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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 25, 2014, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A12 A 12 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014 CANADA / WORLD winnipegfreepress. com TH ANNIVERSARY SALE * Pricing is O. A. C. plus applicable taxes and fees, freight, PDI, block heater, locking wheel nuts, and Birchwood Advantage. Vehicle may not be exactly as shown. See dealer for details. OFFER ENDS FEBRUARY 28 TH birchwoodkia. ca WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED * 5- year/ 100,000 km worry- free comprehensive warranty. Includes Variable Throwback Pricing Incentive. $ 78 bi- weekly payments include the $ 640 Throwback Pricing Incentive. Payments are based on 2014 Forte LX MT ( FO541E), financing for 84 months. After 15 months, bi- weekly payments increase to $ 98. Throwback Pricing Incentive may be taken as a lump sum or to reduce the financed amount. .. hwy / city 100km .. 5.3L/ 8.0L THE ALL- NEW 2014 financing 0 % .. WAS $ 98 THROWBACK PRICING BI- WEEKLY for the first 15 MONTHS. $ 78 .. 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Ed Frierich 2013 President ' s Award Winner reliancesuperior. ca CARACAS, Venezuela - A meeting billed as a national dialogue for local and state officials in troubled Venezuela convened Monday without the country's most prominent opposition leader. Gov. Henrique Capriles, the opposition candidate in the last two presidential elections, said he would not attend the meeting called by President Nicol�s Maduro amid political turmoil that has engulfed the country in recent weeks. Capriles did not say whether he would also sit out a national peace conference called by the president for Wednesday. Capriles, governor of wealthy Miranda state, told reporters attending Monday's meeting would look like an endorsement for a government that he says has engaged in " repression" as troops and police have clashed with protesters. " I am not going to make Nicolas Maduro look good... That is what they want, that I go there as if the country was absolutely normal," he said. Capriles also said he would not participate while another opposition leader, Leopoldo L�pez, remains jailed along with dozens of others who have taken part in anti- government protests. L�pez, a former mayor of a district in the capital, is being held in a military jail outside Caracas on charges that include criminal incitement of violence for organizing a mass opposition rally Feb. 12 that was followed by clashes that resulted in three deaths and set off waves of unrest that have roiled Venezuela ever since. His wife, Lillian Tintori, said L�pez believes the time is not right for members of the opposition to sit down with Maduro. " Look at the statements from Nicol�s Maduro, every time he speaks, he insults us, he speaks with aggression, speaks with hate," she said following a news conference to announce a march Wednesday by opposition women. - The Associated Press Venezuelan opposition leader refuses to attend national dialogue F ORT ERIE, Ont. - Canada and the U. S. launched a pilot program Monday that allows American customs officers to inspect U. S.- bound cargo trucks in Canada, a move both countries hope will expedite the flow of trade and travel. Authorities will watch to see whether pre- inspecting trucks on the roomier Canadian side of the Peace Bridge will reduce wait times and pollution- causing idling on the 86- year- old span between Fort Erie, Ont., and Buffalo, N. Y. The bridge handled 1.2 million truck trips and more than $ 40 billion in trade last year, making it the third- busiest truck crossing on the U. S.- Canada border. The three- lane span also saw more than 4.7 million passenger cars, more than any other port of entry. With the U. S. side of the bridge lacking space to increase capacity, lawmakers have for several years wanted to shift some inspections to Canada. But they faced myriad jurisdictional and other obstacles, including objections to armed U. S. officers working in Canada, which only recently armed its border officers. The test program is the second phase of a pilot called for in the Beyond the Border Action Plan signed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U. S. President Barack Obama in December 2011. Phase 1 got underway in June at the Pacific Highway Crossing in British Columbia to test the feasibility of certain technology and procedures. The second phase will test the effect on wait times and border congestion. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Steven Blaney, who was at the Peace Bridge Monday, along with U. S. Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, said the program will enhance the movement of people and goods across the Canada- U. S. border. " I'm very happy that Phase 2 is taking place in Fort Erie, where cross- border travel and trade is essential," he said. Under the voluntary program, trucks equipped with transponders are inspected in Canada. Once in the U. S., the pre- inspected vehicles are directed into an enforcement booth where drivers see either a green light, signalling they've been cleared, or a red light requiring them to stop for a secondary inspection. Under the system, which keeps enforcement on the U. S. side, drivers do not know until they get to the light whether they have been flagged. U. S. authorities said relieving congestion on the bridge also would improve air quality in the nearby Buffalo neighbourhood, where high rates of childhood asthma have been documented. Truck drivers said they hope taking the time to stop before crossing the bridge will pay off on the other side, but they noted the program does not address the need for more capacity on the aging span and worry the traffic backups will persist. " We want it to work, but it's important that this is a pilot," said David Bradley, president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance. " Really what you're talking about, one could argue, is two stops where there's currently one. We have to make sure it works, that the guard at the other side is moving the traffic quickly enough so that it flows through." - The Associated Press, with files from The Canadian Press U. S. customs to inspect cargo trucks in Canada Pilot program hopes to ease flow of trade By Carolyn Thompson DON HEUPEL / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES The Peace Bridge, from Canada into Buffalo, N. Y. A_ 12_ Feb- 25- 14_ FP_ 01. indd A12 2/ 24/ 14 9: 02: 32 PM ;