Flood threat prompt evacuation of First Nation

A flood threat prompted the evacuation of the First Nation of Roseau River, 100 kilometres south of Winnipeg.

Considering to move approximately 850 people. Approximately 170 had left Saturday afternoon, while the rest were to leave Sunday and Monday.

Coordinator of flood Howard Nelson said the band Council has determined the reserve can be cut at any time. It is concerned in that its permanent dike could violate the community of the floods in as little as 15 minutes.

"According to the levels of the water we were do, us will probably lose our remaining access on the side is, so we called a complete evacuation," he said.

Throughout the province, more than 1,600 people left their homes due to flooding or the threat of flooding. Many evacuees are residents of First Nations.

The Red River and Assiniboine mouse took their banks in some places. Provincial officials say more than 600 roads are closed and States of emergency in 33 municipalities.

The intensification of the fight against flooding along the Souris River downstream of Melita, who is currently in crest.

Flood provincial officials say the city mouse, Souris River and intersecting Plum Creek are likely to peak at the same time, which could be tomorrow. That would lead to water levels similar to the record breaking flooding of 1976.

On Saturday, three houses along Plum Creek have been sandbagged, and more tube dikes and Hesco barriers have been implemented.

Near the PAS, ice jams on the Carrot River, threatening homes. about 30 were sandbagged the dam of Bracken.

South of Winnipeg, officials have said, there are a handful of precautionary evacuations in the rural municipality of Morris. Some residents of Morris stay in hotels or with relatives this weekend because the 75 Highway, the main road in the city, is completely faded, leaving some inaccessible houses.

Houses in the town are protected by an Earth Bank, but the surrounding fields are now massive pools of water.

The dam is also causing headaches for truckers in this region of southern Manitoba who are striving to achieve the United States. They have to take 100 km of twists to reach the border.

The flooding also means that the churches across the Prairies will likely have less faithful Easter Sunday.

The Reverend Mary Gavin of the Anglican Church of St. John Fort said that water rising in the Valley of the river called means parishioners Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, may not provide services on Sunday.

Ron Cox, Mayor of the nearby resort village of B-Say-Tah on the shores of Lake echo, said he missed the Friday service, because it was simply too worn uplift of sand bags every day and it provides may thus Miss Sunday services.

On the Echo Lake water levels have increased during the week, and Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, said levels on the river called are still dating.

Regina, workers of the city continued to deal with the flood of Wascana Creek where a body was drawn from a strong current Friday afternoon. Police have released few details coincide with the discovery, only say that the body was male and that the coroner was investigating.

The River Basin Authority said that it considers that the Creek could be almost peaked Saturday or Sunday.

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Low rate of birth threat economy of South Korea, Governor Kim said

April 20, 2011, 7: 18 pm EDT by Belinda Cao

April 21 (Bloomberg) — the greatest threat to the economic health of the Korea of the South is not North Korean aggression or Chinese competition, Kim Moon-Soo, Governor of the largest province of the country and a potential candidate. According to the low fertility rate of the country.

Korea of the South have to face "a very big obstacle to our growth" that families have more babies, Governor of Gyeonggi Kim said in an interview at Bloomberg headquarters in New York. The Government must be "more active" in providing childcare and the lowering of the costs of the education of families, he said.Women with careers, which tend to "not to marry and not step to have children", have added to this "difficult" question, said Kim, the candidate favored most third in the Grand National Party for the next presidential electiona Realmeter survey this month. The Gyeonggi province has implemented incentives for encouraging Government employees have more children, said Kim.Taux of fertility of the Korea of the South was 1.21 per woman in the past five years - the fourth, lowest in the world, according to data from the Organization of Nations United. economy fourth Asia seeks more trade cooperation with the United States such as increased competition from China, which has lower labor costs and land prices, it faces. Kim urged the United States to ratify the free trade agreement between the two countries, adding to the military alliance between the nations which is "essential criticism" because of the China.Increasing TradeChina of China, exceeding Japan last year than the world of the second - most big economyis a competitor, but also a partner in trade closely with the Korea of the South, even though it is always on the Korea of North on military affairs, Kim said. The two countries on the Korean peninsula remains technically at war since the end of their 1950-53 conflict in a ceasefire, which was never replaced by a peace treaty. "If there is not in China, the alliance U.S. - Korea is not essential,"he says.Groups the Korea anti-Americans may attempt to stimulate the animosity against the United States, said Kim, noting that the trade agreement awaiting ratification has been completed during the administration of President George w. Bush, with some provisions renegotiated in December.A ex aequo with the United States firm security is also important for South Korea in relations with the Korea of the NordKim said. "" We must try to continue our dialogue and cooperation with the Korea of the North, but it must be based on a strong military alliance "with the United States, he said.Korea in the South refused to engage in dialogue with the Korea of the North, until the Government in Pyongyang apologize for the attacks of last year that killed 50 South Koreans, which hamper international negotiations on the weapons of the Korea of the Nord.Se program moving semiconductor and electronics KoreaSome Japanese makers, including Canon Inc., are considering relocation of plants in the Gyeonggi province to take advantage of the market in full growth of the Korea for these products, a trend that began after the earthquake in the Japan last month, according to Kim. Based at San Diego Qualcomm Inc., world's largest producer of mobile phone chips, also expand its investment in the country, he said.Kim, who said he was jailed twice while in militant anti-Government, was declared after seeing the failure in communism in the 1990s, he became a conservative after the fall of the Berlin wall and the Soviet Union. He said that his first visit in 1994 to United States, where he saw "impressive values" of the rights of man even in poor neighbourhoods, such as Harlem the city of New York, also helped to change his point of view.When asked to confirm his plans to run for President, Kim, 59, said, "Let's wait and see"- and noted that there is 20 months before the election.

-Editors: Steven Komarow, Leslie Hoffecker

To contact the reporter on this story: Belinda Cao in New York at the lcao4@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Kenneth Fireman at kfireman1@bloomberg.net

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