Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Sun Canada chernobyl area kids get a Booster shot in visits to Canad children arrive with nosebleeds skin rashes hair loss but head Back Home with fresh sparkle in their eyes Hinton Alta. A the chernobyl Power Plant May have closed this week but reminders of the nuclear disaster there almost 15 years ago will continue for years to come. Many of the areas children were poisoned by radioactive fallout and now suffer anaemia and poor immune systems. One Alberta couple has been trying to help and plans to continue doing so. Since 1993 lib and Ken brands of Hinton have been arranging for Pale and anaemic children Between the Ages of nine and 11 to visit Alberta for a Holiday with clean air water and food. Hinton is on the Edge of the Rocky mountains and Jasper National Park about 250 Kilometres West of Edmonton. Quot we re working on getting a dozen kids out for next summer a said lib brands who helps run the Hinton association for children of chernobyl. Overwhelming demand As Many As 16 children arrive each summer to spend eight weeks with Host families. Different children Are chosen each year because of the overwhelming demand. An estimated 800,000 children live in areas tainted by fallout downwind from the ukrainian nuclear Plant. A a it a important to get the kids out of there if nothing else for their mental health a a said brands. A they live year round listening to teachers and parents and doctors fretting about things. A they just need to get out and be Normal Belarus doctors have already noted a dramatic increase in Tumours leukaemia and thyroid cancer. A its important to get the kids out of there if nothing else for their mental health a the radiation is in everything a said brands. A a they re eating vegetables and fruit grown on contaminated soil. Their water is the brands believe there is an undeniable health Benefit from the Alberta vacation which is paid for by corporate donations local fund raising and the generosity of Host families. A their Colour is better. They have Chubby Cheeks a said brands of the children who arrive with nose bleeds hair loss or skin rashes. A some kids arrive with glazed eyes. Their eyes have some glint Back when they a Booster shot Maggi Mcleod executive director of the Ottawa based Canadian Relief fund for chernobyl victims in Belarus said a visit to Canada is a a Booster shot to the children a immune system which stays with them after they return to their contaminated country. A a there a no scientific proof of the Long term benefits but we can see it in the children a said Mcleod. A children who came Here years ago continue to be considerably healthier than children who did not a since the disaster Belarus children have been welcomed in other Alberta communities including Barrhead Drayton Valley and Sedgewick As Well As towns across Canada. Hinton a organization has sponsored More than too children in the last seven years. A a we la do this until we can to do this any More a said brands who has visited Belarus twice to meet with parents. Canadian press stores reopen at Sarnia mall 2 Days after fatal roof collapse building caved under heavy Snow killing female clerk Sarnia ont. A two stores at a local mall reopened yesterday just two Days after a Section of the shopping centres roof caved under heavy Snow leaving one woman dead and another injured. A the City building authority has Given Lambton mall approval for Wal Mart and Canadian tire to reopen a said Ray Scott vice president of the shopping division for the Orlando corp., which owns the mall. Barricades were removed by police from the entrances to the two stores yesterday but remained at All other entrances to the Lambton mall parking lot. Hallmark card shop clerk Susan Foster 47, was crushed under the collapsed Section of the malls Snow covered roof after it caved in at about 8 30 . Thursday a just 30 minutes before the mall was to open its doors to Christmas shoppers. Rescue Crews managed to dig her out with shovels but she died later in Hospital. Fosters co worker Helen Mccabe suffered minor injuries. A buildup of Snow on the Flat roof of the 30-year-old mall was believed to be responsible for the collapse of a portion 21 metres Long and 15 metres wide. The City received 40 centimetres of Snow overnight on monday and another 15 centimetres overnight wednesday. Sarnia mayor Mike Bradley said yesterday negotiations to reopen More of the malls stores were continuing Between Orlando officials the ministry of labour and the City a building inspectors. A a it a the City building inspectors Call before that mall will reopen a Bradley said. An engineers report on what should happen was expected today. Access to the damaged area of the mall remained barricaded. Wal Mart and Canadian tire will be required to submit a Snow management plan to the City by wednesday As part of the conditions for reopening their stores. Peter Ansley owner operator of the malls Canadian tire store praised the efforts of his employees during the roof collapse. Quot they were right in there with cutting torches helmets and whatever they could use to Aid in the Rescue a Ansley said. Quot ifs pretty devastating what happened to Foster a he said. A she was Well known and Well liked by our staff. Our deepest sympathies go to her a Canadian press <t3#jwsj5t. 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