alter trademark designs to comply with new Labelling requirements after a health department official to drive one Brand off the spate of suicides there main Nain Are worried about another spate of suicides in Northern Labrador after a distraught teen jumped to his death from a 30metre broadcast Tower Early it was the 10th suicide in 10 months in the mainly inuit Nobel Choice rapped Saskatoon More than 200 of the worlds leading neurologists and medical researchers have signed an extraordinary letter criticizing the Nobel prize committee for passing Over an austrian scientist who has done groundbreaking work in the which is to be published in the next edition of the Amsterdam based journal parkinsonism related dior says this years Nobel in Medicine should rightly be awarded to Aqleh from Canadian Winnipeg Respre december 13 1 b1 Canada world business b7 tse listings b9 Mutual funds b10 editor Doug Speirs 6977248 divided court backs Bush Washington a fractured supreme court of the United states barred any further recounts in Florida last Likely smothering Al Gores presidential Gore should act now and de the chairman of the demo cratic party said less than an hour after the court issued its late night ruling five tumultuous weeks after the country Gore lawyer Dexter Douglass it sounds like we what else can we do he it Means we cant do the Gore issued a statement last night saying he wanted time to review Winter Wallops Quebec residents of Ontario and Quebec were digging themselves put of Snow that piled As High As 66 centimetres yes the provinces struggled to Cope with the seasons first major snowstorm that dumped Between 20 and 50 pm of the White stuff on the average Neighbour Many flights in Ottawa and Montreal were delayed or with 50 per cent of air Canadas flights affected throughout the the airlines Toronto operations had largely returned to Normal by late yesterday though continuing High winds and limited runway availability resulted in some delays and Cancella the Ottawa and Montreal airports were also experiencing the residual Impact of the snowstorm late including blowing Snow and High Cross Paul Doucette from cab Tren ton said the bases flight schedule was also the departure of four Hercules air Craft from the base yesterday morning to spots All Over the world had to be put on hold for 24 children were seen playing in the Snow throughout the Day As hundreds of schools shut Down in towns and cities across Ontario and in parts of it was feared buses could not navigate treacherous Gore told to give up after Florida recount rejected the ruling and would make no decision until Bush lawyers also were Reading the decision closely to determine whether it gave Gore any Hope of a its Clear the decision has been spokeswoman Mindy Tucker its Clear that the recounts that Treyve ordered will not beyond our lawyers Are still looking at the decision and Well have further comment in an extraordinary lat night Deci the justices said the recount ordered last weekend by the Florida supreme court could not be completed by a Midnight deadline for selection of presidential electors and still pass constitutional it is obvious that the recount cannot be conducted in compliance with the requirements of equal Protection and due process without substantial additional the court its ruling came with exceptional haste for the the Day after it heard arguments in the the ruling was the latest Pivot Point in the country unbearably close elec a Saga of lawsuits by the dozens and two trips to the High est court in the for five tumultuous it has held Gore and Bush in limbo and the country in and seared new terms into the country consciousness dimpled Chad most prominent among continued please see recount b2 Paul Chiasson free press Fabienne Rancourt digs her car out of a Snow the result of storms that disrupted life in Quebec and the first Day of work was delayed for some of Canadas 48 Rookie maps who faced knee High snowdrifts when they arrived at parliament Hill for the first orientation session since the 27 those who managed to trudge through the Snow arrived with their hair caked in the at Toronto Eaton Centre shopping patrons were scrambling for win Ter clothing such As boots and some people we rent prepared for the its definitely busier than usual for this time of the said Matt assistant manager at the Stoner Edge shoe students were using the school clo sures to squeeze in some Holiday gift we really dont have time otherwise so this was said 15yearold Emma whose school was closed while Ontario major highways were mainly Clear yesterday a num Ber of tractor trailers Jackknife on Entrance blocking Access in police say a number of cars and trucks had also Slid into guardrails and the cleanup was to be the first big test of Toronto improved Sno Clearing boosted after storms in Janu Ary 1999 prompted mayor Mel Lastman to Call in the continued please see storms 82 Mcveigh asks court to set execution Date Denver Timothy Mcveigh asked a Federal judge to Stop All appeals of his conviction in the Oklahoma City bomb ing and to set a Date for his in a Federal court filing made Public Mcveigh said he wanted to waive further review of his Case by the Mcveigh reserved the right to seek executive his lawyer Justice department spokeswoman Chris Watney had no Mcveigh has filed two unsuccessful and his lawyers had been researching additional the former army Soldier asked that the execution Date be set within 120 Days of his 7 which was filed with the court on Mcveigh said he believes he is competent to make the decision but will undergo a court ordered psychological i will not justify or explain my decision to any but will answer questions related to my compe he he also acknowledged that he submitted the statement against the advice of his Nathan one of Mcveigh said Hes reserving the right to petition for executive the lawyer would not comment on his discussions with District judge Richard Matsch could approve Mcveigh reject it or order a competency hearing Mcveigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy and sentenced to death in the april bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal building that killed 168 people and injured More than in an Appeal decided in March the supreme court left intact Mcveigh conviction and death sen rejecting his Contention that his trial was tainted by jury misconduct and news reports that he confessed to his in Matsch denied Mcveigh second which con tended his trial lawyer Stephen Jones failed to represent him Mcveigh decision surprised Duane of Oklahoma who sur Vived the this has drug on for five plus Hes fought tooth and Nail every step of the Miller in curious to see what made him change his press ;