Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Canada / world Winnipeg free press saturday june 26, 2004 immersion pupils read better score was 533 for immersion and non by Dave Rogers English test scores immersion students. O Only Finland outperformed Canada on Ottawa ? French immersion Stu higher Sta scan the Reading literacy part of the internal dents in nine out of 10 provinces tonal student tests administered in 32 the two hour International Reading score significantly higher in eng developed countries to evaluate Educa test required students to interpret news Lish Reading tests than non immersion Tion Quality. Canada trailed Japan Korea paper articles documents bus sched students according to a statistics Cana new zealand and Finland in mathematics Ules and graphs in their native language. A study released this week. And was behind Korea Japan Finland the average Reading score in All 32 coun the study is based on the results of and the United kingdom in science. Tries was 500. Organization for economic co operation the statistics Canada report says British Columbia immersion students and development Recd tests admin More research is needed on Why French had the Best results ? 610 on the test estered to 30,000 15-year-Olds in april immersion students do better in Reading compared to 510 for non immersion Stu and May 2000. Than non immersion students. It says one dents. The biggest difference was in in most countries 4,500 to 10,000 Stu Factor May be their parents have a High Newfoundland and Labrador where dents wrote the tests but in Canada or socioeconomic status and Are More immersion students had average scores 30,000 students in 1,200 schools Partick Likely to have a University or College Edu of 608 compared to 510 among non rated to provide reliable figures for eng cation. Immersion students. Lish and French school systems. ? Ottawa citizen in Manitoba the average Reading virus targets financial info experts warn new York ? a mysterious internet experts said the infection detected by routinely used to fish for credit card virus being spread yesterday by Hun Microsoft on thursday was unusually numbers Bank accounts passwords and dress and possibly thousands of infect Broad but want substantially interfere the like. De websites May be aimed at stealing ing with internet traffic. Users should be aware that any web credit card and other valuable inform Security experts at Microsoft and else site even those that May be trusted by Tion Security experts warned. Where worked yesterday to pin Down the user May be affected by this Active the infection appears to take Adan How the infection spreads across web to and thus contain potentially malicious Tage of three separate flaws with Sites. It appears to target at least one code the . Computer emergency Microsoft corp. Products. Microsoft said recent version of Microsoft software for readiness team warned in an internet software updates to fix two of them had operating websites ? called internet Alert. Been released in april but the third flaw information server. ? associated press has no Patch to fix it yet. Such software Trojan horses Are by Gerry Bellett Vancouver ? a Vancouver bus Dri ver and several passengers were sick ened by a potentially fatal Gas during a bizarre attack last month Vancouver police revealed yesterday. Initial testing of the bus had failed to find anything that could have caused the nausea leading a Vancouver medical health officer to suggest the victims were suffering from mass hysteria. However further investigation of the bus revealed the presence of Methyl Chloride a toxic Gas commonly used in the chemical Industry and Industrial lab oratories. The potentially fatal Gas was found in its ventilation system and seats. We Don to know what the motivation for this attack was its not Clear Van Couver police Insp. Chris Beach said. We Don to have any suspects at this time although we do have a composite draw ing. Whatever the motivation was the attack was police said the attack happened on May 28, moments after a passenger who was getting off at a bus Stop told the Dri ver his Day was about to get worse. ? Vancouver Sun ;