Winnipeg Free Press back issues from April 2008:
EDITORIAL - Toss the penny
Apr 01, 2008; ...It is good policy never to get rid of something until you remember why you had it in the first place, never to tear something down until you are sure you no longer need it. That's a cautious outlook on change in general and, in particular, it is one that some Canadians apply to the penny as ...
EDITORIAL - They once were kids
Apr 01, 2008; ...Winnipeg's streets are no stranger to crime and mayhem, but the extreme violence that erupted on the weekend has notched up the level of concern for even the most weary observer. Two men and a woman shot to death, three others wounded, in a North End home early Saturday morning. Four young ...
Sisters retrieve family's wartime history
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Occupied Garden Review by Faith Johnston In May 1940, when the Nazis invaded Holland, Dutch men donned uniforms that had hung in their closets for years, and reported to their battalions. Their defence of their country was bloody but futile. Five days and thousands of deaths ...
Focus on Israel eases as pressure on Olmert grows
Apr 01, 2008; ... Samuel SegevTEL AVIV -- In many respects the 20th Arab summit since 1946 that ended on Sunday in Damascus created an interesting precedent in the Arab world. Until now, all summits focused their attention on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The results were predictable; the ...
Have Your Say
Apr 01, 2008; ... Catalysts for downtown I would like to express my congratulations to the Friends of Upper Fort Garry for winning the right to build an interpretive centre near the old gate. I am also a proponent of more downtown living spaces, and I feel that Crystal Developers would be better off ...
Dump the penny Chicago Tribune
Apr 01, 2008; ...Chicago Tribune Nicolas Cage starred in a preposterous thriller a few years back that included a secret clue to riches -- the National Treasure of the title -- embedded on U.S. money. Turns out riches are embedded in U.S. money, specifically nickels and pennies -- and there's nothing ...
Letter of the day
Apr 01, 2008; ... Ignore scare-mongering I am sure there will be many letters to the editor decrying the senseless killing of another innocent citizen as a result of a stolen vehicle, and the necessity for increased punishments or deterrents for auto theft. I would like Manitobans to realize that there ...
Minimum wage shell game
Apr 01, 2008; ... Dan Overall It is high time this government was called out on its Marxist policies regarding the minimum wage. I'm talking Groucho, not Karl. The legendary comedian once quipped "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing ... if you can fake that you've got it made." Each ...
Lottery Numbers
Apr 01, 2008; ...In the event of a discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall ...
As a Car Guy, I make a great Blockhead
Apr 01, 2008; ... In the Doug house / Doug Speirs As part of my ongoing mission to provide in-depth reports on "stuff guys like to do," I decided to motor over to the convention centre last weekend and check out the big car show. As a professional newspaper columnist, I had legitimate ...
Death Notices
Apr 01, 2008; ...ABRAM, Clara BRESCH, Roswitha EBY, Wilfred Herbert (Fred) FROESE, Margaret. GUSTO, Michael (Mitch) HARVEY, Hazel Lillian HAZELWOOD, Sidney C. HIEBERT, Jacob HODGSON, Clinton Glyn JACOBS, Lil (Elizabeth ...
'Rebate' available, if you stay here
Apr 01, 2008; ...Recent graduates from any post-secondary institution in Canada, recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency, can receive a 60 per cent rebate on total tuition paid from the Doer government if they continue living in Manitoba. The province calls it a rebate, but you don't receive any money ...
Abusive foster parents given child: advocate
Apr 01, 2008; ... By Mia Rabson At least one child has been placed in a foster home even after another agency substantiated complaints of abuse or neglect against the foster parents, according to Manitoba Children's Advocate. Billie Schibler blamed poor computer systems and the lack of ...
Manitoba to thaw tuition freeze?
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Nick Martin The Doer government is leaning toward ending the province's nine-year tuition freeze in next week's budget, the Free Press has learned. While popular with students, the NDP's hard line against any hikes in tuition has increasingly come under fire from the ...
Feuding gangs responsible for Weston killings
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Mike McIntyre and James Turner A 15-year-old street gang member is among three people charged with first-degree murder in connection with last weekend's triple homicide at an Alexander Avenue home. Justice sources said it's further proof that gangs are using younger members to commit ...
Ahenakew reinstated
Apr 01, 2008; ...REGINA -- The decision by a First Nations group to reinstate a controversial aboriginal leader accused of promoting hatred drew swift criticism Monday from politicians and Jewish organizations. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations quietly ...
Dangerous driver seeks conditional sentence
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Mike McIntyre A Winnipeg man is trying to avoid a jail sentence for killing an innocent woman during a high-speed street race. Scott Tremblay, 24, was convicted of dangerous driving causing death following a jury trial last November. He appeared for sentencing Monday ...
Ex-RCMP commish named MP
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Andrew Mayeda OTTAWA -- Former RCMP commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli personally instructed his staff to include then-Liberal finance minister Ralph Goodale's name in a press release announcing a criminal investigation into the alleged leak of the government's decision not to tax ...
Death SUV was stolen before
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Bruce Owen and James Turner One of the stolen vehicles involved in the crash that killed a city cabbie had been stolen before, and its owners recently made plans to get an approved ignition immobilizer installed by Manitoba Public Insurance, police and justice sources said ...
In Canada
Apr 01, 2008; ...Mexico hearing soon? EDMONTON -- The lawyer for a Canadian woman who's spent more than two years in a Mexican jail without trial says he expects a judge will hold a final hearing in her case within two weeks. Lawyer Guillermo Cruz Rico of Toronto filed Brenda Martin's defence in ...
Winnipeg Free Press Poll
Apr 01, 2008; ... TODAY'S QUESTION: Do you think the province should lift the tuition freeze in the next budget? Previous Question: Do you plan to ...
Hydro chooses second wind site
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Mary Agnes Welch The hamlet of St. Joseph is the likely site of Manitoba's second wind farm, slated to be one of the biggest in Canada. Manitoba Hydro announced Monday that it is pursuing final negotiations with Calgary-based BowArk Energy, the winner of a year-long bidding ...
N.L premier knew about flaws in cancer tests?
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Tara Brautigam ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- The office of Premier Danny Williams knew there were problems with breast-cancer testing in Newfoundland months before a local newspaper broke the story, but the government didn't inform the public because it feared it would unnecessarily alarm ...
Probes continue into fishers' deaths
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Marianne White and Sandra Currell In the Magdalen Islands as well as in Ottawa, pressure was intensifying Monday for a thorough investigation into the deaths of three seal hunters last weekend and the search for the other missing crew member to resume. In the House of ...
Sealer recounts horror at sea
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Alison Auld HALIFAX -- Wayne Dickson's voice rises to a blood-curdling crescendo as he recounts the moment he realized his friend's sealing vessel, under tow behind a coast guard icebreaker, was about capsize in a treacherous icefield north of Cape Breton. "Stop the f------ ...
Canada slow on recall warnings
Apr 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Info released quicker in U.S., survey findsface=-Bold;By Sarah Schmidt OTTAWA -- Ottawa is on average five days slower at releasing information to parents about recalls of unsafe children's products than the U.S. government, a Canwest News Service survey has ...
Hands-only CPR can be effective, doctor says
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Anne-Marie Tobin TORONTO -- Chest compressions alone can be used to help if a bystander sees an adult suddenly collapse and doesn't know how to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the American Heart Association says. The statement is in this week's Circulation: Journal of the ...
Instrument failure led to hellish descent in deadly plane crash
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Dean Bennett and Lisa Arrowsmith EDMONTON -- The air crash that killed five in eastern Alberta began with high-altitude instrument failure followed by a hellish, spiralling descent at speeds that literally tore the wings from the fuselage, investigators said Monday. "The ...
Stonehenge riddle to be unearthed
Apr 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; When was monument created?face=-Bold; LONDON -- Some of England's most sacred soil is being disturbed for the first time in more than four decades. Archeologists are working to solve the enduring riddle of Stonehenge: When and why was the prehistoric monument ...
Council hopes to find land for developer
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Bartley Kives City councillors want to find a new piece of land for Crystal Developers to consider as a site for a downtown apartment building. Late last week, Crystal owner Rubin Spletzer backed away from his plan to build a 20-storey apartment tower at the corner of Fort ...
Doctor's misconduct not revealed
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Jen Skerritt THE body that regulates all Manitoba doctors refuses to disclose details of two recent investigations that deemed one physician a danger to patients and another guilty of not reporting the abuse of a child who was found murdered months later. The College of ...
Offer of job ended in attack, woman testifies
Apr 01, 2008; ... By Mike McIntyre JURORS began hearing a bizarre case Monday in which a rural Manitoba woman says she was attacked by a mysterious intruder who claimed he wanted to offer her boyfriend a job in the middle of the night. Patrick Shawn Slobodzian began his trial by pleading not ...
Suspicious powder causes lockdown
Apr 01, 2008; ...FOUR people were taken to hospital after a suspicious powder was expelled from an envelope that had gone through a sorting machine at the Revenue Canada building on Stapon Road yesterday morning. Police and emergency services received a call shortly after 10 a.m. after the large ...
Yella! helps immigrant teens tame beast
Apr 01, 2008; ... By Carol Sanders The first time Samuel Mijok saw a car, he thought it was a wild animal and hid from it. When the Sudanese refugee arrived in Winnipeg more than a decade later, he was approached by another unknown but menacing beast. Members of a street gang tried to recruit ...
In Brief
Apr 01, 2008; ... Uncle dies after fatal fire THE 57-year-old uncle of three boys killed in a Pukatawagan trailer fire has died in Winnipeg, RCMP said. Simon Nicholas, who was found near the mobile home's front door and pulled out by firefighters, died in Winnipeg on March 28, Sgt. Line Karpish ...
Grain sales feared at risk
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Larry Kusch Legislation before Parliament to end the Canadian Wheat Board's barley sales monopoly is creating uncertainty among buyers that could lead to lost Prairie sales, the board's departing chairman said Monday. Ken Ritter stepped down last week as CWB chairman at the ...
The battle is over: Let's now decide the peace
Apr 01, 2008; ... Gordon Sinclair Jr. What now? I mean, what now that the Friends of Upper Fort Garry have more time -- and all the land they need -- to create a heritage park and interpretive centre worthy of the birthplace of Manitoba? Jerry Gray, the Friend I called Monday for an answer, is ...
Around The World
Apr 01, 2008; ... U.S. enemy No. 1: Iran WASHINGTON -- China has replaced North Korea as one of the top three U.S. enemies, according to a poll of Americans. Iran topped the list, with 25 per cent naming it when asked which country is the greatest U.S. enemy, according to the Gallup Poll. Iraq ...
Canada records growth spurt
Apr 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Manufacturing, auto sector spur rebound; Economist predicts country to skirt recessionface=-Bold;By Julian Beltrame OTTAWA -- The economy is showing remarkable resiliency in the face of a sharp U.S. slowdown as Canada's gross domestic product rebounded strongly in ...
U.S. Federal Reserve an uber cop under proposal
Apr 01, 2008; ... By Jeannine Aversa WASHINGTON -- It's a Herculean task: revamping a financial regulatory system dating back to the Civil War to deal with 21st-century crises imperiling the country. Under an ambitious Bush administration plan, the U.S. Federal Reserve would take on the unwieldy ...
Commodities hit record high in February
Apr 01, 2008; ...By John Morrissy OTTAWA -- Commodity prices pushed to a new record high in February, driven by an "explosive" gain in wheat prices, and will be supported in coming months by surging coal and potash prices, Scotiabank said in its monthly commodity price report. While opinions ...
Billionaire to back Bitove's bid in wireless spectrum auction
Apr 01, 2008; ...TORONTO -- Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen has agreed to back investor John Bitove's attempt to gain a position in the Canadian wireless industry during the spectrum auction in May. On Monday, investment firm Data Audio-Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc., headed by ...
Manitoba a leader in year-over-year earnings growth
Apr 01, 2008; ... OTTAWA -- The average weekly earnings of employees on the payroll inched up 0.6 per cent or $4.30 from December 2007 to reach $785.14 in January this year, according to preliminary findings by Statistics Canada. Average weekly earnings rose 3.0 per cent year-on-year, the federal agency ...
Business Watch
Apr 01, 2008; ...Dell slashes jobs, costs ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Dell Inc. said Monday it will save as much as US$3 billion over the next three years as it cuts costs and lays off workers, with measures including closing a desktop manufacturing facility in Austin. The world's No. 2 computer maker ...
Monsanto plans growth with $863-M seed deal
Apr 01, 2008; ...ST. LOUIS -- Monsanto Co. announced Monday it reached an agreement to buy Netherlands-based De Ruiter Seeds Group BV for roughly US$863 million, a deal that would greatly expand Monsanto's reach in the vegetable seed market. Monsanto, the world's biggest seed company, deals largely in ...
Ford reopening Essex plant; 300 laid-off workers recalled
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Chris Vander DoelenWINDSOR, Ont. -- Three hundred of Ford of Canada's laid-off employees in Windsor, Ont., will be called back to work by late 2009 to produce parts for a new engine -- to be assembled elsewhere -- as part of new investment announced by the company on ...
Today on TV
Apr 01, 2008; ... The Biggest Loser: Couples Back away from the barbie, mates! In this new episode, the five remaining contestants take a trip to Australia, where they learn the road to the final four goes around Sydney and culminates in a climb of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. NBC. 7 p.m. Hell's ...
Close quarters for married soldiers
Apr 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Policy change aimed at boosting U.S. enlistmentface=-Bold;By Bradley Brooks and Russ Bynum BAGHDAD -- When American soldiers get off duty in Iraq, the men usually return to their quarters, the women to theirs. But Staff Sgt. Marvin Frazier gets to go back to a ...
Jury rules Anna Nicole Smith's son died of accidental drug overdose
Apr 01, 2008; ... NASSAU, Bahamas -- A Bahamas jury ruled Monday that Anna Nicole Smith's son died from an accidental drug overdose, just like his mother. The seven-member jury, which deliberated for less than two hours, recommended no criminal charges in the September 2006 death of 20-year-old Daniel ...
Gifford back on TV as anchor on Today
Apr 01, 2008; ...NEW YORK -- Kathie Lee Gifford will soon be back on TV's early shift. The former co-star of the syndicated Live talk show will join NBC's Today next Monday. She will be teamed with Hoda Kotb, a current anchor of the program's seven-month-old fourth hour, which airs live at 9 ...
Five titles in running for Dafoe Book Prize
Apr 01, 2008; ... FIVE titles are up for this year's Dafoe Book Prize. Nominations for the prestigious $10,000 award, which honours the best non-fiction book about Canada and its place in the world, were released Monday. The nominated books are: At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the Great War, ...
Giant bid wins huge King Kong poster at auction
Apr 01, 2008; ... CALABASAS, Calif. -- An oversized six-sheet poster for the 1933 film classic King Kong fetched $345,000 to top all items at a two-day auction of Hollywood memorabilia. The auction, put on March 27 and 28 by Profiles in History, raised $4.1 million from the sale of more than 1,100 ...
Canada's Worst Driver needs more road fodder
Apr 01, 2008; ... Let's face it: Winnipeg has some bad drivers. If you know one, or are brave enough to admit your incompetence behind a steering wheel, then the producers of the Discovery Channel television show Canada's Worst Driver want to hear from you. The fourth instalment of the series is ...
TSX gains amid volatility
Apr 01, 2008; ...VOLATILITY was the name of the game on Bay Street on Monday, as positive sentiment for financial stocks battled less favourable feelings for resource holdings, resulting at the end of the day a gain of more than 100 points in the Toronto Stock Exchange's main benchmark. The S&P/TSX ...
Physician, reveal thyself
Apr 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Five doctors candidly answer burning questions, from the best time to visit the ER to patients' worst health habitsface=-Bold;By Tom Spears OTTAWA -- You sit in the doctor's waiting room and wonder. We all do, right? What if the doctor doesn't take me ...
Cosby coming to town
Apr 01, 2008; ... Hey, hey, hey -- Bill Cosby, the voice of Fat Albert and one of America's most popular comedians, will try to scare up some laughs when he performs at the Centennial Concert Hall Oct. 31. Ticket information wasn't available yesterday. R B vocalist Jully Black ...
Tell husband's insensitive family you feel left out of the conversation
Apr 01, 2008; ...Ask Rhona / Rhona Raskin DEAR RHONA: My husband's family speaks a second language, although all of them are fluent in English. When we get together they converse in the other language. I feel left out, bored and hurt. My spouse does not switch to English and/or encourage others to do ...
Proposed satellite radio merger threatens Canadian content
Apr 01, 2008; ...OTTAWA -- The flow of Canadian content to an estimated million consumers across the country could be cut in half if the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio in the United States goes ahead. Such a union would likely force the satellite broadcaster's Canadian ...
Showbits
Apr 01, 2008; ... Today in music history In 1984, Motown recording star Marvin Gaye was shot to death in Los Angeles by his father, Marvin Gay Sr. Gaye was one of Motown's most consistent hitmakers throughout the '60s and '70s, thanks in part to his duets with Tammi Terrell and his own I Heard It Through ...
Following painful FOOTSTEPS
Apr 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; Clay-shoe exhibit raising awareness, funds for children devastated by warface=-Bold; By Martin Zeilig CAUGHT in the frozen folds of a sheet of laminated paper, an unglazed, child-sized ceramic shoe is being lifted into the air by six lifelike artificial butterflies ...
Winnipeg Music Festival
Apr 01, 2008; ... TUDOR BOWL Winner: Aran Matsuda Runner-Up: Caitlin Wood STEWART M. THOMSON TROPHY Winner: Samuel Anthony Runner-Up: Matthew Fogel HAROLD L. SCARTH MEMORIAL TROPHY Winner: Mathieu Bourrier Runner-Up: Austin Feltham WINNIPEG ...
Today's Horoscope
Apr 01, 2008; ... face=+Bold; By Georgia Nicolsface=-Bold; Georgia Nicols MOON ALERT We have the All Clear today to shop and make important decisions. The moon is in Aquarius. ARIES (March 21-April 19)This is the perfect year for you to play an April fools joke on someone ....
On 2
Apr 01, 2008; ...Buono will lead Lions into the future VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Lions and head coach/GM Wally Buono agreed to a contract extension on Monday. "Wally's accomplishments over the past 30 years as a player, coach and GM speak for themselves," Lions president and CEO Bob Ackles said in a ...
Grassie takes mixed crown
Apr 01, 2008; ...By Allan Besson Sean Grassie and Kyle Werenich locked horns in the final of the Meyers Norris Penny Manitoba Mixed Curling Championship Monday at the East St. Paul Curling Club, with Grassie taking home the spoils when all the granite cleared. Grassie and his Deer Lodge rink of ...
Intensity works better on the field than in life
Apr 01, 2008; ...Doug Brown The Adam "Pacman" Jones story is one that every professional football player has been forced to contend with at one point or another during his career: the quandary of how to react to someone joining your football team who has had multiple transgressions with the law and who ...