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20 ThC Province Thursday. Jan. 8. 1387 ABLE ufilHllllllllllllllllHttlllllHIIIIIMIIIIMIMIMIHIIUtmU: ryi 1 Mj lilt! 1 It 1 iir.it. i dt 'v isvn -s CANADA CiJsXJJLBJCAJ mm Indians give up I guns News Services SHAMATTAWA, Man.

I Residents of this northern I Indian reserve have handed over to RCMP about half the I 120 guns in the community. Band officials last week asked residents to surrender their guns following two months of violence that came I to a head Boxing Day when two residents were shot dead. Two youths, aged 15 and I 16, have been charged with second-degree murder and i will next appear in court Jan. 14. He promised the bank would not knowingly finance illegal activities.

A lawyer for the two Toronto shareholders said later he was convinced that Taylor's statement meant the bank would not grant further financing to abortion clinics. But Scott's wife, Maria Corsillo, also the clinic's administrator, slammed the anti-abortionists. "Their position on abortion is well known," she said. "What that has to do with the business of running a bank is beyond us." She said Scott had been acquitted on abortion charges and that the clinic was not illegal. News Services MONTREAL The volatile issue of abortion squirmed its way into the annual meeting of the Royal Bank of Canada yesterday.

Just before the period for questions from shareholders, bank chairman Allan Taylor read an unusual statement dealing with two shareholders' concerns about a $220,000 mortgage granted last March for a Toronto abortion clinic run by Dr. Robert Scott. Taylor, who earlier had met the two shareholders, argued that it was up to the courts, not the bank, to decide whether abortion was legal. 3-Jilr "The people at Wardair gave me the impression they really cared. And then they really proved it" KENNETH BEAUGRAND SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT, INVESTMENTS, IMPERIAL LIFE.

Staff Reporter Hundreds of British Columbians are chafing for a chance at a new life down south. The U.S. is offering a new, non-preference immigration visa to about 5,000 applicants from 36 "choice" countries, of which Canada is one. The U.S. consulate in Vancouver yesterday estimated it had received over 1,000 phone inquiries and handed out hun dreds of information sheets about the visas since Jan.

1. "There have been a lot of phone inquiries," an official said. "But no lineups yet." The visas will allow people to enter the U.S. without family sponsorship or promises of employment. It's estimated that Canadians will be eligible for 1,000 visas.

Information sheets explain how to apply before Jan. 21. Firefighter killed MONTREAL Jean-Roch Dubreuil, 40, a firefighter for 14 years, died yesterday after being trapped for more than 15 minutes on the top floor of a burning building. Chirac trip off OTTAWA French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac has cancelled his visit to Ottawa this month because of strikes by French electrical and transit workers that have crippled Paris. It's the second trip by Chirac to Canada that has been cancelled because of troubles at home.

Victim 'tied' NEWCASTLE, N.B Store owner John Glendenning, 66, was kicked in the face and had his hands and feet tied when he was beaten and strangled, evidence at the murder trial of three men showed yesterday. Glenden-ning's wife, Mary, was severely beaten in the incident at the couple's home near Black River Bridge last June. Jt IMPERIAL LIFE ADVANCE AND BE RECOGNIZED Principal Award $75,000 Two Awards of Merit of $25,000 Nominations are being sought for the 1987 Manning Awards. The Manning Awards were created to encourage, nurture and reward innovation by Canadians. The Principal Award of $75,000 will go to a Canadian who has shown outstanding innovation in conceiving and developing a new concept, process or product of widespread benefit to Canada.

The two Awards of Merit will go to Canadians who, without the benefit of advanced education or substantial outside support, have conceived ideas of great potential to Canada. Of special interest to the Selection Committee are nominations from the fields of biological sciences (life), physical sciences and engineering, social sciences, economics, business, labour, law, government and public policy, the arts, and humanities. The Awards are funded by the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation, a private non-profit national foundation established in 1980. Deadline for nominations is February 27, 1987.

For further information, please contact: The Manning Awards 2300, 639 Fifth Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 0M9 Telephone: (403) 266-7571 "Several of my colleagues and I flew overseas on Wardair's Big Seat Service and we were all very impressed. The Big Seat itself was really comfortable and the in-flight service was terrific I also had a chance to talk with some of the flight attendants and I found they had a genuine sense of pride in what they were doing. I really got the impression they cared. But as great as the service was in the air, it was back on the ground that Wardair really proved to me how much they cared. To make a long story short, upon arriving back home, some of our baggage was unavoidably misplaced.

Let's face it, that type of thing happens from time to time on all airlines. As it turned out, we got our bags back with little difficulty, but the thing that impressed me so much was just how far out of their way they went to correct the situation. Other airlines may talk to me about caring, but Wardair showed me how much they cared." 'Stop land suit' 1 WINNIPEG Manitoba Metis should not be allowed 1 to proceed with a constitu- tional challenge to laws that 1 I allegedly cheated them out of about $2 billion worth of prime land, a federal lawyer told a Manitoba court yester- day. The 552,500 hectares (1.36 million acres) of land include prime downtown Winnipeg real estate. ailllllHIIIIIIHMHHIIIIHIIHIIttllimilHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlir WARDAIR The way we get you there, got us here.