Winnipeg Free Press back issues from November 2006:
Around Canada
Nov 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; face=-Bold; Immigration doors open OTTAWA -- Canada plans to admit between 240,000 and 265,000 immigrants next year. Citizenship and Immigration says that's up from a range of 225,000 to 255,000 for 2006. The department expects the numbers for 2006 ...
BLUE BEASTS OF THE EAST
Nov 01, 2006 ...Three Winnipeg Blue Bombers have been named as the East Division nominees for the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Awards. Here's a brief look at the candidates: MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER CHARLES ROBERTS Just the facts: Roberts finished with 1,609 yards rushing to win ...
Billboard
Nov 01, 2006 ... WEB ONLY Articles for Billboard from non-profit organizations need to be in our office 14 days prior to the intended date of publication. E-mail to diane.pratt@freepress.mb.ca (no attachments please): Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is hosting a Brave the Shave event at ...
Canada may face Kyoto penalty
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Dennis Bueckert OTTAWA -- Canada is liable to penalties and international censure for failing to respect its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, says a legal opinion made public Tuesday. A little-noted article in the Kyoto treaty required countries to show, by 2005, that ...
Death Notices
Nov 01, 2006 ... BARTHLETTE, Adelard, husband of Betty. BLAHUTA, Thaddeus Nicholas. CHAMPAGNE, Sister Georgine. CHARRON, John Robert Eugene. COMTE, Barbara, 50, of Notre Dame de Lourdes. DANCHUK, John, husband of Dorothy. DUMAINE, Roland. FONTAINE, Denis ...
Continuing Education
Nov 01, 2006 ... WEB ONLY FoodSafe offers FoodSafe Level 1 course at the following locations: * Sturgeon Creek Collegiate, 2665 Ness Ave., Nov. 6-7, 6-10 p.m., call 237-8130. * Miles Macdonell Collegiate, 757 Roch St., Nov. 27-28, 6-10 p.m., call 667-6193. * College Jeanne-Sauve, ...
Disabled workers showcase their skills
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Alexandra Paul Workers with disabilities marketed their abilities yesterday at a job fair. It was the sixth such annual event in Manitoba, the only province to have one. "We've grown every year," said Greg Findlay, with the Manitoba Business Leadership Network Inc ....
Drivers, pranksters buffaloed
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Carol Sanders DEPENDING on whether you're a skier, a Gate Night prankster or a motorist, Monday's big dump of snow was a blessing or a curse.Manitoba Public Insurance recorded 1,614 accident reports throughout the province on Monday. A typical Monday would see around 1,000 ...
Euphoria mutating into violence
Nov 01, 2006 ... BERLIN -- The euphoria of the World Cup gone, the president of the German soccer federation fears violence is growing at games across the country, especially at the sport's lower levels. "What I learned is violence in stadiums below the second league is growing, more than I knew," Theo ...
Amazing escape a tribute to Houdini
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Jason Bell DEAN Gunnarson did what no one -- including his idol, Harry Houdini -- had done before, shaking off locks, chains and handcuffs and bursting free from an upright Plexiglas box filled with two tonnes of wet, suffocating cement on Tuesday. Caked in grey cement, his ...
Fiennes' film to be shot here?
Nov 01, 2006 ... RALPH Fiennes has been spotted in downtown Winnipeg in the last couple of days. Maybe he's just visiting. But the sightings may be an indication that Fiennes has chosen Manitoba over Rankin Inlet as the location for his planned directorial debut Snow Country, a drama written by Nicholas ...
Australians hopping for Kangaroo meat
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Beloved national symbol lean, tastyface=-Bold; By Anne Wallace Allen ADELAIDE, Australia -- My father likes to say he was one of the first people to taste curried kangaroo, a dish he cooked up with his South Asian housemates while stretching pennies during graduate ...
Goren Bridge / Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch
Nov 01, 2006 ... North-South vulnerable. West deals. NORTH 10 3 2© 9 3 2 ® A J 9 3 ß K 6 3 WEST EASTK 7 5 © A K J 6 © Q 10 8 4 ® K 10 4 ® Q 8 7 6 2 ß Q 10 8 7 ß 9 5 2 SOUTH A Q J 9 8 6 4 © 7 ...
Big Blue's defensive deity
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Ed Tait GATHER around, people, for the Minister of Defence is about to speak ...But first, let all Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans bow their heads and give thanks Barrin Simpson -- named Tuesday the Canadian Football League's East Division Most Outstanding Defensive Player nominee -- ...
Business Watch
Nov 01, 2006 ... United Steelworkers support deal UNITED Steelworkers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying a new agreement with Neepawa's Prairie Forest Products. Highlights of the new five-year deal for the company's 70 workers include a 7.5 per cent wage increase in the first year ...
Growing Older
Nov 01, 2006 ... WEB ONLY Age & Opportunity Inc. provides pertinent information about a wide range of services for seniors and links or refers them to the network of programs that exist in the community. Call 956-6440 for information on the following services: * In co-operation with Legal Aid ...
City needs young entrepreneurs
Nov 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Show them benefits of living hereface=-Bold; On the cutting edge / Brian D. Bowman WHAT does Winnipeg need to do to better attract and retain young entrepreneurs to the city? With the results of last week's municipal election being digested and a newly ...
Cutting the surgery wait time
Nov 01, 2006 ... JEN SKERRITT / MIKE APORIUS Using a new way of working that is unique in Canada, a Winnipeg hospital has more than doubled the number of hip and knee replacements it can perform. Reporter Jen Skerritt and photographer Mike Aporious were allowed to gown up and observe this pioneering ...
Discredited sharks put a bite on pain
Nov 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Help fight osteoarthritis symptomsface=-Bold;The Doctor Game /W. Gifford Jones MD. EVERY year, in coastal regions of the U.S., 1,500 people are killed by lightning and only 12 by sharks. During that same time worldwide, more people are killed by elephants, ...
Dragon boat racing skyrockets
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Martin Zeilig WEB ONLY As popular as it has become in recent years, Dave Battistuzzi believes the sport of dragon boat racing can grow even more. His theory is based on experience. "It's for all groups. It's fun and a good way to stay in shape. There are a lot ...
EDITORIAL - Plebiscites by the tonne
Nov 01, 2006 ...AGRICULTURE Minister Chuck Strahl surprised his critics Tuesday by announcing that a plebiscite would be held to decide whether the Canadian Wheat Board should retain its monopoly to sell Western Canadian barley. But he did not silence his critics, and he will not even dampen their outrage ...
Feds will hold barley producers' plebiscite
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Larry Kusch and Paul Samyn AGRICULTURE Minister Chuck Strahl, bowing to farm pressure, announced Tuesday he will conduct a producer plebiscite on barley marketing in the new year. However, he told a House of Commons Committee he has "no plans" to hold a vote on wheat marketing ...
Fluffy dumplings top off chicken stew
Nov 01, 2006 ... THIS farmhouse favourite makes comforting use of homegrown harvest vegetables. After you have added the dumplings, remember not to peek under the lid so they'll cook up light and fluffy. Chicken and vegetable stew with dumplings 750 g (1 1/2 lb) boneless skinless chicken, cut ...
Gotta have spine for skeleton
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; A spill will put you in a world of hurt: Manitoba sliderface=-Bold; By Allan Besson PUT bluntly, skeleton is an unforgiving sport. There is no room for error. "Once you are on your way down the course, you have to be anticipatory as opposed to reactionary," ...
Bayern fans boo as team advances
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Stephen Wade LONDON -- Bayern Munich, Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven and Valencia became the first teams to advance to the second round of the Champions League on Tuesday. Chelsea and FC Barcelona will have to wait after a 2-2 draw in Group A. Bayern, a four-time champion, ...
Blog central
Nov 01, 2006 ... Imagine a month without chocolate ... or coffee? Feature writer Lindsey Wiebe embarks on a unique gastronomic adventure this week, thinking globally and eating locally. She will be eating only locally produced food through the month of ...
Asper centre to be home for heart surgery
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; $30-M unit to offer better patient careface=-Bold; By Alexandra Paul THE Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has taken the final step in a massive heart-care overhaul by announcing the exact location for $30-million heart surgery centre at St. Boniface General ...
Child-raping couple 'evil incarnate'
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Liquor, drugs lured young girls into horror houseface=-Bold; By Mike McIntyre A Winnipeg couple is "evil incarnate" for running an inner-city house of horrors to which young girls were lured with promises of free liquor and drugs and then savagely raped, a Crown ...
Deal with your unhappy marriage
Nov 01, 2006 ... Ask Rhona / Rhona Raskin DEAR RHONA: I really feel like I made a big blunder two years ago when I got married. Things ended badly with my real true love due to my immaturity at the time. Then I heard he was getting married, so I tried to move on although I never fully got over him. I ...
Dobie recalls grim days of Bad News Bisons
Nov 01, 2006 ... Randy Turner THE year was 1998 and Brian Dobie was head coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons -- but not for long, he was almost certain. "Oh, my gawd," Dobie recalled Tuesday from his office. "Unbelievable. We were 0-6, or something (en route to 0-8) and I thought, 'They're ...
Come on down... to retirement, Bob
Nov 01, 2006 ...LOS ANGELES -- Bob Barker is heading toward his last showcase, his final "Come on down." The silver-haired daytime-TV icon is retiring in June, he told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "I will be 83 years old on Dec. 12," he said, "and I've decided to retire while I'm still ...
EDITORIAL - Naming names
Nov 01, 2006 ...THE chief counsel to the inquiry into the wrongful murder conviction of Jim Driskell has made profound statements in the wrap-up of that review that should be acted on immediately. Michael Code has laid out a string of names of police and prosecutors whose actions denied Mr. Driskell a fair ...
Flames dial ecstatic Boyd's number
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Gary Lawless IT'S the call every young hockey player dreams about and Dustin Boyd got it late Monday night. Boyd, a Winnipegger who played his minor hockey with the Assiniboine Park Rangers, Winnipeg Monarchs and Winnipeg Hawks, was recalled by the Calgary Flames on Monday and ...
Evanescence to play arena
Nov 01, 2006 ...WINNIPEG will feel a little darker Jan. 13 when gothic-metal pop group Evanescence plays the MTS Centre. Tickets for the show go on sale Saturday at Ticketmaster for $39.50 and $47.50. The Little Rock, Ark., group, led ...
Go Down Under for wide variety of delicious whites
Nov 01, 2006 ... Uncorked / Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson THE recent arrival of another giant pile of wine-related books has meant a change of plans, so watch for more book reviews in about a month -- just in time for the holidays. In the meantime, back to wine ... If you had to guess what country was ...
Great-West to buy U.S. hospital chain
Nov 01, 2006 ... GREAT-WEST Lifeco Inc. (TSX:GWO) plans to acquire Indiana Health Network Inc., a US-based hospital and physician network, as part of a plan to boost its presence in America. The deal, through U.S. subsidiary Great-West Life and Annuity Insurance company, will add nearly 75,000 members to ...
Have Your Say
Nov 01, 2006 ... Let kids enjoy their sweets I have read about how the so-called concerned citizens of this city are worried about obesity, tooth decay and Halloween and have held my tongue until now. I understand that these people all have good intentions, but may I also state that Halloween is one day ...
Hope for drug-addicted youth
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Patients can be forcibly confined at new centreface=-Bold; By Martin Cash CAROLE Johnson believes her daughter Colleen might still be alive today if she could have been forced to attend a unique type of drug treatment centre that opened Tuesday. At the ...
In Brief
Nov 01, 2006 ... Minivan driven into store POLICE are looking for two men who used a minivan to crash through the glass doors of a Regent Avenue store and steal a candy vending machine. Police said the heist happened at about 2 a.m. Tuesday at a business in the 1500 block of Regent ...
Jury out on Glenn, Brown
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; No verdict on their status until more evidence is inface=-Bold; By Ed Tait DOUG Brown doesn't know yet. And if Kevin Glenn has an answer, he's not telling. But while the suspense may be killing Winnipeg Blue Bomber faithful -- not to mention the coaching ...
Letter of the day
Nov 01, 2006 ... MS patient credits pot Re: Multiple sclerosis forum hears of pot's benefits, Oct. 29. Kudos to Winnipeg naturopathic Dr. Sean Ceaser and Alexandra Paul of the Winnipeg Free Press for their very informative and closely accurate list of most of the natural therapies that help ...
Locally shot TV movie gets prestigious slot at French fest
Nov 01, 2006 ... THE most prestigious place of honour for any film festival is in the opening night slot. And for Cinemental, the five-day French-language film festival beginning today at the Globe Cinema, that slot will be occupied by a locally shot made-for-TV movie titled Séquestrés, the first ...
Maligned police, Crowns have say
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Stakes are high at Driskell inquiryface=-Bold; By Dan Lett THE police and prosecutors involved in the wrongful conviction of James Driskell fought back Tuesday against allegations they failed in their most basic duties and responsibilities to the justice ...
Mozart premiere mass collaboration
Nov 01, 2006 ...Morley Walker ONE of this season's most significant performing arts collaborations will soon hit the stage. The Manitoba premiere of the new version of Mozart's Mass in C minor -- only its third production in Canada -- is being presented by three of the city's top musical ...
NATO general lauds Canadian leadership role
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Canada ready to send CF-18s if neededface=-Bold; By Matthew Fisher MONS, Belgium -- The Taliban specifically targeted Canadian forces in southern Afghanistan this year in an attempt to weaken NATO's political resolve, but the strategy backfired badly on the Islamic ...
Heat's NBA season gets off to chilly start
Nov 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; Defending champs stunned in record loss to Bullsface=-Bold; MIAMI -- The Chicago Bulls left the court during Miami's championship-ring festivities, then returned to emphatically spoil what was left of the Heat's celebration. Kirk Hinrich -- who signed a five-year ...
North Korea suddenly returns to nuclear talks
Nov 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON -- In a surprise turnabout, North Korea agreed Tuesday to return to six-country disarmament talks just three weeks after rattling the world by conducting an atomic bomb test. The breakthrough came after pressure from China and a U.S. offer to discuss financial penalties already in ...
In Brief
Nov 01, 2006 ... * A Winnipeg man is claiming self-defence in a violent attack with a billiard ball in a sock that left his victim missing his right eye. * A company hired to help protect communities on the west ...
Income trusts face tough rules
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Conservatives move to curb popular investment vehicleface=-Bold; By Terry Pedwell OTTAWA -- Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has announced tough new rules designed to curb the growing corporate move toward income trusts. Flaherty says the trend is ...
ON 2
Nov 01, 2006 ... International flavour takes jump in NBA NEW YORK -- The NBA begins its season with a record 83 international players from 37 countries and territories outside the United States, more than double the number 10 years ago. Last year's rosters had 82 foreign players, but it's a ...
Poverty advocate says poor forced out
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Jim Morris VANCOUVER -- Low-income people are already being evicted from their homes to make way for the 2010 Olympics, a poverty advocate said Tuesday. Kim Kerr, the director of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association, said Olympic organizers had committed to no ...
LeBron dazzles Daily Show crowd
Nov 01, 2006 ... COLUMBUS, Ohio -- LeBron James wowed the crowd -- and Jon Stewart -- during a taping of Comedy Central's The Daily Show at Ohio State University. Stewart leapt onto a table to greet the Cleveland Cavaliers all-star, who still stood nearly as tall as the 43-year-old comedian, and the two ...
Lots of goosebumps, but no frights here
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Rob Williams ON the spookiest night of the year Winnipeg was visited by a songwriter less frightening than a kid on a sugar rush. Neo-romantic crooner James Blunt delivered few tricks, but enough treats at the MTS Centre on Halloween last night to send goosebumps down the ...
Rancher returns to find horses starving to death
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Vets run tests, may seek investigationface=-Bold; By Matt Goerzen A Belmont-area rancher returned from three months of cancer treatment in Calgary to find his favourite horse, left in the care of a neighbour, near death by maulnutrition. Veterinarians at ...
Rich treat, poor treat
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; In which we find the loot's the same, whatever the addressface=-Bold;By Bartley Kives ACCORDING to the urban legend, the best Halloween bounty can be found in Winnipeg's most affluent neighbourhoods. Tall tales about wealthy widows dispensing entire boxes ...
Make like Martha
Nov 01, 2006 ... face=+Bold; This year, emulate the uber-organized domestic diva and get your Christmas baking done ahead of timeface=-Bold; Annie Buckland WELL, I guess that's it for Halloween.The weather was not too bad, the house didn't get egged, and nobody in our neighbourhood ...
Sainte-Marie to attend documentary premiere
Nov 01, 2006 ...BUFFY Sainte-Marie will be in Winnipeg this weekend to watch her life played out on the big screen. The singer-songwriter will attend the Manito Ahbee Festival Sunday for the premiere of the documentary Buffy Saint-Marie, A Multimedia Life, produced by Winnipeg promoter Gilles ...
Moose Notes
Nov 01, 2006 ... Busted Brown MOOSE winger Mike Brown has proven to be pretty quick with his fists this season but he'll be off the ice and out of the ring for the next little while. Brown broke his right thumb in a fight on Oct. 27 and will be out of the Manitoba lineup for two to four ...
Sports Bulletins
Nov 01, 2006 ... WEB ONLY The Sports Bulletin is a free public service provided by the Winnipeg Free Press and Winnipeg Neighbours for the benefit of readers and the amateur sports community. Non-profit groups such as community centres and sports teams can publicize their events, advertise openings on ...
Mysteriously, MS becomes a disease of women
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Martin Mittelstaedt TORONTO -- Researchers combing over Canadian data on people with multiple sclerosis have discovered that women with the disease have inexplicably started to outnumber men by a ratio of more than three to one. The researchers have also found that the gender ...
Tennis player Silva an 'incredible find'
Nov 01, 2006; ... By Martin Zeilig WEB ONLY Jared Connell has seen a lot of talented young local tennis players over the years, but he calls Daniella Silva something special. "She's an incredible find and a rarity in Manitoba,'' said Tennis Manitoba's provincial coach, adding that he works ...
NHL better, fans fewer
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Players getting the message on obstruction, interferenceface=-Bold; By Pierre LeBrun The NHL now has two Octobers under its belt since the lockout ended and the game is better even if fewer fans are watching. Through Monday night's games, 166 in total, ...
Today's Bomber Report
Nov 01, 2006 ... 41K and counting: Winnipeggers and the rest of the country are warming up to the 94th Grey Cup. Organizers announced Tuesday that ticket sales for the Nov. 19 classic at Canad Inns Stadium had reached 41,050, leaving less than 4,000 seats unsold. Tickets can be purchased at ...
ON 2
Nov 01, 2006 ... Charges laid in crash involving WHL players MOOSE JAW, Sask. -- Charges have been laid in a crash that seriously injured a member of the Western Hockey League earlier this month. Curtis Jay Mullen, 23, is charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm, dangerous driving ...
Trainer's Cup runneth over with horses
Nov 01, 2006; ... face=+Bold; Pletcher welcomes the pressureface=-Bold; By Richard Rosenblatt NEW YORK -- The pressure's on, and Todd Pletcher welcomes it. "If you can't get up for something like this, it's time to find another line of work," he said the other day outside his barn at Belmont ...