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      Charlottetown
      --
      The
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      liquor
     
     
      control
      commission
      announces
      that
      effective
      April
      1,
     
     
      1992,
      there
      will
      bea
      price
      increase
      on
      spirits
      and
     
     
      wines.
      There
      will
      be
      no
      increase
      on
      domestic
      beer.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Retail
      prices
      of
      spirits
      will
      increase
      by
      an
      average
      of
     
     
      4.&%
      or
      $.95
      per
      750
      ML.
      Wines
      will
      be
      increased
     
     
      by
      4.3%
      or
      $.40
      per
      litre
      on
      average.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      new
      retail
      prices
      reflect
      an
      increase
      from
      the
     
     
      manufacturer
      which
      is
      directly
      attributable
      to
      their
     
     
      increased
      costs.
      These
      increases
      apply
      to
      all
      provin-
     
     
      cial
      liquor
      jurisdictions
      and
      have
      been
      passed
      on
      the
     
     
      consumer
      earlier
      in
      the
      year
      in
      other
      provinces.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      RCMP
      slow
      to
      report
      findings
     
     
      in
      UCCB
      case
      ,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dawn
      Mitchell
     
     
      Halifax
      (CUP)
     
    

    
     
      :
      The
      RCMP
      in
      Cape
      Breton,
      N.S.
     
     
      have
      yet
      to
      make
      a
      decision
      regarding
      an
      alleged
      Sept.
     
     
      1991
      sexual
      assault.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “It’s
      a
      complicated
      case,’’
      said
      RCMP
      superintendent
     
     
      George
      Timko.
      ‘‘Certain
      matters
      need
      to
      be
      carefully
     
     
      examined
      froma
      legal
      point
      of
      view
      and
      that’s
      the
     
     
      main
      reason
      things
      are
      taking
      so
      long.”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Lat
      fall,
      it
      was
      reported
      to
      the
      local
      RCMP
      detach-
     
     
      ment
      that
      a
      female,
      University
      College
      of
      Cape
     
     
      Breton
      student
      had
      been
      sexually
      assaulted
      in
      the
     
     
      university
      residence
      by
      three
      men
      during
      a
      party.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      woman
      was
      questioned
      several
      times
      by
      the
     
     
      RCMP,
      and
      was
      charged
      with
      mischief
      after
      changing
     
     
      her
      statement.
      The
      charge
      was
      later
      dropped
      due
      to
     
     
      lack
      of
      evidence.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      woman
      issued
      a
      written
      statement
      through
      her
     
     
      lawyer,
      criticizing
      the
      investigating
      officer,
      and
     
     
      demanding
      an
      inquiry
      into
      his
      conduct.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      RCMP
      re-opened
      the
      case
      and
      have
      been
      investi-
     
     
      gating
      the
      officer’s
      actions.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      police
      have
      not
      charged
      the
      male
      students,
      and
     
     
      the
      university
      has
      not
      taken
      any
      disciplinary
      action
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      X-P
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      April
      I,
      1992
      od
      ae
     
    
   
   
    
     
      against
      the
      men.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
          
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      woman’s
      lawyer,
      Elizabeth
      Cusack
      Walsh,
      said
      _
     
     
      she
      has
      met
      with
      the
      Mounties
      several
      times,and
     
     
      expects
      a
      decision
      by
      the
      end
      of
      April.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      meantime,
      the
      slow
      progress
      of
      the
      investiga-
      _
     
     
      tion
      and
      the
      media
      attention
      may
      have
      a
      negative
     
     
      impact
      on
      other
      women
      who
      have
      been
      abused,
      saysa__
     
     
      crisis
      worker.
      7
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘‘There
      is
      no
      doubt
      (the
      case)
      had
      deterred
      people
     
     
      from
      reporting
      cases
      of
      sexual
      assault,’
      saidBea
     
     
      LeBlanc,
      executive
      director
      of
      the
      women’s
      shelter
      in
     
     
      Sydney.
      :
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘‘I
      have
      spoken
      to
      several
      women
      who
      have
      mentioned
     
     
      the
      case,’’
      she
      said.
      q
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      women
      had
      been
      sexually
      assaulted,
      but
      did
      not
     
     
      want
      to
      file
      a
      report,
      saying
      they
      did
      not
      want
      to
     
     
      endure
      a
      similar
      fate.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      group
      of
      Sydney
      citizens
      have
      been
      meeting
      to
     
     
      assess
      the
      needs
      of
      the
      area
      for
      services
      for
      sexual
     
     
      assault
      victims,
      and
      raise
      money
      to
      fund
      them.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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