Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, January 26, 1985

Issue date: Saturday, January 26, 1985
Pages available: 173
Previous edition: Friday, January 25, 1985

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 26, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 12 Winnipeg free january 1985 Mission from god motive cited in Assembly shoot up up photo Quebec up Denis Lortie believed he was on a Mission from god to wipe out evil Shefi he sprayed the Quebec National Assembly with fire last a psychiatrist for the defence testified he said god would give him other missions to eliminate evil in the Pierre a trois rivieras told forties Mur Der the witness said forties behaviour was psychotic and suicidal before and during the is being tried in Quebec Superior court on three charges of first degree murder for the 8 attack in which three Assembly Mes sengers were killed and 13 other people wound the defence acknowledges the Canadian forces Supply clerk stole weapons from the Ontario base where he was stationed and attacked the Assem but maintains he was insane and cant be held criminally responsible for his biblical quotations whose professional qualifications in clude training in military told the court that he interviewed Lortie a week after the May the person in charge the infirmary at Orsainville prison where Lortie was being held told me Lortie was very pious and constantly comforting other inmates with biblical quota Mailloux the psychiatrist testified that Lortie was abnormally Happy and wore an exaggerated smile through most of their 90minute in it was almost impossible to find out about his family Mailloux he would Start to Tell me something and after a few words he would Start up with biblical phrases and references Mailloux said the Corporal was incapable of abstract thought and didst understand Why he was in the psychiatrist rejected a suggestion by prosecutor Andre Plante that Lortie was Ive already observed people playing he there was no game being in addition to suffering from delusions of having lost Lortie Likely suffers from a persecution Mailloux adding that forties unpredictable and rapidly changing behaviour is common to people suffering from deeply rooted asked by the prosecution if he had carried out tests to determine the soldiers mail Loux said i didst even try in forties there was no Mailloux based his evaluation on audio Cas settes Lortie sent to three people before the attack police renege on safety witness claims Ottawa up a Crown witness in the Peter Demeter Case says government and police officials Are reneging on a verbal Deal to protect him after the Mike of is to testify at Demeter april 15 trial where the former millionaire land Developer will face two charges of counselling to commit murder in connection with an alleged plot to have his Toronto cousins teenage son who worked with police to obtain Evi Dence against said he had a verbal agreement assuring him he would be taken care of if he assisted police in obtaining evidence against but authorities now Are trying to escape the commitment by asking him to sign an agreement that he claims Falls far Short of their Origi Nal he police made me a target since he removed himself from protective Cus Tody 10 months he has been on his own without financial help from the Ontario gov he adding he had lost his wife and Job As a result of his the police have made me a target for the rest of my he Ive been on the run or in hiding for the last 16 months because they let me i feel betrayed by the police and the attorney he produced a memorandum of understanding from the Ontario attorney generals which the ministry confirmed it had Given the document acknowledges lanes help in the Demeter investigation has placed his life in jeopardy and made it impossible for him to live a Normal life or to find a As a it proposes Lane be provided with reasonable rent for a furnished Telephone and Cable to As Well As a weekly allowance of to cover other the services Are to continue until july 14 or for six months after Lane has finished giving Evi Dence at the Demeter in Lane is to release the police and the provincial government from any further and not release any information about the Deal or his involvement in the Lump sum payment ruled out John spokesman for the ministry of the attorney said the Deal included a new identity for relocation and help in finding a were prepared to do whatever is necessary to get him Back on his feet but he seems to be looking for some kind of life guarantee and we just cant do Yoannou adding he want aware of any other Deal offered the attorney general Doest pay out Lump sum payments in Exchange for he the ministry had been negotiating with Lane for 15 months but haunt been Able to reach an he Lane said he refused to sign because it would negate the previous verbal while declining to disclose the details of the original Lane says he has tape recordings of police making certain commitments to Lane says his ordeal began in october after he reported statements made to him by shortly he he was recruited by police to work undercover on the which he did for 18 on october police announced they had charged of with counselling to commit murder and other a few Days they identified Lane As the Man who had allegedly been counselled to commit murder and announced he had been taken into protective nation and a videotape of Lortie in the Assembly from the Legislatures inhouse television he noted Lortie was described As cooperative and a gentleman by those who saw him immediately after the in Sharp contrast with his deranged appearance minutes the psychiatrist said a Box of clothing and other personal items Lortie mailed to his wife before the attack was a Farewell gesture common to suicidal mental Lortie is charged with the deaths of legislature messengers George Roger Lefrancois and Camille the City of Winnipeg Public notice notice is hereby Given that the Council of the City of Winnipeg at its regular meeting on february at or at a subsequent regular meeting will take up for consideration and possible enactment pro posed bylaw numbered which said bylaw is designed to prohibit the sounding of engine whistles at certain Highway Crossings in the City of Winnipeg of the Canadian National railways Redditt the sounding of any engine in accor dance with Section of the railway in respect of the following Highway Crossings within the limits of the City of Winnipeg is hereby prohibited Redditt subdivision of the Canadian National railway Street mileage Ravenhurst Road Plessie Road Bornais Road panel Road this bylaw shall come into Force if and when approved by an order of the Canadian transport the Council will hear anyone in person or by counsel or attorney who May be pre judicially affected by the bylaw aforesaid and who petitions to be following enactment of said bylaw by the City will make application to the railway transport committee for an order of that commit tee approving said bylaw pursuant to Section 248 of the railway by City clerk City clerks office Winnipeg Mailloux describes insane the City of Winnipeg Public notice notice is hereby Given that the Council of the City of Winnipeg at its regular meeting on february at or at a subsequent regular meeting will take up for consideration and possible enactment pro posed bylaw numbered which said bylaw is designed to prohibit the sounding of engine whistles of certain Highway Crossings in the City of Winnipeg of the Canadian Pacific limited Keewatin the sounding of any engine in accor dance with Section of the railway in respect of the following Highway Crossings within the limits of the City of Winnipeg is hereby prohibited Keewatin subdivision of the Canadian Pacific railway Street mileage Plessie Road pegu is Street Calsbeck Avenue Munroe Avenue Manhattan Avenue Talbot Street Grey Street this bylaw shall come into Force if and when approved by an order of the Canadian transport the Council will hear anyone in person or by counsel or attorney who May be pre judicially affected by the bylaw aforesaid and who petitions to be following enactment of said bylaw by the City will make application to the railway transport committee for an order of that commit tee approving said bylaw pursuant to Section 248 of the railway by City clerk City clerks office Winnipeg Here they Are the of the a ets and count min pack winners James northcliffe Winnipeg Lorna Rolf Channing Winnipeg individual game winners Shirley Pine Monica Gilia Winnipeg Eugene Holt Winnipeg Poison Marie Sabre Winnipeg Michael Kootenay Winnipeg Sandra Callum Winnipeg Wanda pipeline Winnipeg Reva Sark Winnipeg Rene Beliveau Winnipeg Mary Springfield Pat Morrow Winnipeg Ron Quail Ridge Winnipeg Kathy Templeton Winnipeg Donna Gateway Winnipeg Mcmeans Bay Winnipeg Boris Oberlin Winnipeg Primrose Winnipeg Audrey Stra Brook Winnipeg Rob Chamberlain Winnipeg Fred Garfield Winnipeg Ken Henderson Winnipeg Kirk Rushmore Winnipeg Northumbria Winnipeg Sandra Campbell Winnipeg Helen Garden Grove Winnipeg Andy Dugald Winnipeg Teresa Wardlaw Winnipeg Grant Robinson Winnipeg thanks a million the girls and Guys in the classified department of the Winnipeg free press offer their sincere thanks to everyone who entered our jets and count the response was and proves that there Are thousands of fans in Winnipeg and other Manitoba Points who love our we cant think of a better team to cheer for we also Hope you ran across something worthwhile when you were counting ads a a service maybe even the very Good habit of Reading classified be cause theres a lot in our columns for just about like we were part of Dominion we Reserve the right to limit 2 pkg bag Manitoba White sugar limit of 2 per family Tommion we Reserve the right to limit swifts Premium 450 g skinless wieners limit of 4 per family a Tommion or we Reserve the right to limit Scotia Gold 1 pure Apple juice limit of 2 per family Ijo minion we Reserve the right to limit values effective from january 28 until january ;