Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 30, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a10 a 10 Winnipeg free press saturday August 30, 2008 Canada Winnipeg repress. Com first 6 months from $ 19 99 a month bundled $ 24.99 a month unbundled switch to its to and get More Choice. At a lower Price. No this Isnit a mistake. Neither res the Low Price. Turn Back to see what you missed. Ottawa with the Busy labour Day weekend ahead passengers stranded by the collapse of zoom discount airlines were being advised to turn to their travel agents or credit card companies for ticket refunds. Zoom airlines said in a news release Friday that the vast majority of passengers affected by the suspension of the airlines services should be Able to secure alternative flights and will be entitled to refunds. The airline said 80 per cent of its passenger bookings were made using credit cards or through travel operators which carry a High degree of Protection. But said a spokesman for the Agency that regulates air travel that is zoom optimism. Madrion huot with the Canadian transportation Agency said passengers have to do their own legwork. Most though not All credit card companies will be prepared to void charges for the flights he said adding it depends on your credit card company and the Type of Protection that you have. Same thing if you bought your ticket through a registered travel Agency specifically in Ontario Quebec and British Columbia. Those provinces have Protection funds in place for such situations. In Ontario huot says passengers should Contact the travel Industry Council of Ontario at 1 888 451 8426. In Quebec Calls should be directed to the office de la Protection do Congo Amateur at 1 888 672 2556, and in b. C., to the business practices and consumer Protection authority at 1 888 564 9963. In the remaining territories and provinces people should Contact ministries that Deal with consumer matters. Huot also recommends that stranded zoom passengers keep Good paper trails. Keep everything. It could prove very very useful As evidence in support of any potential claim in the future. If you Are caught stranded abroad and you have to spend an extra night at a hotel and pay for additional meals keep those receipts As Well. If you have a conversation with someone at the desk write Down the name the hour the Date everything. Zoom estimates 40,000 passengers had bookings with the failed airline Over the next year. Most were for 2009 departures although thousands had made reservations to travel within the next week. An estimated 650 passengers were due to travel from a variety of Canadian and u. S. Cities Over the next three Days. Zoom airlines inc., whose Canadian operations Are headquartered in Ottawa abruptly shut Down operations thursday. Can West news service m ont real a Salmonella outbreak in Quebec has left one person dead and 87 others sick prompting the ministry of agriculture fisheries and food to recall three cheeses manufactured by fro Mages la chaudiere inc. Blocks of hard cheese As Well As cheese curds labelled la chaudiere Polo and tradition manufactured Between july 24 and aug. 24 have been pulled off store shelves As they May be contaminated with Salmonella. The outbreak has centred in three regions of Quebec chaudiere Appa laches Estrie and Mauricie Centre do Quebec but the cheeses have a wide distribution throughout the province Horacio Arruda que Becks director of Public health said in a news conference Friday in Montreal. Over the past week six cheeses have been pulled from store shelves across the province. In addition to the three cheeses recalled Friday three other cheeses were recalled earlier this week because they May contain listeria. Tomme de Grosse ile cheese sold at s. Bourassa in st. Sauveur was recalled thursday Mont Jacob cheese sold at oct fruit maitre gourmet in st. The Rose was recalled tuesday and Riopelle de Lyile cheese sold at Aux Petite Dolices in Quebec City was recalled last Friday. However the Salmonella outbreak and thursdays cheese recall Are not related to Lister Osis nor the massive recall by Maple Leaf foods. Arruda said Many people were hospitalized for More than 24 hours. Weave seen the number of cases in one week that we normally see in one year and the outbreak is not Over yet Arruda said. Were still seeing new cases every Day. Nearly half the 87 Salmonella cases Are in the Estrie with Many people falling ill Over the last few Days. On the heels of the listeria crisis the Salmonella outbreak has left Many people wondering if More stringent inspections Are necessary. But Guy Auclair the director of food inspections at que Becks agriculture department insisted the level of food Security and inspection is adequate. We have 264 inspectors and the method of inspection we have developed allows us to assure Consumers in Quebec that they Are Safe Auclair said Friday. Salmonella poisoning is the most frequently reported cause of food borne illness caused by a bacterium that can grow on certain types of foods. Most people experience symptoms similar to a stomach flu within eight to 72 hours after eating contaminated food. The symptoms can include diarrhoea cramps fever and vomiting. Can West news service 1 dead 87 sick with Salmonella Quebec yanks cheeses from stores by Brett bundle zooms collapse refunds could be difficult to obtain by Becky Rynor photos by Jenelle Schneider / can West news service ramp guard fatal crash scene in Maple Ridge b. Friday after a Man drove through restaurant window thursday evening. Strangers Lay Flowers at scene. Maple Ridge b. Mounties continued to question a 51 year old Vancouver area Man Friday Over a bizarre crash that left two dead and six injured. Cpl. Dale Carr of the integrated homicide investigation team said investigators were still trying to determine whether the Driver of a Dodge pickup truck intentionally or accidentally drove his vehicle into Halu sushi in this Community 40 Kilometres East of Vancouver. Were looking at All the possibilities Carr said noting charges Are pending. We Are treating it As a homicide. The facts and evidence will Lead us to a conclusion. Witnesses said the truck did not appear to Stop and no braking sounds were heard before it slowed into the restaurant killing two Maple Ridge women aged 19 and 46. Their names have not been released. Three people were taken to Hospital in critical condition and three others were treated for minor injuries. Can West news service crash treated As homicide a 10_ aug 30 08. Ind a10 8 / 29/ 08 9 29 27 pm ;