Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 2, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Canada Winnipeg free press wednesday August 2, 2006 conscience of the Legal profession Dies cycling by Camille Bains Vancouver ? a lawyer considered the conscience of the Legal profession for his efforts to ensure equal Access to Legal help is being mourned by his Peers. Dugald Christie died after he was hit by a Van in Ontario during a Cross Canada cycling tour to bring attention to the cause he was planning to present to prime minister Stephen Harper. Const. Jim Davis of the Ontario provincial police in Blind River ont., said Christie 65, was struck by a vehicle monday evening on the trans Canada Highway East of Sault Ste. Marie ont. Christie was a Well known lawyer and activist for equal Access to Legal Assis Tance. His efforts led to the opening of 60 clinics in British Columbia ? and Sev eral in other Western provinces ? that offer free Legal advice to people who could to otherwise afford a lawyer. Last december Christie won a Legal fight when British Columbia a court of Appeal ruled the seven per cent Provin Cial tax on lawyers fees was unconstitutional. The Battle against the tax originally involved Only Low income people but the High court went further ruling the tax interfered with All Peoples Access to jus Tice. Christie wanted All canadians to have Access to lawyers and decided to present a petition at a meeting of the Canadian bar association meeting in St. Johns n.l., later this month before meeting with the prime minister. ? Canadian press by Chinta Pulley t Oronto ? one year after All of the Crew and passengers of air France flight 358 miraculously survived the crash of the doomed air liner at Pearson International Airport the preliminary probe into what caused the near tragedy has been completed. Still passengers anxious to rid them selves of the questions that have haunted them since the plane skidded off a runway on aug. 2, 2005 will have to wait a while longer for some answers. Yesterday the transportation safety Board announced that its investigators had fully examined whether the crash was caused by human error mechanical failure or bad weather and filed their conclusions ? but those findings will remain confidential until they re approved by Board members. Probe of Miracle flight ready the Tab wont say when that will be. ? investigators May have to go Back and do More research said spokes woman Genevieve Lamarche adding the report will be made Public once it is finalized. Some survivors of the crash say they re tired of waiting. Eddie to says he a still haunted by the smell of the Jet fuel the pounding of the torrential rain and the sound of the terrified screams. The 20-year-old University student who was on the flight from Paris while returning from South Africa said hell spend the one year anniversary of the crash in a counsellors office in the Hopes of one Day coming to terms with his horrifying experience. But to said he can to put the Nightmare behind him until he understands Why the crash happened. The investigators report should be made Public along with a transcript from the cockpits Black Box he said. There should be More communication and More transparency to said. We should really get to the Bottom of to has to been on an air plane since the crash. The third year business student at Queens University still remembers the applause after the plane initially touched Down during intense thunderstorms that afternoon. He remembers his seatmate turning to him and saying that was a Good mostly he a haunted by the terrifying feeling of the plane hurtling out of control on the runway at nearly 150 Kilometres an hour praying As passengers screamed around him. It was terrifying ? like hell had Bro Ken Loose to said. ? Canadian press around Canada Montreal Man remorseful Ottawa ? a Young Montreal Man charged with mischief for allegedly urinating on the National War memorial on Canada Day is hoping to resolve his Case through Community service. Lawyer Steven Greenberg says Stephen Fernandes is completely remorseful for what he did and has suffered extreme embarrassment As a result. Between now and his next court Date on sept. 26, Greenberg says his client plans to take part in some sort of Community service involving War Veter ans. Wildlife threatened Calgary ? Caribou Lynx Marten and some Bird species Are in danger of disappearing from Albertas boreal Forest if deep Oil Sands development continues to grow at its current Pace says a report by environmental groups. The report by the Pembina Institute and the Canadian Parks and Wilder Ness society Edmonton chapter was released yesterday. . Doctor charged Vernon . ? police claim a . Doctor from this Okanagan City was trying to help a patient in a local Nurs ing Home commit suicide when they were interrupted by a staff member. Or. Ramesh Sharma has been charged with aiding a person to com Mit suicide following an incident in Early july said ramp civilian Liaison Gord Molendyk. The patient Ruth Wolfe survived. The 92-year-old said Sharma was her Long time family physician and he should to be criminally charged. ? from the news services ;