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The evacuees are staying in hotels, schools, churches and private homes in larger centres The last of Manitoba's evacuees — about 340 people from the remote nor thern community of Gods River — arrived in Winnipeg Tuesday About 225 fires were burning in Manitoba, 150 fires in northern On- tario and about 165 in Saskatchewan Most have been caused by lightning “We're not making any plans to move anybody back,” Ryan Kustra of the Manitoba Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday night “Until the situation is stablized and safe, we're not going to move them back and then move them out again.” Planning a Wedding? We Sell Distinctive Invitations, Napkins, etc Come See Us At . i SENIORS Carl s Drugs Costlecird 365-7269} THURS. 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Yazov, the first Soviet defence minister to visit a NATO country sin ce the western alliance’s formation after the Second World War, also said British and French trdops based in West Germany should be inctudgd with of people who have in some northern communities. Michael Har- tley of Manitoba’s Emergency Measures Organization in Thompson said the RCMP would escort a convoy of private vehicles from Lynn Lake, Sundance and Gillam south to Grand Rapids, where. people would be allowed to proceed on their own. Another convoy was to leave Thom- pson to relieve pressure on relief effor- ts there PLAN RETURN Although fire and smoke still threaten many communities, some of the 3,600 residents of Cross Lake are planning to go home goon. They were the first Manitoba residents to be evacuated last week “We're waiting for approval from the Emergency Measures Organization,"’ a dispatcher at the community's fire station said Tuesday night Nurses, social workers, gas station operators and’ other people who provide essential services would be the first to return, said the dispatcher, who wouldn’t give his name Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon has said firefighting efforts and the massive evacuation will cost over $30 million. In Ottawa Tuesday, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney promised “every conceivable support’’ for the effort from the federal government In northeastern Saskatchewan, rain dampened the two fires threatening Sandy Bay. But spokesmen for the provincial forest fire management cen- tre warned the two fires still aren’t un- der control. “It’s too large to be brought under control in one day,” said duty officer Darryl Rowland. *‘We'd need a lot more rain to put it out."” At least 200 firefighters are battling the Sandy Bay fire in northeastern Saskatchewan. One crew cut through more than two kilometres of bush with axes as they tried to halt the ap- proaching flames. Opportunities call for CGA’s troops ina Lar The general spoke at a news conference with” British Defence Secretary George Younger after talks with Prime Minister Margaret Tiratcher and Younger. Later, he met with Britain's new foreign secretary, John Major. Aussies to help immigrants CANBERRA (Reuter) — Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke launched a campaign today to eliminate what he called grievous injustice toimmigrants. Hawke said the equivalent of $66 million Cdn would be spent during the next eight years on helping immigrants settle. A National Agenda for a Multicultural Australia will fund more English tuition and a national office to assess foreign qualifications. It will also expand the government-funded Special Broadcasting Service, which produces foreign language television and radio programs for ethnic minorities. The aim was to “remedy a grievous injustice that has been done to many of the people who have come to Australia as migrants,’ Hawke said ina statement Police make women march WASHINGTON (AFP) — Police rounded up two dozen women froma street byF in Wash and for- ced them to march to the Virginia state border, 2.2 kilometres away The women, many of them dressed in leather mini skirts or short shorts, and some of them carrying spike heels and walking barefoot — were marched down 14th Street early Tuesday with an escort of police squad cars with flashing lights. “They said they were taking us to Virginia, that we could work over there,” said a woman who identified herself as a prostitute named Toni “They said we'd go to jail if we stopped.” Police abruptly left the scene just short of the Virginia border after a Washington Post reporter and photographer arrived and began taking photographs of the parade Sports stars to wed EDMONTON (CP) — Just one year after his former roommate got married to a Hollywood starlet in Canada’s version of a royal wedding, hockey star Kevin Lowe has become engaged to skier Karen Percy Lowe, an all-star defenceman with the Edmonton Oilers, and Per- cy, who won two bronze medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, announced their engagement Tuesday after a whirlwind courtship. The two had never met until last year. They were introduced at the wedding of Mike Barnett, agent for Percy and Wayne Gretzky Gretzky, Lowe’s former roommate, married actress Janet Jones last July in Edmonton. Polish leaders meet WARSAW (CP) — Solidarity appears to have accepted that it can- not form Poland's next government but believes it is only a matter of time before the opposition movement becomes the country’s first non- Communist administration in decades. Solidarity leader Lech Walesa met President Wojciech Jaruzelski for two hours Tuesday told him the only wise decision would be to let Solidarity govern following its success in last month’s parliamentary elec- tions But Walesa came away from the meeting saying Jaruzelski was not ready for this and favored establishing a grand coalition to wrestle with Poland’s economy, an unenviable task that could undermine a cabinet let by the Polish United Workers’ party (Communist party) within mon- ths of taking office : PM silent on MP's comments OTTAWA (CP) — The government will have done its duty by tabling legislation on abortion even if the House of Commons rejects the bill, Justice Minister Doug Lewis said “If it doesn’t fly, well, we've done our best and that's all you can ask fromus,"’ Lewis told reporters Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who has promised abortion legislation this fall, refused comment on the minister's statement as he left acabinet meeting. 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