Winnipeg Free Press back issues from March 2007:
WEB EXTRA: Bandidos jury expected to begin deliberations today
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Mike McIntyre It's expected a jury will finally begin deliberations today in the high-profile criminal case against four members and associates of the Manitoba Bandidos. The trial began in early January and ended with closing arguments on Feb. 20. Queen's Bench Justice Holly ...
WEB EXTRA: RCMP clerk charged in alleged theft of $173,000
Mar 01, 2007 ... A former RCMP clerk has been charged with criminal breach of trust and other charges in connection to the alleged theft of $173,000 from the Headingley Traffic Service Detachment, RCMP said Tuesday. Kristina Marie Ostapowich, 31, is also charged with fraud over $5,000. The ...
clubs
Mar 01, 2007 ... ROCK ALIVE (140 Bannatyne, 989-8080): Dance club in former Au Bar space. Thursday to Saturday: Almost Famous. CAVERN (112 Osborne, downstairs): Basement rock room at Toad In The Hole pub. Thursday: Matt Epp & Hot Band. Friday: The City ...
Unorthodox guitarist gives up white-collar world for blues
Mar 01, 2007 ... WATERMELON Slim just might be the smartest bluesman on Earth. The 58-year-old -- born Bill Homans -- has a masters in history, a journalism degree, is fluent in French and is a former member of high-IQ society Mensa, which he quit out of boredom. He could be working in an ...
WEB EXTRA: Ride raises over $100,000
Mar 01, 2007 ... Rehabilitation Centre for Children's Ride for Rehab raised more than $100,000 for children with special needs. Sixty-two snowmobilers participated in the ride from Brandon to Roblin, Duck Mountain, Russell and back to Brandon at ...
top 10
Mar 01, 2007 ... Weekend movies in Canada 1. The Number 23, $1.6 million 2. Ghost Rider, $1.5 million 3. Bridge to Terabithia, $1.2 million 4. Music and Lyrics, $651,000 5. Reno 911!: Miami, $481,600 6. Norbit, $435,570 7. Breach, $374,400 8. Ma ...
top 6 with Rob Williams
Mar 01, 2007 ... Propagandhi Tuesday, Garrick Centre. Winnipeg's political punk-thrash antagonists, and winner of the inaugural 2006 SOCAN Echo Music Award for best song (A Speculative Fiction), play their first hometown show with second guitarist Dave (The Beaver) Guillas. With the Gorgon, Anthem Red ...
Hunting bad guys is a blast when you're a mutant cop
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Darren Bernhardt In the futuristic world of Crackdown, the long arm of the law has become a lethal weapon. Policing is performed by genetically enhanced agents of justice who can toss an SUV the length of a football field, jump nearly as far, run at highway speeds and kill a ...
paparazzi
Mar 01, 2007 ... with Dinah Clarkson Law enjoys visit to Iceland's Halla of fame JUDE Law is on the rebound! He's found himself a lovely Icelandic girl, according to London's Sun newspaper. Her name is Halla Vilhjalmsdottir and, as host of Iceland's version of X- Factor, she's quite the ...
Death becomes them: TV moments to die for
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Neal Justin SO they killed Meredith's mom. Big deal. The loss on last week's Grey's Anatomy pales in comparison to deaths on other classic TV shows. We've tracked seven of the most dramatic sendoffs -- with a few rules. It doesn't count if: a) the actor portraying the ...
Also on the FilmExchange roster
Mar 01, 2007 ...TODAY 9 a.m. -- Master class: Writing feature films, with Andrew Currie (Fido). In the La Verendrye room of the Fort Garry. 10:45 a.m. -- Panel: Exhibitors and the Indie Filmmaker. In the La Verendrye room. 1:30 p.m. -- Showcase of Canadian Shorts 2. At the Globe ...
movies
Mar 01, 2007 ... with Alison Gillmor FACTORY GIRL Grant Park.18A The short, glamourous, tragic life of Andy Warhol Factory star Edie Sedgwick is the subject of this drama starring Sienna Miller. WILD HOGS Grant Park, Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne ....
DVD / video
Mar 01, 2007; ... by Randall King Stranger Than Fiction HHH1/2 LEADING a mundane white-collar existence, Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) learns he may be a fictional character via a voice only he can hear. Harold's narrative will be determined by Kay Eiffel (Emma Thompson), a troubled ...
Meeting to discuss Iraq security crisis
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Qassim Abdul-Zahra BAGHDAD -- Iraq's neighbours including Iran and Syria have agreed to join U.S. and British representatives to discuss the Iraqi security crisis at a regional conference March 10 in Baghdad, the government said Wednesday. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari ...
A good offence
Mar 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; The Sarah Silverman Program doesn't shy away from crude, appalling, inspired humourface=-Bold; with Brad Oswald THERE'S a strange place in the comedy universe where perky and cute meets edgy and crude, and its name is Sarah Silverman. The former Saturday ...
Sarah Polley
Mar 01, 2007; ... by Randall King TORONTO -- If film festivals are like circuses -- and they are -- Sarah Polley's directorial feature debut, Away From Her, is undoubtedly the centre ring attraction of this year's FilmExchange. The drama has already made the rounds of the prestige festival ...
EDITORIAL - This wound self-inflicted
Mar 01, 2007 ... THE leaders of the opposition parties believe a leaked document that shows Finance Minister Greg Selinger knew that the Crocus investment fund was at risk in November 2000 but did not then warn investors or prevent the fund's failure four years later constitutes a "smoking gun." Perhaps it does, ...
Have Your Say
Mar 01, 2007 ... Wake-up call for NHL fans As the fallout continues here in Edmonton in the next several days over the trading of Ryan Smyth, it should be a wake-up call for those in Winnipeg that still hold out hope of the Jets returning anytime soon. The fact is, Edmonton could not afford Smyth's price ...
U of M in major Arctic study
Mar 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Climate-change researchers to examine polar ice cracksface=-Bold; By Mia Rabson THE University of Manitoba is taking a floating laboratory into the hostile environment of the Arctic to conduct Canada's largest climate-change research study. The project -- ...
The end to the dream of ending anti-Semitism
Mar 01, 2007 ... David Matas JEWISH communities around the world will be celebrating Purim this weekend, in a reminder of their triumph against the wicked Haman who sought to annihilate them. Just as we persevered then, we continue to persevere now. This was the spirit in which the Global Forum for ...
Enough is enough
Mar 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Mugabe's iron fist losing grip on nationface=-Bold; By George Tsuro HARARE, Zimbabwe -- In the wake of a mutiny by soldiers in President Robert Mugabe's elite Presidential Guard, Zimbabweans are asking themselves if the regime is finally starting to crumble after ...
Winnipeg Free Press POLL
Mar 01, 2007 ... Prince Charles says banning McDonald's is the key to a better diet. As a result of this, will you: Do you support the Tory and Liberal threat ...
She's a Clinton now known as just 'Hillary'
Mar 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Democratic hopeful pares monikerface=-Bold; By Sheldon Alberts WASHINGTON -- In the beginning she was just Hillary Rodham of Arkansas. In the White House, she became Hillary Rodham Clinton. Then it was Hillary Clinton and, lately, Senator Hillary Rodham ...
Prescription-drug abuse global threat
Mar 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; It's replacing use of illicit narcotics, watchdog saysface=-Bold; By William J. Kole VIENNA, Austria -- Abuse of prescription drugs is about to exceed the use of illicit street narcotics worldwide, and the shift has spawned a lethal new trade -- counterfeit ...
Lottery Numbers
Mar 01, 2007 ... In the event of a discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail. PICK 3 Winning number Wednesday was unavailable. EXTRA Winning number Wednesday ...
Western media fuel Muslim stereotypes
Mar 01, 2007 ...Asad Khan I often wonder why, out of 700,000 Muslims living in Canada, the television media only selects persons with the longest beard or women with the largest headscarf to represent them. The Muslim community in Canada is very diverse, and because of immigration selection ...
Hydro profits down so rates are going up by 2.25%
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Dan Lett FACED with low water levels and declining revenues, Manitoba Hydro has been given the go ahead to raise electricity rates by 2.25 per cent effective March 1. The Public Utilities Board issued a decision Wednesday that provided the green light for the rate increase ....
First Nation's road blockade maintained
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Alexandra Paul THE blockade of a winter road that is a transportation lifeline for several First Nation communities continued on Wednesday after talks broke down. "I walked out," Berens River Chief George Kemp said. "They wanted me to fold up my tent and be a good ...
McDonald's should be banned, Charles says
Mar 01, 2007 ... LONDON -- Prince Charles suggested Tuesday on a visit to the United Arab Emirates that banning McDonald's fast food is crucial for improving people's diets, a British news agency reported. Charles' comments came while visiting the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre in Abu Dhabi for ...
Around Canada
Mar 01, 2007 ... Harper underpays for government jet OTTAWA -- Documents show Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservatives are paying a fraction of the cost of using the government's Challenger jets for partisan and personal use. Invoices obtained by The Canadian Press show the Tories are ...
Jehovah's Witness doctrine hypocritial
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Kerry Louderback-Wood The leadership of the Jehovah's Witnesses publicly declares that followers "abstain from blood" in accordance with the Book of Acts in the Bible. Blood that leaves the body has to be returned to the dust of the ground, according to Leviticus. Following ...
Nation's air safety lax: inquiry head
Mar 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Fears new tragedy, wants review of systemface=-Bold; By Carly Weeks OTTAWA -- Canada's air-safety system is seriously flawed and the government should launch a system-wide inquiry before an aeronautical disaster occurs, the head of the major Canadian inquiry into a ...
In Brief
Mar 01, 2007 ...MANITOBA Hydro has signed an agreement with the Fox Lake Cree Nation as part of its plans to build the Conawapa Generating Station on the Nelson River in northern Manitoba, hydro announced Wednesday. The agreement gives northern communities a role in the planning and development of what is ...
Passport excuses might not fly
Mar 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; But U.S.-bound pair lucked out in T.O.face=-Bold; Gordon Sinclair Jr. JUST when you thought air travel can't get any more aggravating in this the post 9/11 era, along comes the super strip search. The latest airport security device that's being tested in ...
School division trying out greener biodiesel buses
Mar 01, 2007 ... THE Winnipeg School Division will test four school buses that run on biodiesel fuel to see if they can provide an environmentally friendly way to transport students. "Our overall goal is to increase air quality and create a better environment for students and their families today and in ...
WEB EXTRA: Hydro, Fox Lake band sign Conawapa dam agreement
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Joe Paraskevas Manitoba Hydro has signed a process agreement with Fox Lake Cree Nation as part of its plans to build the Conawapa generating station on the Nelson River in northern Manitoba, the province's electricity utility announced Wednesday. The agreement, the second of ...
U of M probes cyberbullying on student site
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Nick Martin UNIVERSITY of Manitoba business dean Glenn Feltham is investigating a website created to ridicule a student dubbed "The Commerce Creeper." More than 220 people -- some of them students at I.H. Asper School of Business -- joined the website on www.facebook.com to ...
Canadian Tire closing puts 35 out of work
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Murray McNeill CANADIAN Tire is closing its downtown Winnipeg store next month, throwing 35 people out of work. A spokeswoman for the Toronto-based retail chain confirmed in an interview Wednesday its retail outlet at Notre Dame Avenue and Isabel Street will close in ...
Man given suspended sentence in child porn case
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Mike McIntyre A Winnipeg man who got caught trying to bring child pornography into the United States ended up spending 30 months in a Los Angeles prison, threw away a promising career in the film industry and watched his marriage fall apart, court heard Wednesday. Lyle Dick, ...
WEB EXTRA: Dauphin men face arson charges
Mar 01, 2007 ... Two men are facing charges of arson after allegedly breaking into a Dauphin area house and setting it on fire. On Monday night around 9 p.m., police and fire crews were called to the residence, which is about 25 kilometres northeast of the city. The residence is a summer home and ...
Airbus to slash 10,000 jobs, close plants after two-year delay to A380 superjumbo
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Laurence Frost PARIS -- Airbus, steadily losing its market lead to Boeing Co., announced drastic plans Wednesday to follow in its U.S. rival's footsteps by cutting thousands of jobs, selling off manufacturing sites and outsourcing more work to external suppliers. Strikes and ...
Excited delirium likely cause of death
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Chris Morris MONCTON, N.B. -- A forensic pathologist says a mentally ill man who died after he was repeatedly shocked by police using a Taser gun was likely the victim of a psychiatric condition called excited delirium. Dr. Ken Obenson told a coroner's inquest Wednesday into ...
Black seeks to bar e-mails with wife from evidence
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Mike Robinson CHICAGO -- Former Canadian press baron Conrad Black asked a U.S. federal judge Wednesday to bar prosecutors from using 11,000 e-mails he exchanged with his wife as evidence against him at his coming fraud trial. "The law does not take kindly to in-court ...
Bisons' Bentley named CIS coach of the year
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Ashley Prest FOR the last three years, University of Manitoba Bisons women's volleyball team head coach Ken Bentley has coached two teams -- the U of M team and his club team. During that period he asked his wife Louise and daughter Katreena to put their faith in him. He knew ...
concerts
Mar 01, 2007 ... Van Morrison March 1, MTS Centre, 7:30 p.m. Veteran Irish singer-songwriter makes his first Winnipeg appearance. Tickets $49, $79, $119 and $149 at Ticketmaster. The Alibi March 1, West End Cultural Centre, 8 p.m. Power-pop-rockers release new EP. With Lives of Many, ...
Smyth says a sad goodbye to Edmonton
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Robin Brownlee EDMONTON -- Ryan Smyth is off to Long Island but he says his heart will always be in Edmonton. The star winger had tears rolling down his cheeks Wednesday as he spoke publicly for the first time since the Oilers dealt him to the to New York Islanders after ...
Downtown offices evacuated
Mar 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; WCB protester who triggered 3-hour bomb scare arrested at gunpointface=-Bold; By Bruce Owen HUNDREDS of downtown workers were evacuated from their Broadway offices Wednesday after a disgruntled man drove his pick-up truck to the front doors of the Workers ...
Manitoba strikes Yukon gold
Mar 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Archer Jones, judoka Caughy hit paydirtface=-Bold; By Ashley Prest DORIS Jones is a world champion but on Wednesday she was dominating the North, winning Manitoba's first gold medal of the 2007 Canada Games in Whitehorse, Yukon. The 18-year-old elite archer ...
Skull discovery puzzles officials
Mar 01, 2007 ... TOFINO, B.C. -- A portion of a skull peppered with five grapeshot-like holes and embedded with metal has washed ashore on an area island, leaving RCMP, First Nations and local historians stumped. Some are wondering if it may be connected to the Tonquin, an American fur-trading vessel ...
theatre / arts
Mar 01, 2007 ... Theatre Grease Presented by Rainbow Stage, opens today, Pantages Playhouse, to March 18, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday; $35 & $40 at 989-0888 or online at www.rainbowstage.net. What Lies Before Us In this darkly comic play by Morris ...
this week in the clubs
Mar 01, 2007 ... 15 seconds with: Lamb of God THE GIG: Lamb of God, Tuesday at the Burton Cummings Theatre, with Trivium and Machinehead. THE GOODS: Hailing from Richmond, Va., Lamb of God specialize in "pure American metal" with a sound that falls somewhere between the Bay Area thrash ...
$3-million snow clearing on schedule
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Aldo Santin THE city expects all remaining residential streets will be plowed by the end of today. Public Works spokesman Ken Allen said that since the weekend snow storm, all regional and collector streets have been plowed and 70 per cent of residential streets have also been ...
King of the hill older, wiser, possibly better
Mar 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Armed with experience, Jays' ace has learned what it takes to winface=-Bold; By Shi Davidi DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Reminded of the days when he would change his six-month-old son's diapers on the clubhouse floor at the Bobby Mattick Training Center, Roy Halladay lets out an ...
Today on TV
Mar 01, 2007 ...In the Crossfire This documentary profiles the UN human-rights commissioner Louise Arbour, who is dealing with international fears of terrorism as well as genocide in Darfur and political strife in Uganda. CBC, 8 p.m. Scrubs In the clip-reel episode My Night to ...
site unseen
Mar 01, 2007 ... with Anthony Augustine Mo Rocca newsbloggers.aol.com/bloggers/mo-rocca/ KNOWN for his time as a senior correspondent for The Daily Show, his biting cynicism on VH1's I Love the '80s and his appearances as a verbose food critic on Iron Chef America, Mo Rocca has started to ...
Appeals court OK's Bahamas burial for Smith
Mar 01, 2007 ...WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A Florida appeals court Wednesday upheld a judge's ruling that allowed Anna Nicole Smith to be buried in the Bahamas, agreeing evidence supports that's what the former Playboy Playmate wanted. The starlet's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, challenged last week's ...
Statistics show province going down wrong economic road
Mar 01, 2007 ... MARTIN CASH IF nothing else, the proposed acquisition of Agricore United by James Richardson International will ensure that the company's head office stays in Winnipeg. That would not have been the case had Saskatchewan Wheat Pool's offer won the day. While Agricore won't ...
It's time to announce cutbacks to husband's insensitive children
Mar 01, 2007 ... Ask Rhona / Rhona RaskinDEAR RHONA: My three stepchildren have learned some pretty selfish habits over the years. I also have three grown children of my own. Whenever we eat out, without fail, the stepkids order the most expensive menu items -- as long as we are paying. If my children ...
Officers shot in drug raid honoured at city fundraiser
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Gabrielle Giroday THREE Winnipeg police officers shot in a drug raid were cheered and praised by 800 friends and family members Wednesday night. The three officers were shot Dec. 7 when they entered 723 Jubilee Ave. on a search warrant after a confidential informant told an ...
Pair of Picasso paintings stolen from Paris home of artist's granddaughter Paris home
Mar 01, 2007 ... PARIS -- In a stealthy overnight heist, burglars slipped into the Paris apartment of Picasso's granddaughter and spirited away two portraits of women the artist loved, slicing one of the paintings out of its frame. The thieves were so quiet that the two people in the apartment of Diana ...
Huntingdon REIT buys 50% of Airport Place
Mar 01, 2007 ... WINNIPEG -- Huntingdon Real Estate Investment Trust said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire a 50 per cent stake in Airport Place, a retail, office and warehouse property in Winnipeg. Huntingdon said it will pay $7.4 million for the acquisition, including assumption of 50 per cent of an ...
'Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee'
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Kevin Prokosh AFTER having played a lowly tree in The Wizard of Oz at Rainbow Stage last summer, Kristi Sawka believed she was too green for a significant role in the theatre's winter revival of Grease. "I thought maybe one of the Pink Ladies," says Sawka, referring to '50s ...
Unicity Taxi ending exclusive airport pact
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Lindsey Wiebe UNICITY Taxi has ended an exclusive contract that lets its cabs line up curbside at Richardson International Airport, saying it can't afford the annual fees. Winnipeg Airports Authority spokeswoman Christine Alongi said the authority and Unicity met two weeks ago ...
S. Africa weighs elephant cull
Mar 01, 2007; ... By Clare Nullis ADDO ELEPHANT PARK, South Africa -- South Africa may resume the culling of elephant herds to prevent the world's mightiest mammal from wreaking havoc on more delicate animal and plant species. Environment Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said Wednesday that ...
Diverse lineup
Mar 01, 2007 ...IN its ninth year of existence, FilmExchange continues to be a festival that places more emphasis on attracting film-industry types as opposed to average moviegoers. But if the fest does make any effort to snag the attention of Joe and Jane Popcornmuncher, it is in its diverse program ...