Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 16, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Soundbite alien see a Little cow that you dont think about the makes laugh Stephane buyer for Novelty store in France news continued on around Canada Ted ostrow8ki Canadian press a Shesha Shiu inn youth openly sniffs Gas last Gas sniffers released from detox Centre most of the 19 kids from who were taken from their Homes last month and placed in a secure detox Centre were not chronic Gas a senior health official in All of them were released within three weeks after they arrived for treatment at a makeshift facility in Central said Marilyn Mccoy the provinces director of youth and family ser but she stressed All of them Are still under the care of the province and none have been returned to their Flat tax to be adjusted Edmonton Middle income albertan will no longer lose Money because of the provinces new Flat last the province brought in a Flat tax As part of its plan to Sepa rate Albertas tax system from but Federal tax cuts announced last october meant albertan with taxable incomes of Between and would have been better off under the old to fix the glitch the province plans to reduce its Flat tax rate to 10percent to ensure that everyone enjoys savings Compa Rable to the Federal Alliance apologizes Canadian Alliance has apologized to a senator Over remarks the party predecessor published on its web site two years the apology is part of an out of court settlement Between senator de Lawson and the Reform party of now the in his he said the remarks wrongfully implied he was involved in scandalous conduct and is not fit to hold Public net fraud alleged a new Brunswick Man pleaded not guilty yesterday to Selling hard Roget playstation 2 video game consoles he allegedly didst pos sess to customers Over the Scott Frederick of Moncton is charged with two counts of fraud Over sentence will stand Calgary Alberta Justice announced yesterday it will not Appeal a three year jail sentence handed to the youth who fatally shot one student and seriously wounded another at a High school in water reports dried up ont a weekly flow of reports documenting the condition of municipal water systems in Grey and Bruce counties stopped abruptly in september a judicial inquiry has been but the Man on the ground in Walkerton made no protest when he stopped receiving writ ten reports of water test results after the Ontario health is try Laboratory in nearby was closed and municipalities made their own arrangements with private v in James the Public health inspector in the sound health of units Walkerton Testi fied that during almost for years leading up to the deadly contamination of the towns water system in he was contacted Only once by a rain is try official with a report of an Adverse in August saturday free press december 2000 f i i i is Canada world a15 editor Doug Speirs 6977292 courts backs Gay Bookstore by Paul Samyn Ottawa Canadas highest court yesterday eased the flow of Gay erotica into the country in a Deci Sion that slammed Canada customs for its excessive and unnecessary prejudice in the seizing of homosexual the supreme court of Canadas Rul ing was hailed by the Gay and lesbian Community As another important step Forward in recognition of their rights As Well As a Victory for free but already there Are fears that Chil Dren and other victims of the pornography Industry will suffer by the the ruling puts the onus of proving material is obscene on customs relieving those importing erotica into Canada of the Burden of proving its not onus shifted to customs officers to prove that material is obscene How will this system work to protect children asked Winnipeg Ger Roz Prober of the group beyond which is waging a War against child the 78page decision in the Case involving Little a Vancouver Gay and lesbian pitted a Minori Tys right to read and experience certain pictures and literature against a Bureau cratic desire to protect the country from potentially harmful since Canada customs had detained 261 items destined for Little sparking a court Case that began in the court found that Little Sisters had been unfairly targeted by customs offi who were not intercepting Hetero sexual material at the same rate As Gay and lesbian the customs treatment was High handed and dismissive of the appellants right to receive lawful expressive mate rial which they had every right to Justice Ian Binnie the appellants constitutional right to receive perfectly lawful Gay and Les Bian erotica should not be diminished by the fact their suppliers for the most located in the United their Freedom of expression does not Stop at the the court ended the reverse onus to which shops such As Little Sisters had been customs will be required to prove within 30 Days that material is obscene before seizing pre the Burden of proving an item was not obscene rested with the but the court refused to strike Down the customs act As Little Sis ters had three judges in a dissenting opinion said the court should go that far to Deal with what they said were grave systemic flaws in the enforcement of the continued please see erotica a19 what has future in store for Gore when George Bush takes office vice pres ident Al Gore will be out of Public office for the first time since so what will he do now the Harvard graduate worked briefly As a newspaper reporter and wrote an environmental themed Book while but he has primarily made his living As a politician since age Gore was first elected to the House of representatives in 1976 and eight years later earned a Senate he first ran for president in 1988 among a crowded Field of dropping out Midway through the Pri four years the Gover nor Bill Clinton tapped him to be his running Gore owns a Home in a Rural town 80 Kilometres East of where his Mother still his inherited a Home in but during his Concession speech wednesday Gore said his future remained As for what ill do i dont know the answer to that one he in a nod to the fact that he lost his Home he added i know ill spend time in Tennessee and mend some literally and figurative after he left Gore didst do that Many things for our complained Regina a Secre tary at Knoxville City on Gore left open the possibility of another presidential saying he liked the America he saw during the its Worth fight new York daily news photo rockers Tom Petty Jon Bon Jovi right enjoy Chat at party in Vic presidential ing and that a fight ill never he he beat Bush in the popular vote but narrowly lost in the electoral col where it and some sup porters expect Gore will soon begin looking toward a rematch in in the he May hit the lec Ture teach at a write a newspaper column or perhaps write a retrospective on his political career or a followup to his environmental Earth in the Gore also studied Law and religion at Vanderbilt University in but his Only degree is in government from most agree he is unlikely to follow his fathers after Albert Gore lost his Senate seat in he returned to where he spent much of his time growing tobacco and raising Black Angus Gore also worked for Occidental Petroleum Coal reportedly earning a us Annu Al Gores eldest Karenina Gore said during the Campaign new York daily news photo Gore works up sweat As he boogies at a pos Concession party that her fathers prospects were limit he might be a he might be a he might be a she he might be an astronaut Hes always wanted to be an press hard jobs to get 011 new Hope raised for formal resumption of Mideast peace talks diplomatic Effort bears fruit As violence persists compiled from cmdr ftps Jerusalem israeli soldiers shot dead six palestinians in a new spasm of violence but the palestinians said lat night talks with Israel had nevertheless raised Hopes of formal peace negotiations resuming in the United the six palestinians died in four sep Arate shootings in the West Bank and Gaza israeli police also fired rubber coated bullets to disperse Stone throwing palestinians emerging from Muslim prayers in Jerusalem walled old dozens were yesterdays deaths raised the death toll in the last 11 weeks of violence to about most of them the violence erupted hours after palestinian president Yasser Arafat and israeli foreign minister Shlomo Ben Ami ended lat night talks on ending the violence and renewing stalled peace their four Furlong meeting at the Erez crossing Between Israel and Gaza was the highest level talks Between the two sides since Arafat met prime min ister Ehud Barak in Egypt in mid octo fhe talks revived fading Hopes that the warring sides might soon resume formal peace which ground to a halt after a crucial peace Summit ended in deadlock in Israel froze the stalled talks after Vio Lent protests erupted against the Contin israeli occupation and swept away Trust carefully nurtured in seven years of palestinian officials said More talks would be held in the next few Days although both sides remained neither ruled out an eventual resumption of peace they decide to formally resume the they will move to one palestinian source an aide to Benami told Reuter i dont say that we agreed to renew Nego but i dont Rule out the possibility negotiations will resume As has often been the pattern since the Start of the palestinian or violence followed palestinian Security officials said israeli soldiers shot dead three palestinians near the West Bank Village of Arafat Fatah faction said the three men were part of their movement and accused Israel of assassinating them in the latest of several such shootings in the past israeli troops also shot dead a police Man at a palestinian police checkpoint Peter Obj on associated press an israeli undercover officer subdues a palestinian in East near the West Bank City of palestinian police the army said it had shot dead a pales Tinian who tried to Stab a Soldier at the Erez crossing and Hospital sources said soldiers shot a 17yearpld palestinian in the Chest As he threw stones in a West Bank Village near he died no israelis were killed in the latest although 38 israeli soldiers and jewish civilians have died in the wave on Arafat met Benami and Gilead a peace negotiator and aide to at the Erez crossing amid Hefly thened International pressure to revive peace Benami and Sher have helped steer peace negotiations during Baraks 18 months in including the Camp David Summit Between Barak and Arafat in july at which president Bill Clinton failed to broker an palestinian officials said Arafat had come under pressure from the United and some Arab states to try to reach a Deal with Barak before special israeli prime ministerial elections expected in Barak resigned last sunday under pressure Over the palestinian uprising but is seeking reelection and a new peacemaking political analysts say a peace Deal a Yould help his chances of reelection if ;