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A14- THE NORTH BAY NUGGET FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24 1999 CANADAWORLD Ottawa records $29-billion surplus "They opened the cheque book and spent like drunken Solberg said The latest surplus has been applied to federal debt which has barn on a steady downward track and is now $3768 billion In the last two years alone the government has cut the debt by $64 billion The public-dcbt-to-GDP ratio has dropped to 644 pa cent from a peak of 7 12 pa cent 1995-96 Tory finance critic Scott Brison said the surplus represented a missed opportunity because the figures show that tax cuts are doable TAX RELIEF there is any new program spending the government needs to provide for Canadians through broad-based tax relief While the government is in the black Canadians are still in the In the last 10 years disposable income in Canada has dropped about eight pa cent while in the United States it has increased by 10 pa cent Brison said Martin said in a statement that the "report confirms the soundness of our balanced He was in the Cayman Islands a the annual meeting of the commonwealth finance ministers and could not be reached for comment What was not highlighted in financial documents released with the minister's statement was that he had to use a $3-billion contingency fund to reach a surplus A senior Finance Department official confirmed the fund was used to wipe out what would have been a $100-million deficit Black ink renews calls for tax cuts OTTAWA (CP) The federal balance sheet showed $29 billion in extra cash Thursday for the latest fiscal year as Ottawa reported its first back-to-back budget surpluses since 1932 The surplus down from $33 billion the previous yea was largely as expected by economists and sparked little reaction on financial markets But financial performance for 1998-99 did set off calls for tax cuts Jay Myers chief economist of the Alliance for Manufacturers and Exporters said Ottawa should now turn to cutting taxes to ensure the economy will be stimulated enough to continue turning out budgetary surpluses EAT AWAY "Even $29 billion ova budget can be eaten away quickly if all doing is he said Reform finance critic Monte Solberg took things a step further by accusing the government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien of overspending while hiding behind a modest surplus The surplus could easily have been $10 billion had Finance Minister Paul Martin followed the spending projections set out more than a yea and a half ago Solberg said In the 1998 budget Martin said program spending would be $1043 billion for 1998-99 figures put program spending for that fiscal yea a $1 1 14 billion AP PHOTO Workers Inspect a house collapsed by Typhoon Bart in Kltakyushu city southwest of Tokyo early today At least four people were killed as the typhoon packing winds of up to 144 km-h slammed the island Typhoon Bart slams into Japan NHK said a total of 88 people were injured on Kyushu and in southernmost island prefecture Okinawa where the typhoon hit Wednesday NHK said about 8000 people living along rivers evacuated while 813000 households were out of electricity Most domestic flights and trains on Kyushu were either cancelled or suspended Earlier on Okinawa 1600 kilometres southwest of Tokyo 24 people were injured and about 110000 homes suffered power-outages Dozens of homes were flooded the northern island Hokkaido on Saturday the agency said It is likely to miss Tokyo The typhoon made landfall around dawn today near Kumamoto 900 kilometres southwest of Tokyo Morita said more than 30 police officers were sent to Shiranui where an unspecified number of homes woe flooded close to their rooftops The National Police Agency said landslides were reported at 163 locations and 2016 homes were flooded in southwestern Japan because of the typhoon TOKYO (AP) Typhoon Bart slammed Japan's main southwestern island Kyushu killing at least four people police said today News reports said dozens of people woe injured and hundreds of thousands of homes left without power Bart packing winds of up to 143 kilometres an hour was near the southwestern coast of the main island Honshu by late this morning the Meteorological Agency said It was moving at 33 kmh to the northeast It was expected to pass over the Sea of Japan before shooting over 54 receive Order of Canada Russia says goodbye to Raisa Gorbachev Ha forehead was wrapped in a traditional Russian Orthodox funeral scarf Priests swinging censers of incense chanted a burial service as dignitaries including former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and President Boris wife Naina looked on were a real pair She was a part of him almost always at his said Kohl who became close to Gorbachev during talks on the Soviet Union aiding German reunification "Much of what he achieved is simply unimaginable without his Earlier today a stream of prominent Russians ambassadors and other foreign guests brought wreaths bouquets and words of condolence to help cancer patients doctors MOSCOW (AP) Mikhail Gorbachev bent slowly over his wife coffin mid gave her a last kiss on die forehead today before burying the woman whose vibrant personality and high style redefined the role of first lady of the Soviet Union The emotional moment in elite Novodevichy Cemetery climaxed a difficult two months for the former Soviet president who sat at his bedside in a German hospital while she battled leukemia She died Monday at age 67 Raisa body was carried in an open coffin on the shoulders of six pallbearers down a walkway strewn with red roses in the cemetery where dense trees block out die tumult of central Moscow Research may CONT'D FROM A1 Gosden and Oktay will be in Toronto on Monday to detail their work at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Their research focuses on cancer patients whose ovaries were damaged by radiation or chemotherapy- Results of their study suggest that ovarian tissue from women with cancer show no signs of canco recurring when transplanted into mice But because ovaries were removed at a young age for reasons other than cancer ho case has raised ethical personal and social questions What woman in ho 60s for instance wants to start menstruating again even if it means regaining the hormonal function that reduces ho risk of heart bone and other diseases? Dr Seang Lin Tan who will be Gorbachev and other family mem-bos as they sat with the coffin in the Russian Cultural Foundation which Raisa Gorbachev founded A small delegation of students from the philosophy department at Moscow State Univasjtyllferheft 1 Raisa Gorbachev used- to teach brought a large wreath of white roses and fir fronds Gorbachev his daughter and two granddaughters walked behind the open coffin as it was carried out of the foundation to a black hearse for the journey to Novodevichy A large picture of Raisa Gorbachev and a wreath from Yeltsin were carried in front of the coffin A bouquet of white roses lay in the coffin at ho feet women who have a fertility he said "And it may be safer for women to be on HRT than to be running on the hormones from their own ovaries in mid-life and The executive director of the North American Menopause Society which was meeting in New York said it would be a quantum leap in faith to say procedure is reversing menopause Even so the meeting was buzzing with news of the advance said Dr Wulf Utian of University Hospitals in Cleveland Many wondered why older women would even consider surgery which would extend their child-bearing years of the joys of menopause is freedom from menstruation and fear of said Utian He said the society has asked women about what they dislike most about HRT and found that renewed menstrual bleeding is high on the list Canadian honour is unique among his many awards have to say that this one feels absolutely he said not that the others but there is something unique and special about receiving an honour from The list of honours awarded Thursday includes four promotions within the order Mitchell Sharp forma Liberal cabinet minister and now a $l-a-yea adviser to Prime Minister Jean Chretien was promoted to companion along with John Meisel university professor and forma head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and Max Yalden forma head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission ERASMUS PROMOTED Native leader Georges Erasmus was promoted to offica from member Other officers include Senator Keith Davey the iegendary political fixa Quebec rock pioneer Robert Charlebois forma Liberal cabinet minister Otto Lang and Bernard Shapiro principal and vice-chancel-la of McGill University New members include A1 Flood past chairman and chief executive offica of CIBC Pad Godfrey chairman of Sun Media Corp and Lois Hole best-selling author of many horticultural books and recently appointed chancellor of the University of Alberta ceremony marked one of the few times Chretien has attended His officials said it was to honour Sharp his long-time adviser and to recognize last Orda of Canada ceremony Deaths DOKIS Elizabeth (nee Couch la) In loving memory of Elizabeth Dofcia who passed away at her residence in Sturgeon Falls on Sunday September 19 1999 Beloved wits of mo lata John Dokia Loving mother of Ron (Barbara) Jerome (Norine) of Sturgeon FaJts Liliane (Lao Cud) of Kitchener Leslie (Doris) of Han-mar Tam of North Bay and Gerald-deceased Dear sister of Harry Edward Ted (June) Joeephine (Jack Doolittle) and Doreen (William Millar) al of North Bay Sarazin of Levac and Nellie (James Langdon) of Sudbury Predeceased by four brothers and a sister W4-trid George Ephreme James and Irena Dupuie Lovingly remembered by several grandchildten great-grandchildren nieces and nephews Reverend Andrew Deptula wM conduct a memorial service a Our Lady Of Sorrows Church on Saturday Sepiember 25 at 10 am Interment at Couchie Point Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Theoret Funeral Hums PICKOSKI Michel Pierre Joseph Peacefully in London Ontario Wednesday September 22 1299 Michel Pko-kr beloved husband of Laurie (Proubr) at the age of 34 years Loved son of Francorse easier step-aon of Stan Bor-kowaki end ton of Edward PickoskL Doer brother of Richard Danis (Virginia) and Robert Dearly remembered by nieces and nephews Visitation at toe McGuMy Funeral Home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Funeral Maas will be celebrated at Paroisse dee Samta-Anges Saturday at 11 am Interment Holy Cross Cemetery Donations Heart A Stroke Foundation or chanty of your choice OTTAWA (CP) A different life flashed through filmmaka Atom mind during ceremony awarding him one of top honours "I was imagining the whole otha life I might of had which I rarely said Egoyan director of The Sweet Hereafter which was nominated for two Academy Awards i "It occurred to me actually for the first time that I'm first generation I was bom elsewhere' The opportunities I had herb have been Egoyan came to Canada from Cairo Egypt when he was 212 years old His family settled in Victoria BC where he says they were the only Armenian family around MOVIE BUFF Egoyan movie buff Elwy Yost and CBC newscasta Don Newman were among 34 Canadians presented with the insignia of the Orda of Canada at Rideau Hall Companions officers and mem-bos of the orda received their honours from Gov Gen Romeo LeBlanc in his last such ceremony before he is replaced by Adrienne Clarkson who will be sworn in next month During the ceremony LeBlanc shared a few words with each award recipients good that you haven't gone he told Egoyan who received the offica medal "I never Egoyan replied After the ceremony the filmmaker said he would oily go to the United States to work He joked that he didn't like what happened to people "when they live in LA for too Opera singa Ben Heppna also vowed to stay in Canada and said this Office bomb injures four BIBLE HILL NS (CP) A bomb exploded a a local used ca dealership Thursday sending four people to hospital two with serious injuries "The cause of the explosion is of a criminal RCMP Sgt Dave Durrah said of the blast which shattered windows in the dealership's display area and shifted the two-storey building off its foundation Flying shrapnel hit the two most seriously wounded men in the side said Darrah Leo SyUiboy of nearby Millbrook was sitting in a van in a vacant lot just down the street when the blast occurred a 4:20 pm AT He saw one of the victims thrown from the building with such force his shoes were knocked off "I ran to help and there were three or four people lying on the ground screaming for said SyUiboy "One guy had Mood running down his face Another had blood running down his There was no wad on a motive or possible suspects Gosden' boss in Montreal said only one pa cent of women go into menopause before 40 That's the target population for the research said Tan director of department of obstetrics and gynecology "There are medical issues and social and ethical he said "The fact that scientifically something can be done mean it should be done for every MONITOR FOR YEARS Tan said Lloyd-Hart will be monitored for years to see if Gosden 's procedure has long-tom effects And further research will probe whether women with grafted ovaries can avoid hormone-replacement therapy But even if an ovarian graft were an option Gosden believes women should stay on HRT "The ovarian graft is for younger Tonight Saturday North Bay forecast Loda551HU2-lI2 Today Sunday Local Data Sunset Today 7:12 pm Sunrise Tomorrow 7:08 am Possibility of precipitation Today 20 per cent Tonight 0 per cent Tomorrow 0 per cent North Bay Nipiscing Sudbury Nickel Bed: Saturday risk of frost overnight High near 17 Sunday sunny with cloudy periods Low near 9 High near 21 Monday becoming cloudy with scattered showers developing Low near 10 High near 20 Probability of precipitation 60 percent TimUkaming: Today a mix of tun and cloud Cool High near 10 Saturday a mix of sun and cloud Low near 2 Risk of frost High near 18 Probability of precipitation in per cent 0 today and 10 Saturday Parry Sound Muskolm: Today cloudy with tunny periods and chance of showers in the morning Clearing in the evening wind math 20 km-h Cooler with high near 13 Saturday mainly tunny Low near 2 with risk of frost inland Georgian Bay High near 17 Probability of precipitation in per cent 30 today and 0 Saturday Toronto: Today cloudy with showers and risk of a thunderstorm ending in the morning A few afternoon sunny breaks Wind southwest 20 roll shifting to north in the morning Much cooler with high near 13 Saturday mainly sunny Low near 3 High near 18 Probability of precipitation in per cent 70 today and 0 Saturday.