Winnipeg Free Press back issues from January 2008:
Billboard
Jan 02, 2008; ... Winnipeg Humane Society is in urgent need of canned cat food. Drop off at 45 Hurst Way, 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call 982-2035 or visit www.winnipeghumanesociety.ca. Forum Art Institute winter classes start Jan. 14. Registration ...
Growing Older
Jan 02, 2008; ... Age & Opportunity Inc. provides pertinent information about a wide range of services for seniors and links or refers them to the network of programs that exist in the community. Call 956-6440 for information on the following services: * Age & Opportunity St. Vital Senior Centre ...
Teen fatally stabbed at party
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; New Year's Eve Selkirk bash turns deadly during 'ruckus'face=-Bold; By Carol Sanders and Meghan Hurley SELKIRK -- A young athlete was stabbed to death early Tuesday at a house party where he brought in the new year with friends and teammates. Mike Woloshyn, ...
Have Your Say
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; face=-Bold; Well done, Joe and FP! The front page Boxing Day photo essay by Joe Bryksa of the visitors to the Siloam Mission (Gift of food brings joy to hundreds and the subsequent slideshow) moved me to tears. I have never seen a more respectful, loving tribute to ...
EDITORIAL - Saving our history
Jan 02, 2008; ...FIFTY years from now, when historians begin the task of trying to understand the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, they may find they have less information to work with than they do in researching most of his predecessors. It's not that the Harper regime isn't producing mountains of ...
Letter of the day
Jan 02, 2008; ... Give policy a fair chance In response to Alexandra Paul's Dec. 26 article, New policy a bad call, bus drivers complain, I would like to ask our city bus drivers to give this new policy a fair chance. Regular passengers may find announcements distracting at first, but does it compare to ...
Winnipeg Free Press Poll
Jan 02, 2008; ...TODAY'S QUESTION: Will the one percentage point reduction in the GST have an impact on your spending plans? Previous question:How ...
EDITORIAL - Give city its due
Jan 02, 2008; ...PREMIER Gary Doer says he's surprised the City of Winnipeg is still having trouble making ends meet, considering the generous grants the province has given the city over the years. In a year-end interview, the premier went on to say he doubted the city would ever be happy, no matter how much ...
Fourth term likely within Doer's reach
Jan 02, 2008; ... Curtis Brown PREMIER Gary Doer became the undisputed king of the political mountain in 2007, yet what takes place in 2008 will largely determine how long he might stay there. While the May 2007 election -- which brought Doer and his New Democratic Party a rare and historic third ...
Inner-city inspirations
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Vieux-Montreal shows what the Exchange District might beface=-Bold; Tom Ford MONTREAL -- If you're at all interested in inner-city development, there's no better education than to wander around this city's old district. But you have to be careful in ...
Lottery Numbers
Jan 02, 2008; ...In the event of a discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail. PICK 3 Winning number Tuesday was 291. Winning ...
Did police fail, or society?
Jan 02, 2008; ... Marlo Campbell IF the latest statistics are any indication, the Winnipeg Police Service's decision to release the names of those caught drinking and driving failed to have the desired effect. Week four of the WPS's Festive Checkstop Program saw 15 people charged with impaired ...
Death Notices
Jan 02, 2008; ...ADAIR, Margaret Edward. ALBERTO, Victorina Racca. ANDERSON, Mary (Mrs. A). ARNASON, Brad. BERGERON (née LAPOINTE), Shirley. BEVERLY, Eleanor Jane (El-Jane). BRITTS, Burnace. BYZUK, Jack David. DELARONDE, Mary ...
Perfect storm results from word surge
Jan 02, 2008; ... By Jeff Karoub DETROIT -- Resist the urge to say you will "wordsmith" your list of New Year's resolutions rather than write one. It's one of the 19 words or phrases that appear in Lake Superior State University's annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, ...
Our Mistake
Jan 02, 2008; ... At article published Saturday gave an incorrect phone number ...
Sports fans aim for world record
Jan 02, 2008; ... NEW YORK -- On your mark. Get set. Watch! For many sports fans, New Year's Day means lounging around the living room and watching college football with a bag of potato chips. Four people began putting their laziness to the test Tuesday in the ESPN Zone Ultimate Couch Potato ...
City's first baby of '08 a boy from Tadoule Lake
Jan 02, 2008; ... By Carol Sanders HE was only hours old when he met the media, but Winnipeg's New Year's baby already had a lot going for him. Jayden Thomas Tony David Thom-Duck has an impressive name, an amazing head of hair and a large and loving family who welcomed his arrival at 12:10 a.m ....
Out with old, in with new a real pain when tubing TV set
Jan 02, 2008; ... By Joe Paraskevas MANY Manitobans were delighted to find the latest electronic equipment under the tree on Christmas morning. But they won't be quite as delighted when they try to dispose of their old televisions and computers. There is more to recycling cathode-ray tubes or ...
Last-minute GST adjustments
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Companies leave cash register changes until Jan. 1face=-Bold; By Aldo Santin BUSINESS operators had 18 months to get ready for another one-point reduction in the GST but, human nature being what it is, some left it to the last minute. "The changes to ...
Maritimes feeling under the weather
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; It's situation-normal again; storm after storm after stormface=-Bold; By James Keller HALIFAX -- It was shaping up to be a blustery start to 2008 for Atlantic Canadians as yet another storm headed for the region Tuesday, promising to dump heavy snow on an area that ...
Polar bear swim proves deadly for man in B.C.
Jan 02, 2008; ... FOR hundreds of hardy souls across the country, New Year's Day means an icy dip in a nearby lake, river or ocean at the annual polar bear swim, but the fun turned tragic for one swimmer in British Columbia. The annual swim at Gyro Park in the southeastern B.C. city of Trail was marred as ...
Layton plans for election gains in '08
Jan 02, 2008; ... By Mike De Souza OTTAWA -- New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton is hoping to inspire an orange wave across Canada during a general election in 2008 to change the country's direction on fighting global warming, the war in Afghanistan and reducing the gap between Canadians who make the ...
Around Canada
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; face=-Bold; Canadian diplomat dead OTTAWA -- Bright, charming, and well spoken, Georgess-Henri Blouin was a born diplomat. A member of Canada's foreign service for 36 years, Blouin and his family travelled to all corners of the globe, rubbing elbows with the who's ...
Fallen soldier saluted on Facebook
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Friends, family pay tribute to gunnerface=-Bold; By Pat Hewitt TORONTO -- A sombre ceremony will be held at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ont., today as the body of the latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan returns home, while people who knew him salute their ...
Pakistan vote delayed until February
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; 'Impossible' to hold it on Jan. 8 in wake of Bhutto assasssinationface=-Bold; By Matthew Fisher ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani officials said they would announce later today a February date for general elections, postponing the crucial Jan. 8 vote in the chaotic ...
Gold-medal chef tries Beijing
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Winnipegger plans to open Japanese restaurant in China's capitalface=-Bold; By Bartley Kives THE 2008 Olympics are still eight months away, but Manitoba is already sending one of its best competitors to Beijing. Makoto Ono, the young Winnipeg chef named ...
Transit drivers calling the stops
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; New practice could be boon -- or distractionface=-Bold; By Chris Webb "HUDSON Bay!" "University!" "Sherbrook!" That's the new sound of Winnipeg Transit buses, where Tuesday marked the first day when drivers had to call out upcoming bus stops ...
Musical display lights up Forks
Jan 02, 2008; ...By Meghan Hurley THOUSANDS of people bundled in winter clothing huddled together at The Forks on New Year's Eve to watch a pyro-musical put on by the best fireworks company in the world. Archangel Fireworks, a Winnipeg company that won first place at the Celebration of Light ...
Privacy resolutions for 2008
Jan 02, 2008; ...Brian T. D. Bowman THREATS to Manitobans' privacy rights will grow in 2008 unless we resolve to do more to protect personal information in this New Year. "Heightened national security concerns, the growing business appetite for personal information and technological advances are ...
'07 was one loonie year!
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; But there were many other headline grabbers in business worldface=-Bold; By Andrew Flynn TORONTO -- There was no topping the loonie as Canada's biggest business news story in 2007: the currency's rapid rise above the U.S. dollar had an impact so broad it affected ...
Dodge put own stamp on Canada
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Former deputy finance minister slew deficits, ]boosted dollarface=-Bold; By Jacqueline Thorpe HE wears a big furry trooper hat, speaks in a peculiar gravelly drawl, and resolutely smokes a pipe. In an Ottawa full of faceless bureaucrats and slick politicians, David ...
Market gains for year slack off
Jan 02, 2008; ... What the brokers say TORONTO -- The Toronto stock market drifted to a flat close Monday, with many investors glad to see the end of a year that yielded an unspectacular single-digit gain amid concerns about what further damage could be in store from the imploding U.S. housing ...
Shooting victim in hospital
Jan 02, 2008; ... AN 18-year-old man was in hospital Tuesday night after being shot in his lower body on Aberdeen Avenue. The man was conveyed to hospital in unstable condition after he was shot around 3:30 a.m. in front of 683 Aberdeen Avenue. An area of Aberdeen between McKenzie Street and Parr ...
CEOs the modern-day robber barons
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Big bosses make more in 9 hours than Joe Canadian makes all yearface=-Bold; By Julian Beltrame OTTAWA -- It's 10:33 a.m. on the first day of work following New Year's Day. Do you know how much your boss has earned so far this year? If he's a top Canadian CEO ...
Dangerous high-speed chase ends in Brandon
Jan 02, 2008; ... BRANDON -- Four people are in custody after leading police on a dangerous high-speed chase through Brandon streets on Tuesday morning. The pursuit began on the Trans-Canada Highway at around 11 a.m., when a west-bound truck was called in as a possible impaired driver by a passing ...
In Brief
Jan 02, 2008; ... Car crash injures man A 22-year-old man was in hospital in serious condition Tuesday following a car crash that left the Pontiac Sunfire he was driving wrapped around cement posts on Ellice Avenue. Police said Tuesday that around 2:30 a.m., a vehicle travelling eastbound on ...
Robber fires shot at corner store
Jan 02, 2008; ... An attempted robbery of a Weston-area corner store on New Year's Eve turned even more violent when the would-be robber fired a shot at the front of the building. Police believe shortly before 11 a.m. Monday someone walked into Kelly's Food Market at 1498 Elgin Ave. West with a ...
Ambassadors need new digs
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; North End group soon out in coldface=-Bold; By Gabrielle Giroday HE knows he could be hitting golf balls right now. But this former 24-year police veteran who's had two knee replacements is here on New Year's Day, in an otherwise silent Selkirk Avenue ...
'I think this city is moving forward'
Jan 02, 2008; ... by Chris Webb and Tania Kohut Zach Regiec, Red River College student I'm always optimistic about our city because without hope there is not really much else. Hope keeps you focused. Things are improving. I just wish the politicians, thinkers, academics, and the well-to-do's could ...
Million-plus flood Times Square
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Revellers turn out in force around globeface=-Bold; NEW YORK -- More than a million revellers in Times Square cheered as the giant crystal ball made its 100th drop Monday night and a ton of confetti rained down on the urban canyon, ushering in the new year. A century ...
Jean has high praise for troops
Jan 02, 2008; ... GOVERNOR-GENERAL Michaëlle Jean touched on the war in Afghanistan, argued for the need of solidarity at home and abroad and celebrated the 400-year anniversary of the founding of Quebec City in a New Year's message to the nation. In a week that saw the 74th Canadian soldier die in ...
Happy marriage means less stress
Jan 02, 2008; ... By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Just in time for New Year's resolutions, a new study underscores that a solid relationship may be good for your health. Researchers at the University of California's Los Angeles and Davis campuses have found that women in happy ...
Nothing like halitosis to come between friends
Jan 02, 2008; ...The Doctor Game /W. Gifford Jones MD. ARE you having trouble getting a second date? Do you see friends backing away when you're speaking to them. Or has your faithful dog started to sit on the other side of the room. If so, you may be suffering from halitosis. But before you lose your ...
Fewer calories in, more calories out
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Little changes dump big pounds and can be easier to keep offface=-Bold; By Amy Bertrand SOMETIMES simple changes can bring about big results. When it comes to losing weight, more often than not it's all about numbers. "Simply think of your body ...
Winnipeggers' sunny side up
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; They're upbeat about city's future and their own finances, poll findsface=-Bold; By Larry Kusch NEARLY 80 per cent of Winnipeggers are optimistic about the economic future of their city, and 85 per cent of Manitobans feel they're doing as well or better financially ...
City's commodity exchange has been put on ICE
Jan 02, 2008; ... By Larry Kusch A slice of Winnipeg's history has been put on ICE. Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), which bought the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange this past summer, announced Monday that it is changing the name of the commodity market to ICE Futures Canada. The ...
For Canadians, Black's downfall was fascinating
Jan 02, 2008; ... By Romina Maurino TORONTO -- The spectacular fall of Lord Conrad Black of Crossharbour from bestselling author, larger-than-life businessman and multimillionaire media tycoon to convicted felon has made him Canada's 2007 Business Newsmaker of the Year, as chosen in the annual survey by ...
Pardubice knows hockey; gambling and porn popular, too
Jan 02, 2008; ... Randy Turner PARDUBICE, Czech Republic -- It took only minutes, after finally stumbling into my hotel late Christmas Eve, to realize this reeked of hockey. And history. I'd gotten the last room at the inn that night, in a city that had already gone to sleep, and when the hotel ...
Who's tired? Moose win again
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Manitoba sweeps Monsters with gritty effort on home iceface=-Bold; By Tim Campbell IT was a tall order, playing five games in six days in four different cities. Now the Manitoba Moose, after extracting three wins out of such an ordeal, have another tough ...
Highlight Reel
Jan 02, 2008; ...Moose 4 Lake Erie 2 First Period Moose rookie Michael Grabner scores for a fourth straight game, wiring a one-timer from the slot during a power play, to put the home team ahead again. Monsters Jamie Lundmark replies with a bit of a floater from the high slot that goes in off ...
On 2
Jan 02, 2008; ... SPRINTER Justin Gatlin got his doping ban reduced, but not by enough to make him eligible to defend his Olympic 100-metre title this year. An arbitration panel, in a 53-page ruling released Tuesday, reduced the 25-year-old sprinter's eight-year ban to four. With the ban set to expire May ...
Here's hoping Patriots can finally silence Shula, '72 Dolphins
Jan 02, 2008; ... Doug Brown MOST football fans watched the New England Patriots complete the perfect regular season in come-from-behind fashion Saturday night against the New York Giants. Many wanted the Patriots to win this game so they could experience gridiron history. Fewer of us watched it ...
Life just peachy for Mason, Canada's new go-to guy
Jan 02, 2008; ... By Randy Turner PARDUBICE, Czech Republic -- How's this for coming out of nowhere? Check that. Grimsby. Because don't look now, but Team Canada's last line of defence -- perhaps the linchpin of their gold-medal hopes at the 2008 World Junior Hockey Championship -- is a ...
He grew up in the 'Peg but he's true to U.S. roots
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Carey Wilson's son Colin leads WJHC in goalsface=-Bold; By Randy Turner PARDUBICE, Czech Republic -- He played shinny on his backyard rink in Fort Garry, like countless other Winnipeg kids. He attended Vincent Massey Collegiate and all his minor hockey days ...
Manning still chasing first post-season win
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Will good or bad Eli show up against Bucs?face=-Bold; By Tom Canavan EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The great unknown for the New York Giants in the playoffs is Eli Manning. If Manning performs the way he did against the New England Patriots this past weekend and ...
Around The NFL
Jan 02, 2008; ... Injury-depleted Steelers brace for Jaguars PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin keeps erasing names on that depth chart on his office wall. Many teams list players three deep at most positions, but the Steelers can't begin to do that. Two-deep? Can't do ...
Mismatch tarnished Rose Bowl
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Fighting Illini were in over their heads against Trojansface=-Bold; The Point After / Avi Saper MANY observers didn't think the Illinois deserved to be playing in yesterday's Rose Bowl against USC. It looks like they were right. The most-inspired performance ...
The local scene
Jan 02, 2008; ... On the tube Hockey: World Junior Championship -- Quarter-finals (9 a.m., 1 p.m., TSN). NHL Hockey: New York Rangers vs. Calgary Flames (8 p.m., TSN). Today's events HOCKEY Manitoba Junior -- Portage Terriers at Dauphin Kings, 7:30 p.m.; Winnipeg South Blues at ...
Team West looking to knock off Russia
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Semi berth at stake for Glennie, teammatesface=-Bold; By Ashley Prest TEAM West assistant coach Chris Yaschyshyn calls the 2008 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge "the best kept secret in Canada during the world juniors." Eleven Manitoba players know exactly ...
Crosby caps Winter Classic
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Pens star scores shootout winner in the snow, with 71,217 watchingface=-Bold; By Bruce Arthur ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Sidney Crosby stood alone under the lights, under a darkening plum-coloured sky, and under the eyes of the boisterous -- and suddenly uneasy -- crowd ...
Today on TV
Jan 02, 2008; ...Glutton for Punishment In the season opener of this series host Bob Blumer travels to Scotland to take part in one of the weirdest food competitions in the world, haggis hurling. Food Network Canada, 9:30 p.m. Power of 10 Drew Carey returns as host of this prime-time ...
Goren Bridge
Jan 02, 2008; ...Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch Neither vulnerable. East deals. NORTH 9 5 3 © K J 6 ® Q J 9 8 4 2 ß A WEST EASTK 8 2 A 7 © 10 7 3 © Q 4 2 ® 6 5 3 ® A K 7 ß K 10 7 5 ß Q J 9 4 2 ...
Same old Tommy
Jan 02, 2008; ...HALIFAX -- Tommy Hunter is stuck in the past -- but that's exactly where he wants to be. The iconic country musician, who hosted The Tommy Hunter Show on CBC for nearly three decades, says he can't pluck songs from the music charts to add to his repertoire, nor can he reinvent himself ...
Video games ready for prime time
Jan 02, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Thriving industry hoping to capitalize on American TV writers' strikeface=-Bold; By Derrik J. Lang NEW YORK -- Who says there's nothing new on your TV? Not video gamers. As the Hollywood writers strike drags on, the video game industry is hoping a ...
Showbits
Jan 02, 2008; ...Today in music history In 1971, George Harrison became the first former Beatle to hit No. 1 on the U.S. album chart. The LP was All Things Must Pass. Born this day * Isaac Asimov, 1920 * Roger Miller, 1936 * Tia Carrere, 1966 * Cuba Gooding Jr., ...