Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 9, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A20 Canada / world Winnipeg free press Friday july 9, 2004 chill out summer premiers give Martin 18 months weather is about Western leaders want Concrete improvements in health care to arrive. Maybe negotiated to provide More by Julian Branch Money to fix health care for a by Chris Morris Inuvik . ? Western and Northern leaders plan to get what they can on health care from a Liberal minority government in Ottawa before its too late . Premier Joe All of Canadas premiers Are to meet at the end of the month in Niagara on the Lake ont., to Dis cuss health care. A meeting involving the premiers and the prime minister is to follow next Fredericton ? its beginning to look like much of Canada is going to have one of those storied two season years a Long stretch of Winter and a few weeks of bad weather. But Dave Phillips environment Canadas senior climatologist and self described weather Weenie said yesterday there Handley said yesterday. We feel we have 18 months month. Handley said the premiers Are signs of change in the stubborn patterns that have kept cold wet air Over much of Canada this summer. That we should plan on to work toward some Good Concrete Steps to improve health care said Handley Host of the West Ern premiers meeting after a morning session. The session was devoted Pri Marily to health care sustain ability and Reform and How to deliver services in Rural and Haven to come up with a firm Fig ure that they la be asking for from Martin but said they want Good practical Steps to improve the health programs across the increased funding is a big part of that he said. The premiers issued a com Munique reinforcing their com Klein a comments were of Little Comfort to Linda Silas president of the Canadian federation of because everything is on the Manitoba Premier Gary doer Jeff Mcintosh / Canadian press doer takes part in Blanket toss during display of Arctic games. I think if anything summer has just been delayed Phillips said in an interview. Of course that Means it May be Shorter than we while hot dry conditions continue to feed Forest fire headaches in Northwestern Canada especially in British Colum Bia and the Yukon Chilly Cloudy conditions have become the Norm from Alberta to Newfoundland and Labrador. Phillips said people Are Grumpy especially since Environ ment Canada had predicted a warm sunny summer. Fair Remote regions. Typically minority govern ments Don to last a full four years. It May be different in this Case but from our perspective for planning we re looking at 18 months Handley said. Prior to the recent Federal election Campaign prime minis Ter Paul Martin promised the provinces $9 billion Over the next five years with a clause to be fitment to the Canada health Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said his government remains committed to the Canada health act the Federal Law that governs medicare. That a not to say that things wont change and that act will be amended said Klein. Perhaps it will happen. Per haps it nurses unions As she listened at the Back of the room. I had to chuckle because with his definition of commitment no wonder the High rate of divorce exists in Canada she said. On wednesday the premiers refused to sign a pledge put together by Silas and other labour leaders denouncing Pri vate for profit health care. Klein said he would to sign said the fact Martin Only has a minority will Likely Force the pre Miers to be measured in their demands. We be got to really be Sensi ble. No one can overplay their hand doer said. He said the last thing premiers can afford is to be blamed for toppling the Federal government. ? Canadian press we feel nature should be fair and give us Good summer weather he said. Here it is Well into july and at least in the East we Haven to even had two or three Days of warm Phillips said the last significantly Cool summer in Canada was in 1992 when a volcanic explosion in Indonesia rocked glob Al weather patterns. This time he said the culprit is a cold Low pressure system which has failed to move into its Normal summer position near the North pole. Its blocking any kind of southerly air streams and encouraging More of an Arctic flow than a tropical flow Phillips said. But Phillips said he would to write the obituary just yet for the summer of ?04. He said there Are signs the cold Low is weakening and moving nip say they can shape Liberal plans Ottawa ? even with just 19 opposition maps new democrats said yesterday they can shape the political Agenda of the new minor Ity Liberal government. History shows a determined opposition can Sway the liberals de Broadbent ? newly elected my and former party Leader ? said As he entered the first meeting of the nip caucus since the june 28 vote that saw current Leader Jack Lay ton win his first Federal seat. The makeup of the new Parlia ment could give new democrats unusual influence because their support could help the liberals hang on to Power. Layton who was elected my for Toronto Danforth said new democrats will use every strategy they can think of to hold prime minister Paul Martin to his elec Tion promises of enhanced social programs. ? Canadian press into its traditional Northern Range. He said the Long Range environment Canada forecasts for the rest of july August and september is warmer than Normal for much of the country. The Only exception he said is the Atlantic coast which May continue in the clutches of cold Damp weather. Now How much would i bet on that i would to bet the farm. It does to mean every Day or every weekend will be like ? Canadian press Honda Check ered Flag sales event 48 to. Lease from ? now with 2004 Honda or vex. Race bred technology gives it Best Overall value in its per or a sets the Standard for its class with a 160hp Doc i Utec engine and the month $3283.8%? . Instant response of mealtime 4-wheel drive. With features like ? automatic lease or with $4,237 Down transmission with torque converter & Grade logic ? quadruple 5-Star Nysta safety Purchase or financing . Rating. ? dual front and Side airbags sri ? 15" Alloy wheels. Disc brakes with Abs ? 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Today s weather a 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 -35 -40 -45 Whitehorse Yellowknife by weather Tec services 21 / 9 26 / 16 map valid for noon Iqaluit july 9, 2004. 14 / 7 h of 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 32 23 14 5 -4 -13 -22 -31 -40 -49 Winnipeg area forecast Churchill St. John s 25 / 10 16 / 11 l Thompson a disturbance crossing the Prairies will produce unsettled conditions Edmonton 25 / 13 today including periods of cloudiness and a risk of showers or 19 / 11 Saskatoon 22 / 11 thunderstorms. Southwesterly winds will usher in a warming trend. Today. Sunny with Cloudy periods. 30% Chance of showers in the Victoria Quebe Vancouver Fredericton Calgary Thunder City 21 / 12 afternoon with a risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming Southwest 22 / 14 Winnipeg Bay 22 / 15 18 / 12 19 / 7 Regina Halifax 20 pm a in the afternoon. High 27. Low tonight 17. 20 / 7 Montreal 17 / 14 Seattle 24 / 11 23 / 16 saturday. Sunny skies. High 31. A 21 / 12 27 / 17 Ottawa great Falls 24 / 15 Portland Minneapolis 24 / 15 26 / 10 25 / 18 Boston Toronto Milwaukee precipitation for the record july 9 24 / 18 25 / 14 27 / 18 april 1 to july 8max min mean Boise Chicago l h 211.4 my. New York City last year.20.0 10.3 15.2 106% of Normal. 30 / 21 Normal.25.9 13.5 19.7 32 / 16 Windsor h Salt Lake City 32 / 20 july 8 to 6 . Highest on record .34.4 in 1921 nil. Lowest on record.3.3 in 1968 27 / 21 26 / 16 Washington san Francisco 30 / 2122 / 13 St. Louis Reno 33 / 23 Las vegas 32 / 15 Kansas City 31 / 13 Denver Manitoba conditions yesterday 37 / 27 32 / 22 Orlando los Angeles Miami maximum to 4 . Minimum 24-hour precipitation to 6 . 33 / 23 Memphis 24 / 17 atlant Albuquerque 32 / 26 Winnipeg.21 .10.nil 32 / 24 33 / 21 34 / 18 san Diego Phoenix Thompson.27 .7.nil the Pas .21 .14 nil 24 / 19 40 / 29 Thunder today s ultraviolet Index new Orleans a Dallas a 25 / 12 highest Index 7.0 at 1 30 . Gimli.19 .9 nil fort Worth High valid for Sunshine or thin Clouds. Low Dauphin .17 .10 nil sunny Cloudy Thunder pressure 26 / 15 rain pressure Index above 3.0 9 . To 5 . Storm Brandon .16 .10 nil Portage .18 .10 nil rain category Index time to sunburn Orlando Miami Honolulu Snow Low 0 3.9 More than 1 or. Moderate 4.0 6.9 about 30 min. 23 / 11 25 / 16 32 / 24 kenora.23 .16.1.0 partly cold warm Thunder showers Snow High 7.0 8.9 about 20 min. Cloudy front front storm extreme Over 9 less than 15 min. Hot spot Thompson 27 cold spot Thompson 7 National International temperatures extended forecast Max. Min. Canadian victoria.21 12 vancouver.22 14 yellowknife.26 16 Whitehorse .21 9 Edmonton .19 11 Calgary .19 7 Saskatoon .22 11 Regina .24 11 Thunder Bay.20 7 Toronto .25 14 Ottawa .24 15 Montreal .23 Fredericton .18 Halifax .17 St. John s.16 . Atlanta .33 Boston .27 Chicago .27 Dallas .33 denver.32 detroit.26 los angeles.24 Minneapolis .25 16 12 14 11 21 18 21 24 15 18 17 18 new orleans.32 new York .30 san Francisco .22 Seattle .21 world Amsterdam .16 Athens .32 beijing.32 Dublin .16 Hong Kong .31 jerusalem.33 kyiv.26 lisbon.22 24 21 13 12 11 23 22 9 25 16 17 17 London .18 manila.31 Mexico City.25 Moscow .21 munich.20 new Delhi .39 Paris .17 Riyadh .43 rome.29 stockholm.21 Sydney .18 Tokyo .28 warsaw.26 11 23 13 13 7 30 10 27 17 13 8 23 13 resorts Honolulu .32 Las vegas.37 Miami.32 Orlando.33 Phoenix .40 Tampa .34 acapulco.33 Barbados .31 Havana .31 Montero Bay .30 mazatlan.34 Nassau .31 24 27 26 23 29 24 26 22 23 22 27 23 Southern Manitoba sunny skies sunday and monday. Lows 15 to 17. Highs 28 to 29. Normals 13, 26. Northern Manitoba a mix of Sun and Cloud sunday. Sunny skies monday. Lows near 14. Highs 27 to 28. Normals 9, 23. Northwestern Ontario a mix of Sun and Cloud sunday. Sunny skies monday. Lows 14 to 17. 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