Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 18, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg tree press Jini 2001 958rent 7368 news continued on b2 around Canada no Bud on spuds Ottawa officials will return to Canada later this month to further assess this years potato but documents show they Haven always Practised they the americans crippled the Prince Edward Island Industry by shutting Down the Border to potatoes after a fungus was discovered in a Corner of a single Field last yet when the same potato wart fungus was discovered in Mary land in authorities did it bother to inform their Canadian say documents obtained under the Access to information pm upset Over titles Ottawa prime minister Jean Chretien has written his British Tony to object to that country bestowing titles on two Canadian citizens without Canadas knighted were Terry the Otta abased entrepreneur who founded the hugely successful Newbridge and George head of Queens University in the titles were awarded Satur Day in the Queens birthday honours complied from Canadian press around the world bulgarians Back King Bulgaria bulgarian voters flocked yesterday to the party of a former King who was ousted As a child 55 years Gallup Bulgaria projected for Mer King party won 42 per cent of the vote in parliamentary Sharon rejects plan Jerusalem prime minister Ariel Sharon rejected a proposal yesterday for his foreign minis Ter to meet with Yasser saying there can be no negotiations without a Complete halt to in the Gaza a palestinian boy was killed when israeli soldiers fired on demonstrators at a refugee Case added to file new York a Man imprisoned for fraud in Texas paid us to an Arkansas group that promised in 1998 to arrange for a presidential Par Don through Roger the half brother of the president Bill the mans lawyer said while the Pardon never came through and Garland remains in the Case is now part of Manhattan based attorney Mary to Whites investigation into whether Bill Clinton issued pardons in Exchange for Campaign donations and gifts to his presidential compiled from Canadian press Canada world b1 business b3 editor Doug Speirs 6977248 to Loti reserves grief drove my by Louise Elliott Sioux after 2 Days spent cold and wet in the Northern Ontario Michael Monture says it was the suf Fering and desperation he saw in the Remote Reserve of Pikangikum that prompted him to set out on a spiritual quest for while his motives were the physician unwittingly Drew the country attention to one Small native commune Tys desperate plight in a Way that years of poverty and social turmoil did i was concerned and frustrated at the rescued doctors ill fated Bush trek motivated by Pikangikum s troubles Lack of he told the Canadian press at his Home Here one Day after provincial police pulled him alive from dense Bush 11 Kilometres Northeast of about 300 kilo metres Northeast of a Mohawk from six nations Reserve near said he set out wednesday night from the Reserve of after spending three frustrating Days trying to put a Banda id on what he described As a gaping what galvanized me was How people were lacking in Basic food and Necessia he its not a question of what youre going to its whether youre going to Monture says he was never nor did he go into the Bush to Garner pub Lic in sure there Are those who would say i was just doing it for Fame or prof he said in his Home in this town about 250 Kilometres Southeast of the i Hope that the message gets out that in not some crazed suicidal Lunatic wandering around in the Woods with a knife to his he was on a Mission prompted by the grim conditions in the Oji Cree where clean water Hast flowed from taps since last where the school is where residents say a Battle with Indian affairs has left the band with dwindling and where the suicide rate is the highest in the Onti Niimd please see spiritual b2 Bill Janscha associated press Highway to outrage Nick Watkins of Dallas looks at a billboard showing satan administering a lethal injection to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy the Dallas sign has prompted outrage from passing Many of whom say the radio station advertisement is obscene and Watkins when i first saw it i thought it was a bit and now in Day to give loyalists Shado Cabinet posts by Jennifer Ditchburn Ottawa Stockwell Day will today Reward Canadian Alliance maps who have been Loyal to his Leader handing promotions to a number of maps first elected last James Scott Joe Pesch Solido and Brian pal Lister will be Given expanded responsibilities in Days Shadow with Pallister being offered the foreign affairs a party source Aiu sier eight critic portfolios have been vacant since Early when a group of dissident maps were suspended for calling on Day to that has left the party without maps to look after High profile files such As human resources devel Trade and National this new round of appointments will highlight the Gulf Between maps Loyal to Day and those with doubts about his Day has said it is natural he would have people who support him take on key strategic roles in the to that Medicine hat my Monte Solberg is expected to be moved out of his position As for eign affairs on Solberg called on Day to health critic Diane will not be shunted from her position despite suggesting a week ago that Day should step maps John Duncan and Deepak Obhrai will share the International Trade vacated in Early May by dissident my Gary Rahim moved to the Bac benches after an assistant impersonated him on a radio will be the critic for the Secretary of state on Africa and latin filling the Shadow Cabinet roles Means giving maps a higher profile in the where they sit directly across from Liberal ministers and ask questions during question other than the departure of a party offi Cial said key positions will remain the British Columbia my Keith shut out in the last Shadow Cabinet said the holes in the team have Hurt the party Overall performance in the it weakens us the loss weve sustained from some of our Best maps is certainly said who is expected to be handed a pro continued please see loyalists b2 key Alberta figure in bankruptcy probe goes underground Man at the Centre of the controversial 1994 refinancing of the worlds largest mall has gone according to court process servers have not been Able to locate Elmer the former Alberta Treasury branches superintendent who approved a loan to West Edmonton mall that put Alberta taxpayers on the Hook for the search for Leahy is the latest development in a bankruptcy investigation that started in april 2000 and will involve Many pro Minem including the speaker of the the Case is expected to open a window to the behind Hestenes manoeuvring during the refinancing of the mall and to Shine a spotlight on the Ghermezian family members who own Leahy has been accused in civil court by the provincially owned Alberta Treasury branches of taking bribes in Exchange for approving Loans and loan guarantees to the Leahy and the mall owners have denied the allegations 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