Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 28, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba A16 Winnipeg free press Friday july 28, 2006 Canada mans heroism saves the life of his Friend Federal provincial funding arrangements common ground eludes premiers Vancouver in the freezing cold Bering sea a woman held on for an hour to the hero and Friend who saved her life trying desperately to save his but ultimately letting him go after he died in her arms. Wearing the flotation device Tom gris som gave her when their Skiff capsized sunday night Amanda Delisle said she tried in vain to Cut away the water filled rubber waders that were weighing the lifelong Fisherman Down. Neither was wearing a survival suit and Grissom could to swim. The Courte nay b.c., woman tried to get him to Shore but the riptide was too Strong and she could to make headway. The 30-year-old held her Friend tight As the cold took its inevitable toll. Facing certain death herself if she did to get to land Delisle was forced to let Grissom a body Drift away. Searchers have yet to find the body of the 42-year-old. . Coast guard Crews called off the Hunt late monday about 24 hours after the capsize. She really tried hard to save him said Delisle smother Rita Burrows yesterday. She said Tom just let go. He just froze to giving up the flotation device to save Delisle a life was described As an act of unparalleled heroism by the . Coast guard and those who knew Grissom. ? can West news service Progress doer said. By Paul Samyn o doer said internal Trade is Worth $300 billion a year and he believes there is a basis for a Deal to Ottawa Canadas premiers failed yes remove remaining barriers which affect such Ter Day to find common ground on the sectors As agriculture and Energy. Multi billion Dollar question of How to fix this will be very very positive for Manitoba the so called fiscal imbalance. Doer said of the potential Deal he Hopes could be during their annual summer meeting in St. Finalized within eight weeks. Johns nfld., the provincial and territorial Lead there would be a net economic Benefit to ers were unable to heal the deep rifts needed to present a United front to the Federal government the debate Over revamping equalization and when it comes to revamping the $11-billion equal ending the fiscal imbalance ? the Gap Between Iza Tion program. Ottawa a growing Revenue Stream and increasing there came a Point in the afternoon were we costs facing the provinces ? has huge Imp Lica realized this just was not coming to come Ogeth tons for Manitoba. Or said Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams the province would see its equalization pay who is chairing the three Day meeting. Ments from Ottawa increase by $69 million under if you could make it happen and if there was a a proposed overhaul of the Federal Revenue Shar one size fits All solution Here we would have done ing program released this Spring. That. It just simply want there. There is just too a report commissioned by the premiers would much difference in the spectrum Between the sweeten Manitoba a Bottom line by $427 million various annually. Premier Gary doer said he would have pre however the premiers have been fighting for feared if the premiers had been Able to cobble months Over How exactly to fix the fiscal Iqbal together a consensus since prime minister Ance that Stephen harpers tories promised to Stephen Harper May be meeting with the pre address in their election platform. Miers on the controversial Issue this fall. The differences remain so deep that the pre but instead of focusing on the failure involving Miers can to even agree if there should be a meet equalization and the fiscal imbalance doer ing with Harper to discuss the Issue. Instead wanted to talk about movement the pre Williams said the premiers May take one More Miers made toward reducing internal Trade Barri kick at the debate today but he doubts there will ers. Be any breakthrough in the impasse. The biggest newsworthy item is on internal Trade and its Safe to say we have made a lot of. crime mounties complain they re outgunned up to 50%ff electronics & All clearance housewares linens & Patio furniture 50%ff All discontinued bedroom and dining room furniture 80%ff All discontinued floor Model mattress sets an extra 20%ff previously reduced living room furniture an extra 15%ff previously reduced major appliances an extra 50%ff clearance priced watches and fashion jewellery off last ticketed prices. Ottawa at a time when frontline mounties Are being wounded and killed while on duty two officers ? including one who came under fire himself ? yesterday said the Force is outgunned by the bad Guys. They be got the big guns and they re not afraid to use them said const. Rip Mills. So you go to a gunfight with a pistol and the bad Guy has a Rifle. What do you do with a pistol Duck and take cover it is rare for mounties to speak publicly but with the rash of gun attacks against them Ontario based Mills and const. Pete Merrifield broke rank in a Public Call for better firepower. They both said the National Force is out matched by criminals and that its frontline officers need More than one trip a year to the shooting Range to hone their skills. We be got a pistol and a Shotgun. That a not going to Cut it. How Many More lives need to be lost before we change Mills said. Constable Pete Merrifield who once came under fire by a suspect when he was work ing at a Small detachment on the Prairies said yesterday that frontline officers Are outgunned. It aint getting any better and we re under gunned. We be got shitty old pump action shotguns and pistols. If you re within 20 metres or less a pistol is of but out Side of that How do you face around Canada lumber industries communicating Vancouver ? Canadas lumber Industry is talking to its american counterpart and to provincial govern ments about amending the Canada-. Softwood Lum Ber agreement despite fed eral insistence that negotiations Are Over sources say. The . Coalition for fair lumber imports the influential Industry lobby behind punitive tariffs on Canadian lumber this week categorically denied that it or its members were Dis cussing changes to the soft Wood Deal initialled july 1. But Canadian Industry sources told the Canadian press yesterday that informal contacts did take place Between individual lumber executives on both sides of the Border. Security measures not enough senator Ottawa ? the Federal government is planning to build a multimillion Dollar Fence around its National defence Headquarters and Rifle fire with a pistol its time the mounties stopped giving everyone a big Teddy Bear hug Merri Field said. Speaking about the rash of gun attacks on fellow Mem Bers Merrifield said this is crazy the Constable a former counter terrorism agent says every frontline officer needs More firearms train ing. Right now frontline Moun ties Only go to the shooting Range once a year. The Moun ties service pistol is a 9mm Smith and Wesson and each Cruiser has a mounted pump action 12-gauge Shotgun. The mounties could to recall a time like this. Just last Friday a teen in Alberta opened fire on five ramp officers on the provinces Hobbema Reserve. The youth had been charged with five counts of attempted murder. They seized a Rifle from the teen. Cpl. Al Fraser said officers have been warned about coming under fire on any Given Day. It seems regrettably that the frequency of these kinds of events is becoming More commonplace though i Hope they re not normalized he said. In the past you might have heard people say they were on a routine Call. Today we have no routine Calls the Corporal said. ? can West news service parliament Hill but a Liber Al senator warns the newly proposed Security measures still Don to go far enough to Stop a deadly coordinated terrorist attack. Colin Kenny who chairs the Senate a National Security and defence committee complained emergency response times were As High As 30 minutes in recent drills staged Over the past three months at parliament because of a serious Short age of Security staff. Another problem he has warned about is the system in which visitors Are searched for explosives after they have entered the main Parlia ment building instead of being checked on another site beforehand. Canada is one Happy country Toronto ? Canada has made the top 10 on a world map of happiness which rates 178 countries ranging from Albania to Zimbabwe on their populations Overall sense of Well being. Ranked 10th in the world Canada scored High on the maps three major Mea sures of happiness ? health wealth and Access to education said one of its creators Adrian White of the University of Leicester in England ;