Winnipeg Free Press back issues from August 2007:
Billboard
Aug 01, 2007 ... 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): Institut Collégial St-Joseph/St. Joseph Collegiate Institute Classof '67 40th ...
WEB EXTRA: List of teens charged in Manitoba homicides grows
Aug 01, 2007; ...By Bruce Owen A 16-year-old boy is one of two people charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 43-year-old Thompson man at Norway House, RCMP said Tuesday. The murder charge is the latest one in a growing list of teens charged with homicide in Manitoba, a province that ...
WEB EXTRA: Man, 24, jailed for manslaughter
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Mike McIntyre THE family of a Winnipeg man brutally beaten to death on a downtown street lashed out at one of his killers during an emotional sentencing hearing Tuesday. Jeremy Roulette, 24, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was given a seven-and-a-half-year sentence under a ...
WEB EXTRA: NDP unimpressed with CMA musings on private health
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Mary Agnes Welch The Manitoba government isn't too keen on a proposal by the Canadian Medical Association to throw open medicare's doors to private health care. Health Minister Theresa Oswald was out of the country Tuesday, but former health minister Dave Chomiak said he's ...
Sports Bulletin
Aug 01, 2007 ... Web Only MISCELLANEOUS Antlers Curling Club (retired men age 55+) has openings for individuals beginning in October for one or two days curling (Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays), 10:00 a.m., Deer Lodge Curling Club. For information call Wayne, 889-4835 or ...
Continuing Education
Aug 01, 2007 ... Web Only Academy of Learning Career College - Winnipeg South offers the following Diplomas and programs starting in August and September * Administrative Assistant, Business Administration, Business Office Assistant, Computerized Accounting, Microcomputer Business Applications, ...
Manhunt finds suspect in trio of Ontario killings
Aug 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Imeson captured after search covers 2 provincesface=-Bold; RENFREW, Ont. -- A massive two-week manhunt for a suspect in three southwestern Ontario murders culminated Tuesday night with the capture of a man after a police pursuit through a densely wooded area near the ...
End of an era in N. Ireland
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; British operation officially closes, decades later -- after 3,700 killedface=-Bold; By Shawn Pogatchnik BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The British army marked a milestone of peacemaking Tuesday as it formally ended its 38-year mission to bolster security in Northern ...
Winnipeg Free Press Poll
Aug 01, 2007 ... TODAY'S QUESTION: Do you agree with a federal judge's decision allowing the Canadian Wheat Board to keep its monopoly on barley marketing? Vote online at ...
Wheat board's barley monopoly stands
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Larry Kusch A Federal Court judge Tuesday night struck down a cabinet order -- mere hours before it was to take effect -- that would have ended the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on barley marketing. Justice Dolores Hansen ruled that the Harper government exceeded its ...
Letters to the Editor
Aug 01, 2007 ... A new logo for Manitoba Seventy to 80 per cent of inmates in Manitoba prisons are there as a result of alcohol-related crimes -- a good example of "Spirited Energy" going astray. Recently I read that Manitoba is second in overall crime rates and first in auto theft and robberies ...
Editorial - Standing fast
Aug 01, 2007 ... THE day after meeting with United States President George W. Bush, Britain's new prime minister, Gordon Brown, warned the United Nations that if today's world leaders fail to live up to their commitments, they would be remembered by history as "the generation that betrayed promises rather than ...
Editorial - Where are the chiefs?
Aug 01, 2007 ... HARRY Lazarenko is not known as a powerful communicator. Even when he is trying to deliver the straight goods, one can be easily confused by his message. And so it was Monday -- when he was exhorting Manitoba's native leaders to step up and help to defuse the crime wave enveloping the city -- ...
Phosphates a continuing scourge to Canada's lakes
Aug 01, 2007 ... Penni Mitchell CHECK your cupboards. Many laundry products still contain phosphates and phosphates create ideal conditions for blue-green algae growth, the kind that's choking Lake Winnipeg. I know what you're probably thinking. Didn't we ban phosphates in the 1960s, along with ...
Letter Of The Day
Aug 01, 2007 ... Keep car thieves in jail Re: Car thieves' lives are tough, July 31. In her letter regarding car thieves, Rhian Brynjolson says that in order to keep car thieves off the street at night, we should provide them with a safe, structured, and predictable life. We can. It's called ...
Muslim moderates turn against violence
Aug 01, 2007; ... By John C. Bersia THE most encouraging news of the last week -- the results of the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Project survey showing a decline in Muslim support for violence against civilians -- failed to grab many prominent headlines. But it contributes to evidence that a substantial ...
America's savage pastime
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Wayne Pacelle IN hideous detail, the case of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges related to dogfighting, has given Americans an unobstructed view of a criminal underworld. This savage pastime is America's most criminalized form ...
Global warming not necessarily behind hot July
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Lindsey Wiebe A stretch of steamy July days may have broken a Winnipeg weather record, but on the whole, the month wasn't much hotter than average, according to Environment Canada. Meteorologist Dave Carlsen said the month's average maximum temperature in Winnipeg was roughly ...
In Brief
Aug 01, 2007 ... The family of a Winnipeg man brutally beaten to death on a downtown street lashed out at one of his killers during an emotional sentencing hearing Tuesday. * The Manitoba government isn't too keen on a proposal by the Canadian Medical Association to throw open ...
Pork, beef or chicken? It's a political question
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Joanne Hatherly VICTORIA -- If you've been to a barbecue lately where your host served pork, chances are that host is a Liberal. A recent poll on Canadian barbecuing habits inadvertently roasted and toasted all three of Canada's leading political parties. Among the survey ...
Death Notices
Aug 01, 2007 ... ADAMSON, Donald. ANDERSON, Richard (Ricky) Peter. BALABERDA, Frank (Francis) Peter. CANCADE, Suzanne Mary. DALZIEL (née ILASEWICH), Jean Theresa. DENICH, Maureen. DUANE, James Lawrence. ELLIOTT, Sharen. FOWLER, James ...
Lottery Numbers
Aug 01, 2007 ... In the event of a discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail. PICK ...
No more delays for Kapyong
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Military site set for transfer early next year, Toews predictsface=-Bold; By Dan Lett THE majority of abandoned buildings and land at Kapyong Barracks should be sold and ready for redevelopment by early 2008, Treasury Board president Vic Toews said ...
New shooting allegations 'suspicious,' lawyer says
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Mike McIntyre A man shot in the buttocks by Winnipeg police two weeks ago has been hit with a new charge of trying to grab an officer's gun as he lay injured on the ground, according to court documents obtained by the Free Press. A charge of attempting to disarm police was ...
System faulted for not dealing with car thief
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Months after judge's assessment, same teen accused in cyclist's deathface=-Bold; By Mike McIntyre A 15-year-old chronic car thief accused of killing a cyclist with a stolen vehicle last week was told by a judge in March that the youth justice system had "abysmally ...
Elderly couple carried out of blazing house by firefighters
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Bruce Owen and Kevin Rollason AN elderly couple was in stable condition in hospital on Tuesday, several hours after being rescued by firefighters during an early-morning blaze that partially destroyed their modest North End home. But while firefighters had to find the seniors ...
Hydro plans to rebuild generating station
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Bill Redekop MANITOBA Hydro is prepared to rebuild the Pointe du Bois generating station at a cost of about $800 million, if Manitoba Environment approves. The utility announced Tuesday it is seeking regulatory approval from Manitoba Environment. Pointe du Bois has ...
Vigil honours kids who died by violence
Aug 01, 2007 ... A vigil will be held this evening at the Legislative Building to remember children who've died violently in Manitoba. The vigil starts at 6 p.m. and is expected to end about a half hour later. It's organized by the group called Powwow to Honour Children. Spokeswoman Jessica Paul ...
Family, friends mourn slain boy
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; 2-year-old's aunt takes aim at CFSface=-Bold; By Gabrielle Giroday HIS name and face have become a symbol for children failed by Manitoba's Child and Family Services division. Tuesday, however, about 150 family and friends who best knew Gage Guimond mourned ...
Pill complaint about MD urged
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; College advises slain woman's mom and dadface=-Bold; By Jen Skerritt THE provincial body that disciplines physicians has invited the parents of Aynsley Kinch, a drug-addicted, bipolar woman who was found murdered earlier this month, to file a formal complaint against ...
Titanic babe's mistaken ID solved
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Alison Auld HALIFAX -- His identity had eluded Titanic buffs for years. Buried in a small plot in a Halifax cemetery, the young boy was known simply as the unknown child -- a poignant symbol of all the children who perished when the famed vessel went down in the North Atlantic ...
Around The World
Aug 01, 2007 ... General given censure WASHINGTON -- The U.S. army on Tuesday censured a retired three-star general for the chain of errors that followed the friendly-fire death in 2004 of army ranger and former pro football player Pat Tillman. It referred to a special panel whether retired army ...
'04 Russian school rescue botched, video suggests
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Mike Eckel MOSCOW -- A video that emerged nearly three years after the Beslan hostage crisis has revived doubt about official conclusions on what led to the deaths of more than 330 people -- more than half of them children -- during one of Russia's worst terrorist attacks. The ...
UN agrees to 19,000 troops for Darfur
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Steven Edwards UNITED NATIONS -- After months of wrangling, the United Nations agreed Tuesday to send 19,000 peacekeepers to Darfur to join an African Union force that has been unable to quell the violence. The move came after an impassioned speech by British Prime Minister ...
Alberta money drive begins
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; More than half of the funds already raisedface=-Bold; By Suzanne Goldman CALGARY -- It is a project meant to change the face of Winnipeg -- and the nation -- when a 200,000-square-foot glass and stone structure is erected as a reminder of past atrocities and a beacon ...
Hallelujah! Alleged Scam Ma'am, Con Don collared
Aug 01, 2007 ... Gordon Sinclair Jr. HALLELUJAH! And praise the law. Especially the Winnipeg Police Service. On Monday, police arrested the man and woman they allege are the notorious Scam Ma'am and Con Don. Debra Lynn Loepp, 50, and Norman Earl Friesen were nabbed just ...
Facelift for vacant gem
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Award-winning developer to revamp downtown Avenue Buildingface=-Bold; By Bartley Kives A long-vacant office building on one of Portage Avenue's emptiest blocks is about to receive a $10-million, environmentally friendly facelift from the award-winning developer ...
Learning is half the fun at camp
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Program inspires inner-city youthface=-Bold; By Selena Hinds THEY'RE being taught about water contamination, biodiversity and aboriginal culture while playing tag and singing songs with local entertainer Ray St. Germain. This week, more than 120 students ...
Chalmers CC errs as event booked for Hells Angels
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Nisha Tuli An inner-city community centre has unknowingly booked an event for the Hells Angels. On the social networking website, MySpace, about half a dozen personal pages belonging to known members of Winnipeg's Hells Angels are advertising an event called Show 'n' Shine, to ...
His waves made him famous
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Starr and brother spread friendlinessface=-Bold; By Kevin Rollason ONE of the two brothers who waved at passing motorists on their way to the lake has waved goodbye for a final time. Nelson Starr, 71, died on Monday. Chief Deborah Chief, of Brokenhead ...
Physician urges colleagues to have a heart
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Jen Skerritt A Winnipeg doctor is hoping to teach physicians around the world to remember the ABCs of medicine. Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, director of the Manitoba Palliative Care Unit, developed Dignity and the essence of medicine: the A, B, C and D guide of dignity conserving ...
Bank exposed for $11B
Aug 01, 2007 ... FRANKFURT, Germany -- The German government-owned development bank that stepped in this week to protect IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG from exposure to the U.S. subprime crisis says its financial obligations totalled 8.1 billion euros (US$11.1 billion). The bank, KfW Bankengruppe, made ...
Bre-X's Felderhof acquitted
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Former company executive not guilty of insider tradingface=-Bold; By Maria Babbage TORONTO -- The only executive prosecuted in one of the biggest corporate scandals in Canadian history was acquitted Tuesday of insider trading and misleading investors, extinguishing ...
Mortgage lender may be facing bankruptcy
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Dan Seymour NEW YORK -- Shares of American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. plunged 90 per cent Tuesday after the company raised fears it may become insolvent, renewing concern about worsening credit quality in the mortgage market and killing a Wall Street rally. The struggling ...
'I didn't sleep for two months'
Aug 01, 2007 ... ST. PAUL, Alta. -- At 74, Jack Kindermann still has to head into work every morning with his 77-year-old wife to run his electrical contracting company. He's a decade past his planned retirement age, a decade that hasn't been easy since he lost half a million dollars when the gold ...
We're tuning in the Net to watch TV
Aug 01, 2007 ... GATINEAU, Que. -- Canadians appear to be slowly switching off conventional broadcast media and logging on to the Internet -- including to watch and listen to conventional television and radio shows -- says a new report on broadcasting. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications ...
Peak of Market CEO Businessman of Year
Aug 01, 2007 ... LARRY MCINTOSH, president and CEO of Peak of the Market, has been named the first-ever Consumers' Choice 2007 Businessman of the Year for Manitoba. With his carrot "microphone", the tireless community worker and Manitoba-grown vegetable promoter has become one of the most well-known ...
Overseas earnings boost General Motor's Q2 profit
Aug 01, 2007; ... By Tom Krisher DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. ran its string of profitable quarters to three on Tuesday when it announced second-quarter net income of US$891 million that came largely from overseas operations. The earnings growth in Europe, Latin America, Asia and other areas ...
Molson shutting strike-bound brewery
Aug 01, 2007 ... EDMONTON -- Molson Canada says its closing its Edmonton brewery at the end of August, laying off 136 workers. The company cited an ongoing strike at the brewery, the loss of a Foster's contract to the U.S. and a consumer shift from bottles to cans for the closure. Molson said it ...
Markets stall, slip on credit worries
Aug 01, 2007 ... What the brokers say ... TORONTO -- The Toronto stock market stumbled late in the session Tuesday, ending the day with a single-digit increase, as New York markets were slammed with renewed concerns over credit markets and bad home loans. Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index ...
Business Watch
Aug 01, 2007 ... J & J may cut 4,820 jobs TRENTON, N.J. -- Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it would reduce its global work force by up to four per cent, or up to 4,820 jobs, to cut costs due to a slump in sales of its heart stents and its No. 2 drug, plus coming patent expirations for key ...
Mobile devices prone to ID theft
Aug 01, 2007 ... On the cutting edge / Brian T. D. Bowman LAPTOPS, PDAs, cellular phones and USB drives -- these types of mobile devices help businesses carry out their activities in an increasingly electronic world. However, what most businesses may not realize is there is an emerging trend by ...
Bonus bucks for box-office boffo Blue
Aug 01, 2007 ... Randy Turner TURNS out, Milt Stegall wasn't the only one breaking records last Friday night. With another robust, capacity crowd of 29,533 at Canad Inns Stadium, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, as a franchise, are so far pitching a perfect season: three games, three consecutive ...
A-Rod stuck at 499 as Yankees romp
Aug 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK -- Everybody but A-Rod. On the night the New York Yankees tied a franchise record by hitting eight home runs in a 16-3 rout of the Chicago White Sox, Alex Rodriguez had none. While A-Rod stayed stuck at 499 homers, he watched his teammates connect all game long. After ...
All hail Captain Crunch
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Helmet-popping league leader in forced fumbles has big impactface=-Bold; By Chris Cariou COREY JENKINS didn't remember the guy's name, just his number. And the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' rookie linebacker wanted to make No. 0 -- big receiver Kori Dickerson -- a ...
On 2
Aug 01, 2007 ... Portugal's Benfica snags soccer phenom Adu LISBON, Portugal -- American teenage soccer star Freddy Adu has agreed to play for Benfica and trained with the Portuguese club Tuesday. The 18-year-old attacking midfielder, who has been one of the highest-profile stars of Major League ...
Westwood still feels the heat
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; 'Survival mode' is the mindset despite clicking on field againface=-Bold; By Eric MacKenzie AFTER a rough Week 1 performance, Troy Westwood has since had better luck finding the target. But if you ask the veteran Winnipeg Blue Bomber kicker, he still feels ...
Today's Bomber Report
Aug 01, 2007 ... New No. 3 pivot The Bombers released QB Justin Holland Tuesday, making Kliff Kingsbury the No. 3 guy. "It wasn't things that Justin did wrong. It was more, I suppose, of who has more to offer the team as a No. 3 quarterback," said head coach Doug Berry. "Kingsbury can provide us with a ...
They got game and grades
Aug 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; 92 Manitoba athletes earn CIS academic all-Canadian statusface=-Bold; By Allan Besson KATIE DAVIDSON doesn't like to lose at sports, and she certainly doesn't like to lose at school either. In fact, the University of Manitoba women's volleyball player believes at the ...
Becks coming to T.O.; will he play?
Aug 01, 2007 ... TORONTO -- David Beckham is still coming to Toronto. Whether his cleats will touch the playing surface at BMO Field on Sunday remains up for interpretation. A Toronto FC source said the Los Angeles Galaxy have so far told them that Beckham will fly with the team to Toronto on Friday, and ...
Diamond Dust
Aug 01, 2007 ... Ashley Prest FIRST TO HOME GARY, Ind. -- The Goldeyes saw their five-game winning streak, run up at home, come crumbling down on the road at the hands of the Gary SouthShore RailCats, who ended a three-game losing streak with a 3-1 decision before 1,797 fans at U.S. Steel ...
The Local Scene
Aug 01, 2007 ... On the tube NHRA drag racing roars onto the screen with the Fram Autolite Nationals (2 p.m. TSN) and Detroit Tigers are in Oakland to face the Athletics (2:30 p.m. Sportsnet). Today's events BASEBALL Manitoba Junior -- Championship: St. Boniface at Elmwood, 7p.m., ...
Celts land Garnett, but talent has price
Aug 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Timberwolves receive seven players, cashface=-Bold; BOSTON -- Kevin Garnett gives Boston a new Big Three that brings the Celtics much closer to what their old Big Three delivered -- an NBA title. The Celtics, who have 16 championships but have gone without one for ...
TODAY ONTV
Aug 01, 2007 ... The Nine The drama series returns for a six-episode rundown to the season finale. In this new episode, eight of the nine survivors of the bank hostage crisis are brought to the DA's office for questioning. ABC, 9 p.m. American Inventor Tonight, one of the remaining ...
For the adventurous barbeskewer
Aug 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Grilling fires up satay chicken, peachy salmonface=-Bold; FOR the foodie who enjoys exploring flavours, these satays are ideal with steamed rice and extra cilantro or fresh coriander leaves. An Asian grocer can help supply the ingredients, such as the fish ...