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A10 Saturday, July 29, 2006 Jumper saved by soft landing in fire department bag Death by dogs not unusual in north 1 J. 1 IWKW jt C- 1 nJL- VAVy i. Ml -1 (, I Hill 'it By Alexandra Paul winnipeg free press winnipeg It's a brutal fact of life growing up in rural Manitoba stray dogs can kill you. That's a lesson native elders try to teach their children from the time they take their first baby steps, but it doesn't always work. While deeply saddened and angry, no one is overly surprised at the death of a two-year-old Thursday on Hollow Water First Nation, 190 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

No one is accusing the parents or the babysitter of negligence, and the dogs are dead now. Derian Bird wandered from his home Thursday morning and it wasn't until an hour later that a 17-year-old family babysitter watching him and his two older siblings noted his absence. The child's uncle discovered the toddler's mangled remains on a neighbour's property 200 metres away, not far from several chained and loose dogs. Two husky-cross dogs with rust-red stains on their coats were immediately separated out and detained by authorities. RCMP Insp.

John Ferguson reported Friday both had been euthanized. Manitoba's chief medical examiner, Dr. Thambirajah Balachandra, said Friday: "I love my dog, and I know dog lovers are going to hate me for this, but I'd rather see 1,000 dogs die before I see a child mauled." Five children have been mauled to death in dog attacks since 1996 on Manitoba First Nations previously at Ta-doule Lake and Nelson House and twice in Cross Lake. In three cases, the dog was a pet that got loose; the rest were strays. On some northern reserves, there are standing orders to shoot stray dogs on sight.

An elderly handicapped man hangs from the balcony railing of his Longueuil, apartment Friday. He jumped but landed in a City of Montreal fire department Dag mai DrOKe niS Tail. Montreal Gazette photos: Alexandra Stephanson Larger evacuation may threaten system BRITON IN DOGHOUSE OVER SIGN A British woman has been ordered by police to take down a sign on her garden gate which read "Our dogs are fed on Jehovah's Witnesses." Pensioner Janet Grove, who owns a Jack Terrier puppy called Rabbit, insisted the sign was a gentle joke to discourage callers at her front door. Her late husband put the sign up more than 30 years ago when members of the church called at their house on Christmas Day. But police were forced to act after receiving a complaint.

Reuters compared to a country like Mexico, where 18 per cent live abroad. But foreign residents make up a much larger share of the population in Canada than they do in Australia (4.3 per cent) or the United States (2.5 percent). Canada's foreign-resident population has been steadily growing in recent years with more Legal Notice If You Have an Asbestos Personal Injury or Property Damage Claim Against Owens Coming or its Related Debtors, Please Read This Notice of Voting Rights and Hearing to Consider Whether to Approve Plan of Reorganization The Sixth Amended Joint Plan (as Modified) to By Chad Skelton canwest news service vancouver If Ottawa thought evacuating a few thousand Canadians from Lebanon was tough, experts say that's nothing compared to what's in store if war erupts in the Taiwan Strait and the roughly 300,000 Canadians living in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China decide they want to come back. "The situation we are facing now in Lebanon is not the worst," said Kenny Zhang, a senior research analyst with the Vancouver-based Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. "(Taiwan) could be much worse, because there would be more Canadian people involved." Canadians abroad are encouraged to register with Foreign Affairs, so they can be contacted in an emergency, but few do so.

Only about 170,000 Canadians are registered worldwide, including just 1,267 in Taiwan and 3,230 in Hong Kong. The best estimate of the true number of Canadians abroad comes from a recent study by the Asia Pacific Foundation, which is funded by both the federal and B.C. government. That study, based on emigration data from Statistics Canada, estimates there are 2.7 million citizens currently living outside Canada almost the population of Alberta and that 1.7 million of those are permanent residents of other countries. That means about nine per cent of Canada's population doesn't live here a small amount reorganize Owens Corning has been filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Case No.

00-03837(JKF)) by Owens Corning and its affiliated debtors listed below the Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants and the Legal Representative for Future than half a million Canadians moving abroad in just the past decade alone. Part of that growth is due to Canadian-born citizens travelling abroad for job opportunities in an increasingly global economy Almost half of the Canadians living abroad are in the U.S. But the other factor is immigrants who come to Canada, obtain citizenship, and then return to their home country. One-third leave A study this past spring by Statistics Canada found a third of working-age male immigrants who arrived in Canada since 1980 left within 20 years of arriving a figure that rose to half for immigrants from Hong Kong. Zhang, who moved to Canada from Shanghai in 1999, said many immigrants return to their home country because the situation that forced them to leave in the first place such as war or a poor economy has improved.

However, there is also growing evidence that many immigrants come to Canada specifically to obtain citizenship here with no intention of settling permanently Claimants. Persons or entities with personal injury, wrongful death or property damage claims relating to exposure to asbestos or asbestos-containing products manufactured, distributed or sold by any of the counted, a ballot voting on the Plan must be received by the Debtors' Voting Agent by 4:00 p.m., prevailing Pacific Time, on September 1, 2006. If a ballot is not received by that date and time, it will not be counted. Copies of the Disclosure Statement, Solicitation Package, the notice of the hearing to consider confirmation of the Plan and the procedures related to it, and other key documents related to the Debtors' bankruptcy cases may be obtained on the Debtors' bankruptcy website (www.ocplan.com) or may be obtained by writing the Debtors' Voting Agent at the address below. Asbestos Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims Proof of an asbestos personal injury or wrongful death claim does not need to be filed with the Bankruptcy Court at this time.

The Bankruptcy Court has established special procedures for holders of asbestos personal injury and wrongful death claims to vote on the Plan. Lawyers for holders of these claims may vote on the Plan on behalf of their clients if authorized by their client. If you are unsure whether your lawyer is authorized to vote on your behalf, please contact your lawyer. Hearing to Confirm the Plan A hearing to confirm the Plan (the "Confirmation will be held before the Honorable Judith K. Fitzgerald, United States Bankruptcy Judge at US Bankruptcy Court, 5490 US Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 on September 18, 2006 at 9:00 a.m.

You may attend the hearing, but are not required to do so. If you want to object to the Plan, you must follow the procedures outlined in the Solicitation Package. Objections to the Plan must be filed with the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court, PUBLIC NOTICE Debtors, may vote to accept or reject the Plan by September 1, 2006. Many claims against the Debtors concern high temperature insulation products manufactured by the Fibreboard Corporation or Owens Corning. Product names included PLANT, PABCO, KAYLO, PRASCO and AIRCELL.

A detailed document describing the Plan, called the "Disclosure Statement," which was approved by the Bankruptcy Court on July 11, 2006, together with a copy of the Plan itself and voting materials called a "Solicitation Package," has been mailed to known holders of claims against the Debtors or their lawyers. Important Plan Provisions Regarding Asbestos-Related Claims The Plan provides for certain Trusts to be set up to process and pay all eligible asbestos personal injury claims. The Plan provides that persons and entities with asbestos-related claims will be forever barred from asserting their claims directly against any of the Debtors. You should read the Plan and Disclosure Statement carefully for details about how this may affect your rights. Special Plan Voting Procedures The Bankruptcy Court has issued an order describing exactly who can vote on the Plan and how to vote.

The Disclosure Statement contains information that will help you decide how to vote on the Plan if you are entitled to do so. Your legal rights may be affected if you do not vote on the Plan. To be CFIA EMERALD ASH BORER OFFICE RELOCATION The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) advises the residents of the communities served by its Emerald Ash Borer office that it has now relocated to the following address: 10 Centre Street, PO Box 669 Chatham, Ontario N7M 5K8 The CFIA's Emerald Ash Borer office is open 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m., Monday Friday. For inquiries, please call toll free 1 866 463-6017 www.inspection.gc.ca United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, 824 Market Street, 3J floor, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, and received no later than 4:00 p.m.

(prevailing Eastern time) on September 1, 2006. If you or your attorney do not file an objection, the Court may conclude that you do not oppose confirmation of the Plan and may enter an order confirming the Plan by which you will be bound. To receive a copy of the Plan, the Disclosure Statement and other information related to voting on the Plan AVIS PUBLIC DEMENAGEMENT DU BUREAU DE L' AG RILE DU FRENE DE L'ACIA L'Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments (ACIA) avise les residents des collectivites desservies par son bureau de I'agrile du frene que celui-ci est demenage a I'adresse suivante 10, rue Centre, CP. 669 Chatham (Ontario) N7M 5K8 Les heures d'ouverture du bureau de I'agrile du frene de I'ACIAsont de 8 a 16 du lundi au vendredi. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez composer sans frais le 1 866 463-6017 www.inspection.gc.ca Write: Voting Agent at Owens Corning co Omni Management Group, LLC, 16161 Ventura PMB 626, Encino, California 91436-2522 U.

S. A. Email: ocomnimgt.com or Access: www.ocplan.com Debtors Owens Coming, CDC Corporation, Engineered Yarns America, Falcon Foain Corporation, Integra, Fibreboard Corpora tion. Exterior Systems, lntegrex Professional Services LLC, Integrex Supply Chain Solutions LLC, Integrex Testing Systems LLC, Integrex Ventures LLC, HOMExperts LLC, Jefferson Holdings, Owens Coming Fiberglas Technology, Owens Canada lil Coming HT, Owens-Corning Overseas Holdings, Owens Coming Remodeling Systems, LLC, and Sollech, Inc. 1.