Winnipeg Free Press back issues from July 2007:
Watchdog let Stronach deadline slide
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Elections Canada gave Liberal MP extra 6 months to settle surplusface=-Bold; By Paul Samyn OTTAWA -- Elections Canada let Liberal MP Belinda Stronach skirt a deadline for the settling of outstanding financial questions about her 2004 campaign run in the leadup to the ...
Canadian-built unit to test Mars weather
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; 10-month trip to Red Planet to start Aug. 3face=-Bold; By Ken Meaney WHEN the Phoenix Mars Scout blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center in August, bound for the Red Planet, a Canadian-built weather station will be a big part of the mission. The Canadian ...
Letters to the Editor
Jul 02, 2007 ... It's free, for goodness sake! Re: An abuse of power, June 29. I fail to understand why some people are offended by the MPI edict that all high-risk cars must have an immobilizer. The device is free, for goodness sake! Frugal Winnipeggers should be lining up around the block ....
Suspicious visit preceded triple slaying
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Retired judge, wife beaten to deathface=-Bold;By Glen McGregor and Katie Lewis OTTAWA -- The couple found dead in their luxury Ottawa condominium on Saturday had told friends about a suspicious visit two days earlier from a man claiming to be a delivery ...
Letter Of The Day
Jul 02, 2007 ... Theatre needs updating My husband and I attended the Jazz Winnipeg Festival Herbie Hancock concert last month and the condition of the Burton Cummings theatre spoiled what was an otherwise excellent concert. The heat in the theatre was unbearable and created conditions that were so ...
Winnipeg Free Press Poll
Jul 02, 2007 ... Today's Question: Do you agree with Prime Minister Harper that Canada is "back as a vital player on the world stage"? Vote online at ...
Editorial - The verdict remains out
Jul 02, 2007 ... THE last of the accused charged in the killing of Philip Haiart, an innocent victim caught in a street gang turf war, is bound for jail. That man was part of the killing but he did not pull the trigger. Jeff Cansanay was accused of shooting Mr. Haiart but he was acquitted at an earlier trial, ...
Editorial - It's as easy as that
Jul 02, 2007 ... A wait time study by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy may appear, at first glance, to be dated and irrelevant. What, after all, could Manitobans learn from numbers three or four years old? But the value of the study is not so much in the results as in the data collected. It proves that the ...
Give Aboriginal Day the recognition it deserves
Jul 02, 2007 ... Colleen Simard THE long weekend festivities may now be behind us, but it got me thinking about another holiday that passed by recently. Every year everyone has a great time on Canada Day, but there's another important day many of us don't take part in -- National Aboriginal Day ....
Meatheads on ATVs
Jul 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Outright bans in certain areas are not far awayface=-Bold; The Red Deer Advocate A lot of dirt has been kicked up lately over the environmental damage inflicted by ATV users. And rightly so. The devastation these muscle machines have caused in Albert's recreation ...
Ottawa is dawdling over refugee family file
Jul 02, 2007 ... Tom Ford IN my 30 years of reporting, I've rarely seen so many nice people saying nasty things about a federal government. They nearly filled Winnipeg's Crescent Fort Rouge United Church recently to protest the federal immigration department's handling of the Raza ...
Britain hunts for terror suspects
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Canadian airports asked to be alertface=-Bold; By Ian Stewart GLASGOW, Scotland -- British officials intensified the hunt Sunday for what they called an al-Qaida-linked network behind three attempted terrorist attacks, announcing a fifth arrest and conducting raids ...
Around The World
Jul 02, 2007 ... Civilian toll set at 45 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- An investigation into air strikes Friday that slammed into Afghan homes where Taliban fighters sought shelter found that 62 insurgents and 45 civilians were killed, two Afghan officials said Sunday. Civilian deaths have infuriated ...
Female mice go for the smart guys
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Kerry Williamson CALGARY -- It's not just the muscles, or the confidence, or the chiselled cheekbones. Nor is it the flashy sportscar or the charming arrogance. No, the charms of the alpha male -- the guy who stands out above lesser mortals -- may actually help women become ...
Anger at CFS sweeps Peguis after girl kills herself
Jul 02, 2007; ... By James Turner THE apparent suicide of a 14-year-old girl from Peguis First Nation has community members slamming their local branch of Child and Family Services, saying that despite repeated warnings the girl was at risk, the agency did nothing.A source said Roanna Meagan ...
Short-term gains of '90s policy has created long-term pains
Jul 02, 2007 ... Dan Lett IN public policy, short-term gain often leads to long-term pain. A case in point: The province last week reached an agreement with the province's ER physicians on a new pay package that will pay them, on average, about $300,000 per year for working less hours than they ...
Lotteries do their best to stay ahead of cheaters
Jul 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; But there's one simple thing players can do to helpface=-Bold; Lindor Reynolds THE Western Canada Lottery Corporation is spending $675,000 to ensure its ticket retailers can't rip off unwitting winners. Each of the province's 835 lottery ticket outlets -- ...
Let a Haitian get your goat -- buy kids' fundraising CD
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Kevin Rollason STUDENTS at an East Kildonan school are singing so people in Haiti can get goats. About 130 Kindergarten to Grade 6 students at The King's School, along with their teacher, Jack Booth, put together a six-song fundraising CD entitled Goats for ...
DEATHS
Jul 02, 2007 ... ABERNETHY (née REIMER), Nettie. AL-ATIYA, Aleesha Yasmeen. BATCHELOR, Lloyd Reginald. BLACK, Stanley. BURTON (née HOPE), Elizabeth (Betty). CARRIERE, Soeur Leonne. COLLINS, Rodney Arnold. CRITTIN, Conrad Anthony. DUNPHY, Amos ...
Apartment residents left without water
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Tenant says seniors were forced to haul bucketsface=-Bold; By Nisha Tuli A water main break left residents at the Courts of St. James apartment complex without running water for almost 24 hours on Saturday and Sunday. Lillian Austin, 67, has lived in the ...
U of M professor named to Order of Canada
Jul 02, 2007 ... A University of Manitoba professor and a world leader in medical research has been named to the Order of Canada. Michaëlle Jean, the governor general of Canada, announced Friday that Dr. Edward A. Lyons was being honoured with the appointment. Lyons, a professor of radiology and ...
Lottery Numbers
Jul 02, 2007 ... In the event of a discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail. PICK 3 Winning number Sunday was 315. Winning number Saturday was 779. EXTRA Winning number Sunday for the main prize of $250,000 was ...
120 names suggested for February holiday
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Minister hopes to have legislation by this fallface=-Bold; By Mary Agnes Welch One holiday, 120 possible monikers. The province is sifting through about 120 entries from school children all over the province who proposed names for the new February holiday ....
Gangs, drug trafficking keep Haiti 'volatile', study warns
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Steve Rennie TORONTO -- Haiti remains a "volatile" nation plagued by gangs and drug trafficking more than three years after an uprising ousted former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, despite Canada's half-billion dollar pledge to help stabilize the troubled country, says a newly ...
Insiders at BCE to get windfall
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Sean Silcoff MONTREAL -- BCE Inc. insiders stand to reap hundreds of millions of dollars in gains from their stock options and other long-term compensation in the proposed sale of the company to a group led by Ontario Teachers Pension Plan for $42.75 per share. Information in ...
Revenue Canada gripes at costly online security
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Dean Beeby OTTAWA -- The Canada Revenue Agency has reluctantly signed up for a controversial online security system, warning it may pull out if the federal government doesn't cut costs significantly. "If there is not sufficient movement towards a sustainable cost model within ...
Star-studded gala celebrates life, interests of Princess Diana
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Raphael Satter LONDON -- Waving their arms in the air with 70,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium, princes William and Harry celebrated the life of their mother, Diana, on Sunday on what would have been the Princess of Wales' 46th birthday. William, 25, rocked his hips as ...
So who do you think really loves us, eh?
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Who's up and down on international sceneface=-Bold; By Randy Boswell The news created a happy buzz across the land earlier this year: a global survey of 28,000 people from 27 countries ranked Canada first in terms of its positive influence in the world. But ...
A push mower is good for you, planet
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Peter Rakobowchuk MONTREAL -- Al Hogg's mother likes to hear the clickety-click of a good old-fashioned manual lawn mover and she is not the only Canadian who has gone from polluting to pushing. The 70-year-old woman has been joined by thousands of people who have traded in ...
Canada eh-OK!
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Rainy weather fails to dampen spirits at 140th birthday bashface=-Bold; By James Turner WINNIPEGGERS carried small flags and big umbrellas on Sunday as they celebrated Canada's 140th birthday. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised Canada as a ...
Arrival of Hasidic Jews brings controversy to Quebec towns
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Dominique Blain MONTREAL -- St. Adolphe d'Howard is not accustomed to the spotlight. Under cover of Quebec's Laurentian hills and nestled among more than 80 lakes, the town 100 km north of Montreal is overshadowed by more popular areas nearby. Lately, they include the towns of ...
What's open and closed today
Jul 02, 2007 ... All government offices are closed. There's no garbage or recycling pickup. It resumes Tuesday on Day 3 of the pickup cycle. * The Brady Road Landfill is open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. * Winnipeg Transit will operate on a Saturday schedule. * All city libraries are ...
Real-life drama
Jul 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Play about homeless brings laughter, tearsface=-Bold; Shauna Jurczak EARL and Cheryl Barish welcomed family and friends to the Prairie Theatre Exchange on Tuesday evening for a private viewing of the one-woman play Squeeze Box. Combining pathos and humour, ...
Volunteers Needed
Jul 02, 2007 ... The following is a list of volunteer opportunities advertised in the Winnipeg area. For more information about these listings, please contact the person/organization directly; you may call Volunteer Manitoba at 477-5180, ext. 225, e-mail vmreferral@mts.net, or visit ...
Non-Canadian Black could do harder time
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Romina Maurino CHICAGO -- If a jury convicts Conrad Black on any of the 13 charges he faces in the United States, his choice to renounce his Canadian citizenship may prevent him from serving time at a minimum security "Club Fed"-style institution, says a U.S. legal ...
Manitoba Movers
Jul 02, 2007 ... PEOPLE Jeff Penner has been promoted to Associate at Stantec Architecture. Penner has extensive architectural experience with various client groups in the educational, healthcare, recreational, and corporate sectors. Penner, a University of Manitoba graduate, returned to Stantec ...
Business Calendar
Jul 02, 2007 ... This morning's opening numbers: S&P/TSX Dow Jones Nasdaq Canadian dollar 13,906.57 13,408.62 2,608.23 93.86 cents USThis week's economic news: Monday In Canada, financial markets are closed for Canada Day holiday. * Tuesday In Washington, U.S. factory ...
Westwood's on his last leg
Jul 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Vet agonizing over possible release, but blaming no one but himselfface=-Bold; Ed Tait TROY Westwood sat in a stool in front of his locker, his eyes filled with a look that seem to hint at a number of emotions -- from disappointment to anger, from fear to heartache ...
She just loves to be a big show-off
Jul 02, 2007 ... face=+Bold; And puts pride in her city to very good useface=-Bold; VOLUNTEERS / ERIN MADDEN JANE Huminuk loves the opportunity to show off her city. A lifelong Winnipegger, she has served as a volunteer at many of the big events that have put Winnipeg on the world map, ...
Suddenly... pennant race a whole new ball game
Jul 02, 2007 ... Gary Lawless THE out-of-town scoreboard finally came in with favourable results, Mother Nature chipped in with a rain delay that lasted long enough to send the league's best pitcher to the showers and the Winnipeg Goldeyes managed to help themselves. Little Antoin Gray delivered ...
Golfer pulls a surprise on himself
Jul 02, 2007 ... GRAND BLANC, Mich. -- The usual stars stayed away from the Buick Open, boosting the chances for the rest of the field. Brian Bateman still didn't think he had a shot. Bateman, who entered 204th on the money list, birdied the final hole Sunday to break a four-way tie and become ...
Big-box retailers plant rural roots
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; 'You can't underestimate the power of convenience'face=-Bold; By Murray McNeill They've been all the rage in Winnipeg in recent years, and now retail power centres are proving to be a hit in rural Manitoba communities, as well. Shindico Realty Inc./IC&I ...
On 2
Jul 02, 2007 ... Quick, call 911! ERA raging out of control NEW YORK -- Yankees reliever Scott Proctor has been struggling to put fires out of late, so he tried igniting one himself. Proctor carried his personal game equipment out to the field long after Saturday's 7-0 loss to Oakland and set ...
No major miscues makes Kerr a winner
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Doug Ferguson SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- No one can ignore Cristie Kerr now, not with her name on the biggest trophy in women's golf. Left out of most conversations about top young American players, the 29-year-old Kerr won the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday by making only two ...
Diamond DUST
Jul 02, 2007 ... Winnipeg 6 Gary 4 First to home IF the Winnipeg Goldeyes find a way to win this first-half pennant race they'll certainly point to Antoin Gray as a big reason. Gray has been strong for most of the first half but had struggled of late until stroking a 10th-inning walk-off ...
New guys get their kicks in
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Berry's looking for someone who can punt and kick field goalsface=-Bold; By Eric MacKenzie ROB Pikula and Clinton Greathouse should be used to the heckling by now. They're kickers, after all. But the two newest faces at Winnipeg Blue Bombers practice on ...
Sure isn't Canada's day on the pitch
Jul 02, 2007 ... TORONTO -- Chile spoiled the Canada Day celebrations at the FIFA U-20 World Cup on Sunday, dominating the home side en route to a 3-0 win. The stylish Chileans controlled throughout, denying Canada a chance to get its game going. The Canadians did a lot of chasing on defence and ...
Men's team passes up paycheques for performance
Jul 02, 2007; ... By Ashley Prest AT least 14 players with Canada's national men's team are staying in Winnipeg until January to train together to give the team its best chance to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Committed to the team's Winnipeg-based training centre are players such as ...
Today's Bomber Report
Jul 02, 2007 ... Walking wounded DB Davin Bush returned the practice field Sunday and should get the green light for this week's home opener against the Als. But the injured list now includes DB Gabriel Fulbright (who was on crutches Sunday) as well as OL Obby Khan and Val St. Germain and receivers Arjei ...
The Local Scene
Jul 02, 2007 ... On the tube Wimbledon gets down to the round of 16 (7 a.m. TSN, 10 a.m. NBC) and the FIFA under-20 world soccer championships take centre stage (2 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 11 p.m. CBC). The Toronto Blue Jays play the Oakland Athletics (9 p.m. Sportsnet). Monday's ...
Big 3 find new, rich, homes
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Flyers, Rangers skate into actionface=-Bold; By Pierre LeBrun THE Big Three are gone and the New York Rangers stunned the hockey world by nabbing two of them. Scott Gomez, Chris Drury and Daniel Briere, the top three centres available on the NHL's free-agent ...
A fury of free agent deals
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Smyth accepts late bid from Avsface=-Bold; By Pierre LeBrun THE first day of NHL free agency did not disappoint. The Big Three centres all found new homes and Captain Canada landed in Colorado. Winger Ryan Smyth joined the Avalanche, signing a ...
Today ONTV
Jul 02, 2007 ... The New Adventures of Old Christine Barb (Wanda Sykes) has bought into the women's gym that Christine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) owns, but Christine is having a hard time not being in sole control of the operation anymore. CBS, 7:30 P.M. Hell's Kitchen In this new episode, ...
Big Country; Big boogie
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Largest crowd ever drops by Dauphin's annual music blowoutface=-Bold; By Rob Williams DAUPHIN -- It was a fitting day of musical programming at Dauphin's Countryfest yesterday. In honour of Canada Day, the lineup was almost exclusively homegrown acts, with ...
Rain drops shows
Jul 02, 2007 ... LOS ANGELES -- Another concert by the South Korean pop star Rain has been cancelled, disappointing fans who had reportedly flown in from Hong Kong and Tokyo. The Saturday night show at the Staples Center was called off "due to issues related to the show's production," according to a ...
Singing for our wounded
Jul 02, 2007 ... A Newfoundland folksinger and his band are using music to support Canadian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan. Eddie Coffey, who gained popularity in the '60s and '70s, wraps up a series of free concerts in Alberta this weekend in Grande Prairie. Four years ago, he and his band ...
Beaned by a Power Bar
Jul 02, 2007 ... MALIBU, Calif. -- Investigators are trying to determine who threw objects from a bluff-top compound owned by musician Kenny G that struck a nine-year-old girl on the head. The incident happened June 23 when Brooke Porter was at the beach with her family and she was hit in the head, ...
She's cleaning up her act
Jul 02, 2007 ... LAS VEGAS -- Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss is diversifying, airing her Dirty Laundry in Nevada as she makes plans for a legal brothel for women. Dirty Laundry is a 24-hour, coin-operated laundry -- 13 washers and 14 dryers -- the one-time leader of a high-priced ring of call girls ...
Are we rockin' yet?
Jul 02, 2007 ... THE death of rock 'n' roll has been greatly exaggerated before, but when John Lennon's son says it's in a perilous state, maybe it's time to worry. Singer Sean Lennon told a Montreal news conference that ...
She came to play
Jul 02, 2007 ... SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. -- Sally Field likes golf. She really, really likes golf. Instead of merely watching the U.S. Women's Open from the gallery, the Academy Award-winning actress tried playing, taking her first lesson on a practice hole at Pine Needles with renowned teacher and former ...
What's black and white and red all over?
Jul 02, 2007 ... MEMBERS: Jack White (singer/guitar) and vocalist Meg White (drummer/sometime vocalist). FORMED: Detroit, Mich., in 1997. The duo will celebrate their 10th anniversary at a gig in Glace Bay, N.S. SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY: Icky Thump (2007), Elephant (2003), White Blood Cells (2001), ...
White Stripes do a freebie
Jul 02, 2007 ... EDMONTON -- About 100 thrilled young fans of the White Stripes crammed into a community centre in Edmonton on Saturday afternoon for a free concert by the rock duo. After giving last-minute notice of the show on their website, Jack and Meg White performed for about an hour at the Hope ...
Try some goodwill with your brother
Jul 02, 2007 ... Ask Rhona / Rhona Raskin DEAR RHONA: I am 18 and my brother is 17. He acts like an immature child and treats the family like dirt. He doesn't do a thing for anyone else. He swears at my parents, complains when he doesn't get his way and is spoiled. We recently found out that he has ...
Putting the White in Great White North
Jul 02, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Garage duo explores new frontiers on tourface=-Bold; By Heather Adler THEY say one man's junk is another man's treasure -- and White Stripes frontman Jack White is a rich man because of it. While most of the world has abandoned desolate locales, such as ...
Goren Bridge / Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch
Jul 02, 2007 ... WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ ANSWERS Q 1 - Both vulnerable, as South you hold:A Q J 6 3 © 9 6 5 ® A 9 4 ß 7 3 The bidding has proceeded: NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1© Dbl ? What action do you take? A - There's no hurry to introduce your spade suit ...