Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 5, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Winnipeg free press sunday november 5, 2006 a7 support for afghan Mission drops . Only 44% approve using troops for combat. Comes after six Canadian soldiers killed by Allan Woods o Ottawa ? the level of support among canadians for Canadas military Mission in Afghanistan dropped considerably Over the course of the last month according to a new Itsos Reid opinion poll conducted for can West news service and global Tele vision. The latest figures Peg support for the use of troops in combat operations in the troubled country at 44 per cent. That number is Down 13 per cent from the level of support expressed by Survey participants at the end of september. In that one month period six Canad around Canada protesters target Harper Montreal As 25,000 people Gath ered in London to denounce big Oil and the . Government for its sabotage of the Kyoto protocol on climate change protesters in Montreal Satur Day set their sights on their own Public enemy no. One ? prime minister Stephen Harper. Marking the International Day of action against climate change hundreds of demonstrators in Montreal denounced the Harper governments recent decisions on climate change including its proposed clean air act which would push the deadline for reductions of greenhouse Gas emis Sions to 2050. Treaty documents found Quebec ? six documents that could lend credence to native land claims Over what is now Quebec City have allegedly been discovered by a Mon Treal newspaper. The journal de Montreal claims to have seen documents that were used As evidence in a land claims dispute involving the Huron wend at tribe in 1824. The documents disappeared that year but surfaced briefly in 1996 ? Only to disappear once again. The paper says it traced the documents to a private collector who wished to remain Anonymous fearing Legal reprisals. Seaman Dies in Bahamas St. Johns . The tiny town of St. Lewis in Southeast Labrador is mourn ing the death of Travis Pye 22, a Lead ing Seaman on hocs St. Johns who died Friday after he was pulled from the Harbour in Nassau Bahamas. Pye had been serving aboard hocs St. Johns since sept. 2005, and this week the ship was visiting the Bahamas. He had allegedly been stand ing on a jetty with other Navy person when he fell into the water. He was rescued after calling for assistance but succumbed to his injuries. An autopsy is schedule for monday. ? compiled from news services . Sailor stabbed dead in Halifax Halifax ? an american Sailor visit ing Halifax on a training exercise was killed saturday in an Early morning Brawl outside a downtown nightclub. The 28-year-old Sailor was found with Stab wounds on a trendy Street lined with bars restaurants and shops. His name want released. Six males from the Halifax area were in custody although police said no charges had been Laid. About 4 . Local time police responded to a fight involving about 20 people that apparently started inside the club and spilled onto the Street. The victim was pronounced dead in Hospital. Another . Sailor was injured and was still in Hospital saturday night in fair condition with minor injuries to his foot. The sailors were in Halifax aboard two american naval vessels for exercises with the Canadian Navy. ? Canadian press an soldiers were killed in four separate incidents and a number of afghan civil ians including women and children were killed in a bombing in Kandahar a Panjawani District. That air attack in which no Canadian soldiers were directly involved also killed dozens of suspected Taliban fight ers according to coalition military officials in Afghanistan. But More than anything the drop is a correction from the boost in support that came along with afghan president Hamid Karzai a address to parliament in september said Itsos Reid senior vice president Darrell Bricker. There a no Good news on Afghanistan that a the thing said Bricker. The Only thing we hear out of Afghanistan is about. What Canadian got injured or killed today. There a no sense of the afghan president visited Ottawa and Montreal from sept. 21 to 23, less than a week after four canadians were killed and 17 wounded in a suicide bomb ing. Twenty nine Canadian soldiers in All had died from fighting suicide attacks and Roadside bombings in the nine months of 2006 that preceded his visit. He acknowledged it was a time of great sadness in Canada but that the country a sons and daughters who have made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan stand among the greatest of their they have sacrificed so that we in Afghanistan May have Security and they have sacrificed to ensure the continued safety of their fellow canadians from an Itsos Reid poll completed Days after the visit showed 57 per cent sup port for Canadas military Effort but the figures have bounced Back to their downward trend Bricker said. The government launched a minor Public relations offensive to try to Shore up support for the governments commitment to Afghanistan in october. Foreign affairs minister Peter Mack a delivered several speeches last month emphasizing the humanitarian and reconstruction efforts to which Canada Klein sold watering Hole shutting its doors for Good City of Calgary buys building Calgary after weeks of Specula Tion the official end of the St. Louis hotel has been set in Stone ? sort of. On dec. 2, if All goes to plan the doors of the venerable downtown watering Hole and hotel will shut for Good says owner Morris Blitt. Ill be Happy and sad but because of what a happened to the area its turned into a pretty Tough atmosphere to work in Blitt said saturday. He a run the Louis for the past 30 years. Blitt said drug related crime has flourished in the area in recent years intimidating both staff and patrons and transforming the once lovable Tav Ern into an unsettling meeting Point. As a result in september he announced he was Selling the building to the City of Calgary. The City takes Possession of the Klein to pm lighten up on the Media Calgary ? prime minister Stephen Harper needs to lighten up when it comes to his dislike of the Media according to Alberta Premier Ralph Klein. Next year Klein ? a former to reporter ? will step into the role As the first chair of Media relations for mount Royal College in Calgary. In an interview this week Klein urged Harper to get Over his prob lems with reporters. The Only thing wrong with Harper is his property dec. 15, but Blitt said the paperwork could continue into Early next year. Blitt is holding at least two parties prior to closing Down including a nov. 24 Public fundraiser set to be attended by Premier Ralph Klein the taverns most famous alumni. Klein was a Reg ular during his years As a Calgary to obsession against the Media said Klein. I went to 24 Sussex and the Media were waiting Harper looked out and said i bet you feel the same Way about the Media As i do which is to say he does to like them. I told him he should accommodate the reporters Klein said. You can to antagonize them or they la look for the worse in you without ? Canadian press reporter and later As mayor. City Hall is just a Block away. By coincidence the fundraiser takes place the night before voting begins for Klein a successor. A second party to be held dec. 1, will be for longtime patrons. ? can West news service is contributing. The poll showed that support further decreases further when respondents Are told that the Mission will go on until 2009 after the government won a slim vote in the commons this Spring to extend the nato led Mission. Only 41 per cent supported staying the course and a Clear majority 58 per cent expressed their opposition. Of those opposed to the lengthy stay in Afghanistan 39 per cent said they strongly oppose the Mission. All told 752 people responded to the poll which is considered considered accurate to within 3.6 percentage Points 19 times out of 20. ? can West news service eur meeting in Finland Harper cancels trip to Summit Toronto ? prime minister Stephen Harper has cancelled plans to attend a Canada eur Summit happening at the end of the month in Finland according a report in the Globe and mail. Harper told finnish prime minister Marti Vanhanen by Telephone on Friday he would not be Able to attend the sum Mit scheduled for nov. 27, according to the Globe. The prime minister said he needed to stay in the country As much As he could while the House of commons is sitting because his government is a minority government. However Harper still plans on travelling to Hanoi later this month to attend a meeting of the Asia Pacific eco nomic co operation leaders. He will also be in Latvia at the end of the month for a meeting with the Heads of nato. That a Why his decision to cancel the eur Summit has european officials con fused says the Globe. The eur Summit in Finland is just two Days before the nato meetings and Finland is a Short flight from Latvia. According to the Globe there is wide spread belief the conservatives can celled the meeting because eur officials announced that Kyoto protocol targets would be on the Agenda. Apparently european leaders have been upset with the conservative governments clean air act which abandoned Canadas pledge under the Kyoto protocol to reduce greenhouse Gas emissions. One european official speculated Harper May also be annoyed about a recent speech on global european Trade relations by Trade commissioner Peter Mandelson that failed to mention Canada the Globe says. However Sandra Buckler the prime ministers director of communication says neither Kyoto nor Trade relation ships played any role in the harpers decision. She says that Harper recently attended an eur Summit Over the summer and there was a conclusion that one would not be needed so soon ? Canadian press ;