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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 4, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2 Winnipeg free april 2001 digest Index local editorials a10 focus a11 letters to the editor a11 business stocks b6 family notices in a emporiums c7 classified c9 Jumble c11 diversions Ann Landers 03 comics d2 sports record entertainment d7 movies d7 prime time to weather deaths i ii b9 810 William wife of Russ husband of Ruby of Robert widow of Albert widow of Michael Penny Higgins Thomas John husband of Marie widow of Stephen Sorobay widow of Zygmunt William John Hus band of Dorothy Toots Joyce wife of John Emile widow of Frank widow of Fred Douglas Doug Isabelle Mary Beverly wife of Jim Edward Henry husband of Agnes widower of Mildred of husband of Krysty i classified death notices c7 my lotteries pick 3 winning number yesterday was ill How to reach us Winnipeg free press 1355 Mountain Avenue Manitoba r2x 386 switchboard 6977000 t circulation City delivery 6977001 t advertising classified 6977100 display 6977122 t 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attractive acquisition targets for even which usually rejoice when the Dollar Falls because it makes their products More attractive in the have said enough is Over the devalued Dollar works against us because complacency sets people dont keep up with the technology and productivity sides of their Busi Ness because there still Able to ship due to the currency Jonas Vic president and general manager for the Manitoba division of the Alliance of manufacturers and said yesterday in an inter if theres any Good news in All of its that the Dollar int Likely to drop much according to Rick Toronto based Deputy chief economist for the Bank of Egelton said widespread concern Over the state of the world Economy has caused the so called flight to safety which has seen Many investors put their Money in Dollar denominated that has Hurt the Canadian but this will end when people have More Confidence that the Canadian Economy is ready to move on an upward trajectory later this then the Dollar will Start to decline against All the major cur including the Canadian Egelton said the loonies decline also int nearly As troubling As it could be because it has plenty of its not that the Canadian Dollar is falling out of bed against All other currencies in the world its the Dollar that is appreciating against All other cur weve been doing relatively Well Over the past 12 to 14 months against the australian the British the euro and the he Egelton estimated that the Dollar is Between 15 and 20 per cent overvalued and the Canadian Dollar is undervalued by a similar the Banks forecast Calls for the loonie to Rise to 69 cents by the end of next about nine per cent higher than it is John a finance professor at the Asper school of business at the University of said there is a Long list of negatives to having such a Low valued when you Are a High debt country like Canada and you get cur Rency you always end up with this awful Choice Between keeping your interest rates steady or raising them to hold your or dropping your rates and your currency he Mccallum said the Low currency also affects canadians Standard of living because about on third of what we con sume comes from the people can expect that a very Large part of a three percent wage increase they May have received last year will be taken up by rising prices and heed manager of Winnipeg fruit and vegetable Market Casa de said the prices of produce imported from the have actually gone Down during the past few months due to improved weather and More Bountiful crops in California and a head of lettuce now Sells for 68 Down from three months ago Green peppers Are 98 cents per Pound Down from two months ago cauliflower has dropped to each from each two months the prices of fruits and vegetables Are affected by a combination of the Dol Lar and the but wed be paying a whole lot less now if the Dollar was Worth 70 Osato the falling Dollar has amounted to a boxing Day Sale for american Busi Nesses looking to increase their portfolios with Canadian figures compiled by investment Bank Crosbie show that foreign owners bought billion Worth of Canadian firms in 2000 More than double the billion bought in Jeff chief economist at Cibic world said the most attractive takeover targets Are resource Compa Nie such As Oil and Gas which sell most of their output in High priced dollars but pay most of their costs in Low priced Canadian were going to find that All of our or our most attractive that have Dollar Revenue streams Are being Rubin d problems continued from Page a1 Ottawa new approach will target the most glaring examples of problems that have Arisen in Mani especially those that made National headlines at the Virginia Fontaine treatment Centre on Sag keen first the work started before the whole Issue came out with bore by but i have to admit our focus was sharpened by the whole situation an ongoing free press investigation has revealed a number of account ability problems with the addictions treatment Centre North of Winnipeg which used tax dollars to Send 80 staff members and friends on a Caribbean cruise last the treatment which also paid nearly million to companies owned by relatives of clinic is the focus of a fed eral forensic the free has also documented problems with Winnipeg based Anis i Naabe Minoa Yazwin which was Billing for services not delivered and using surpluses to Purchase Down town office the new funding contracts cover agreements on 600 different native and inuit they Range from the most simple types such As those providing funding for diabetes programs to the most com plex involving transfers of millions of dollars to deliver health care on Cana Das while the strengthened Federal requirements began with the new Bud get year on april health Canada is allowing a transition period of up to six bore by said the agreements ensure Ottawa never has to turn to the courts again to gain Access to records As it did with the Sage eng we would not have to go to court because it would be very Clear that once they sign that agreement they have to live by he nip health critic Judy Wasyly Ciales questioned whether the Liberal government is Only trying to divert attention from fundamental accountability problems with this new paper Wasyly Ciales said the health min ister has had the right to demand audits and to Cut off what has been she is the political will to take it is amazing that they have had All along the right to audit but yet didst exercise the Winnipeg North Cen Tremp All this new paper process is not going to make a bit of difference if there is not the political will or coordination with the department to make it lawyer Martin who acted for the Virginia Fontaine treatment Centre in the court Case Over its was not aware of the new but Tadman said during the court Case that Federal lawyers argued that health Canada had the right to demand audits and Tadman said it May be that Ottawa wants greater certainty Over its rights in the quarantine continued from Page a1 once the group reaches Russell in the livestock farm Belt about 170 kilo metres Northwest of Brandon it will be another week before seven students who live on farms see their they will be staying with relatives in for Jeff the extra week Means being away for too its ill be out from Home for three said the 16yearold whose parents run a cattle the 33 students from grades 9 to 12 and four teachers had a trip of a As they spent 10 Days touring London and Paris in Germany and but they almost didst hike students and teachers said they took extra precautions after area Farmers asked that the trip be an emergency meeting with school officials and the Rural municipality the night before the trip appeased worried Farmers with the Promise of a self imposed 24hour quarantine and other stringent As soon As the students stepped off the plane parents met them with clean clothes sealed in they changed and bagged their worn clothes before leaving the not since the 1950s has Canada faced the possibility of a Footman Mouth out Farmers Here Are determined to avoid the burning pyres of animal carcasses that have become a common sight in parts of at the Bottom line is were not taking any said Canada customs spokesman Harry chemical soaked Mats to disinfect footwear Greet airline trav Ellers As soon As they step off a regulations forbid travellers the United kingdom or other countries grappling with outbreaks from visiting Canadian farms for 14 Days Charles has already cancelled his scheduled visit to a Saskatchewan farm later this Canada customs Send visitors to Agri culture inspectors at airports to have their Luggage fumigated if Treyve been anywhere near a if an outbreak occurred in Footman Mouth disease could spread rapidly to All parts of the country through routine livestock losses could reach billions of dollars in the first warned a recent Canad an food inspection Agency even food inspection Agency veterinarian Elaine Thompson sounded surprised at the lengths the Russell Stu dents went As Long As those clothes Are washed prior to them going Back to the that All were Thompson oddly the group also agrees there i didst see one cow the whole said Eric i think it went too far but i can understand the farm ers the vice principal adding an elderly woman from Wales on the plane said she was on a six month visit to her sister in we found it it was Inconis Here was this lady from Wales and she walks right through Totte we wanted to make sure things were taken care we had a lot of parents who Are Farmers and we want to put their concerns at 3 1 2oo1 Aztec and As Low As we or lease a 2oo1 Sierra is 369 mags More As Low As lease 2001 Montana As Low As or lease 2000 grand prix so i factory 2000 grand am be factory 2000 Pontiac gunfire 4 factory 2000 Malibu factory 2002 in Stock now pickup 2000 Olds Aero Mac factory Low i 1999 Pontiac grand am it 1998 Buick Century Low 1998 Chev Monti Carlo z34 Doc leather i y9 2000 grand prix it Moon roof leather Power if 97pontiac grand prix like 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