Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, June 08, 2001

Issue date: Friday, June 8, 2001
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Previous edition: Thursday, June 7, 2001

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 8, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Jinni 2001 b1 958rent 7368 Canada world news continued on around Canada cancer risk coverup Toronto the Federal and Nova Scotia governments knew 16 years ago about the cancer risk from the chemical fallout at the Sydney steel Mill but did Noth ing about ctr news reported yesterday an unidentified High level bureaucrat who served under then Premier John Buchanan told ctr news we didst close the Plant in 85 because the government didst want to pay the political Price for taking jobs away from Cape a document written in 1985 by a senior bureaucrat of the Federal health department warned the Federal and provincial Environ mental departments that if the Plant continues to operate there will be increases of morbidity and mortality in the Coke Plant work ers and probably the residents of the province continued to operate the Coke ovens for three More suspension upheld Ottawa suspended Quebec judge Richard Therrien deceit fully hid an Fly criminal conviction from those who appointed him and should be says Canadas top the supreme court of Canada ruled 70 yesterday against All of Therrien arguments for rein including his View that a 1987 Federal Pardon should have cleared his Mew office announced Ottawa a new office of Indian residential schools Reso Lution was announced yesterday by prime minister Jean Chretien to bolster Federal efforts to set the thousands of related the office Doest come with any significant hew funding but it was billed As evidence of Ottawa commitment to achieving a fair and equitable Resolution of Long standing cases of abuse at Indian residential says a statement from the prime minis ters off predator pleads guilty a sexual predator pleaded guilty yester Day to 12 attacks on 10 Young males the first conviction from a police investigation into an alleged paedophile ring that has seen 15 men the Crown or mediately moved to have Jeanluc declared a danger Ous a provincial politician became frontage news across the coun try last month when he threat ened to read names in the provincial legislature of people who he said were involved in the paedophile where did Money go Regina More Titan Mil lion in Casino profits meant to help Saskatchewan first nations Over the last four years is unaccounted the provinces acting auditor said in his annual report theres some million paid to first nations bands on a per capita basis and no Evi a Wiley was Mixom Fred Wen Del told a news Canad world business b7 tse listings b9 Mutual funds 810 editor Doug Speirs 6977248 opt out no Manitoba politicians get in on 20 boost maps Speed their pay increase by Paul Samyn Ottawa Canadas Federal politicians will have a lot More Money to spend during the sum Mer break after the controversial pay and pension Bill sailed through the com Mons last by a margin of maps voted to give themselves a 20 per cent raise which had been recommended by a gov Enmen appointed but perhaps sensing the Public ire the fast tracking of their hefty pay hike had those who voted for the Bill omit Ted the traditional applause which Usu ally accompanies the passing of the pay hike which pushes maps salaries to and Cabinet minis ters pay packets to was sup How Manitoba maps voted for liberals Ron Duhamel Rey Pagtakhan Reg Alcock Anita Neville John Harvard Canadian Alliance inky Mark Howard Hilstrom against Canadian Alliance Brian Pallister Vic Toews nip Bill Blaikie Bev Desjarlais Pat Martin Judy Wasyly Ciales absent tory Rick Boro Tsik who was in his Brando Souris Pallister ported by the bloc quebecois and some tories and Canadian Alliance the nip voted As a bloc against the Bill which will also give prime minister Jean Chretien a 42 per cent salary raise As his pay will jump to it is a dark Day for said Blairs Back Sean Dempsey associated press a jubilant Tony who last night became the first labour Leader to win successive majority in the is congratulated by Well wishers As his son Euan and daughter Kathryn look labour wins historic second term in Britain by Kevin Ward London British prime minister Tony Blair changed history becoming the first labour Leader to win successive majority the election Campaign was often described As a with Blair expected to ride another landslide to in the it ended very much As it with labour holding a similar majority of seats in the House of com Mons As it won in but the mood was certainly differ gone was the euphoria that greeted Blairs arrival after 18 years of conservative in its place was a grudging acceptance that the change he promised would take longer than the judgment May be a More sober one but i believe it is a More Rea soned one As because it is based on a record in said continued please see Blair b2 cellphone Calls airing live on net Otta abased web site is streaming live cellphone audio onto the net from a radio that scans cellphone frequencies in the while some might question whether its its and probably a stomach churning Shock to cellphone users who haunt thought much about the fact that there using a fancy two Way Walki talkie on Public one surprised user was Karine Ray mond when she Learned that a Call she had made on her cellphone had been broadcast live on the in said the 34yearold who uses her Mobile phone for confidential discussions she was aghast when told about the web my first reaction my heart she i always have something to but right now in she said she knew it was better to have a digital scanners easily Monitor analog phone but not the newer and More sophisticated digital the solution int just to get a digital its also important to maintain Access to a digital when a cell phone user leaves a digital area and the phone silently switches to analog the Call is susceptible to scanner Moni Dave director of regulatory policy and planning at Industry the Federal department which regulates radio communications and radio spec Trum in said the Law is indefinite in this the Law was intended to Stop people from doing this kind of thing for Crimi Nal purposes or for commercial said people Are misguided if they think their cellphone conversations Are the cellphone scanner web site is registered to person at a fictitious efforts to reach the owner were Hunsuc Canadian press Public humiliation a12 Walter Robinson of the Canadian tax payers canadians have every right to believe that this place is dysfunctional and not representing their interests and collectively the members of parliament have violated and breached their contract which they made with voters just eight months ago to serve for the duration of parliament knowing full Well what their salaries will Winnipeg Liberal my John Harvard made no apologies for voting for the pay it was not at least not for Harvard James Assiniboia the report of the Lum Ley commission indicates that this kind of increase was cont Inird please see pay hike b2 Mandela attacker pm says Alliance maps remarks draw Chretien Wrath by Jennifer Ditchburn Ottawa politicians of All stripes ral lied yesterday behind a bid to make South african icon Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian lashing out at an Alliance my who blocked the prime minister Jean Chretien joined the chorus of calling my Rob Anders stupid for standing in the Way of the Citi Anders refused to allow the motion to pass with unanimous consent in the House of commons on he labelled Mandela a communist and a ter Anders called Aorist and said Mandela terrorist maps should be Given the Opportunity to debate the Issue of Mandela was elected South Africa first Black president after spending 27 years in prison for his fight against he pushed for a spirit of reconciliation Between Blacks and Whites despite the nations bloody history of racial Chretien slammed Anders and vowed to push the matter through the 1 think its absolutely Hor Rible to Call Nelson Mandela i will not repeat the term Chretien we will do that one Way or but usually these things Are done with a new motion that will allow two representatives from each party a Chance to speak on the will be introduced Alliance Leader Stockwell Day said later yesterday that he haunt talked to but that any member of parliament in my has the right to express their View freely and that certainly is Anders continued please see Mandela b2 a Winner i to a Paul Tim 3330 ;