Winnipeg Free Press back issues from October 2007:
Letter Of The Day
Oct 01, 2007; ... Holiday names too generic Re: Day honouring Riel is a bit much, Sept. 27. Sidney Green's criticism of Riel Day is at least somewhat redundant. The real issue is the number of holidays for which an optional name is even possible. Before Riel Day's creation, Manitoba had only one ...
Outbreak of Ebola virus on the wane?
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Helen Branswell THE Ebola outbreak that drew a large international assistance effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo may be coming under control, one of the Canadian experts involved in the response said Sunday. In an interview from Mweka, Dr. Heinz Feldmann said a ...
Editorial - Vote stops here
Oct 01, 2007; ... DICTATORS often see threats to their authority in unlikely places, but that does not mean that those threats do not exist. Who would have thought a slight novel by a Russian writer, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, would have marked the beginning of the end of the Soviet Union? One Day in the Life of ...
Troops' supplies dropped from Hercs
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Lives of convoy crews spared by tacticface=-Bold; By Matthew Fisher ABOVE GHORAK, Afghanistan -- Canada has begun making dramatic air drops from CC-130 Hercules aircraft to troops in hostile territory to spare the lives of convoy crews who would otherwise face a long ...
Crash kills tow truck driver, 26
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Loses her life after morning SUV collision in downtownface=-Bold; By Meghan Hurley A 26-year-old tow truck driver was killed on the job Sunday morning in a crash with a Jimmy SUV speeding the wrong way down a one-way street. Amanda Frizzley was driving a Dr ....
Fallen police officers honoured
Oct 01, 2007; ...By Glenn Johnson OTTAWA -- Police officers need to know that Canadians remember their sacrifices and that their government will take every necessary measure to help them do their jobs, Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said Sunday. As police and peace officers from across ...
Creators reveal at last Sputnik's secret history
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Very humble origins for satellite that shook worldface=-Bold; By Vladimir Isachenkov MOSCOW -- When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer ...
Letters to the Editor
Oct 01, 2007; ... Remembering Leon Bell I read with interest the feature on the 60-year history of the WSO in the Sept. 27 Winnipeg Free Press. What particularly caught my attention was the photo of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's opening night, Dec. 16, 1948. My late father, Leon Bell, was in that ...
Prop up Tories, Dion stalwart warns party
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Says timing no good for electionface=-Bold;OTTAWA -- One of Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion's staunchest supporters is making a very public plea not to force a fall federal election. Bryon Wilfert, the MP for Richmond Hill in Toronto's politically coveted 905 belt, ...
Editorial - Filling the gap
Oct 01, 2007; ... IT is hard to imagine 'controlling' a body of water as large and tempestuous as Lake Winnipeg, but the movement of water has been altered by the dams and channels erected, starting more than 40 years ago. The province says the rate at which the water flows in and out of the lake has not changed ....
Winnipeg Free Press Poll
Oct 01, 2007; ... TODAY'S QUESTION: Do you expect to see major improvements in the face of downtown Winnipeg over the next five years? Vote online at ...
Getting its act together
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Stratford has overcome adversity, found successface=-Bold; Tom Ford STRATFORD -- This southwestern Ontario city has a lesson for all of Canada: Embrace change like a favourite, rich uncle. Most of us know what's up with Stratford today -- North America's ...
Fear and loathing along the east side
Oct 01, 2007; ... Colleen Simard LAST week's column on the Hollow Water blockade inspired an e-mail from provincial officials. They offered me an interview with Conservation Minister, Stan Struthers. I jumped at the chance. After all, this situation is pretty complicated. Maybe Minister Struthers ...
Extreme makeover needed to protect health
Oct 01, 2007; ... Penni Mitchell CANADIAN hotels -- 12 of them -- purged their cupboards last month of little tubes of toothpaste that may have contained a toxic chemical used in antifreeze. The red menace had been stopped in its tracks. China -- the country, its toothpaste makers, its godless ...
Child's chest pain could be heart attack
Oct 01, 2007; ...CHICAGO -- Beth Meter is a cardiac nurse who has seen plenty of heart attacks, so when her son complained of sudden crushing chest pain that spread to his arm, she was certain he was having one. Doctors at first didn't believe her. That's because her son had just turned 13. A report ...
Lottery Numbers
Oct 01, 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 518. EXTRA Winning number Sunday was 4157803. LOTTO 6-49 Winning numbers Saturday were 9, 19, 26, 29, 39 ...
Kids emotionally blunted by TV in bedroom
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Develop fewer social skills, study findsface=-Bold; By Sharon Kirkey PUTTING a television in the bedroom makes children emotionally blunted, a large new study shows. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who analyzed data for ...
Death Notices
Oct 01, 2007; ... APPLEBY (née JOHANNESSON), Constance Lillian. CAMPBELL, Dr. Alexander A. (Sandy). CAMPBELL, Warren. CEGAYLE, Eliseo A. DOLINSKI, Lorne Frederick. GILCHRIST, Barbara Ann. HRECHKOSY (née KORZYK), Marion Mickey. JONES, Bernice ...
Few minutes of posing leads to immortality
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Goalie in Danby's masterpiece reveals his identityface=-Bold; By Randy Boswell THE fearsome stance and steely focus of the hockey goalie in one of Canada's most famous works of art was achieved by "looking for a pretend puck through a make-believe defenceman's legs," ...
Universities asking for extra $28M to avoid cuts
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Nick Martin The University of Manitoba and Brandon University say they need double-digit increases in provincial funding to avoid slashing jobs and programs next fall if the NDP's tuition freeze continues. The two schools need an extra $28 million -- that's $7.2 million more ...
Thousands of pooches, owners bark in the park
Oct 01, 2007; ...By Nick Martin ASSINIBOINE Park went to the dogs Sunday -- for once, all the bark in the park wasn't on the trees. Close to 5,500 dogs and 16,000 attendant humans flocked to the park for the 13th annual Great Manitoba Dog Party. Maybe you heard the howling carried on the ...
Forces eye new plane to patrol coastlines
Oct 01, 2007; ... By David Pugliese OTTAWA -- The Canadian military is laying the groundwork for a multibillion-dollar purchase of a new surveillance plane to patrol the country's coastlines and replace the existing Aurora aircraft fleet which is facing structural problems. Among the options that ...
High court approves RM's expropriation
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Farmer's land to become tourist siteface=-Bold; By Kevin Rollason The province's highest court has ruled a municipality has the right to expropriate a farmer's land to turn it into a tourist attraction. In a unanimous decision, the Manitoba Court of Appeal ...
In Brief
Oct 01, 2007; ... Collision kills cyclist A 20-year-old cyclist has died from injuries after being in collision with a car in an isolated part of Transcona around dawn Friday morning, Winnipeg Police Service said Sunday. Police have not yet released the victim's name. No charges have been ...
Don't want to pay duty? Shop wisely
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Jennifer Ditchburn OTTAWA -- Golf bags, microwave ovens, plastic toys, cellphones, video games. Guess what? You don't have to pay duty on any of these items when you return from a shopping trip to the United States, or anywhere abroad for that matter. Even if you go ...
RCMP launches recruiting blitz
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Campaign to use 34 million Internet ads to reach the 18-to-34 age groupface=-Bold; By John Cotter and Tim Cook UNDATED -- The RCMP will not meet its recruiting goal this year and is launching a new national campaign Monday to attract more young people to the force, ...
Canada pollutes to new record
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Emissions 32.7% over Kyoto targetface=-Bold; By Tom Spears OTTAWA -- Canada's greenhouse gas emissions have stayed at a record high for another year, according to federal statistics showing that even a warm winter and more nuclear power can't stop our emissions ...
Aboriginal judge becomes B.C. lieutenant-governor
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Scott Sutherland VICTORIA -- Stephen Point will become British Columbia's first aboriginal lieutenant-governor on Monday and the irony and poetic justice of his appointment aren't lost on him. But the former chief and provincial court judge isn't dwelling on past affronts or ...
New Orange coalition leads in Ukraine vote
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Expected to put country firmly on a pro-Western courseface=-Bold;By Vladimir Isachenkov KIEV, Ukraine -- The Orange Revolution allies made a strong combined showing in early parliamentary elections Sunday and could win a majority that would allow them to unseat ...
Junta leaders rebuff UN envoy
Oct 01, 2007; ... YANGON, Myanmar -- A United Nations envoy failed to meet Myanmar's top two junta leaders in his effort to persuade them to ease a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters, but was allowed a highly orchestrated session Sunday with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The ...
Pension changes save U of W $9M
Oct 01, 2007; ...By Nick Martin THE University of Winnipeg has saved $9 million through pension changes the Doer government is expected to approve this fall. "For us, it's huge. It really addresses our financial uncertainty," Laurel Repski, U of W's vice-president of human resources, audit and ...
She brings gift of hearing to world's kids
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Kevin Rollason CHILDREN hearing their mothers' voices for the first time are the best reward possible for a local audiologist helping an international charity. Leslie Holden, of the Polo Park Hearing Centre, left for Turkey over the weekend to help with the fitting of hearing ...
Physicist's green-light therapy may cure your seasonal blues
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Martin Zeilig MURRAY Waldman switches on a desk lamp consisting of two 19-inch-high towers resting on a broad, black steel base. The darkened room on the sixth floor of the Grain Exchange Building is suddenly suffused with a soft green gleam -- one that feels restful and ...
6,000 lace up to Run for the Cure
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; More than $750,000 raised by annual eventface=-Bold; By Meghan Hurley WAYNE and Linda Scarrow dressed in pink and laced up their runners on Sunday to raise money for a cause that's all too real to them. The couple took part in the CIBC Run for the Cure in ...
U of M enjoys building boom
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; $66 million worth of projects being developedface=-Bold;By Nick Martin THE University of Manitoba is riding a building boom not seen for decades. A new engineering and computer science complex, nursing building, the Richardson Nutraceutical facility, the ...
Financial firm builds a new 'home'
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; N. Kildonan office fits in by looking like a houseface=-Bold; By Larry Kusch Motorists might be forgiven if they mistake the new commercial building at Henderson Highway and Glenway Avenue for a house. It was designed that way. Financial planners Todd ...
Manitoba Movers
Oct 01, 2007; ... People Dr. David Johnson has been appointed executive vice president and provost of Providence College and Seminary. Johnson was previously acting as vice president of Providence Theological Seminary and accepted the additional title of provost as of May 1. Julie ...
Facebook may face consumer fraud charge
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Michael Gormley ALBANY, N.Y. -- The social networking website Facebook has been warned that it could face a consumer fraud charge for failing to live up to claims that youngsters there are safer from sexual predators than at most sites and that it promptly responds to concerns, a ...
Fragile markets face tough week
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Reassessing risk of U.S. recessionface=-Bold; By Malcolm Morrison TORONTO -- Stock markets could be in for a return to volatile times this week as investors wonder just how much damage is being caused to the U.S. economy by the contracting housing sector and look ...
Quebec carbon tax starts today
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Sidhartha Banerjee MONTREAL-- Quebec's controversial carbon tax on energy companies comes into effect today, despite fears it could also target industries that use large amounts of petroleum and carbon products. The green tax is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada ...
Fans get big round of applause from players
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Bill Beacon MONTREAL -- There was gushing praise for the first Presidents Cup held in Canada. Particularly from the lone Canadian in the event, Mike Weir. "For me, being from Canada, to have this kind of support, it's overwhelming really," the Bright's Grove, Ont., ...
Weir No. 1... we're No. 2
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Canadian lefty topples Tiger but Americans strut off with Presidents Cupface=-Bold; By Cam Cole ILE BIZARD, Que. -- He was the story coming in, and the story going out. It's just that middle part that got in the way of a fairytale ending to Mike Weir's Presidents ...
Business Calendar
Oct 01, 2007; ... This morning's opening numbers: S&P/TSX Dow Jones Nasdaq Can. dollar 14,098.89 13,895.63 2,701.5 100.52¢ US This week's economic news: * Wednesday -- In Toronto, Bank of Canada deputy governor David Longworth addresses Investment Industry Association of ...
On 2
Oct 01, 2007; ... Sluggin' Soriano Mr. September for Cubs CINCINNATI (AP) -- Alfonso Soriano set a team record when he led off Sunday's game against the Reds with a homer -- his 14th in September, the most by a Cubs player in the month. Soriano has led the Cubs' surge to their first NL Central ...
'D' determined to dominate
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Big Blue defenders say their best is yet to comeface=-Bold; By Ed Tait IT'S not about what once was -- or what is -- for a Winnipeg Blue Bomber defence looking at a deep run in November. It's about what could be. And so while their inspired ...
Stamps stick up for QBs, but slam game plan
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Michael Petrie CALGARY -- Nik Lewis is on a long list of Calgary Stampeders who believe they can win with Akili Smith and Barrick Nealy at quarterback. His concern after Saturday's 42-9 loss to the B.C. Lions is whether the team's management feels the same. "We ran a ...
Today's Bomber Report
Oct 01, 2007; ... Next: Game 14: vs. B.C., Friday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m. Oh, Canada Defensive end Tom Canada picked up his 12th sack of the season against the Ticats and is now the CFL leader, as Lions' rookie Cam Wake was kept off the sack sheet against Calgary and still sits at 11. Canada's 12 sacks ...
Moose play waiting game with roster
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; All depends on who Canucks send our wayface=-Bold; By Gary Lawless SCOTT Arniel trimmed his sails Sunday and will now have to wait for a gust from the West to push his club forward. Arniel and GM Craig Heisinger clipped eight players from the Manitoba Moose ...
Oilers' Roy shows plenty of pluck, enjoys little luck
Oct 01, 2007; ... By Dan Barnes EDMONTON -- Mathieu Roy should remember this Edmonton Oilers training camp as a nasty fight for survival. At least, the parts he can remember. The defenceman who was knocked unconscious when slammed into the end boards Saturday night by Vancouver Canucks' ...
Cor blimey! What a weekend
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Ducks earn split at 2nd sellout in the land of lager, fish and chipsface=-Bold; By Pierre LeBrun LONDON, England -- Everyone went home happy. The Los Angeles Kings got a split, the NHL sold out its first-ever regular-season games in Europe, British hockey fans ...
Could soon be lights out for Bolts and Bears
Oct 01, 2007; ... The Point After / Avi Saper THE calendar hadn't even flipped over to October when Sunday's NFL action had come to an end, but that didn't mean it wasn't time to hit the panic button for two of the teams short-listed before the season as Super Bowl contenders. The San Diego ...
Sunday roundup
Oct 01, 2007; ...Cowboys 35 Rams 7 At Irving, Texas., Tony Romo had a 15-yard touchdown run and threw touchdown passes of 59, 37 and 17 yards, turning what had been a tight game into yet another easy win for Dallas (4-0) and another frustrating loss for St. Louis (0-4). * Raiders 35 Dolphins ...
Favre greatest gunslinger
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Fires TD pass No. 421 in win over Vikes to break Marino's markface=-Bold; By Jon Krawczynski MINNEAPOLIS -- Brett Favre is No. 1 -- with a bullet. Favre broke Dan Marino's record for career touchdown passes Sunday, zipping No. 421 to Greg Jennings in the first ...
Smothering Germans defend title
Oct 01, 2007; ... SHANGHAI, China -- Germany is champion of the women's World Cup again. Behind its trademark smothering defence and a crafty save by its goalkeeper on a penalty kick, Germany defeated Brazil 2-0 in the final Sunday. It became the first women's soccer team to successfully defend its title ...
The Local Scene
Oct 01, 2007; ... On the tube Monday Night Football rolls out tonight as New England Patriots visit the Cincinnati Bengals (7:30 p.m. TSN) Today's events HOCKEY American -- Manitoba Moose practice, 10 a.m.-noon, Gateway Rec Centre. High school -- Kelvin vs. Ravenscourt 1, ...
Philly fans get chance to party
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Team infamous for collapsing clinches NL Eastface=-Bold; By Dan Gelston PHILADELPHIA -- Drenched in beer or soaked by a water hose, the celebration in the stands on Sunday was nearly as wet-and-wild as the one in Philadelphia's clubhouse. No boos. No boorish ...
Red-hot Rockies earn one-game shot at post-season play
Oct 01, 2007; ... DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies' late-season surge has set up one wild finish. The Rockies will face San Diego tonight in a one-game tiebreaker for the NL wild-card spot, forcing the playoff with a 4-3 win Sunday over the NL West champion Arizona Diamondbacks. A single by would-be ...
Jays flush another season down drain
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; Patience running out for club's stakeholdersface=-Bold; By Shi Davidi TORONTO -- The 2007 season was both a major disappointment and an all-things-considered success for the Toronto Blue Jays, who expected to be much better but could have been a lot worse. No ...
Today On Tv
Oct 01, 2007; ... Intelligence Writer-producer Chris Haddock's (DaVinci's Inquest) clever examination of the uneasy but mutually beneficial relationship between a drug lord and a top cop returns for a second season. CBC, 9 p.m. Chuck Chuck's new partners in espionage, Casey and Walker, ...
Turner joins Opry legends
Oct 01, 2007; ... NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Hank Williams. Patsy Cline. Alan Jackson. Martina McBride. And now, Josh Turner. They're all members of the Grand Ole Opry, the longest continuously running U.S. radio show. Turner was invited to join Saturday, and had no trouble accepting. During Opry Live, ...
Stars boost Little Mosque
Oct 01, 2007; ... TORONTO -- Little Mosque on the Prairie kicks off its second season Wednesday on a definite high. The show is starting to air in countries around the globe while a roster of beloved Canadian personalities is showing up this year in the fictional Prairie town of Mercy. Dave Foley ...
Gym class
Oct 01, 2007; ... face=+Bold; It pays to do your homework before committing time and money to a fitness club membershipface=-Bold; Healthy Living / Shamona Harnett YOU'VE spent your summer making the most of the outdoors -- running, walking and cycling around the sun-heated streets of ...
Bond's 'Moneypenny' dead at 80
Oct 01, 2007; ... LONDON -- Lois Maxwell, who starred as Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond movies, has died, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday. She was 80. The Canadian-born actress starred alongside Sean Connery in the first James Bond movie, Dr. No, in 1962 as the secretary to M, the head of ...
It's premature to think you're the only one
Oct 01, 2007; ... Ask Rhona / Rhona Raskin DEAR RHONA: I've met a really nice man on a singles website with whom I've had the usual "meet and greet" coffee with and tonight we're going to a movie together. There seems to be a mutual attraction, and if things progress positively and we continue seeing each ...
Ugh! Me want discover fire, burn stupid show
Oct 01, 2007; ... Watching TV / Brad Oswald THERE has been much debate, over the span of the last few TV seasons, about the death of the situation comedy. As scripted comedies continue to occupy an ever-smaller chunk of the prime-time landscape, and as the traditional ...