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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 14, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba A18 Canada Winnipeg repress. Com Winnipeg free press Friday december 14, 2007 ne123g707 � 2007. Sears Canada inc. Ne061g507 � 2007. Sears Canada inc. Sat. & Sun. Dont pay til april 2008 plus collect Points 20 % off fragrances when you use your Sears card or Sears � Mastercard � and spend $ 300 or More including taxes on almost anything in the store including furniture sleep sets & major appliances excludes items in our Toronto Street shops. Jewellery and watches not available in All stores. While quantities last. Selection will vary by store. Offer valid at Sears department stores Only on approved credit. Sears card purchases will receive Sears club T Points. 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Of menus a omens & kids fashions footwear Luggage a omens intimate apparel hosiery accessories jewellery & watches includes Denim menus & a omens menus 50 % off 50 % off 30 % off All dress shirts & ties and suits & sports jackets except lands end Brand and items with prices ending in .97 cannot be combined with any other offers. Some conditions & exclusions apply. See store for details. When you use your Sears card or Sears � Mastercard � savings taken from Sears Reg. Prices sat. Timed specials 7 00 to 11 00 a. M. By Richard Starnes o Ottawa there was absolutely nothing hoho to about the letters Rosalyn a costars children got from Santa on thursday. In fact they included filthy messages. They Are two of 10 inappropriate letters dropped into mailboxes across Ottawa in the last two Days and there could be More. On thursday Canada Post shut Down its write to Santa program across the City while it joins Ottawa police to Hunt Down the rogue Elf. Everybody Here is so shocked said Canada Post spokeswoman Cindy Daoust. According to Canada posts website More than 11,000 current and retired Canada Post employees ensure that every Childs letter with a return address gets an answer. Disappointed does not begin to describe How we feel added Daoust. A Costa was far More than disappointed she was stunned. When she went for the mail at her Home on thursday morning she was thrilled to see Santa had answered letters from two year old Maya and 10 year old Colton. My first thought was to wait until Colton got Home from school so he could sit and read them with her she said. But she was Happy she changed her mind. I told Maya theress a letter from Santa just for you lets read it. We sat Down on the Couch i opened the letter and began to read. My Mouth dropped open. Of my god each Santa letter Canada Post delivers contains the same main message with a hand written personal is. Mayans personal is said this letter is too Long you dumb so. I went straight to Google got the Canada Post number and called said a Costa. A very Nice lady at a Call Centre in Fredericton n. B. Was shocked and when i told her i also had a letter for Colton and was planning to let him read it when he got Home she said i should open it now just in Case. A Costa went downstairs picked up the letter and returned to the phone. What she read had both ladies gasping. Of my god of my god they kept repeating. The personal is to col tones letter read. And your dad is Gay. This brought a Canada Post supervisor to the phone. He said thatus like dirt in my Mouth. I cant even say it. It was then that a Costa decided she had to Call can West news service. My warning to everyone is open your childrens letters first. That will not be necessary for a few Days in Ottawa because Canada Post has put out an Alert for letter carriers to not deliver any Santa letters to intercept any others in the system and to Send them Back. We will Check every one said Canada posts Daoust. And we will make sure we have enough volunteers to Send out new messages from Santa. At present the program will continue As it has for the past 26 years across the remainder of Canada and around the world. But Daoust promises a close look at the system in the future. Can West news service by Charles Mandel Halifax Nova Scotia became the first Canadian province thursday to ban smoking in vehicles with children under the age of 19. The new legislation follows a similar history making Law the Nova Scotia Community of Wolfville passed in november. The new Law will come into effect in january will Likely be police enforced and involve a Fine levied through a ticket system. Were absolutely delighted that this Bill has passed. We believe this will have Impact in provinces across the country to encourage similar Laws to be adapted said Rob Cunningham a senior policy analyst with the Canadian cancer society in Ottawa. Since Wolfville adopted their bylaw its captured National attention Cunningham said. Similar private Bills to ban smoking in cars with kids have been introduced in British Columbia and Ontario. Laws Banning smoking in cars with children have been passed in several american states As Well As in a couple of australian states. The level of second hand smoke in vehicles can be far higher than those found in Smoky bars according to the Canadian cancer society. The society said research shows childhood exposure to second hand smoke is linked to sudden infant death syndrome ear infections asthma and respiratory disease. The Canadian medical association has also expressed support for similar legislation. By Banning smoking in cars carrying children governments would be removing a substantial threat to the health of Canadas children said or. Brian Day president of the association in a statement. Can West news service by Glen Mcgregor Ottawa an Independent adviser hired by the Harper government to probe polling contracts under its Liberal predecessors shows the conservatives perform an astounding number of Public opinion research projects. The report from Independent adviser Daniel Paille comes As a wrap on the Knuckles for the tories who had asked the former parti Qutb Cois Cabinet minister to study whether a Public inquiry into polling conducted Between 1990 2003 was required. The government received Pailles report in october but waited to release it until thursday afternoon the last Day the House of commons sat before the Christmas recess and a Day in which All eyes were on the testimony of former prime minister Brian Mulroney before the House ethics committee. Paille went beyond the period he was asked to probe and looked at current government polling practices. His report describes a Federal government hooked on polling but with Little centralized control Over Public opinion research. As reported by can West news service last week the conservative government last year outspent All past governments on Public opinion research running up a $ 31.2 million Bill for 546 contracts. In a written response to the Paille report issued thursday Public works and government services Canada said it would look at reducing spending on Public opinion research centralizing control of polling and providing incentives for departments to save Money by conducting polls in off Peak periods. It will also develop a clause for polling contracts requiring the supplier certify the polling is politically Neutral. Can West news service do you think tories poll crazy adviser says yes Nova Scotia bans smoking in cars with kids kids get hoho horrifying letters Back from Santa Mike Aporius / Winnipeg free press archives we made our list and checked it twice. 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