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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 8, 2009, Winnipeg, Manitoba m y k Page a8 a 8 Winnipeg free press thursday january 8, 2009 Canada Winnipeg repress. Com Sals Hearty breakfasts French Toast Pancake breakfasts Home style breakfasts Sals House omelettes Texas skillets eggs Benedict where available vary by location. See in store for breakfast prices. The saturday edition of the free press is sold separately for $ 1 taxes included. Limited quantities while supplies last. Get a Complete Start every saturday at Sals with the Purchase of any of these breakfasts Well include the saturday edition of the All Day saturday at All participating Salisbury House restaurants while supplies last. Store hours downtown travelling fur & shearling clearance save up to 65% off regular prices huge savings on a great selection of furs reversible shearling and fur accessories. Sale includes shearling by Dominic Bellissimo & selected fabulous furs including lightweight sheared furs and reversible. 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There was no word on How Large the deficits will be or How Many years the budget will be in the red but Teneycke repeatedly said deficits in the plural indicating he expects a deficit to last at least two years. Finance minister Jim Flaherty said this week the next Federal budget to be delivered Jan. 27, will include a plan to bring the books Back into the Black. Canada a snot spent More Money than it raised since 1997. But the country is feeling the Impact of the global economic downturn that has put Many of the g7 countries into recession the United states Japan Germany and Italy among them. Unemployment is rising there were More than 70,000 Job losses in november the largest decrease in 26 years and another 22,000 jobs Are predicted to have been lost in december. A report from boo capital markets predicts unemployment will Rise above eight per cent and real Gross Domestic product will shrink More than two per cent this year. Housing prices and consumer spending Are also expected to drop. However the governments monetary stimulus package to be presented in the budget is expected to help the country come out of recession by the third Quarter of 2009. That package is expected to include funds for infrastructure projects and struggling industries like the Auto sector. Flaherty indicated tuesday it May even include some form of tax cuts. Canadas big Banks warned wednesday that if Flaherty introduces those tax cuts on a temporary basis they will not have the desired effect. Don Drummond chief economist at to Bank wants permanent tax cuts because temporary ones tend Only to shift the timeline on when canadians make big ticket purchases. Premier Gary doer along with other premiers will meet with Harper next week to make budget and stimulus package plans. With files from can West news service and the Canadian press Mia. Rabson free press. My. by Mia Rabson Harper spokesman lays out deficit plan v Vancouver after decades of controversy ramp swept into the polygamous Community of Bountiful b. C., on wednesday and arrested two sect leaders including one who had bragged of multiple wives and dozens of children and All but dared police to Stop him. Winston Blackmore and James Oler leaders of separate divided factions in the Community of about 1,000 people were each charged with a single count of practising polygamy. Blackmore is accused of having 20 wives and Oler two and police say some of their wives were As Young As 15 when they were married. The arrest brought a dramatic end to almost 20 years of investigations and scrutiny and the Start of a criminal Case that will test the limits of Canadas prohibition of polygamy. Weave always Felt that there has been exploitation b. Attorney general Wally Oppal said wednesday at a news conference in Vancouver. The question is whether under our Laws we were in a position to proceed and we have concluded that we Are. Blackmore and Oler were in custody wednesday in Cranbrook b. C., and expected to be released by the end of the Day. Police had asked a Justice of the peace to impose a number of conditions including barring the pair from performing so called celestial marriages. The ramp had also recommended charges of sexual exploitation but Oppal said because the age of consent was 14 years old until it was raised to 16 last year prosecutors did not believe they could win a conviction. The Creston Valley Community not far from the u. S. Border in Southeastern b. C., is made up of members of the fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints a breakaway sect of the mormon Church. The mainstream Church renounced polygamy in 1890 but some sects have continued the practice which they claim brings glorification in heaven. Blackmore has openly admitted to having numerous wives but has insisted his Community abhors sexual abuse of children. However Blackmore has refused to discuss allegations that teenage girls in the Community marry older men and has instead accused Oppal of religious persecution. It must be about his own religious Bias and now he wants the Liberal government to persecute some of the citizens that they have an obligation to serve and protect Blackmore wrote in an e mail to the Canadian press last june. The Community Drew the attention of ramp in 1990, when a former Community member said she was married to a 57 year old Man when she was just 15. In the years since Bountiful has been investigated for accusations including polygamy sexual abuse and trafficking Young girls to the u. S. To be married. Prosecutors had shied away from pursuing polygamy charges amid concerns that such a Case could fail under the charter of rights and freedoms. Nancy Mereska whose Stop polygamy Campaign has Long called for charges against the sects leaders said they be protected by the charter of rights and freedoms. I believe that Canada has All the ammunition it needs to take this process All the Way up to the supreme court and i believe that the supreme court of Canada will uphold the Laws against polygamy said Mereska who lives in two Hills Alta. The Canadian press polygamy in Canada the facts. The state of Canadas polygamy ban while polygamy is illegal in Canada and punishable by up to five years in prison the practice had until wednesday flourished unchecked in Bountiful b. C., the Home to a fundamentalist mormon sect that teaches men must have at least three wives to achieve eternal salvation. What the Law says Section 293 of the criminal code outlaws any form of polygamy or any kind of conjugal Union with More than one person at the same time whether or not it is by Law recognized As a binding form of marriage. The ban was targeted mormons migrating to Canada. The charter concern the Federal Justice department has insisted the Law is sound but several Legal opinions have stated the polygamy ban withstand a constitutional Challenge to the religious Freedom guarantees in the charter of rights. Polygamy practitioners. In Canada there Are no statistics on polygamist marriages in Canada. Bountiful is a Public example but polygamy is also secretly Practised by some muslims. Prosecuting polygamy the charges Laid wednesday Are believed to be the first polygamy prosecutions in Canada in 72 years. In 1937, an Ontario Man was charged with polygamy for adultery but he won his Case. Can West news service Jonathan Hayward / the Canadian press archives Winston Blackmore right with daughters and grandchildren in Bountiful b. C., was charged with practising polygamy. Ramp arrests to test anti polygamy Laws controversial b. Sect leaders charged by James Keller Rose Valley sask. A Saskatchewan father whose two daughters froze to death when he took them out in a blizzard will face an aboriginal sentencing Circle but Christopher Pau Chays lawyer insists it does not mean hell get off lightly. Provincial court judge Barry Morgan on wednesday approved Pau Chays bid to have the aboriginal Community help determine a punishment. Its not going to be a Way to get out of jail free. Its just a Way to have More detail and More insight into this particular offender defence lawyer Ron Piche told the Canadian press. Gauchay 25, pleaded guilty in november to criminal negligence causing death. The single charge covered the deaths of both girls and Pau Chays failure to provide Protection from exposure to the elements in weather with a 50 wind chill. It was nearly a year ago when Gauchay left his Home on the yellow Quill first nation with his daughters Kaydance 3, and Santana 1. Court heard that Gauchay had been drinking and did not remember much about that night. He did recall that one of his girls was Hurt and he needed to get help. Once outside the children became separated from their father. Gauchay made it to a Neighbours House on Jan. 29 and was taken to Hospital suffering from severe frostbite and hypothermia. Eight hours later when he was Able to speak he asked about his children. That set off a search that ended hours later in a snowy Field when the girls were found dead. They were wearing Only diapers and t shirts. The Canadian press sentencing Circle for Frozen kids father Gauchay lotto pays scratch and lose ticket owner Toronto an Ontario Man who says misprinted scratch and win tickets made it appear he had won $ 135,000 has received a payment from lottery officials but adds he did not get his dream. Thomas Noftall says after having officials with the Ontario lottery and gaming corp. Explain the rules to him he acknowledged he did not have a winning ticket. A lottery spokeswoman confirmed they have made a payment to Noftall but would not say How much. Canadian officer released from detention Petawawa ont. A Canadian forces infantry Captain charged with murdering a wounded and unarmed enemy fighter in Afghanistan was released from detention wednesday after a military judge determined he posed no flight risk or threat to the Public. Capt. Robert Semrau 35, will remain with his regiment at Canadian forces base Petawawa ont., under a series of court imposed conditions. B. Rivers overflow after Snow melts Vancouver wild weather in Southern British Columbia has resulted in washed out roads mudslides avalanches flooding and frayed nerves. So Many travel routes were under water mud or Snow on wednesday that Highway officials were urging Drivers to stay Home. Southern b. Was first covered with near record setting Snow and cold in december and now that its warmed up torrential Rains Are forcing Rivers to the tops of their Banks and creating mudslides Over roads. From the news services around Canada a _ 08_ Jan 08 09. Ind a8 1 / 7/ 09 8 37 37 pm ;