The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 11

The Ottawa Citizen, Saturday, June 29, 1991 11 Canada The Canadian Ptess cents as of Jan. 1. plied to cabinet usually a formal- cents, a five per -cent increase, Canada Post wants to raise the Tne Crow" corporation, which ity to boost the price. vass fr domestic price of a stamp for first-class do announced shrunken profits one The total cost, including the mail rose a cent to 40 cents lastj.m. mestic mail to 42 cents from 40 wock said it has ap- goods and services tax, would be 45 1 43 cents with GST.

Post Office plans 20 postage hike mn" New Model Homes Ctei fa Princess Anne First trip to Atlantic provinces Royal visit seen as boost for unity By Beth Gorham The Canadian Press ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. Princess Anne's visit to Canada is a chance -to support the country during its 'national unity crisis and draw wanderers back to the royal fold, says a -chronicler of British nobility. Queen Elizabeth's only daughter begins a six-day tour in St John's on Sunday, with other stops planned in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. I "It's meant to keep the relationship with Canada on an even keel and to see that the true royalists don't flinch," said Harold Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke's Peerage.

"Any encouragement the royal family can give Canada is available in these troubled times," he said in "an interview from London. "I think you'll see someone arriving every six months." Royal visits to Canada have fallen off since 1967, when there were four. But Brooks-Baker said he's confident this will mark the beginning of another upswing "British politicians are rather concerned about (Prime Minister Brian) Mulroney's wavering," said Brooks-Baker. "He's not as strong an advocate of royalist causes as his predecessor. "They're very concerned about Canada and Australia.

There are large numbers in both countries who think a republic is appealing." It's Anne's first visit to either province. The most recent tour of Newfoundland was made by her youngest brother, Prince Edward, in 1988. Anne, 40, is scheduled to keep up a hectic pace of dinners, luncheons and Canada Day ceremonies. is colonel-in-chief of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, which was almost eradicated on the rjirt day of the Battle of the Somme ago Monday. She is to perform her first inspection of the Scoops to mark the occasion.

pf 801 men mustered to fight that "terrible July morning in 1916, only answered rollcall after walking itto a hail of German gunfire a ragedy that touched virtually every Soutport on the island, then a colony independent of Canada. Anne will also visit Red Bay and Corner Brook before flying to Halifax on July 4 to open the International Gathering of the Clans. Anne, regarded as the most tireless worker among the young royals, is also the most respected in Brit- said Brooks-Baker. 2 Her marital woes have done nothing to tarnish an image that's brainy and elegant, if somewhat "abrasive, he said. Gunman kills two at picnic rest stop BLIND RIVER.

Ont (CP) A man posing as a Dolice officer shot and killed a man and woman at a picnic ground Friday, sparking an intense hunt for the gunman, pro--vincial police say. i The dead woman's husband was also shot and injured in the apparent robbery attempt, said Sgt Ted AVebb of the provincial police detachment in Blind River about 130 kilometres east of Sault Ste. Marie Northern Ontario. Dozens of police officers, tracking dogs and a helicopter searched he remote wooded region for the iuspect Jackie McAllister, 59, of Lindsay, Ont, and Brian Major, 29, of Elliot Lake, Ont, were killed. Gord McAllister, 62, was listed in stable condition at St Joseph's Hospital in Blind River with injuries hot considered life-threatening, a hospital spokesman said.

Webb said the McAllisters were sleeping in their trailer at a picnic Jirea just off the Trans Canada -Highway when they were awakened about 1 a.m. by a man who "had identifying himself verbally as police officer." Shots rang out in a subsequent robbery attempt Webb said. Major apparently stumbled upon the scene when he pulled off the highway in his car, Webb said. TH 11 ran Viewing gptooK Now you can see firsthand how Tartan has taken your suggestions and built on them. Visit us in Fallingbrook this weekend and try one of our 4 fully decorated models on for size.

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