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A2c THE VANCOUVER SUN. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1999 THE FRONT. MARTIN from Al BERTOLD from Al Ouster overturned on anneal French border. "It started off with a joy ride" in a stolen car, Bertold testified, adding that he had a rifle.

"Wehte'red. thefasitation'? QUICK TAKES World NAtion anti-smoke drive The Chretien goverSnlent is considering a major aigtpok-ing offensive that couea as much as $132 million jsgll $'' mmmrnvim CRASH KIN SHOCKHT Crash investigators shocked relatives by saying there was little hope of finding intact bodies from EgyptAir Flight 990. AI4 and the gas station attendant was I I Manning decries lack of firm promises topics in the budget by providing tax reduction for middle and low-income earners to help them raise their families. Reform leader Preston Man elusive European Cars Inc, company records show. A German prosecutor testified by phone from Stuttgart during one of Bertold's immigration hearings that Bertold is charged with declaring artificially low prices to German customs officers for the vehicles he bought and sold.

In Germany, he had a company called EUCAR Autohandel GmbH, which went bankrupt" earlier this decade. In B.C., Eucar changed its name and became Barabas AutO sitting.bemnd. the Counter and so we entered, he definitely got scared and he had an object in his hand And when we entered he threw the object in our direction," Bertold, told an immigra- tibn review panel, t. JTOne of the robbers! started The federal government learned of his convictions only when a man to whom Bertold owed money back in Germany tracked him down here. Unable to collect the debt, the man informed Canadian authorities about his history and supplied investigators with German court documents.

Bertold was ordered deported after a hearing, but that order was overturned Sept. 29 on Justice Francis Mul-doon ruled that the German conviction been sealed under tkatcountry'srehabuitation laws ajjd could not legally be made public? Bertold 'argued that the man who had pursued the debt had ransacked his house and stolen his court' papers. Muldoon has ordered a new hearing for Bertold, saying the issue of the killing should not form parTof the new tribunal's decision.1 shooting a numberpf shots. One EBERHARD BERTOLD: Out-shot released by my rifle," he side South Surrey home. sand.

Ana we turned around I Rental and Leasing. ning, who attended the commitni and tatf awayi And the next day I that defrauded the German gov- Kevin Robinson, operations tee meeting, said Martin gavd ia'ifrelpe at Barabas, told an im- taxpayers no concrete promises tnat the attendant actually got in unpaid duty and customs, court migration panel last year the ot relief. City Region ARSONISTS TO PAY The Surrey school board will consider legal action to recoup the cost of a school that burned down Sunday, if it turns out that young arsonists are responsible for the blaze, board chairwoman Heather Stiiweff said i II. i aaa sss rr killed, basically murdered by To illustrate his complaints company did about $250,000 to was fold. He has been indicted in that case, but he came to Canada $300,000 worth of business dur ingl997.

Bertold told an immigration" panel that some vehicles become about tax levels, he waved a pay-stub from a Saskatoon mill" wright, whose deductions are-more than his take-home pay. before a trial could be held. Bertold moved to Canada around 1990 with his wife. The robbers were convicted of joint murder; and joint aggravated robbery. The older men got life in prison'tut Bertold then 19 and.

kjHJwn as Wahler was treated as a juvenile under German law and given a 10-year sen- Christ Bertold, and adopted her available in North America be- This is an ordinary taxpayer, Li Tuesday. Bl surname, Christa told a deporta- being sold on the European Manning told the Food '1 A date for the new hearing has tence, court records.show. He tion hearing. She had become market, and customers would "His disposable income has consumed with the idea of rais-pay him a premium to purchase been cut by more than I jng and racing sled dogs, and the the cars and ship them to Europe. What does the minister say to-i i 'w-i-s i i l-- i- had earlier convictions for rob- not yet been established.

Dery and rraua.j pair puiiuaacu a icaui ui uugs-j wen, jJiiumg structures mis worner wno luuiung ioet rRefeased; afterj, 12 years, hft and raisedjthem on propertv-varyfrom country to country, real tax relief?" VERSATILE CAULIFLOWER It's one of the littlejsung of the produce bins delicate flavour and packed with vitamins. Cauliflower deserves more attention than it gets. Today's recipes explore its wide possibilities. CI went re Texas, where he was hearlOQ Mile Island sortie vehicles are sold for While Martin agreed personal: sISfeJfcedM had a daughter, Isabefiap-lessin Nortlj America, making it taxes in particular must come for thefts Be Was down, he insisted Canadians', iBertold admitted to the 1977 scooting death of a gas-station attendant in Germany while fightjng the deportation proceeding in 1995. It was during the commission of an armed robbery with his brother and some criminal associates one of several robberies the young man had participated in that the man was shot in the town of Fyberg, near the Germany because he had broken --hard applied for landed lmmiiOt' resale, 861 S'AMuldoon said a new hearing leaving ttecotintrjssTtefiffli- and the dogsthould not be told of (ihe don't mind paying for social ser vices.

"We're not going to shortij change health care and education," he said. ii prosecutors auege later moved to me Lower Mam- killing or customs evasion; and that while in Germany the ear land inar anomer coun snouia decide whether the Texas conviction can be considered In Surrey, he operated a vehicle dealership called Eucar Ex- ly 1990s, he participated in an automobile importation scheme Insight messiah complex Pakistan's continual search for a saviour has led the popu lation to eschew democracy and embrace a series of military INSTRUCTOR from Al A17 strongmea CART urged to reassess infield surfaces Business SWEETENED OFFER It's now Onex move in the high-stakes airline bidding War after Air Canada came back Tuesday with a sweetened counter-proposal that boosts its buyback offer to its stockholders from $12 to $16 a share. Dl The minister provided only the bare bones of government; planning but did announce that as of January 1 employment uk surance premiums will fall to: $2.40 per $100 of insurable earni ings from $2.55, a reduction that, will save employers and workers $1.2 billion next year, ij With private economists estk mating the surplus will ap-i proach $10 billion in and soar to $30 billion by 2004. 2005, Martin says it's time to broaden the public debate about) how to divvy up the money. The figures include $3 billion in annual contingency padding1 as well as an "extra amount that begins at $1 billion next year and climbs to $4 bil-" lion in five years' time in case the economy goes sour op there's a major disaster.

Other- wise, it's used to pay down the debt Last year, the final surplus figA. ure.came in at $2.9 billion, the second surplus in a row and the first such back-to-back fiscal Using pavement instead of grass would make it safer for drivers, teammate says. Empringham, who was Moore's driving instructor in 1990 at the Spenard David Racing School in Shannonville, and later became a teammate of Moore's within the Player's Racing organization, said CART needs to reassess its infield surfaces. After Moore spun off the track Entertainment gemini dreams When Swissair Flight 111 crashed into the waters off Nova Scotia last year, all of Cihada1, 5 heard about it from VarftouXferf1 own Gloria Macarenkd. The local CBC anchor is up for a.Gem-ini award, partly for her coverage of the Swissair disaster.

C5 feat in almost 50 years. hour, it's a fairly significant bump. "You want to blame someone. At the same time, every driver thinks they're invincible. The risks are there when you do it But it hits so hard when it's someone you spent time with, someone you grew up with in the motorsports community." Empringham and Moore first met at the Spenard David school, where Empringham said he was blown away by the "gobs of talent" Moore possessed.

He waseojmpre'ssed'byjjthe' to his father Ric, who put his car dealership at risk to finance the start of his Son's racing career, i Later, Ejnpringhamollowed Mwreja in-JHuyepIs powerhouse Indy Lights "I was his first instructor-when he was just a boy," Empringham said. "He came to racing school at 15. Didn't even have a driver's licence. I watched him fulfil his dreams, achieve his dreams. His dad was his companion; they were inseparable.

Together they went off to conquer racing. "He had many more years of being a hero. But he was just a kid, and he's missing out on other dreams in life, like being married and having kids. It's sad." Empringham will attend today's private memorial in VP.fi Oi 9VRff Ion agisi'oo MANENVancouver Sun 19VO jtoOl in Fontana, at the Turn 2 exit h-driveirHeHo Castro-Neves, who followed Moore into the turn, said the Canadian lost control after hitting a bump in the middle of the race surface his car bfiJiflcjdP rss a grass infield, airborne whent aijjgared tp meet a paved access road that cUt across the grass. As his caf turned over, exposing the cockpit, Moore's Reynard struck an exposed concrete retaining wall with terrifying ve- Sports Employee kills in Xerox office "ridfiUTE: GM Place employee' StevetVnn.Valks past a make- shift memorial for Greg Moore at finish line area for Vancouver Indy.

example, grassy areas have been replaced by pavement, giving cars a hard surface to grip after they leave the race surface. "In this incident, and it quite common, you get on the grass What the extra asphalt costs in and it feels like you're speeding aesthetics is repaid in safety, Empringham said. HIGH HOPES FOR i I BUDROYALE Ladner's Jeffrey Sengara is at Florida's Gulfstream Park, hoping his horse Budroyale can complete the Longacres Mile-Breeders' Cup Classic double on Saturday. 1- F6 COPYRIGHT The contents of this newspaper are protected by copyright and may be used only for personal non-commercial purposes. All other rights are reserved and commercial use is prohibited.

To make any use of this material you must first obtain .1 i think we've achieved that in CART. Hopefully this will make a lot of people sit down and take another look at how to make these things safer." Empringham's emotions ranged from sadness to frustra-, tion when he discussed Moore's crash. Of Castro-Neves' account of the bump on the speedway surface, Empringham said: "All these tracks have bumps. If you go around on a street car, you wouldn't feel it. At 200 miles an CANADIAN PRESS i HONOLULU A reclusive! Xerox copier repairman shot' and killed seven co-workers in his office building Tuesday, then surrendered after a five-! hour armed standoff.

Police believe Byran Uyesugi, a 15-year Xerox employee, went on the rampage after learning) he was about to be fired. Uyesugi, 40, fled in a company van, stopping in a residential neigh- bourhood. He exited the van to I surrender five hours later. i up, fcmpnngham said. "In tnis case, he hits a road slightly elevated from the grass and it launches him upside down.

If that whole area is paved, from track to wall, it's a different story." Empringham said that at Day-tona International Speedway, for He added that Formula One uses gravel pits in its run-off areas to slow cars before they hit retaining walls. "Certainly on road circuits, with sand traps and gravel traps, what Formula One did is incredible," Empringham said. "I don't ARTHRITIS from Al ine permission oi uie owner oi the copyright. For further infor sX Not enough published tests, UBC says mation, contact Susan 605-2318. TON I CAVELTI A EXCLUSIVE TO BIRKS Celebrex manufacturer Searle Canada, denied that, saying the same 300-page clinical report sub 1 mitted to Health Canada was also forwarded to the provincial drug plans to help them decide whether to pay tor the drug.

"There is lots of published data on Celebrex and eight more papers have been accepted for publi IN TOUCH 1-200 Granville Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6C 3N3 EditOHJvehief: John Cruickshank 605-2319 Managing editor: Executive editor Patricia Graham Shelley Fralic 605-2452 605-2170 Chief news editor Nicholas Palmer 605-2167 Newsroom reception 605-2180 City Desk Newsroom tax line ...6052323 Library Infoline (9 a.m. to 3 p.m fees vary) 605-2607 Main switchboard (7:30 am 5 pm) cation lat an as-yet undetermined date in peer-reviewed journals," he said. Yardley said Health Canada approval for Celebrex was based on Reader Sales and Service 24Hour automated service 605-7381; Outside the Lower Mainland -1-80O663-2662 Fax 605-2200 Classified 605-7355 Morin disputed the UBC group's claim that there was something unusual about the Celebrex approval process. The federal government approved the drug last spring based on research trial reports that found the drug to be safe and effective, Morin said adding there is no requirement that research data be published prior to approval. The UBC researchers say that without sufficient published evidence, it is impossible to assess whether the drug is better than other pills like A.S.A., Tylenol, ibuprofen and naproxen when used for the pain and inflammation associated with arthritis.

Celebrex is said by its marketers to be as effective as the old-fashioned drugs while having far fewer side effects such as ulcers and gastrointestinal tract bleeding. An estimated 1,500 Canadians die from such complications each year. Dr. Jim Wright, managing director of the Therapeutics Initiative, said he and his colleagues were frustrated that the research published so far was too brief to reach a conclusion about it. Asked if his message that Health Canada took the unusual route of approving the drug before publication of at least one clinical trial wasn't a little misleading and alarming, Wright said: "If it sounds alarming, I apologize." But he later added "We don't be-, lieve we made a mistake.

Health Canada may have had the information, but it hasn't been made available to us since the pharmaceutical companies consider it proprietary information." Dr. Chris Yardley, director of medical and scientific affairs for commonly used drugs, is already covered by government drug insurance plans in Alberta and Quebec In a letter sent to pharmacists, doctors and the provincial government, the UBC group said Celebrex was licensed in Canada "before publication of any research evidence demonstrating safety and effectiveness. "It is unusual to obtain approval for a new drug without full publication of at least one relevant clinical according to the government-funded UBC group. But Dr. Alice Klinkhoff, medical director of the Arthritis Society's B.C.

and Yukon division, said the 36 rheumatologists in B.C. discussed the UBC letter at their re-, cent annual meeting "and not one of us agreed with them." "Those 6f us in medical practice are hearing and seeing the evidence at international meetings 1 and anyone who needs it and can afford it is taking it," she said. The drug costs between $2.50 to $4.50 a day, depending on dosage. Klinkhoff added that the UBC letter gives the provincial government an "excuse not to pay for it." Pharmacare spokesman Jeff Gaulin responded: "As with any drug, Pharmacare acts on the recommendation and relies on the informed opinion of the Therapeutics Initiative to determine if the drug is safe and effective. "In this case, the application for coverage of the drug did not meet the criteria because there was insufficient published data to support the manufacturer's claims.

If and when there is more published data, we can review the matter again," Gaulin said Health Canada spokesman Eric 72 PAGES i FOUNDED 1886 I VOL.114 No. 153 52 studies involving 13,000 patients. Since Celebrex was approved, the drug has been racking up higher sales figures than any other new drug, including the impotence drug Viagra. According to IMS Health, which monitors drug sales, in the first three months of availability at pharmacies, 428,400 prescriptions for Celebrex worth $20.7 million were filled, eclipsing the previous new-drug record, set by Viagra, of 178,400 worth $13.3 million in the same amount of time. Klinkhoff said there is a consensus among arthritis experts that Celebrex is as effective as other anti-inflammatory drugs when used for osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, and the risk of ulcers and other gastrointestinal complications can be reduced by as much as 50 per cent with the new drug.

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