Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday june 22, 2004 Canada / world a11 Saskatchewan my thousands on evacuation Alert to be deported hampered by Steep mountainous terrain and continuing hot dry conditions. Today is not going to be an easy Day for our fire Crews said fire officer Kevin Matuga. With those kinds of weather conditions we re not going to be very Meredith said he a not a professional firefighter but he believes the forests ministry did to act fast enough to put out the Lillooet fire. We had a big huge Grey rain Cloud Here on Friday night at about five of clock and we had three minutes of rain some Thunder and lightning and 13 fires started he said. They had lots going on but i think they should have had some More bombers and helicopters Here right ? Canadian press Regina ? a Saskatchewan Doc Tor who committed two sexual assaults and then tried to thwart Dan tests to cover them up could be deported within Days after los ing his hearing before the Immi Gration and refugee Board yesterday. We Are making arrangements to effect John Schneeberger a removal from Canada said Mike Fitzpatrick of Canada citizenship and immigration. There Are no longer any appeals available to the Board took less than 10 min utes to make the ruling after the former doctors Legal history was read out during a teleconference. Schneeberger participated from Regina while Board members heard the Case from Calgary. ? Canadian press British Columbia fire season striking hard l Lillooet . ? thousands of people were put on evacuation Alert yesterday in British Colum Bia As temperatures in some parts of the province hit an oven like 39 c in an Early explosive Start to the fire season. The flames licked an area about three Kilometres North of Lillooet about 350 Kilometres Northeast of Vancouver and fire officials were braced for the wind to pick up. Sudden gusts could Send the fire towards the Community. The entire Village ? population about 2,500 ? was put on evacuation Alert. Another 189 people on the outskirts including an aboriginal Reserve were also on Alert said Barb Kidd of the . Fire commissioners office. Bob Meredith a beekeeper in Lillooet said he received an evacuation notice Early yesterday but said he wont leave until the fire is at his Doorstep. I told them i a not leaving until they put the fire out said Meredith who can see the fire creeping towards a Rock face near his Home. I a not leaving. Its a Little incentive for them to try and put the fire Meredith said he has an escape route planned if the fire reaches his Home but until that happens he a staying put. I can go straight to the Fraser River its Only 100 Yards he said adding he has to packed his belongings and plans to leave with the shirt on his Back and whatever Cash he a got on hand. In Terrace in the provinces North West another 375 people were put on evacuation Alert yesterday. Fire information officer Suzanne von Der Porten said the Small fire which does to even cover a Square Kilometre was started by lightning on sunday but its Only about a Kilometre away from the nearest property at coppers de estates. A new weather system is moving into the area she said. It could go either Way. For one a storm brings High winds and More Light Ning could bring More fires but at the same time its a big dark Grey Cloud which we re hoping will bring rain and moisture which really helps Cool the fire the evacuation Alert Means residents will be Given an hour to vacate their Homes when fire officials conclude the situation is too dangerous. Firefighters in the Lillooet area Are 4 . Marines killed in Iraq kidnapping wont Stop South korean troops Baghdad ? insurgents gunned Down four . Marines West of Baghdad yesterday and South Korea said it would go ahead with plans to Send thousands More troops to Iraq despite a threat by iraqi kidnappers to kill a South korean seen pleading for his life on a videotape. A . Army Soldier was also killed yesterday and seven others wounded in a mortar attack in North Central Bagh dad the . Command said. A videotape delivered to associated press television news showed four marines in uniform lying dead in what appeared to be a walled compound in ramada an insurgent stronghold 100 Kilometres West of Baghdad. One of the americans was slumped in the Corner of a Wall. The bodies had no flak vests ? Manda tory for . Troops in contested areas ? and at least one was missing a Boot. One Fieldhack was left open next to a body As if the attackers had looted the dead before fleeing. . Mark Kimmitt coalition Deputy operations chief confirmed the killings but gave few details. American officials had been concerned about the deteriorating Security situation in ramada located along a Belt of sunni Militancy running Westward from Baghdad along the euphrates River. Most of the kidnappings of foreigners Over the past two months Are believed to have occurred along that Belt. The South korean government said it would go ahead with plans to Send 3,000 troops to Iraq despite a threat by an islamic extremist group to kill a South korean Man seen begging for his life on a videotape broadcast sunday night by the Arab satellite television station Al Nazeera. Korean soldiers please get out of Here the Man Kim Sun in screamed in English. I Don to want to die. I Don to want to die. I know that your life is important but my life is Kim 33, who works for a trading com Pany in Baghdad was believed to have been kidnapped about 10 Days ago. The kidnappers claimed to be from the monotheism and jihad group led by Jor Danian born terrorist Abu Musab Al Zar Qadi who is believed to have ties to Al Aida. The kidnappers set a deadline of 24 hours from Sunset sunday for the South koreans to comply or they would Send you the head of this korean and we will follow it with the Heads of your other however hours after the deadline passed there was no word on Kim a Fate and Al Nazeera said it had received no new message from the kidnappers. ? associated press Iran seizes British patrol boats detains crewmen Tehran Iran ? Iran seized three the situation. In relations after Britain helped draft a British military patrol boats yesterday in the waterway that divides Iran and Resolution rebuking Iran for past nuclear the Shatt Al Arab waterway Iraq a main Iraq has Long been a source of tension coverups at last weeks meeting of the link with the persian Gulf and eight Between the Neighbours. The 1980-88 International atomic Energy Agency a armed crewmen were detained for Iran Iraq War broke out after then iraqi Board of governors. Entering iranian territorial Waters. Leader Saddam Hussein claimed the Britain confirmed the seizures and entire waterway. Said it was in Contact with Iran to resolve yesterdays incident follows a Strain ? associated press ;