Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 5, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Best rate Rice gig Subj Cal to my apply 1411 Henderson 9257420 491 Portage 7884040 1510 marys 9257423 3025 Portage 9257390 Winnipeg free press 2001 Canada world b1 business b3 tse listings b5 Mutual funds b6 editor Doug Speirs 6977248 c1oug.speirs@freepress.mb.ca news continued on b2 around Canada bomber faces charge has granted a request from the Cana Dian government to charge convicted bomb Raaker Inderjit Singh Reyrat in the bombing of an air India flight that killed 329 the Crown expects to Lay charges against Reyrat before the end of the when his 10 year sentence for another bomb ing who has both British and Canadian was extradited from England in 1989 to face trial for a bomb at Tokyo Narita mental illness costly Ottawa the annual Cost of mental illness in Canada is far higher than previously says a new health Canada study that urges government to Funda mentally change the Way it tack Les the depression and distress Cost canadians at least billion in lost productivity and premature death in says the study published in chronic diseases in a quarterly scientific previous studies underestimated the role mental health prob lems played in lost they speeding suspected Edmonton an Edmonton police car was Likely speeding when it chopped another vehicle in critically injuring two Young says a senior police the two officers driving the car were on routine patrol when the crash occurred saturday around noon on the one of Edmonton busiest com Muter Giovani and his brother were in the car with their and their Grandfather Carlos the Impact Cut Ramirez vehicle in engines criticized engines Are becoming too powerful and Ottawa reduce Highway carnage by limiting their Quebec transport minister Guy Chevrette said he criticized automakers who insist on stronger engines when Canadas Speed limits Are no higher than 100 Kilometres per speeding was blamed for 170 Road deaths and injuries in Quebec alone last says the provincial Auto insurance song nets charges teens maps can opt out or shut up the song is about two students staff by Jim Brown Ottawa a pay hike of 20 per cent for most maps and substantially More for prime minis Ter Jean Chretien will be fast tracked through the commons in just three despite objections from some opposition the final vote shall be taken thurs Day Liberal House Leader Don Boudria said As he tabled Legisla Tion yesterday to implement the salary any my who objects to taking a raise retroactive to the beginning of the year will have the option of turning it pay hike clause forces politicians to weigh Wallet before criticizing but unless individual maps choose to Volunteer the voters May never know for sure who signed up and who there Are no plans to make the official list i dont ask the people with these microphones How much they Boudria said As he peered at a throng of journalists outside the we can announce publicly what the pay scale is for to identify people i dont think has Ever been i dont think that would be approx the which follows recommendations of an Independent commission last would boost yearly salaries for backbench ers to Cabinet ministers would get and prime minister Jean Chretien the same As the chief Justice of the supreme it was the opting out that attracted much of the attention yes Andrew Vaughan Canadian press and Vance proudly display their certificate of Domestic partnership yesterday in first in Canada to legally Register same sex relationship couple makes history by Alison Auld Halifax surrounded by a Bank of friends and provincial offi Kimberley Vance signed her name into history yesterday As she and her partner became the first couple in Canada to legally Register their same sex Vance submitted her application for a certificate of Domestic a landmark document that officially recognizes and extends spousal rights to homosexual in but it feels said who with her partner Samantha Meehan filed the papers at the Nova Scotia department of vital Vance and both joined three other same sex couples in being the first to apply for the a unique Bill passed last Friday under new registered Domestic partnership Bill 75 allows Gays and common Law heterosexual couples some of the rights formerly reserved Only for mar ried under the there Are now three classifications for relationships registered Domestic partners and married Cou the legislation gives same sex Cou Ples entitlements such As spousal sup Protection under the matrimonial property act and the right to see their partners medical records and make medical decisions in an other provinces recognize some same sex but do not have a registration in the Bill was prompted by a Nova Scotia court of Appeal ruling last year and a supreme court of Canada Deci Sion in 1999 that gave same sex Cou Ples the rights to pension it Doest allow them to marry or adopt Manitoba has proposed to change a Long list of legislation to give Gay Cou Ples the same benefits As heterosexual but has walked at including Canadian press editorial the Childs interest As the legislation provides that pay increases will Only go to those members who sign up in writing within 90 Days of the Bill becoming Boudria characterized that As simply a matter of per Sonal its there so that if a member of parliament Doest want to opt in they dont have Liberal sources say in the provision reflects Chretien personal View that some opposition maps Are being hypocritical in taking a stand against the Bill secure in the knowledge that the Liberal majority will pass it continued please see salary b2 that Nice Cantaloupe can kill you Toronto careful How you Cut that that add the popular Melon to the list of foods that can put a serious cramp on your summer Cantaloupe can Harbour Salmonella on its if prepared contaminated Cantaloupe can be responsible for at unpleasant and at worst life threatening form of food health Canada and the Canadian food inspection Agency Are their advisory follows a recent announcement from the food and drug administration that two deaths and numerous cases of Salmonella poisoning across 14 states have been attributed to cantaloupes imported from All the cases were traced to produce grown on two imported by a single Bro Ker and sold in the United states under the bran name Canada customs and Revenue Agency records confirm that some cantaloupes from the identified broker were brought into this mainly in Western Rene Cardinal of the Cofia said the Agency is following up with the broker to find out whether the cantaloupes shipped to Canada came from either of the affected health Canada and the food inspection Agency Are recommending that con Sumers take the following precautions when preparing Cantaloupe i Wash hands for at least 20 seconds with hot water and soap before and after handling i Wash and scrub the outer skin of the Melon using hot water and then rinse thoroughly in cold i clean and sanitize counter Cut Ting boards and utensils with a mild bleach solution before and after i Cut away any damaged or bruised areas where contamination from the skin could have infiltrated the Cut Cantaloupe should be stored in the refrigerator until used and any Cut Cantaloupe that has been left at room temperature for longer than four hours should be thrown health officials uncut Cantaloupe does not need to be Canadian press tie Aid to end of violence Alliance raging Gaza gun Battle threatens fragile ceasefire by Nahlah Ayed Ottawa Canada should threaten to Cut off Aid to the palestinians if they dont agree to Stop the violence and get Back to peace talks with the Cana Dian Alliance the party latest foray into prickly Middle East politics came just As a Cana Dian Arab group takes another step toward suing party Leader Stockwell Day for earlier remarks on the Alliance foreign affairs critic Monte Solberg suggested Canada should tie any funding to the willingness of palestinians to curb the violence that has escalated in has the government and will it Start putting restrictions on Aid that goes to the palestinian contingent upon the authority control Ling violence in the Middle East sol Berg asked in the Solberg suggested Hes not Actu ally looking for he just wants the government to use Aid As leverage to get palestinians Back to the the president of the National Council on Canada Arab relations immediately denounced the comments As a colossal misunderstanding of the complexity and the dynamics of that what irritates me is that the Alliance selectively looks at the palestinians As the perpetrators of violence and is unwilling to see that this is a Complex Issue involving two said Atif the Alliance party is declaring War on the a gun Battle raged yesterday in the Gaza threatening the fragile As israelis anguished by deadly terrorist bombings debated creating a Buffer zone to Ward off palestinian the palestinian militant group said it would join a cease fire declared by and pledged to Stop attacks in Israel As of a statement issued by Hamas and Arafat Fatah group said Israel would be Given a Chance to show that it has stopped its policy of assassinations and Hamas compliance with Arafat ceasefire Call is seen As vital to its Suc Jonathan Hayward Canadian press archives Solberg use Aid As leverage the other violent militant islamic was not at the meeting where the statement was continued please see pressure b2 when Complete or partial dentures become necessary see your Dent risk first d k n i u k i s i ass o f i a i i o n o f m a n i 1 o h a ;