Winnipeg Free Press back issues from October 2006:
In Brief
Oct 01, 2006 ... Make a run for it today THE annual CIBC Run for the Cure in aid of breast cancer research takes place today in both Winnipeg and Brandon. The run, which also takes place the same day in 49 other cities across the country, begins at Winnipeg's MTS Centre at 300 Portage Ave., at 9 a.m., ...
Israeli army expects to exit Lebanon tonight
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Josef Federman JERUSALEM -- The Israeli army expects to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by this evening, defence officials said, a move that would meet a key condition of the Aug. 14 ceasefire that ended more than a month of fighting against Hezbollah guerrillas. The ...
Apology
Oct 01, 2006 ... OUR APOLOGIES Some of our Saturday newspapers were delivered one to two hours late yesterday ....
Front-runner draws immigrant support
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Alexandra Paul WINNIPEG immigrants said it's front-runner Michael Ignatieff's roots as much as his policies that are winning support as the blitz for delegates to the Liberal leadership contest kicked off in Winnipeg yesterday. A weekend of voting will determine the delegates ...
Death Notices
Oct 01, 2006 ... DEATHS AMBROZIK, Stella, of Fisher Branch. BUCHANAN, Douglas (Keith), 77. CZAJKA, Stanislaw, 82. DUDECK, Violet Marie, 68, wife of Henry. FRASER, Grace Minnie, 101. IRWIN, Larry, husband of Laura. LAMOUREUX, David, 53, husband of ...
Overpass falls, deaths feared
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Cars drop, crushed in Quebec collapse; 5 people badly hurtface=-Bold; By Catherine Solyom, Alana Coates and Marissa Larouche-Smart LAVAL, Que. --At 11:35 a.m yesterday, Quebec's Ministry of Transport sent a message to reporters: pieces of concrete were falling off ...
Ignatieff in lead, but Rae, Dion hope for upset
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Joan Bryden OTTAWA -- Michael Ignatieff maintained his edge in the Liberal leadership race yesterday as grassroots members continued electing delegates to the party's December convention. As results trickled in from the second of three days of delegate elections across the ...
Military improving LAV III's armour
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Renata D'Aliesio PANJWAII DISTRICT, Afghanistan -- In the face of increasing threats from explosive devices in Afghanistan, the Canadian military is working on upgrades for its mainstay armoured vehicle, Canada's top soldier told troops yesterday. A host of changes are being ...
Winnipeg girl makes good, and bad
Oct 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Largely forgotten today, Mary MacLane was a sensation in her timeface=-Bold; Barry Potyondi ERNEST Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence, Hart Crane and Gertrude Stein called her a profound influence on their writing. Others called her a drunk, a thief, a gambler, and a whore ....
Layton wants to visit zone
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Ian Bailey VANCOUVER -- Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton, who wants Canada to pull its troops from Afghanistan, says he wants to visit the war-torn country to get a sense of the situation there. But Layton told the Vancouver Province during a trip to Vancouver that he does not ...
Utah's 'dirty little secret'
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; An estimated 40,000 people live in polygamous families or communities across the western U.S.face=-Bold; By Kirsten Scharnberg and Manya A. Brachear EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah -- The neighbourhood looks like any other in the upper-middle-class suburbs: sprawling homes with ...
CRTC hits racist remark on show
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Kevin Dougherty QUEBEC CITY -- Quebec's top-rated Sunday night talk show was reprimanded by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission last week over racist comments by one of its guests. Canada's broadcast regulator found that Pierre (Doc) Mailloux made ...
YiP, it's true -- hundreds of Winnipeg high school
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; students are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities Teen Angelsface=-Bold; By Kevin Rollason A sewing machine for Esther House. Renovations at Siloam Mission. New lifts for residents at St. Amant Centre. Horse rentals for special needs children in ...
Police assigned to manhunt for escaped killer
Oct 01, 2006 ... WINNIPEG police are still searching for an escaped mental patient who killed his stepmother. Winnipeg police Sgt. Kelly Dennison said yesterday a number of officers have been specifically assigned through the weekend to look for Joey Wiebe, a Selkirk Mental Health Centre resident who ...
Great White moves forward after deadly fire
Oct 01, 2006 ... Dr. Michael F. Myers 'HE was a wonderful doctor, very kind and caring, and one of the most sought- after family physicians in our community. His patients loved him -- and we did too." That's what a fellow doctor said in his eulogy for my patient who just five days earlier had injected ...
Residents cheer new Red River Community Centre
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Kevin Rollason YEARS of fundraising and planning have culminated with the opening of the $2.1-million Red River Community Centre yesterday. Hundreds of West Kildonan residents celebrated the Murray Avenue centre's opening. Sitting on the grass with her two children, ...
No time to stop and shop for Canadian miler
Oct 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK -- Canadian middle-distance veteran Kevin Sullivan raced to victory in the prestigious Fifth Avenue Mile yesterday. Sullivan, from Brantford, Ont., won in three minutes 54.1 seconds, edging fellow University of Michigan product Nick Willis of New Zealand, who crossed in 3:54.7 ....
WEB EXTRA: 62 babies join group breastfeed
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Kevin Rollason MANITOBA wasn't breast in the West, but we came close. The province came in second among Canadian provinces after 62 babies latched onto their mothers at the breastfeeding challenge held yesterday to mark World Breastfeeding Week. British Columbia came first ...
Religions have potential for great healing, greater good
Oct 01, 2006 ... KAREN TOOLE - REFLECTIONS I sat with the young woman who asked me in a breaking voice, "Can religion be kind?" It's a long story and I won't go into details. She had asked me to pray with her. When she put the request to me, she reached out her hand and took mine. Afterwards she formed ...
Thunder Bay soldier latest Taliban victim
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Infantryman near Kandahar stepped on booby-trap bombface=-Bold; By Lauren La Rose THE identity of a soldier from Thunder Bay, Ont., killed in Afghanistan was revealed yesterday as one of the deadliest months for Canadian troops in decades came to an end. Pte ....
Do issues really matter?
Oct 01, 2006 ... Marlo Campbell I recently found myself talking about the civic election over bacon and eggs at a local Winnipeg diner. To my surprise, a friend announced to the table that he wasn't voting for Kaj Hasselriis because, and I quote, "There's just something about him I don't ...
One-man wrecking crew rumbles for 658 yards
Oct 01, 2006 ... DELBARTON, W.Va. -- Paul McCoy rushed for an apparent national high school-record 658 yards and scored 10 touchdowns Friday. McCoy, who had 29 carries in Matewan's 64-0 win over Burch, ran for 477 yards just on his touchdown runs, which covered 69, one, 52, 56, 52, 20, 31, 84, 87 and 25 ...
Jet found in jungle; survivors unlikely
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Stan Lehman SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Brazilian air force pilots spotted the wreckage of a jetliner that crashed deep in the Amazon jungle, and an aviation official said yesterday it was unlikely any of the 155 people aboard had survived. The president of Brazil's airport ...
Four barns, 5,500 hogs lost in blaze on colony
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Kevin Rollason A $5-million fire at a Hutterite colony killed more than 5,500 hogs and destroyed four barns early yesterday. Rural Municipality of Tache fire chief Peter Skjaerlund said three of the four barns at the Rainbow Colony, about 10 kilometres southeast of Ile des ...
Rebar lost its grip, prof suggests
Oct 01, 2006; ... By James Keller STEEL bars inside a Quebec highway overpass that collapsed likely lost their bond with the surrounding concrete and left the section of roadway unable to support its own weight, said a structural engineer with expertise in bridges. Shamim Sheikh, who teaches ...
A decade of good taste
Oct 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Italian Chamber of Commerce Manitoba celebrates 10th anniversary with great food, wineface=-Bold; SHAUNA JURCZAK THE Italian Chamber of Commerce Manitoba celebrated its 10th anniversary with a gala dinner at the Winnipeg Convention Centre Thursday ...
Ideological differences meaningless
Oct 01, 2006 ... Nick Ternette ONE of the more fascinating aspects of this civic election is -- what is left and what is right these days? In the 1960s and 1970s, to be left-wing at the civic level was to be anti-development. To be right was to be pro-development. In 2006, these definitions have no ...
In Brief
Oct 01, 2006 ... Shotgun seized in house A man was arrested and a shotgun seized after Winnipeg police officers stormed an inner-city residence yesterday morning. Police cordoned the 300 block of Logan Avenue starting at 3 a.m. after several men were spotted entering a house with what was ...
The politics of potholes
Oct 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; If Doer's cash won't solve our road problems, what will?face=-Bold; MARY AGNES WELCH THE city had one big, juicy election issue until Premier Gary Doer went and wrecked it. That big issue was roads, and how city hall should muster millions of dollars needed ...
Twins blow chances at title
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Al Central hopes dim with loss to Chicagoface=-Bold; By Dave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins missed another chance to move ahead in the division race. Jon Garland took a shutout into the ninth inning and Tadahito Iguchi had a homer among his three ...
Around Canada
Oct 01, 2006 ... Mountie shoots assailant A Prince Rupert, B.C., Mountie shot an American woman in the stomach after he unsuccessfully tried to disarm her of a pair of scissors she used to attack the senior officer. RCMP were called to a disturbance at a Prince Rupert convenience store at about ...
Banged-up knee could sideline Stegall
Oct 01, 2006 ... "It was legal contact ... You can't complain about it. It's football and it's all within the rules." -- Bomber head coach Doug Berry By Ed Tait MILT STEGALL'S pursuit of Canadian Football League history may be shelved for a week, perhaps longer. The Winnipeg Blue ...
After the outbreak
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Recovery from devastating E. coli infection a long, painful processface=-Bold; By Mary Engel WHEN she was 10, Brianne Kiner became the public face of one of the country's worst outbreaks of food poisoning. Television cameras zoomed in as she left Seattle's ...
Around the World
Oct 01, 2006 ... 'Martyrdom video' cited LONDON -- A British newspaper reported that it has obtained a "martyrdom video" allegedly made by Mohamed Atta, ringleader of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.The Sunday Times, editions of which were available late yesterday, said it had ...
Williams' TD does in Stamps as Argos move into tie for first
Oct 01, 2006 ... TORONTO -- Ricky Williams and Eric England scored second-half touchdowns as the Toronto Argonauts hung on for a tense 23-16 home win over the Calgary Stampeders last night. England brought the season-high Rogers Centre gathering of 32,410 to its feet in the third quarter with an 80-yard ...
Ex-Marlie finds net, likely lands Moose gig
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Gary Lawless TYLER BEECHEY travelled to Thunder Bay without a job but likely came back to Winnipeg with a contract in his suitcase. The Manitoba Moose will trim their roster significantly today and it's expected Beechey will make the grade. The Edmonton native had no ...
Cowboys eager to punt distractions
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; It's been 2 long weeks of off-field mayhem since Dallas played a downface=-Bold; By Todd Archer DALLAS -- Finally, it's about football again. In the 14 days since the Cowboys' last game -- a 27-10 win at Texas Stadium against Washington -- so much has ...
First Nations want it both ways on smoking issue
Oct 01, 2006 ... PAUL SAMYN OTTAWA -- So let me see if I've got this straight. Manitoba's native leaders want judges, politicians and pretty much everyone else to butt out when it comes to aboriginal rights to light up on First Nations. At the same time, they are fuming at the Harper Tories for ...
First Sudoku tournament draws 104 puzzle fans
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Sean Moore TO the spectators at the first annual Sudoku tournament yesterday at the Manitoba Museum, it looked like people writing a test. But one mother who watched her auto mechanic son play said, "It was just a thrill." The day began with 104 competitors, young and old, ...
Habs deal Ribeiro for blueline help
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Bill Beacon MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens boosted their blue-line corps, but they had to give up a promising hometown forward to do it. The Canadiens traded centre Mike Ribeiro to the Dallas Stars for Janne Niinimaa yesterday. Montreal will also receive a fifth-round ...
Ed Tait thinks you should know...
Oct 01, 2006 ... AND THE QB SAYS ... Bomber pivot Kevin Glenn refused to speak to two print reporters yesterday when approached, saying, "I'm not doing interviews. I don't have anything to say." That said, here's head coach Doug Berry's assessment of the Bomber pivot, who was good on 17 of 30 ...
Brilliant novel lives up to all the hype
Oct 01, 2006 ... Special Topics in Calamity Physics By Marisha Pessl Viking, 514 pages, $34 Reviewed by Gabrielle Giroday MARISHA Pessl should tell the nasty New York City hipsters to shove it. People are already bad-mouthing the beauteous American writer for her first ...
Bestsellers
Oct 01, 2006 ... Here are the 10 bestselling fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending Sept. 26 from Amazon.ca. Bracketed figures indicate position the previous week. FICTION 1 (1) Spellbound Nora Roberts (paperback) 2 (2) Moral Disorder Margaret ...
All the ingredients for a good thriller, but...
Oct 01, 2006 ... The Book of Fate By Brad Meltzer Warner Books, 510 pages, $35 Reviewed by Nick Martin TAKE a presidential assassination attempt. Then mix in ne'er-do-well covert government security agencies, a crazed but lethal sniper, a host of West Wing types, and a ...
Write? Wrong, Atwood tells students
Oct 01, 2006 ... LINDA ROSBOROUGH - PAPER CHASE CANADIAN novelist Margaret Atwood has given some surprising advice to aspiring authors in Scotland: Writing? Don't do it. "If I were your parent, I would say: 'Why are you doing it?' You should go get a proper (job),' "Atwood joked with a ...
Faith and commerce
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Rick Warren follows his best-seller with a blueprinted mega-sellerface=-Bold; By Gwendolyn Driscoll LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- It was the onerous chore he avoided for months: Write the book. It was to be a sequel to an earlier book, The Purpose-Driven Church, a ...
Lighten up!
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Well-designed scheme can improve home's emotional feelface=-Bold; By Pedro Arrais A well-designed lighting scheme can dramatically influence the emotional feel of a house, making it warm, cosy and inviting at the flip of a switch. On a functional level, it provides ...
Great White moves forward after deadly fire
Oct 01, 2006; ... By Solvej Schou LOS ANGELES -- For more than three years, anger, grief, lawsuits and haunting memories have swirled around the band Great White since its pyrotechnic display ignited the Rhode Island nightclub fire that left 100 dead and injured many more. The fire "was a ...
Today's Horoscope
Oct 01, 2006 ... GEORGIA NICOLS ALL SIGNS/MOON ALERT Avoid shopping and making important decisions from 10:10 p.m. until 10:35 p.m. it today. The moon is in Capricorn. ARIES (March 21-April 19)Your sleuthing skills will improve enormously in the next 10 weeks. (Don't leave home ...
Death Notices
Oct 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 254. EXTRA Winning number yesterday for the main prize of $250,000 was 4740634. LOTTO ...
Act now to address vole problems
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Rodenticide in traps kills grass-killing pestsface=-Bold; By Avi Saper EVERY spring as the snow melts, many Winnipeg homeowners are greeted by lawns and gardens that have been extensively damaged by voles. A vole is a small rodent -- usually 10 to 20 ...
Fame, fortune on hold
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Toews has some unfinished business before going to the NHLface=-Bold; By Tim Campbell GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- He took a temporary pass on likely fame and certain fortune in the NHL and went back to school. People are surely looking oddly at University of North ...
On2
Oct 01, 2006 ... Shaq plans engagement with fifth NBA ring MIAMI -- Shaquille O'Neal slowly extended the digits on his enormous left hand, then flashed a megawatt grin. "Five," O'Neal said in an interview with The Associated Press. "For me, the motivation's five." Simple ...
In Brief
Oct 01, 2006 ... Rather clean the closet? CLEANING closets is a preferred activity over sex by up to a third of the population, according to a 2000 IKEA poll, and reiterated by Katherine Gibson, Victoria's decluttering maven, author and life coach in her new self-help book Pause: Putting the Brakes on a ...
Card-hungry Trahan happy atop a PGA leaderboard
Oct 01, 2006 ... MADISON, Miss. -- D.J. Trahan played like a man who suddenly remembered he needed a big payday. Trahan shook off a double bogey to maintain a two-stroke lead yesterday, birdieing the final two holes for a 1-under 71 on the Annandale Golf Club course. The birdies left him atop the ...
Emotional WALLOP
Oct 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Crow Lake author MARY LAWSON packs a punch in new novelface=-Bold; The Other Side of the Bridge By Mary Lawson Knopf Canada, 355 pages, $35 Reviewed by Ariel Gordon SOON after Mary Lawson's first novel was published in 2002, she joined an ...
Faith Briefs
Oct 01, 2006 ... Sacred music An Evening of Sacred Music with Tracy Dahl accompanied by Shannon Hiebert, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at Broadway First Baptist Church, 790 Honeyman. Admission is $20. Straight Street Straight Street (International), a once-a-month mission of First Presbyterian Church, ...
Vikes' ugly offence has winning personality
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; It gets the job done warns Bills receiverface=-Bold; By John Wawrow ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Knock the Vikings' offence all you want for its lack of flash. Quarterback Brad Johnson isn't going to conjure memories of his pass-happy predecessor, Daunte Culpepper, ...
solutions
Oct 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Use your head when making plans underfootface=-Bold; REENA NERBAS SOME underfoot solutions that will floor you. 1. Did you know that linoleum is not vinyl? Linoleum produced from linseed oil and flax in 1899 was popular until 1960 when vinyl made its debut ....
Ravens' Lewis up against protege
Oct 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Like older brother to Chargers' Merrimanface=-Bold; BALTIMORE -- Months before Shawne Merriman became a first-round NFL draft pick, Ray Lewis felt compelled to provide advice, encouragement and guidance to the budding star. Lewis was watching his brother, running ...
Flex space key to design
Oct 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Innovative approach maximizes homeowners' building optionsface=-Bold; By Gloria Taylor GREENTREE Homes took an innovative approach to design in this brand new floor plan to provide some modern flex spaces for buyers. Look for a fireplace, and you won't find ...
Excuse me, which fork's for stabbing?
Oct 01, 2006 ... DOUG SPEIRS - IN THE DOUG HOUSE TODAY I'd like you to meet Mr. Manners, the internationally acclaimed expert on place settings, the Canadian Football League ... and whether it's considered rude to try to kill your closest friends. Now that we've all been introduced, let's ...
Long tale of doom has its moments
Oct 01, 2006 ... The Friends of Meager Fortune By David Adams Richards Doubleday Canada, 366 pages, $35 Reviewed by Faith Johnston TO clarify the novel's title, Meager Fortune is a person, not a financial state of affairs. And he is not even one of the central characters in this ...
Resurgent Gordon looming in Burton's rear-view mirror
Oct 01, 2006; ... By John Sturbin KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- It is a slogan, Jeff Gordon said, that belongs on a shelf collecting dust somewhere. Right next to all that "Rainbow Warriors" stuff. "I was never really crazy about that whole 'Drive for Five' program," said Gordon, referring to the campaign ...
A New Age take on an old aboriginal story
Oct 01, 2006 ... Strong tale of growing up turns into psycho-babble Morningstar A Warrior's Spirit By Morningstar Mercredi Coteau Books, 181 pages, $21 Reviewed by Trevor Greyeyes READING a book involves taking a journey with the author, but sometimes you ...