Winnipeg Free Press back issues from September 2006:
WEB EXTRA: Strong winds, storms hit parts of province
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Jen Skerritt Strong winds blew across Winnipeg yesterday, knocking over construction signs and sending some trees toppling to the ground. Environment Canada meteorologist Mike Russo said the strongest wind speed was 57 km/h, with some brief gusts of 74 ...
Suspect has history of thefts
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Get tough on repeat offenders, victim urgesface=-Bold; By Bruce Owen and Kevin Rollason A 22-year-old man arrested Wednesday in connection with a wild ride in a stolen SUV has a history of car thefts, documents say. In 2003, he pleaded guilty to stealing ...
Have Your Say
Sep 01, 2006 ... Heckler deserved ejection I felt angered by Fish tank to drunk tank for heckler (Aug. 30). I attend Goldeyes games regularly with my 10-year-old son, and an evening at a Goldeyes game is a feel-good time for us. We have the utmost respect for the players on the Goldeyes team and all the ...
Arrest ends 24-year-old murder mystery?
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Randy Boswell A Canadian man who vanished 24 years ago after the death of his girlfriend in a mysterious U.S. plane crash has been arrested in an affluent suburb of Dallas, the fugitive's whereabouts finally unravelled thanks to his violation of a no-watering order in drought-stricken ...
Letter of the Day
Sep 01, 2006 ... Fish better than football Re: Fish tank to drunk tank for heckler (Aug. 30). Bryan Benson's face was very familiar to me because my wife and I were sitting less than 10 seats away from him at the Goldeyes game where he was removed from the seats. I obviously can't speak ...
I said no to prayer
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Religion has no place in the public school systemface=-Bold; By Chris Tait TODAY, a 17-year old student at a public school in Manitoba is considered old enough to choose his own courses, and decide whether or not he wants to take shops class and build another bird ...
Editorial - The wrong prescription
Sep 01, 2006 ... TO hear Martha Hall Findlay talk about her ideas for health reform, one would think she is the proverbial skunk at the Liberals' garden party. The Liberal leadership candidate says when she talks about a greater role for private providers or profit in the public system, other Liberals recoil ....
Boom stressing Alberta: Klein
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Outgoing premier admits province lacks solid planface=-Bold; By Dean Bennett EDMONTON -- Premier Ralph Klein bid his final goodbye from the legislature chamber yesterday but not before admitting his opponents were right and that his government didn't have a plan to ...
Drivers enjoy cheaper gas in Toronto region
Sep 01, 2006 ... NOT used to praising the largesse of Big Oil companies, Toronto was enjoying a rare chance to cash in on a gasoline price war throughout the city that drove prices as low as 67 cents per litre of regular fuel. Even as prices began to crawl back up yesterday, drivers in southern Ontario ...
After 15 years, Russians miss Communist party
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Andrei Kolesnikov ON Aug. 24, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Fifteen years ago, the era of the bolshevik party, which ruled a vast empire for a long time, came to an end with the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The ...
Chemotherapy overdose kills Edmonton woman
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Jim Macdonald EDMONTON -- An official with the Alberta Cancer Board apologized yesterday to the family of a cancer patient who died after getting a massive overdose of a chemotherapy drug. Dr. Tony Fields said the woman's death last week from multiple organ failure and ...
Iran defies nuclear deadline, but no sanctions yet
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Nasser Karimi TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran defied a UN deadline yesterday to stop enriching uranium, opening the door for sanctions, but U.S. and other officials said no action would be sought before a key European diplomat meets with Tehran's atomic chief next week to seek a ...
Around the World
Sep 01, 2006 ...Tourists fleeCABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico -- Tourists fled hotels, desperately seeking flights home, and 15,000 residents of Baja California were ordered to higher ground yesterday as hurricane John roared toward the resort of Cabo San Lucas. The hurricane soaked beaches on the ...
Drought-stricken Tofino faces evacuation
Sep 01, 2006; ... By John Bermingham VANCOUVER -- If the creek runs dry in Tofino, the entire drought-stricken town on the west coast of Vancouver Island could be evacuated. As taps are turned off today for local businesses in the resort community, attention now turns to the remaining water ...
Flee area, colonel warns Afghans
Sep 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; NATO forces gearing up to hammer Taliban fightersface=-Bold; KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A tough-talking American colonel warned Afghan civilians to flee a volatile area west of here because coalition forces were gearing up to hammer Taliban insurgents who are staging a ...
Lottery Numbers
Sep 01, 2006 ... LOTTERIES In the event of a discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail. PICK 3 Winning number yesterday was 653. EXTRA Winning number yesterday for top prize of $250,000 was 1124552. LOTTO ...
Online drug industry strikes back
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; U.S. investigation is politically motivated: sellersface=-Bold; By Paul Samyn and Gabrielle Giroday UNDER attack from U.S. regulators, Canada's Internet drug industry came out swinging yesterday at what it claims is a politically motivated smear designed to shut the ...
Our Mistake
Sep 01, 2006 ... OUR MISTAKE Philippe Kwon of Inland Audio Visual is an instructor for ...
Who pays for thefts? Drivers, of course
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Jen Skerritt DRIVERS are paying a high price for living in the auto theft capital of Canada. Manitoba Public Insurance spokesman John Douglas said auto theft costs MPI $38 million annually -- a price that's absorbed by all licensed drivers. On average, Manitobans spend an ...
Court weighs sentencing in sexual assault of teen
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Kevin Rollason A stiff penitentiary term or house arrest are the wide range of sentencing recommendations given yesterday for a 70-year-old man who sexually assaulted a teenaged girl who worked for him at the Grand Beach Entertainment Centre. Crown attorney Lisa Carson said ...
VMAs a decidedly dull affair yet again
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Black's promise to re-energize big MTV gala goes unfulfilledface=-Bold; By Nekesa Mumbi Moody NEW YORK -- Where are Eminem and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog when you need them? Despite Shakira's ever-gyrating hips, Justin Timberlake's SexyBack and the obscured ...
Seniors upset over surprise hike in taxes
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; July 1 change lowers amount of basic personal exemptionface=-Bold; By Mia Rabson PRIME Minister Stephen Harper is facing an outcry from dozens of Manitoba seniors over a tax hike most of them had no idea was coming. Most seniors are noticing for the first ...
Visiting hockey team loses gear, possessions
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Allan Besson PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE -- The Ontario hockey team's participation here at the Canadian Senior Games came to a sudden halt yesterday at 6:10 a.m. when the fire alarm in the 105-year-old Portage Hotel jolted them out of their beds. "We thought it was most likely a false ...
Gene therapy used to fight melanoma
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Scientists hope to expand trialsface=-Bold; By Sheryl Ubelacker TORONTO -- U.S. researchers have genetically engineered immune cells in the blood, transforming them into tumour fighters that eliminated melanoma in two men with an advanced stage of the often deadly ...
'The thugs rule the streets'
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; z Ex-Winnipegger, wife, assaulted downtown z Says city least safe place he knowsface=-Bold; By Bruce Owen HE'S lived and worked in some of the most dangerous places on Earth, but for Les Hiebert, Winnipeg is the worst. The former Winnipegger, who's found ...
Juices prevent disease: study
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Higher consumption cuts Alzheimer's riskface=-Bold; By Susan Mohammad OTTAWA -- People who drink three or more servings of juice per week have a 76 per cent lower risk of developing Alzheimer's than those who only drink juice less than once a week, according to a ...
A moral touchstone in world gone mad
Sep 01, 2006 ... Lindor Reynolds IT took an hour of gassy introductions and greetings from every flipping level of government before Romeo Dallaire was brought to the stage at the Convention Centre Wednesday night. The overflow crowd, restless after being held hostage by people drawn to a mike ...
Life sciences get $1.2-M investment from Ottawa
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Geoff Kirbyson MANITOBA'S life sciences sector got a $1.2 million boost yesterday. The investment from Western Economic Diversification will enable Winnipeg-based Biomedical Commercialization Canada to provide local entrepreneurs who have a great idea or technology to make the ...
In Brief
Sep 01, 2006 ... Man escapes blaze A Winnipeg man with a broken leg crawled out of his pickup truck after it had been hit by a semi-trailer -- just before it exploded in flames. RCMP said the driver of the semi-trailer had failed to yield the right-of-way and struck the pick-up truck, sending it ...
Goldcorp, Glamis to focus on Americas
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Craig Wong VANCOUVER -- Canada's newest senior gold miner will focus on growth in the Americas and hopes to find $25 million in annual synergies, Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) and Glamis Gold (TSX:GLG) said yesterday after the announcement of their merger. "The things I like the most ...
Dutch society plans party
Sep 01, 2006 ... PULL out your clogs, the Dutch are throwing a party. The Dutch Canadian Society of Manitoba announced their plans to host the first annual Hollandse Feestdagen (Dutch Holidays) yesterday. "It will be a celebration of Dutch heritage and culture," Leonard van Leeuwen, president of ...
Sals set to nip money woes
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Chain hopes to emerge from bankruptcy protectionface=-Bold; By Martin Cash SALISBURY House is ironing out details of a proposal to creditors and the Canada Revenue Agency this week that should allow the iconic Winnipeg restaurant chain to emerge from bankruptcy ...
AAA acquires alarm company in Calgary
Sep 01, 2006 ... AAA Alarm Systems Inc. has expanded its presence in the western Canadian market with the acquisition of another Calgary alarm company. The Winnipeg-based firm, a division of MTS Alstream Inc., said it has acquired Superior Security ...
Fixing autos to help steer young lives
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Youths get skills, charities get carsface=-Bold; By Sean Moore THREE jobless aboriginals with little knowledge of automobile mechanics fixed a crumpled minivan and yesterday gave it to a charity for its use. "(This project) takes our aboriginal at-risk youth ...
What snowbirds need to know before fleeing snow
Sep 01, 2006 ... Dollars and Sense/David Christianson I realize we are rushing things a little bit, but here's some information that snowbirds need to know to plan for the winter migration and sojourn. The first part is some of the rules and requirements that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service ...
Hingis shocked in second round
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Other top-seeded women advanceface=-Bold; By Howard Fendrich NEW YORK -- It was surprising enough that Martina Hingis exited the U.S. Open in the second round last night. Even more stunning? Who beat her -- and how easily. Hingis, the five-time Grand Slam ...
MVP? Not me, says Blue QB
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Stegall touts low-key Glenn as Bombers' top performerface=-Bold; By Ed Tait IT is exactly the kind of talk that will make Winnipeg Blue Bomber quarterback Kevin Glenn both cringe and blush. Glenn, you must understand, has never been a me-me-me guy. In fact, ...
Highs and lows impact TSX
Sep 01, 2006 ... What the brokers say ... TORONTO -- It was another day of marginal gains on the Toronto stock market yesterday as the TSX was strengthened by takeovers in the gold and real-estate investment trust sectors but held back by tech and financial stocks, despite two positive earnings reports ...
Does a pre-season sellout mean we're an NHL city?
Sep 01, 2006 ... RANDY TURNER THERE are at least three categories of Winnipeggers when it comes to the now decade-old question about the possibility of the NHL returning to this city. There are the Believers: Those who stubbornly cling to the notion that this truly is an NHL city and someday the ...
Tips to stretch your betting bucks
Sep 01, 2006 ...Paul Wiecek WITH Labour Day upon us and the kids heading back to school next week, the 2006 live racing meet at Assiniboia Downs has now hit the top of the stretch and is heading for home. The live meet wraps up Sept. 24 and that creates both problems and opportunities for local ...
Goldeyes close to finish line in wild-card race
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; RailCats hanging tough for berthface=-Bold; By Gary Lawless EDMONTON -- Pitching will be the key to any success the Winnipeg Goldeyes come across should they make their way into the post-season and it was pitching that inched them closer to that goal last ...
Thurman gets second chance to prove he belongs
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Avi Saper FOR obvious reasons, all the talk surrounding the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' receiving corps this week has focused on the return of superstar slotback Milt Stegall from cracked ribs. Forgotten in the hoopla, however, is the return of another receiver to the Bomber ...
Movies that keep on keepin' on
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Jen McDonnell IN Crank, opening today, Jason Statham plays a hit man who learns he's been injected with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops below a certain point. He only has one hour to find who poisoned him, exact revenge and discover an antidote, all while keeping ...
A big year in Manitoba racing
Sep 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Kimchi's run at the Canadian Triple Tiara something to cheer aboutface=-Bold;Paul Wiecek IT'S annually billed as a celebration of Manitoba racing. And for the second year in a row, there really is cause to head out to Assiniboia Downs this Labour Day to ...
The Scene
Sep 01, 2006 ... Farm Aid lineup goes from polka to reggae CAMDEN, N.J. -- This year's Farm Aid benefit concert will feature not only the nearly annual show's mainstays such as Neil Young and Willie Nelson, but also genres from polka to reggae. The lineup for the Sept. 30 concert at the Tweeter ...
Series gives teens a chance to shine
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Games all weekend at Whittier, CanWestface=-Bold; By Ashley Prest WHILE playing Major League Baseball may be a remote possibility for most people, it just got a little closer for 38 Manitoba youth baseball players. The players are members of Manitoba's 15- ...
WEB EXTRA: Homeless hurt by funding cuts at shelter
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Bruce Owen The crack got wider yesterday for about 60 homeless people -- some of them chronic solvent abusers -- living at Main Street's Neeginan Emergency Shelter, centre staff and residents said. A lack of provincial funding means the hours the shelter operates have been cut ...
Hotel guests flee to safety
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Resident bangs on doors as smoke spreads through century-old innface=-Bold; By Jason Bell PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE -- Fire ripped through the downtown Portage Hotel yesterday morning, destroying the once-luxurious, turn-of-the-century hotel in the heart of downtown Portage ...
Today's Horoscope
Sep 01, 2006 ... Today's Horoscope/Georgia Nicols ALL SIGNS MOON ALERT We have the all clear to make important decisions and shop today. The moon is in Sagittarius. ARIES (March 21-April 19)This is a fabulous day for love affairs. If you feel love for somebody -- you feel it very ...
Fast forward
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Revved-up action flick is like Speed without a heartface=-Bold;By Alison Gillmor PROFESSIONAL hitman Chev Chelios (The Transporter's Jason Statham) is having a bad day. He wakes up feeling like hell, stumbles into his swank living room, and plays a DVD that informs ...
Take steps to take back your life or get used to living in misery
Sep 01, 2006 ... Ask Rhona/Rhona Raskin DEAR RHONA: My husband has fooled around on me more times than I can count. We've been married for 22 years. I wasn't always aware until after the fact. He has had several girlfriends on the side and the latest one he describes as just a friend, but I know better ....
Stolen Munch paintings recovered in Norway
Sep 01, 2006 ...OSLO, Norway -- Police recovered two paintings they believe are the Edvard Munch masterpieces The Scream and Madonna, two years after masked gunmen seized the priceless artworks from an Oslo museum in a bold daylight raid, authorities announced yesterday. Both paintings, stolen from the ...
Editorial - Klein's swan croak
Sep 01, 2006 ...ALBERTA Premier Ralph Klein as much as admitted yesterday that he had stayed in office too long. What he actually said after a tearful last appearance in the Alberta legislative chamber in Edmonton was that his opponents "were right" in charging that he had no plan to deal with the explosive ...
The verdict is in: Jury system needs reform
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Lee Stuesser IMAGINE that you receive in the mail a summons for jury duty. How do you respond? If a recent Free Press article is any indication, the reaction of most people in Manitoba is to look for a way out (Jury system put on trial, Aug. 24). The Free Press reported that ...
Writers Festival launches literary lunch hour at library
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Morley Walker DOWNTOWNERS will be able to enjoy a nooner later this month, and it won't cost them a thing. The weeklong Winnipeg International Writers Festival, which kicks off Sept. 17 at numerous locations, is introducing a new series called The Nooner, a half-hour program ...
Cole Hauser latest addition to impressive Stone Angel cast
Sep 01, 2006 ... Reel Life/Randall King ACTOR Cole Hauser, the star of the Mel Gibson-produced 2004 action film Paparazzi is the latest addition to the cast of The Stone Angel, which began its six week shoot Aug. 14. "We cast him just last week," says producer Liz Jarvis of Buffalo Gal Pictures, ...
Go luxurious without going broke
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Many older, upscale models still mighty classyface=-Bold;By Tony Whitney EVERY city in Canada seems to have at least one street where drivers go to show off their automobiles -- and the more exotic, the better. Whether it's Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, ...
Movie's mix of melodrama and smut is totally tone deaf
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Alison Gillmor 'ONE day we wake up and we realize that the world sucks," says one of the teen characters in this ill-conceived indie drama. While that's not a bad starting point for adolescent rebellion, grown-up filmmakers need to go a little farther. Director Jamie Babbit ...
Border guards will be armed: PM
Sep 01, 2006; ... By Greg Joyce SURREY, B.C. -- Canadian border guards will be armed starting in September 2007 but it will take 10 years to fully implement the plan, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday. Harper announced at a border crossing south of Vancouver that the federal government ...
Around Canada
Sep 01, 2006 ... Mafia ties probed MONTREAL -- Police are looking into possible Mafia ties to the city's most recent murder victim. Domenico Macri, 35, was shot to death Wednesday in northeast Montreal. Cmdr. Richard Dupuis, head of the city police major crimes unit, said Macri "was ...
Goren Bridge
Sep 01, 2006 ... Goren Bridge/Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch Both vulnerable. South deals. NORTH K 8 © K 9 2 ® 10 9 6 ß K Q J 7 2 WEST EASTQ 7 4 10 6 © 10 8 5 © A Q J 4 ® K Q J 8 4 ® 7 5 3 2 ß 8 3 ß 9 5 4 ...
Miami Vice continues to hold auto style dear
Sep 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; This time, the Ferrari is actually a Ferrariface=-Bold; By Paul Ferriss IN the opening scenes of Miami Vice, now in theatres, a twitchy informant arranges a hasty meeting with undercover cops Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. The informant arrives in a Bentley. The ...
Exhaust Notes
Sep 01, 2006 ... Si to grow doors in 2007 IN late-breaking Honda news, the US arm of the company has confirmed that the Si treatment will be available on a four-door Civic sedan-model for 2007. The sedan will include all of the expected go-go bits of the current coupe, such as the 197 horsepower i-VTEC ...
Standing the test of time
Sep 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; '49 Ford coupe a stylish 21st century cruiserface=-Bold; Classic Cruising/Larry D'Argis FEW cars have been as prominent in history as the 1949 Ford. A radical departure in styling and mechanical development from previous models made the '49 the first totally new Ford ...
Billboard
Sep 01, 2006 ... Ladies Auxiliary of Ukrainian Canadian Vets Br # 141 fundraiser Sept. 3, 2 to 6 p.m. at 618 Selkirk Ave. For information call 589-6315. Westview Ballroom Dance Club of St. James starts its 37th season on Sept. 5 and has openings for couples at all levels. For membership information call ...