Winnipeg Free Press back issues from May 2008:
Cultural event's cutting-edge lineup isn't stuck in historical rut
May 01, 2008; ...By Cheryl Binning Some of the biggest names in modern-day Icelandic music, art and dance are heading to Winnipeg for the second annual Núna (now) festival, which opens on Tuesday. The eight-day multidisciplinary festival celebrates the artistic and cultural connection between ...
It's hard to believe the Democrats could lose
May 01, 2008; ...By Dick Polman If the Democrats somehow contrive to blow this presidential election, they should be consigned to the dustbin of history -- or to a display case at the Smithsonian, where perhaps they can share space with the Whigs. Seriously, think about it. The economy is ...
concerts
May 01, 2008; ... Trooper May 1, Mybar, 9 p.m. Classic rock band who promised they weren't here for a long time, but are still around. Tickets $17.50 at 694-SHOW, Canad Inns Transcona. Wilco May 2, Burton Cummings Theatre, 8 p.m. Chicago alt-country noise-makers play make-up date after ...
this week in the clubs
May 01, 2008; ... ROCK CAVERN (112 Osborne, downstairs): Basement rock room at Toad In The Hole pub. Thursday: Vincat Haunter, Tigerrr Beat. Friday: Pushing Daisies. Saturday: Freaky Circles. COWBOYS (1034 Elizabeth, 253-2641): Live rock and recorded Top 40 at the Windsor ...
15 seconds with...Queens of the Stone Age
May 01, 2008; ... The gig: Queens of the Stone Age, Wednesday, Burton Cummings Theatre. With Mugison. The goods: This California neo-stoner riff-rock band, led by Josh Homme, makes its second visit to the city in under a year in support of its latest slab o' fuzz, Era Vulgaris, which refers to the Latin ...
theatre / arts
May 01, 2008; ...Wayne Arthur Gallery Truth & Interpretation by Dave Maddocks, opening reception tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m., 186 Provencher Blvd. Winnipeg Art Gallery Futurism and After: David Burlick, to July 20; Illuminating the Word: The Saint John's Bible, to June 8; Gu Xiong: Red ...
paparazzi
May 01, 2008; ... with Dinah Clarkson Who needs family portraits when you have paparazzi? Don't let anyone tell you being part of a celebrity family is easy. This according to Ryan Phillippe in U.K.'s The Times magazine, where he says that in the early days of marriage and fatherhood, which pretty ...
Top 10
May 01, 2008; ... Weekend movies in Canada 1. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay -- $2,357,876 2. Forbidden Kingdom -- $1,109,822 3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall -- $957,828 4. Baby Mama -- $841,414 5. 21 -- $425,089 6. 88 Minutes -- $394,351 7. Nim's ...
movies
May 01, 2008; ... with Alison Gillmor Recommended: MARRIED LIFE Globe. PG Falling somewhere between sophisticated drawing-room comedy and dark film noir, this examination of desire, deception and the mysteries of married life features a perfectly balanced cast (Chris Cooper, ...
Sega's unforced errors knock tennis title off the court
May 01, 2008; ...By Nick Lewis As someone who was raised in a tennis household where Wimbledon, the French Open, the Australian Open and the U.S. Open might as well have been bank holidays, I am an immense fan of Sega's Virtua Tennis 3, a brilliant sports title that allows you to play as or against ...
siteseeing
May 01, 2008; ... with Anthony Augustine Over the Hills www.heavy.com/channel/216823 The Hills is not only one of MTV's most watched shows, it's the only program on the network that has spawned its own parody. Created by Heavy.com, Over the Hills is a brilliant word-for-word remake of the ...
Roger, Wilco
May 01, 2008; ...by Rob Williams Thirteen just might be Wilco's lucky number. In 13 years, 13 different people can say they've been in the Chicago-based band led by Jeff Tweedy. The frequent lineup changes have coincided with overhauls in the band's musical direction, which has touched on ...
Vampire Weekend ready to graduate from college
May 01, 2008; ...By Jake Coyle INDIO, Calif. -- After a flood of hype, Vampire Weekend hopes the storm is over. "At this point, we feel like we're a normal band," said singer and songwriter Ezra Koenig before the band's performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last ...
Musician Colin Hay still a man at work
May 01, 2008; ... By David Hiltbrand Growing up in Scotland, and after he moved to Australia with his family as a teenager, Colin Hay was always a keen observer and admirer of American culture. So he was more than a little shocked when he came to the United States for the first time in 1982, ...
Sneaky Scarlet's secret revealed
May 01, 2008; ... By Derrik J. Lan LOS ANGELES -- Scarlet may look like a new TV show and act like a new TV show -- but it's no new TV show. Despite mounting a big-budget advertising campaign and building some online buzz, the seemingly real TV series starring model-actress Natassia Malthe is ...
Have Your Say
May 01, 2008; ... Hitting a new low It is sad to see how this once great and fine newspaper, the Winnipeg Free Press, has fallen to new lows. The latest example is the Free Press's contemptible attempt to keep alive its self-created controversy about the hiring of Phil Sheegl for the director of ...
Letter of the Day
May 01, 2008; ...System needs overhaul How many people have to be injured or killed by youth criminals before we get serious about doing something? Will it take the killing of a high-profile member of society? It is apparent that our current system is not working to punish or rehabilitate these young ...
The whole truth
May 01, 2008; ...A Public Utilities Board hearing into a Manitoba Hydro rate application last month showed why Manitobans deserve an independent review of the Doer government's decision to waste at least $410 million to move a planned transmission line from the east to the west side of Manitoba. At the ...
Winnipeg Free Press Poll
May 01, 2008; ...TODAY'S QUESTION: Do you think the Bombers' first-round pick of University of Regina offensive lineman Brendon LaBatt will make a difference this season? Previous ...
Editorial - Biofuel for thought
May 01, 2008; ...A proposal that would require that all gasoline sold in Canada have a five per cent ethanol content by the year 2010 is considered to be the crown jewel of the Conservative government's environment policy to combat global warming. When it was proposed, it was not just the Tories who ...
Chutzpah
May 01, 2008; ... David O'Brien About two years ago in New York City, Harlem to be exact, a three-minute video was shown to over 1,000 influential people, including many heads of state and business leaders from around the world. The VIPs were there at the invitation of the Clinton Global ...
Living the double life in Hogtown and River City
May 01, 2008; ... Nicholas Hirst When I first came to Winnipeg more than 11 years ago, I almost bought a loft in the Ashdown Warehouse on Bannatyne Avenue. I appreciated how the building had been renovated for a new use and how it had brought people downtown and I loved the airy, spacious apartments with ...
Deaths
May 01, 2008; ...BARSALOU, Monique. BERG, Al (Alden). BROWNLEE, Donald. CARTER, Patricia. CHILTON, Bentley Alexander. CUNNINGHAM, Philip. DEMKEY, Norma Catherine. FERGUSON (née ROOT), Alice Louise Eileen. GAMBLE, Denzil W. GREGORASCHUK, ...
Lotteries
May 01, 2008; ... In the event of a discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail. PICK 3 Winning number Wednesday was 966. EXTRA Winning number Wednesday for the main prize of ...
Budget law to receive overhaul
May 01, 2008; ...The Doer government wants to overhaul its balanced-budget legislation so Manitobans get a clearer picture of the province's finances. Finance Minister Greg Selinger tabled a bill Wednesday that picks up on a long-standing recommendation from the province's auditor general to use ...
Daytime TV: It's not a good thing
May 01, 2008; ... In the Doug house / Doug Speirs I'd like to begin today by sharing this deeply held personal belief: "AAARRRGGGHHH!" I base this heartfelt expression of inner angst on the fact that I am slowly descending into madness. This is because for the last two weeks ...
Street gang member's body found in woody area
May 01, 2008; ...By Mike McIntyre A Winnipeg street gang member has been found dead on the outskirts of the city just days after being released from jail and tasting freedom for the first time in five years. RCMP are treating the death of Anthony Dwayne Prince as "suspicious," a spokeswoman ...
Manitoba Conservatives call province's tax rate 'an insult'
May 01, 2008; ...By Bruce Owen Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives used Canada's midnight tax-filing deadline to highlight what they call the huge personal tax burden carried by Manitobans. Tory finance critic Rick Borotsik said Wednesday in a news briefing and during question period that the ...
Next election: June 14, 201
May 01, 2008; ...By Bruce Owen and Mary Agnes Welch Manitobans head to the polls June 14, 2011. That's according to surprise legislation Premier Gary Doer unveiled Wednesday that sets Manitoba's provincial election dates and tweaks campaign and party spending rules. Also included in the package ...
Computer glitch lengthens tax deadline, unless you owe
May 01, 2008; ... By Alexandra Paul A computer glitch has forced the federal taxman to give Canadians six days' grace to file their returns online. But the extension to midnight May 6 won't apply to those who owe Ottawa money. For those who had to pay up, that tax payment had to be posted by ...
Tory MLA unfairly tarred as racist: leader
May 01, 2008; ...By Mary Agnes Welch The Doer government has twisted an innocent heckle into an excuse to tar a Conservative MLA as racist, Tory Leader Hugh McFadyen charged Wednesday. A minor rumpus previously confined to the blogosphere erupted onto the floor of the Manitoba legislature ...
Witnesses intimidated, court told
May 01, 2008; ... By Mike McIntyre Members of Winnipeg street gangs are trying to prevent potential witnesses from testifying against them in court after last month's deadly stolen car crash on Portage Avenue. "There is significant and serious witness intimidation going on," Crown attorney Liz ...
Time to protect the public: police chief
May 01, 2008; ...By James Turner If they think it's a game, then the rules need to change. So says Winnipeg's top cop, who spoke out Wednesday about the culture of young chronic car thieves who endanger the lives of police and the public while playing their favourite game of "grab and smash" ...
Residential schools Lawsuit eyed over rejected claims
May 01, 2008; ...By Mia Rabson OTTAWA -- The federal government will likely face a class-action lawsuit from residential school survivors whose claims for compensation payments have been rejected, national Grand Chief Phil Fontaine said this week. Fontaine told the Free Press most of the ...
Cabbie's death just a joke for teen
May 01, 2008; ...By Mike McIntyre and James Turner A 16-year-old Winnipeg girl who broke into laughter upon hearing an innocent cab driver was killed by a stolen truck last month was not trying to make light of the tragedy, her mother told the Free Press Wednesday. But police and justice ...
Stunt lands buddies TV exposure
May 01, 2008; ... By Kevin Rollason Call them Jackass Juniors. A quartet of Manitobans, who are fans of the TV show and movie Jackass, had the dangerous stunt they performed last August shown on Tuesday's Ellen DeGeneres Show. The video shows 19-year-old Gimli resident Imre Horvath ...
Pet lion on lam alarms locals
May 01, 2008; ...Alex Panetta and Sidhartha Banerjee MANIWAKI, Que. -- An African lion on the lam in western Quebec may be domesticated as far as lions go, but it is cold comfort to thousands of residents concerned that a few days hungry and lost in the bush might rekindle his ferocious side. A ...
Bernier, Ambrose hottest on the Hill
May 01, 2008; ... By Charles Mandel Peter MacKay might wield power in Ottawa as the defence minister, but he's no longer the sexiest man in the House. After a nine-year streak, the Atlantic Canadian relinquished that title to Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier in the recently released ...
U.S. considers expanding role in Afghanistan
May 01, 2008; ... By Robert Burns WASHINGTON -- Pentagon officials are considering a significant change in the war command in Afghanistan to extend U.S. control of forces into the country's volatile south. The idea is partly linked to an expectation of a fresh infusion of U.S. combat troops in the ...
Al-Qaida rebuilds terrorism capabilities
May 01, 2008; ... By Matthew Lee WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida has rebuilt some of its pre-Sept. 11 capabilities from remote hiding places in Pakistan, leading to a jump in attacks last year in that country and neighbouring Afghanistan, the Bush administration said Wednesday. Attacks in Pakistan ...
Around Canada
May 01, 2008; ... Day sniffs at dog rulings OTTAWA -- The Harper government is miffed at two Supreme Court judgments restricting sniffer-dog searches in schools and other public places, and it's hinting it will take action to offset them. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day used the Ottawa ...
Murderous doctor tops wanted Nazi list
May 01, 2008; ... By David Rising BADEN-BADEN, Germany -- Former SS doctor Aribert Heim tops a list of most-wanted suspected Nazi war criminals released Wednesday. He is a man so brutal that witnesses remember him as the worst they saw, though he was only at Mauthausen concentration camp for two ...
Were young boys sexually abused?
May 01, 2008; ...By Michelle Roberts and April Castro SAN ANTONIO -- Texas child welfare authorities are looking at the possibility that young boys were sexually abused at a polygamist sect's ranch, a newly revealed angle of a massive investigation triggered by allegations that girls were forced into ...
An evening for those who give
May 01, 2008; ...By Meghan Hurley The province of Manitoba could go broke if it had to start paying its volunteers, former Winnipeg mayor Bill Norrie joked Wednesday night at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. That's where more than 30 groups and individuals were recognized for their volunteer ...
Acts of kindness are what Winnipeg's all about
May 01, 2008; ...Gordon Sinclair Jr. WINNIPEG THE WONDERFUL . . . Today, a few stories from Free Press readers that should make you feel proud to be from Winnipeg. WHICH WAY TO THE FORT GARRY HOTEL? . . . Marilyn and Bob Rikard met when he was playing for the Winnipeg Goldeyes, ...
Traffic up at city's airport so far this year
May 01, 2008; ...The Winnipeg airport saw a 5.5 per cent increase in passenger traffic in the first three months of this year, compared with a year ago, Winnipeg Airports Authority said Wednesday. Meanwhile, cargo revenues rose 5.6 per cent over the first quarter of 2007, the WAA said in a ...
Used-car prices plummeting
May 01, 2008; ... OTTAWA -- Used-car prices are hitting the skids in Canada and the U.S., falling in some cases at the fastest pace on record as the North American economy continues to falter, Scotiabank says in its Global Auto Report. That's good news for consumers but a blown gasket for ...
No worries over flooding in province this year
May 01, 2008; ... By Alexandra Paul You know it's good sign when the province's chief flood forecaster is able to quip about being high and dry along the Red River Valley in spring. "The Red's in good shape,'' Alf Warkentin said Wednesday. "Maybe we won't have a lot of mosquitoes this year ....
Documentary proceeds to help Lake Winnipeg
May 01, 2008; ... By Kevin Rollason A documentary on Lake Winnipeg will help look for solutions to the lake's woes. Fat Lake: How too much of a good thing is hurting Lake Winnipeg is being premiered at the Park Theatre on May 1, but instead of selling tickets at a set price, documentary maker ...
Second crash on north Main
May 01, 2008; ... By James Turner and Carol Sanders City police say a man fighting for his life in a Winnipeg hospital may have had a pre-existing medical condition that caused him to lose control of his vehicle and crash on north Main Street early Wednesday morning.The man was driving northbound near ...
Province to hire privacy chief
May 01, 2008; ... By Mary Agnes Welch After four years of dithering, the province is about to overhaul its access to information legislation and appoint Manitoba's first-ever privacy watchdog. As early as this week, the Doer government will propose amendments to the Freedom of Information and ...
Shooting victim won't co-operate with police
May 01, 2008; ...A man suffering from gunshot wounds received in the North End early Wednesday has been unco-operative with police investigators. The 21-year-old man was rushed to hospital just after 4:30 a.m. after he was found near a home in the 200 block of Polson Avenue with a gunshot wound, ...
Sun workers vote for strike action
May 01, 2008; ...WINNIPEG Sun employees voted 83 per cent in favour of strike action on Wednesday. "Sun media has been attacking our members for the past two years and created a horrible work atmosphere," ...
Man sentenced to life for killing
May 01, 2008; ... By Mike McIntyre A homeless Winnipeg man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years for murdering a fellow painter following an argument at a local job site. Virlin Bird, 36, was given the mandatory minimum penalty after jurors found him guilty ...
Manitoba first to launch physician assistant program
May 01, 2008; ... By Jen Skerritt Manitoba is the first province in Canada to launch a university-based program to train physician assistants. Dr. William Fleisher, associate dean of medical education at University of Manitoba, said U of M is now accepting applications for a two-year, full-time ...
High-end homes go higher
May 01, 2008; ... By Murray McNeill Bring in the Brink's truck if you're looking to wow the neighbours with a new trophy home in Winnipeg's increasingly swanky housing market. "Three or four years ago, a million-dollar house was a big thing in this city," Winnipeg architect Dean Syverson said ...
Your name here: logo biz is big
May 01, 2008; ... By Larry Kusch If you've received a free pen from an Autopac dealer, scored a corporate jacket at a golf tourney or been presented with a 25-year employee service watch, you've participated in Canada's $3.5-billion promotional products industry. "You can logo just about ...
Canada staggers toward recession levels: economist
May 01, 2008; ...OTTAWA -- Canada staggered toward recessionary levels in February as an economic retreat extending from the factory floor to the storefront resulted in the second contraction in the past three months. "We're not in a recession but it's pretty darn close," said TD Bank chief economist ...
Businesses fear revised plan
May 01, 2008; ... Martin Cash When it comes to the Workers Compensation Board, there seems to be plenty of businesses that believe the cure could be worse than the illness. The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba is looking to expand the types of businesses and the number of employees who are ...
Oil, banks lift TSX
May 01, 2008; ... What the brokers say TORONTO -- The Toronto stock market put in a solid advance Wednesday amid higher energy and financial stocks after the U.S. Federal Reserve lowered its key funds rate a quarter-point to two per cent. But New York markets came down from strong gains at the ...
Blue get their fill at draft table
May 01, 2008; ... Ed Tait He's big enough to blot out the sun and a tough, gritty, opening kickoff-to-final gun workhorse. He tosses around wood planks at a place called 'Crazy Charlie's Lumber Yard' for some cash when he's not at school and, just for fun, races stock cars. Meet Brendon LaBatte, ...
Russians hope to cut red tape for English
May 01, 2008; ... MOSCOW -- Russia is considering how to simplify visa rules for more than 40,000 English soccer fans who hope to travel to Moscow for the Champions League final. The Foreign Ministry has already decided to cut some red tape, and all that remains is to decide what documents the ...
Lampard comes through for Blues
May 01, 2008; ...By Krystyna Rudzki LONDON -- Avram Grant has done what Jose Mourinho never managed to accomplish with Chelsea -- put the London club into the Champions League final. The Blues held on to beat Liverpool 3-2 in extra time Wednesday in the second leg of the Champions League ...
Fish will be road warriors in '08
May 01, 2008; ... By Chris Cariou BREAK out those playing cards, laptop computers, video games and sleep aids -- Brent Metheny and his Winnipeg Goldeye teammates will be the true boys on the bus in the size-small 2008 Northern League season. After flying to both Calgary and Edmonton four times ...
On 2
May 01, 2008; ... Strawberry to write about his high, low life NEW YORK -- Former baseball slugger Darryl Strawberry, whose achievements on the field often were overshadowed by his struggles with cancer and substance abuse, is writing a memoir, Straw, that will come out in 2009, publisher Ecco announced ...