Winnipeg Free Press back issues from September 2007:
Editorial - Crocus and the NDP
Sep 01, 2007 ... TO hear the Doer administration's version of the Crocus scandal, and its part in it, the government had no responsibility to shareholders, nor any fault for the fact that all 34,000 of them have seen their investments pretty well evaporate. A Queen's Bench judge has declared that the ...
Mental health strategy underway
Sep 01, 2007; ... By Richard Foot OTTAWA -- A new national Mental Health Commission has been launched by the federal government to figure out how Canada can better care for its mentally ill.Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the commission would fight the "stigma" attached to such ...
Brit paid for opinion on Afghan detainees
Sep 01, 2007; ... By Bruce Cheadle OTTAWA -- The Canadian government has hired a controversial international academic to argue that Canada's military has no obligation to accord Afghan detainees Canadian-style legal rights. Christopher Greenwood, a professor of international law at the London ...
Afghanistan aid tricky
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Pooled cash hard to trace in corrupt economyface=-Bold; By Sue Bailey OTTAWA -- A major shift toward putting aid dollars into multinational pools of cash has raised alarms about how Ottawa can track its spending in Afghanistan, says a federal auditor. Paul ...
Canadian con artist gets 24 years in jail
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Swindled $16M from victimsface=-Bold; By Randy Boswell HE was a Canadian who seemed to be living the American dream on the sunny California coast -- a yacht and a 2006 Ferrari, country club and golf memberships, a sprawling, multimillion-dollar mansion in a wealthy ...
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Consensus on climate changeSlash emissions by 2020: UNface=-Bold; By Mike De Souza OTTAWA -- Industrialized countries like Canada must aim for dramatic reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade if the world is to avoid disastrous consequences, ...
Harry reflects on Diana the mum
Sep 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Eulogy at memorial intimate, personalface=-Bold; 'To us, just two loving children, she was quite simply the best mother in the world' -- Prince Harry By Robert Barr LONDON -- It was not the vision of Diana, Princess of Wales, gliding across a ballroom nor ...
Men can't get arrested in police station
Sep 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Waited hours after turning selves inface=-Bold; 'We were told we would have to wait six to eight hours for a sergeant upstairs to come down and process him' -- one wanted man's case worker By Bruce Owen TWO men wanted by Winnipeg police tried to turn ...
Poll Results
Sep 01, 2007 ... Do you think Winnipeg Blue Bomber quarterback Kevin Glenn deserves a raise? Yes 52% No ...
Head-on train crash in Dugald 60 years ago still scars Prairie mindscape
Sep 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Collision course with deathface=-Bold; Kevin Rollason DUGALD -- It's peaceful now as Roy Pennington walks this stretch of CN Rail tracks, but that's not how he remembers his last trip on these rail ties. Six decades ago today, Pennington was a passenger on CN ...
Video kickstarts debate about policing
Sep 01, 2007 ... Marlo Campbell When Quebec's provincial police service decided to infiltrate the recent North American leaders summit with undercover officers, they obviously weren't counting on a public outing by astute protesters. Unfortunately, once confronted with incriminating video ...
Editorial - Liberal puffing
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Liberals Thursday emerged from their three-day caucus strategy meeting in St. John's, N.L., with nothing new to offer in the way of policy. Nothing new, that is, unless one considers deputy leader Michael Ignatieff's novel suggestion that the puffin, a peculiar seabird that does nothing ...
Who's afraid of Google?
Sep 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Popular search engine has long list of enemiesface=-Bold; The Economist Rarely if ever has a company risen so fast in so many ways as Google, the world's most popular search engine. This is true by just about any measure: the growth in its market value and revenues; ...
Have Your Say
Sep 01, 2007 ... Letter of th e day Revisionist history Your editorial (Victors' history, Aug. 31) says the Canadian War Museum's exhibit on Bomber Command is balanced, but the balance, if that's what it is, is achieved with a revisionist's thumb. Albert Speer, Hitler's armaments minister and the ...
Ignatieff is the ultimate Liberal puffin
Sep 01, 2007 ... Tom Oleson Is Michael Ignatieff recovering his integrity? One can only hope so, because that might be the only hope of salvaging the moral wreckage of the Liberal party as it has existed in the last few years. When Ignatieff, scion of a distinguished Canadian family, an ...
Lottery Numbers
Sep 01, 2007 ... LOTTERIES In the event of a discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail. PICK 3 Winning number Friday was ...
Co-ed rooms at university? Good luck
Sep 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; A recipe for life-scarring errorsface=-Bold; Charlene Adam DON'T be surprised if male university admissions skyrocket in some cities this year. Several universities in the United States are allowing not only co-ed dorms but co-ed rooms. And a few ...
Death Notices
Sep 01, 2007 ... DEATHS AFFLECK (née HAYNES), Ruth Winnifred. AYRE, Joseph Logan. BANKS, Donald. BARKER (née ELENA SALEVICH), Lucille H. BEISCHER, Craig. BLEAKLEY, Eileen Scott. BOWLES, John George. CARDINAL, Thelma Mae. CECILE, George ...
Crown on defensive after cases fall apart
Sep 01, 2007; ... By Mike McIntyre IT'S been a disastrous week for Manitoba Justice.Two accused killers walked free while two suspects for attempted murder were cleared. And, the icing on the cake -- the department faced allegations of misconduct surrounding money paid to a key ...
Suspicious package raises concern at federal lab
Sep 01, 2007; ... By Nick Martin A mysterious package sent to a federal lab that forced police to shut down Arlington Street for several hours Friday was not explosive, Winnipeg police said Friday night. What was in the package remains a mystery. "We don't know yet," Insp. Steve Pilote ...
No more casinos, study recommends
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Manitoba market is saturatedface=-Bold; By Dan Lett MANITOBA is saturated with casino gambling and cannot support additional large-scale facilities, a detailed market study has recommended. The study commissioned by the province and Assembly of Manitoba ...
Senator plans to honour MPs with integrity
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Feels politicians too often deridedface=-Bold; By Jack Aubry OTTAWA -- A wealthy Conservative senator, vexed by the tarnished image of his colleagues in the House of Commons, is setting up a $10,000 award to honour the MP with the most integrity on Parliament Hill ....
They lost a dad, will unveil marker
Sep 01, 2007; ... By Kevin Rollason THE two children of a CN Rail worker killed in the Dugald train disaster 60 years ago will unveil a commemorative marker today almost 60 years to the hour when their father died with 30 other crew and passengers. Murray Rougeau, now 63, said he is pleased that ...
Toronto police find and detonate letter bombs
Sep 01, 2007; ... By Alan Black and Maria Babbage TORONTO -- Toronto police temporarily shut down two major highways Friday as they gingerly removed several letter bombs from an east-end neighbourhood and ferried them across town to be detonated at an isolated site near the waterfront. The devices ...
Family fears madman won't be stopped
Sep 01, 2007 ... Lindor Reynolds THE mother of slain sex-trade worker Aynsley Kinch says she's convinced a serial killer is at work in Winnipeg, a man who plucks his victims off the streets, kills them and dumps their bodies like trash tossed out a car window. "It's like someone thinks they're ...
Do some mothers mother their sons too much?
Sep 01, 2007 ... Gordon Sinclair Jr. IT was a summer Saturday morning and a group of us were having breakfast at the Falafel Place when my friend Mary felt the urge to confess. She had been doing her son's laundry and . . . "I washed Sean's IPod," she said. Then she dried ...
Dead woman's name a mystery
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Police hunt for ID, cause of deathface=-Bold; By Bruce Owen IT may be next week before police identify the body of a woman found in a field in northwest Winnipeg. Homicide detectives still don't know if they've got another murder investigation on their hands ...
Canadian economy at risk due to U.S. subprime saga
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Finance and insurance sectors are most vulnerableface=-Bold; By David Paddon TORONTO -- Several sectors of the Canadian economy face a "relatively high risk" from the U.S. subprime mortgage saga, with certain segments of the financial services industry among the most ...
The Fed to protect economy: chairman
Sep 01, 2007; ... By Jeannine Aversa JACKSON, Wyo. -- U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke vowed Friday to do all that is necessary to protect the U.S. economy from the ill effects of a global credit crunch -- but not to bail out investors and lenders "from the consequences of their financial ...
Calming by Fed buoys markets
Sep 01, 2007 ... TORONTO -- Reassurances by U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank will act as needed to contain the financial crisis arising from housing sector upheaval and growing conviction the central bank will cut interest rates sent stock markets higher Friday. Toronto's ...
Ottawa should get out of biofuel business
Sep 01, 2007 ... Laura Rance - Rural Revival THE Canadian Cattlemen's Association recently called on governments to butt out of the biofuel sector and let market forces drive its development. Its position may be out of step with the biofuel buzz -- but it's hard to argue. It's one thing to ...
Fashion mavens left with fewer choices
Sep 01, 2007 ... THREE higher-end women's fashion stores in Winnipeg have closed in rapid succession -- all for different reasons. Holt Renfrew Last Call in Portage Place, Maude Chapman in the Lombard Concourse and Karry La Boutique on Corydon Avenue have all recently shut down. Holt Renfrew Last ...
St. Norbert group appeals location of new golf course
Sep 01, 2007; ... By Aldo Santin REPRESENTATIVES of the Southwood Golf and Country Club and the St. Norbert Arts Centre will meet next week to try to reach agreement on the club's plan to build a 27-hole golf course and club house. The club received approval from the City of Winnipeg board of ...
ATREYU / Lead Sails Paper Anchor (Hollywood/Universal)
Sep 01, 2007 ... pop rock ATREYU Lead Sails Paper Anchor (Hollywood/Universal) On its first major label album, Atreyu offers up a little something for everyone: melodic hardcore/metalcore, '80s metal, screamo, breakdowns, gang-chorus vocals, ...
KATE NASH / Made of Bricks (Universal)
Sep 01, 2007 ... pop rock FAST TRACKS KATE NASH Made of Bricks (Universal) Britain's Nash, a 20-year-old MySpace star, comes across like Lily Allen (sans the reggae ...
KALAN PORTER / Wake Up Living (Sony BMG)
Sep 01, 2007 ... POP / ROCK KALAN PORTER Wake Up Living (Sony BMG) AFTER winning over a nation of teen and tween girls following his season 2 win on Canadian Idol, Porter seems to be going after their moms on the followup to his multi-platinum 2004 debut, 219 Days. Where ...
DEVILDRIVER / The Last Kind Words (Roadrunner)
Sep 01, 2007 ... pop rock DEVILDRIVER The Last Kind Words (Roadrunner) California's Devildriver blurs the line between thrash and death metal while throwing in dual harmonized guitar solos and brutal ...
SCORPIONS / Humanity: Hour 1(New Door/Universal)
Sep 01, 2007 ... POP ROCK SCORPIONS Humanity: Hour 1 (New Door/Universal) GERMANY'S pop-metal vets finally return to what they do best: sounding like themselves. With Klaus Meine's still-powerful vocals soaring above the mighty double-guitar attack of Rudolf Schenker and ...
THE FLAMING LIPS / U.F.O.s at the Zoo: The Legendary Concert in Oklahoma City(Warner)
Sep 01, 2007 ... POP ROCK THE FLAMING LIPS U.F.O.s at the Zoo: The Legendary Concert in Oklahoma City (Warner) A Flaming Lips show is more than a concert, it's an experience; a full-blown, circus-like party with confetti cannons, giant balloons, dancers dressed as aliens ...
ANTONIO SANCHEZ / Migration (Cam Jazz)
Sep 01, 2007 ... JAZZ ANTONIO SANCHEZ Migration (Cam Jazz) AFTER playing on dozens of CDs by other artists, including Pat Metheny, and Michael Brecker, Antonio Sanchez has released his first solo album. Backed by a stellar band of David Sanchez and Chris Potter (saxophones), Scott Colley ...
LORI MCKENNA / Unglamorous (Warner)
Sep 01, 2007 ... COUNTRY LORI MCKENNA Unglamorous (Warner) MASSACHUSETTS singer-songwriter Lori McKenna arrived in Nashville on a different bus than most -- one driven by Tim McGraw and Faith Hil, who took the 38-year-old married mother of five under their wings and on tour. McGraw and ...
KELLY WILLIS / Translated From Love (Rykodisc)
Sep 01, 2007 ... country KELLY WILLIS Translated From Love (Rykodisc) IT'S been five years since Willis's last proper album, and evidently she's used the time to ruminate on love. This lovely collection of tunes -- some penned by Willis and her stellar producer/guitarist Chuck Prophet, ...
COUNTRY SWING BLUES
Sep 01, 2007 ... COUNTRY SWING BLUES WHEN Lyle Lovett performed with his charismatic musical compadres Joe Ely, John Hiatt and Guy Clark at the Centennial Concert Hall in March, it was clear he was one of the audience favourites. This comes as no surprise, really, as his body of work has shown no sign of ...
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY / Beethoven: Diabelli Variations; Wranitzky Variations (Decca)
Sep 01, 2007 ... CLASSICAL VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY Beethoven: Diabelli Variations; Wranitzky Variations (Decca) ALONG with Bach's Goldberg Variations, Beethoven's Diabelli Variations occupy the top tier of the variation form. No more analytical study of such a seemingly trite theme ...
Typo-laden resume will scare off employer
Sep 01, 2007; ... By Brian Morton VANCOUVER -- So, you've found the job of your dreams. You research the company and have an excellent preliminary phone chat with your prospective boss, who is very interested in taking it to the next step. You draw up a resumé -- your computer ...
7 days
Sep 01, 2007 ... Shrine Ex Fall Festival Live bands, clowns, midway, pony rides, petting zoo and more at Red River Exhibition Park, noon-10 p.m. TODAY Never Alone Social Live bands and a kid zone to benefit CancerCare Manitoba, Canad Inns Stadium, 1 ...
All fired up
Sep 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Local jewelry designer uses a kiln to create her unique, colourful, fused-glass pieces Local jewelry designer uses a kiln to create her unique, colourful, fused-glass piecesface=-Bold; Connie Tamoto - Fashion THINGS are really heating up for one local jewelry ...
Bankers tackle credit crunch
Sep 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Elite will plan how to stem investor panicface=-Bold; The Economist THE Teton Mountains jut suddenly and majestically out of the Wyoming plains near Jackson Hole. The central bankers and economists gathering there this week for the symposium of the Federal Reserve ...
Bomber Report
Sep 01, 2007 ... Good to go THEIR work has been limited for much of the week, but both safety Kyries Hebert and halfback Kelly Malveaux pushed their bum hamstrings in the final full practice on Friday and will be in the starting lineup against the Riders. Roster shuffle THE Bombers will ...
Bisons depending on defence
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Must ground potent Regina aerial attack in Canada West openerface=-Bold; By Allan Besson TALK about an acid test! The University of Manitoba Bisons kick off their 2007 Canada West Football Conference season today against the University of Regina Rams. A team, by the ...
Check baby bottle as well as the toys
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Chemical in plastic linked to developmental problemsface=-Bold; By Julie Deardorff AS long as you're on alert for toys that might contain lead or dangerous magnets, consider another safety precaution: Throw out your polycarbonate plastic baby bottles too. Or, ...
'Canada's best secret garden'
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Les Quatre Vents a horticultural wonder in Charlevoixface=-Bold; By Laura Robin A couple of weeks ago I drove out seven hours one day, seven hours back the next, spent hundreds of dollars on gas, lodging and meals and $30 on a donation admission -- all to see a ...
Chess
Sep 01, 2007 ... Cecil Rosner SINCE it was initiated in 2003, the Abe Yanofsky Memorial tournament has grown into the largest and most important chess event in Manitoba. The tournament was conceived as a tribute to Manitoba's strongest and most celebrated player. Yanofsky, an eight-time Canadian ...
Clubs pay big to get celebs in the house
Sep 01, 2007 ... face=+Bold; Word is Paris Hilton got $200,000 to party at posh Vegas nightclubface=-Bold; 'If you quantify that in terms of the amount of press they got off it, the press they got off it was priceless' -- Nightclub industry executive By Ryan Nakashima and Raquel Maria ...
Come enjoy the Oasis on the Prairies
Sep 01, 2007 ... JOIN Embassy tours on a four-day motorcoach tour to the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort Hotel, Sept. 17-20. Located in downtown Moose Jaw, this exquisitely designed Canada Select four-star, luxurious spa resort hotel captures the spirit, history and charm of Western Canadian ...
Danish hooligan being sued for attack on ref
Sep 01, 2007 ... COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The Danish fan who attacked a referee during a European Championship qualifier between Sweden and Denmark will be sued for 1.9 million kroner (C$367,000), the Danish soccer federation said Friday. The man, who cannot be named under a court order, stormed the pitch ...
Clubs focus on future
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Days of cigars, drinking scotch are gone nowface=-Bold; By Geoff Kirbyson You're going to need a time machine if you want to puff on a stogie and catch a few Zs before heading home or back to work as some of Winnipeg's highest-profile clubs are turning the page on ...
Did ballerina's visit boost Esposito?
Sep 01, 2007 ... OTTAWA -- Phil Esposito's triumphant performance in the final period of the 1972 Summit Series may have been inspired by more than just a burning desire to beat the Russkies. At least that's what a tantalizing tale from the Moscow rumour mill would have us believe. Declassified ...
Diamond Dust
Sep 01, 2007 ... FIRST TO HOME SQUAT. Zilch. Yesterday's news. They all add up to nothing and that's what Friday night's game between the Edmonton Cracker-Cats and Winnipeg Goldeyes meant. The Goldeyes were eliminated from the North Division pennant race on Thursday as it was clinched by the ...
Djokovic survives 63-game marathon
Sep 01, 2007 ... NEW YORK -- They broke out odd little dances after hitting big shots, swaying their hips and rocking their arms to music only in their heads. They pushed their beleaguered bodies this way and that for four hours, 44 minutes on Friday, swatting balls from impossible angles and somehow ...
Don't be gun-shy, turn in your firearms to police
Sep 01, 2007 ... CITY police encourage any Winnipegger with an unwanted gun to call them under Manitoba's month-long gun amnesty program, which begins today. Const. Rob Duttchen said people can call 986-6222 to book a time for an officer to drop by to pick up the firearm "Don't answer the door ...
Fish boss Forney deserves one-year extension
Sep 01, 2007 ... Gary Lawless EDMONTON -- Regardless of how the Gary SouthShore RailCats finish out the final days of the 2007 Northern League season, Goldeyes manager Rick Forney deserves a contract extension. The length of that extension is really the only thing up for debate. The RailCats will ...
Exercising the brain keeps it fit
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Can avert age-related mental deteriorationface=-Bold; By Irene Seiberling DIET and exercise are as important to your brain as they are to your body, says the director of a Toronto memory clinic. Sound nutrition. Regular physical activity. Social interaction ....
Hip-hop skip and a jump to Germany
Sep 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Winnipeg dance troupe the sole Canadian team at World Hip Hop Championships in Bremenface=-Bold; By Cheryl Binning THEY groomed their groove in a suburban studio rather than on inner-city streets. But the 18 young hoofers from Winnipeg's Kickit ...
Homework doesn't need to be horror show
Sep 01, 2007 ... Demetra Hajiidacos - Parents and the city WHILE my little ones are still not old enough to board that yellow bus this September, in a former life I spent close to a decade teaching in the public school system and I know a thing or two about starting the academic year off on the right ...