Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 12, 2005, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday april 12, 2005 Canada / world a9 i Brief Host station ordered to pay $300,000 Quebec ? a Quebec City radio Host and his former employer have been ordered to pay $300,000 for vicious sexist and malicious on air comments that targeted a to weather presenter including remarks about the size of her breasts. The trial before Justice Yves Alain of Quebec Supe rior court centred on a list of insults from Jeff Fillion for Merly of Choi pm. Mackay a licence suspended new Glasgow ? Peter Mackay will join the ranks of pedestrians for two weeks next month. The Central Nova my and Deputy conservative Leader will serve Back to Back seven Day driving suspensions beginning May 21, after being caught speeding twice last year. Hindu pilgrims drowned during festival Bhopal India ? at least 58 hindu pilgrims were drowned on the weekend when the Gates of a dam several Kilometres upriver were opened by officials unaware of the religious festival which included ritual bathing police said yester Day. India China form strategic partnership new Delhi ? India and China agreed yesterday to form a strategic partnership creating a diplomatic Bond Between asias two emerging Powers that would tie together nearly one third of the worlds population. The agreement announced during a South Asia tour by chinese prime minister Wen Jinbao reflects a major shift in relations Between the two nuclear countries whose ties have Long been defined by Mutual suspicion. Native people fare poorly in Canada in Geneva ? indigenous people in Canada Are poorer sicker less educated More socially excluded and More prone to end up in prison than almost everyone else in the country says a report submitted yesterday to the in human rights com Mission. Economic social and human indicators of Well being Quality of life and development Are completely lower among aboriginal people than other canadians says Rodolfo Stavenhagen a in special investigator on the human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous Peoples. Top mountie opposes Border guard guns Ottawa ? providing Canadas Border guards with sidearms would be a dangerous move and contribute Little to improving National Security according to ramp commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli. ? compiled from news services presents Linda Lundstrum trunk show thurs. Sat., april 14 16 and mon., april 18 featuring. Spring 2005 collection previewing. 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At Marion 233-4000. testimony implicates Chr Tien on most of Brault a devastating Tes by Brian Daly witness tells inquiry he overheard pitch Timony revealing a wide ranging conspiracy involving top Liberal m ont real ? a former made to sex pm for sponsorship contract brass and High ups in the office of Liberal organizer and and former Public works minister employee told the Spon Cash exchanged in unmarked ident Jean Brault says top ranking Alfonso Gagliano. Worship inquiry yesterday he heard envelopes. Liberals pressed him into fun the inquiry heard More Allega one of Jean Chr Tien a friends Renaud a frequent visitor to Nelling $1.1 million into the party a tons from Renaud yesterday that make a pitch directly to the then Corriveau a office in a Montreal Cash strapped Quebec Wing. Chr Tien a office approved Spon prime minister for a culturally loft said he overheard him Brault took in millions of dollars worship deals in the 1990s. Themed sponsorship contract. Extolling the Virtues of a music in salaries and commissions relat Renaud said Chuck Guite who sex group action staffer Alain event during the Call to Chr Tien. De to the National Unity sponsor ran the program from 1997 to 1999, Renaud implicated in a massive they spoke about some kind of ship program despite the fact the confirmed an unspecified number corruption scandal that could take Small violins project Renaud inquiry heard yesterday he had of contracts crossed the desk of Down the minority Liberal govern said in response to a question from Sovereign St leanings. Jean Pelletier chief of staff to ment said he eavesdropped on the Lead inquiry counsel Bernard Roy. The inquiry has also heard that Chr Tien. Telephone conversation Between i heard its a Good project it group action paid Corriveau a Pluri he Guite said Well look at graphic designer Jacques Corriveau has to go and i knew that design firm nearly $500,000 for the project present this to the and Chr Tien at Corriveau a office. The person at the other end of the work that was never done and that Public works minister and it has Corriveau and Renaud Are both line was or. Pluri reaped the windfalls by Tak to go through the prime ministers implicated in a bold scheme that during two Days of testimony ing a Cut from group action a com office and that show it worked allegedly pumped $1.1 million into Renaud Drew Chr Tien a entourage missions. Said Renaud. The Liberal party scoffers through Ever closer into the sponsorship inquiry judge John Gomery lift bogus employees false Bills and scandal in which group action pres de a publication ban last thursday ? Canadian press asthma risk doubles if grandma smoked Dren but also her grandchildren. Asked the mothers about the smoking histories by Nicholas Bakalar researchers at the Keck school of Medicine of their own mothers. Of the University of Southern California select compared with children whose mothers and a child whose grandmother smoked during de 908 subjects from Over 4,000 children who grandmothers did not smoke during pregnant pregnancy May have almost twice the risk of were participating in the Southern California by the risk of asthma increased 1.3 times if Only developing asthma As one whose grandmother children a health study which began in 1993. Of the Mother smoked 1.8 times if Only the grand did not smoke ? even if the child smother was these children 338 had asthma a comparison Mother smoked and 2.6 times if both the Moth a non smoker a new study has found. Group of 570 children did not. Or and the grandmother smoked during the study published in the april Issue of the the scientists collected detailed information pregnancy researchers found. Journal Chest is the first to show that smoking about the smoking habits of the children a Moth ? new York times news service in pregnancy can harm not Only a woman Schil ers before and during pregnancy. They also ;