The Sault Star from Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada • 1

fflQDUfl: SfflHT goodgiftea Cl THURSDAY DECEMBER 4 2003 SAULT STE MARIE CANADA TOf PLUS GST Medical marijuana Queen 's bench judge instructs jury to find man guilty in 1999 incident By DARYL SLADE CwiWMNmn Santo TTie Jury want to bring back a guilty Defendant Grant KriegBr Chris Levy said directive while unusual was within his right they be forced to convict? asked Levy the end of the day the judge can keep them as long as he wants to but if they come back a hung jury or say not guilty the judge has to accept the verdict an unusually strong way of doing it It does take away from the jury to say 1 believe the Crown Levy said it is difficult to criminally charge jurors for violating their oath to return a proper verdict based on the evt dence A2 rosis AIDS cancer and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS with marijuana He sentenced mmmammmme Krieger to one day in jail without hav- ing to actually go to jafl Krieger who was djagiywri with MS in 1978 and has not been able to work since 1991 has been living on a $840-a-month pension University of Calgary law professor Both jurors were brought in to court after they were given a copy of their oath and later asked to be dismissed But the judge refused ordering diem to go return to deliberations and return with a guilty verdict They finally did two hours later (the judge) took it right out of die hands of die Krieger 49 said outside court told them to come back with a guilty verdict and it still took them nine and half hours That tells me the jury didn't want to bring back a guilty ver- CALGARY A jury here took nine and a half hours Wednesday before buckling to a directive to convict renowned pot crusader Chant Krieger of possessing marijuana for the purpose of trafficking Court of bench Justice Paul Chrumka instructed the jury of seven women and five men to find Krieger guilty of die offence However two jurors refused for several hours saying they go against their diet" After the decision Chrumka said he took into consideration that while Krieger broke the law he did so on compassionate grounds to supply others who had illnesses such as multiple scle FOOD CHAIN Lot Date Bevels ftBeifl to domsifte dianrage: irepuDirij is probably an indicator of climate change" he said "The water level at Montreal which is sort of an indicator for going on in the Great Lakes has been dropping steadily since the last Increased consumption in the Great Lakes area could also be a factor he added The study entitled Fresh Water Resources in Canada notes that low water levels have threatened the navigability of the St Lawrence Seaway in recent years Low water levels can also threaten recreational activities water purification power generation and aquatic life Soulard also warned that the rapid disappearance of mountain glaciers is bad news for some of the most important rivers on the Prairies Water levels dropping since last century StatsCan researcher OTTAWA (CP) Shrinking glaciers in the Rockies and sinking water levels in the Great Lakes could be early effects of climate change says the author of a major Statistics Canada report Fluctuating water levels are normal in the (heat Lakes but the past decade has brought six warmer-than-average years and a decline in ice cover and precipitation says the report Francois Soulard senior research officer at the federal agency said he believes the decline in water levels goes beyond what can be explained by natural weather variability OEMS CAHIU THE STANDARD BROCK UNIVERSITY STUDENT Jeff Lucier pushes a sticky package to continue a 1535-box chain-reaction display In a gym on Wednesday In St Catharines The macaroni-dinner packages were later donated to a local food bank Some students are turning increasingly to food banks themselves Story on BU Mom A2 Uj r1 Canadians want labels on GMfood poll indicates Consumers feel government has provided adequate information By MICHELLE LANG CariVtMNswsSwto By FRANK DOBROVNK The Saul Star The grand chief of largest native organization hopes die Paul Martin regime will advance relations with First Nations Tm anxious to begin discussions with Mr Martin and his cabinet been very encouraging to hear the priority he puts on aboriginal Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations said Wednesday He was in Sauk Ste Marie for the annual general assembly of the Union of Ontario Indians Fontaine has met with the Prime Minister-designate since being re-elected to head die AFN last summer They discussed two possible changes to the structure of First Nations-government communications: a cabinet com mittee cm aboriginal affairs and an aboriginal secretariat within the Prime Office Although he stressed the ideas are still "speculation not feet" Fontaine would "welcome such a change because it really would speak volumes about the importance Mr Martin places on our Martin said he will not support the First Nations Governance Act a sweeping proposal to amend the Indian Act and require native bands to adopt a financial management and accountability code Many chiefs across the country and the AFN said the legislation would infringe cm inherent rights to self-government The legislation died when Parliament was prorogued but Fontaine said many of its proposals are already on their way to becoming reality never had a problem with (the) transparency and accountability (aspect of the legislation) What we had a problem with is imposition This has to be on our Tb that end the AFN has created a consultation process called "Commission on Renewal" Chaired by Joe Miskokomon a former UOI grand chief and British Columbia's Wendy Grant-John the process would "go out across die country to engage our community to ask our people what they think and how they feel to us about the changes that they want and see how we can make our organization more Hie UOI is the political arm of the Anishinabek Nation representing 43 communities stretching from Thunder Bay to the Ottawa Valley FRANK DOBROVNIK SAULT STAR AFN GRAND CHIEF Phil Fontaine addresses the Union of Ontario Indians in Sault Ste Marie on Wednesday TODAY Nanne headed to IIHF Hall of Fame Aigoma AS Comics CmwadBS Births and Deaths BIO Entartainmant B4 Canada A3A12 Ontario A7 B8 Sports AS To be inducted in April at Prague ceremony Associated Press CALGARY Most Canadians want-to know if they are munching on genetically modified ingredients when they sit down to dinner ex take a bite out of a granola bar according to a new study A Association of ranaHa poll released Wednesday found 91 percent of people want labels on foods that contain genetically modified mate rials The survey found 88 per cent of spondents want Ottawa to make GM food labels mandatory The issue of whether genetically modified labelling should be mandatory has sparked a heated debate among food manufacturers who say would be cost prohibitive and consumer advo- cates who argue Canadians have the' right to know what they are eating Labelling is currently voluntary Yet no foods sold in Canadian gro-: eery stores have a label advising that the product contains genetically modi fled ingredients even though a growing number of products are genetically engineered Some packages sport labels The lack of information has shoppers feeling confused according to the Association The poll found 80 per cent of consumers feel the' federal government has provided ade-i quate information about genetically modified foods More A2 WEATHER Variably cloudy H0t 2 Low -2 Friday variably cloudy High 0 Low -7 Weather details on A2 TheSeuiStsr VU91-Nd23) He became the first player-coach-general manager in the 1978-79 season and guided his team to the NHL finals two years later as GM He retired from the dub in 1990 to pursue business interests Nanne was appointed general manager of the US teams in the 1981 1984 and 1987 Canada Cup tournaments and the 1994 world championship He was enshrined in the US Hockey Hall of Flame in 1998 Nanne who now lives in Minneapo lis was inducted into the Sault Ste Marie Hockey Hall of Fame along with teammates from the Aigoma Contractor teams of the late 1950s A formal induction ceremony is scheduled for April during the IIHF world championship in the capital of Prague Joining Nanne will be Canadian-born Mike Buckna nicknamed the "Father of Czechoslovak GENEVA "Sweet Lou from the Lou Nanne will be inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in April the organization said Wednesday Nanne who was bom in Sauk Ste Marie and later became a US citizen was an all-American player at the University of Minnesota from 1959 to 1963 He captained the US Olympic squad in 1968 and also led the national side in 1975 and 1977 After the 1968 Winter Olympics Nanne joined the Minnesota North Stars totalling 72 goals and 167 assists for 239 points in 11 seasons as a 2373SN1SSS OSPREY utdls (roup lac wwwsaultstarcom THE Lou Nanne i enshrined in the US Hockey of Fame in 1998 pComhrt far Two Riders Electric Start Reverse r- UJf 1245 GREAT 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