Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 22, 1992, Winnipeg, Manitoba Si M I O IVI O IM IEE Faith intact Congregation looks to ii Perfect fit shirts provide ideal special collars and cuffs Deluxe service New Royal Bank branch offers It all 69 f 52 PAGES VOL 120 NO 321 PUBLICATIONS MAIL REGISTRATION 0286 Winnipeg Free Press Weekly home delivery in outside city October Dont Harper tells natives By Donald Campbell Legislature Reporter ELIJAH the New Democrat MLA who said No to the Meech Lake is re fusing to say Yes to the Charlot accord in Mondays referen But he wont vote Harper recommended yesterday that aboriginal peoples not participate in the nationwide saying they need another six months to debate the Harpers stand gives momentum to some Manitoba chiefs who are MLA urges boycott of referendum 10 bands bar polling stations strongly against the package and participation in the Phil head of the Assembly of Manitoba said 10 of Mani tobas 65 bands have indicated they will not allow polling stations in their communities they include Long Fort Alexander and Roseau Fontaine is neither encouraging nor criticizing the Harper I encourage First Nations peoples not to be forced to a adding he had been leaning to wards a No I encourage them not to take a position at this We need to work through this accord in our We need We need full We need Premier Gary who helped negotiate the selfgovernment pack age in Charlottetown with the coun trys other Ottawa and representatives from four nal said he was disappointed by Harpers this could be the most important decision affecting their lives in the he This is what aboriginal people have been hoping for and working for and was denied to them hi the Now it is there as a real op and they are going to sit this one Harper has spent the past few weeks flying across the country from small Indian communities hi northern Manitoba to larger centres like Vancouver and Edmonton to consult with aboriginal leaders and Fontaine said he empathized with those who arc calling for an nal He has not publicly stated if he supports or opposes the Im not going to argue with First Nations communities deciding not to participate in the I Peaceful protest snarls border Band upset over seizure of cigarettes By George Staff Reporter masked man guarding the entrance to the Roseau River Indian re serve with a hunting rifle had to be dis armed by police Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council police confis the rifle at the start of what turned out to be a peaceful afternoon protest along Highway About 300 people slowed southbound traffic to a crawl to protest a recent RCMP and Canada Customs seizure of more than 300 cartons of cigarettes from a reserve Although the demonstration was its Terry suggested force was needed to change natives relationship with Ot Remember the price we have paid for peace in this he told the These are our We have shared them with people from other but there is no end to their we No RCMP prepared for the protest by assem bling scores of riot police dogs and equipment near the Tempo gas bar at the bor der They cant block the said RCMP spokesman Wyman The demonstrators managed to slow traffic to less than 20 by driving a convoy slowly down the paved two lanes and Police prevented a major backlog by diverting Red flags on their legs and the protesters were allowed to cross into the en masse and then quickly return to Canada without going through The gesture was designed to show that natives are divided by the I guess thats the quickest weve ever had that many cross at one Customs area point said as a group of bewildered state troopers looked PHIL FREE PRESS Masked man toting rifle observes traffic entering Roseau River Late RCMP said no arrests were Away from the media attention and police a sign at a bridge into Roseau River said Warning No RCMP allowed on Indian At a man who wouldnt give his name guarded the crossing with a rifle as he covered his face with his Nelson believes RCMP illegally entered re serve land when they seized 303 cartons of cig Canada Customs suspects the cigarettes were one of the operators of the cigarette said the tobacco came from Eastern The business sold a carton for about less than in The business was licensed by the he Wave of lawsuits foreseen for malpractice By Kevin Rollason Law Courts Reporter TWO mal practice suits in Winnipeg are among the first of a wave ex in the next few law yers and critics A 36yearold Winnipeg woman is suing her doctor for negligence for complications which arose after one implant moved toward her armpit and the other and another is suing after her implant burst in side her Manitoba has an estimated implant patients there are in We should be telling the Cana dian you do implants at your own New Democrat MP Joy Langan who helped found a national support group for implant said yes Ive had an implant myself and Im waiting to get it Unless youre absolutely Im telling women Dont do According to federal about women in Canada have had breast most of them with About 80 per cent of women re them for breast while 20 per cent get them for recon struction The devices have been in use for about 30 Last the Food and Drug Administration banned the use of implants for breast citing safety It does allow women to get them for breast recon struction after cancer At the same Canada ex tended by six months a moratorium on silicone breast American lawsuits and consumer groups have alleged that gel leaking from breast implants is to blame for a host of medical but the allegations havent been Toronto lawyer John who specializes in breast implant law agrees many more lawsuits are in the Ive had calls from other lawyers in Olah Were going to be seeing more and more women coming forward as think their position is he There is a special relationship that exists between First Nations and the federal and they dont want to do anything that will undermine the integrity of that rela Liberal Leader Sharon a leader of the No said if the aboriginal leadership doesnt want the selfgovernment it shouldnt be enshrined in the Consti sneers at B5 Overdosing desperate bid to get therapy By Alexandra Paul Staff Reporter SOME EMOTIONALLY trou bled women are overdosing on pills in a bid to be admitted for free psychiatric care in a patient and a therapist revealed yes At least one woman is known to have died in the attempt two years That happened to one of my friends she overdosed and she died before she could get her needs recovering patient Maureen Koblun Koblun and therapist Pam Sherlow Gahan said patients are driven to desperation by lack of affordable If they cant afford they overdose because then they are guaranteed services if they get into a Koblun unless it is done by doc is not covered by As a a separate system has emerged with private fees charged directly to patients for sessions led by social psychologists and other Assistant deputy health minister Reg Toews said yesterday he wasnt aware patients were driven to over doses by lack of affordable But he said the general issue of lack of community care is a concern for government in the area of men ial health Its an area in which we want to increase our Toews Manitoba hospitals recorded treatment for cases of mental disorders in according to the latest government statistics It is unknown what percentage of that total would represent suicidal patients desperate for help they cant get outside Gahan said that in eight years as a social worker at Boniface Gen eral Hospital she was aware of at Cost of recovery often out of reach j ri The cost of recovery Is out of reach for some troubled f For example Therapist Pam M who for a practice slx months away as least one such case a month at the emergency People are creating crises slashing wrists it is something that happens not infre Its a phenomenon mostly among welfare recipients that has been a fact of life for emotion ally troubled people in she I was at Boniface for eight years and Im sure it was going on before I got Gahan T O D A they become knowledgeable about the Pierre the head of an Ot tawa consulting firm that looks at the failure of medical sys said barring the death of the all women with implants will be in the operating room by 1998 to replace They are not lifelong their life cycles are between four to nine Blais Manitoba hasnt seen the crest of the failed implants yet because you need about five to seven years from surgery and many were implanted after 1 Surgeons face Quote of the Day Environmentalism is the new Trees are worshipped and humans sacrificed at its It is And we intend to destroy Ron of the Centre for the Defence of Free Enterprise in the has no sympathy for and The Weather Mainly Wind south High tonight Tomorrow Rises Sets Moon Rises Inside Ann TV In Sports World Series Pf tails en D1 TOON INTO FOR POWER SMART NIGHT
