Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 17, 1993, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Bevy of Blue bombers a total of 7 bombers were named to the Cal Eastern division Antar team c1 i 44 pages vol 121 no 345 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press get Post 60c get Post outside City woolly delivery 5 05 20 Post in winning 3t inv 09 t 21 Post outside City november City novelist wins governor generals award by John Lyons staff reporter Shields prize Carol Shields yesterday be came the first Winnipeg Ger in almost 40 years to win the governor generals literary award for Shields won the prize for her new the Stone fourteen governor generals awards in 14 English and French categories were announced by Ray Hnatyshyn at a Cereel list of award 06 Mony yesterday in earlier this Shields narrowly missed winning Britain Booker prize for the she was the first Western Canadian Ever nominated for what is considered the commonwealths most prestigious literary Shields said she was at a loss to explain the critical acclaim for the Stone her 15th Book of poetry or i dont some books Are just right for their and there is a building of an audience for your she said in a Telephone inter View before the Toronto the Stone diaries is a fictional biography of an Ordinary Manitoba Daisy the american born beat out four authors for the not since Adele Wiseman won in 1956 for her novel sacrifice has a Winnipeg resident triumphed at the police sign draws line in drug War traffickers get it in writing stay away or you re going to jail police reporter a drug dealer Shook a fist full of marijuana yesterday at a sign erected by police that declares War on a drug driven in a North end i aint scared of no Doest impress me a said the dealer As he stood across the Street from the new sign and offered marijuana for a he said he would give it free to news come lets go stand under that sign and smoke a he show them name he says police know him he was just released from heading Ley jail on monday after serving a sentence for drug trafficking the last time he got busted dealing in the located at Selkirk Avenue and Andrews so Why was he Back again Selling drugs through car windows and to anyone walking by Why not i cant get no Job and even if i id never make As much As i do said the 24 year noting he has made several hundreds of dollars in a but vice Ray Johns said Hes determined to put a Stop to and the erected should serve As a we want those druggies to know the place is crawling with us undercover officers and to get the Heck out of Johns noting the push by police is a response to complaints from merchants in the the professionally painted sign is the size of a Small billboard and is plastered to a building on one Corner of the it reads Winnipeg police have identified this area As a drug trafficking you will be arrested if found in Possession or Are dealing in the next person you sell to May be an undercover police this location will continue to be a priority area and will be watched by Winnipeg the last line of the sign reads last drug bust and has a Slot where the latest Date can be put it read 13yearold males were arrested monday after they sold an undercover officer Johns said those arrests bring to 14 the number arrested at the driven in just the past three and he promised More Are to by putting up a sign like this were Johns said the idea for the sign came from a Winnipeg drug adding it is the first Experiment of its kind City police know he said police Hope it serves As a deterrent to drug dealers and drug buyers and a reassurance to merchants fed up with the but two merchants said yesterday there not Ive been Here six years and Treyve tried All sorts of things but its still Here and probably always will be said a convenience store As Long As no one has anything to do Here its not going to go and Wea last drug Phil free press pedestrians Survey new sign cautioning drug de assistant manager of the merchants said Hes not hopeful either but is taking some Consolation in the ridicule the dealers will have to endure after getting busted under a sign that promises get at least look stupid in Friesen that i the been through hell former mayor of Riverton cleared of teen sex assault charges by Allison Bray staff reporter a 28month ordeal is Over for the former mayor of Riverton whose lawyer says he was caught up in hypersensitivity to child sex abuse few believed it in the first place not his his friends and neigh nor the judge who finally acquitted Victor Sigurdson of sexually assaulting three teenage girls Dur ing a school and for the first time in More than two Sigurdson and his family can sleep peacefully Ive been through hell for the past 28 in ready to get on with said yes Ever since he was charged in 1991 with sexually assaulting three Vir Den Junior High students while at the Helm of a boat at Hecla Sigurd sons life has been turned up Side i received coast coast cover Complete with details that were not even he said of Media reports of his arrest on charges of touching in a sexual Way the 13and 14yearold it bothers me every time i hear of a Story like 1 dont like Sigurdson i can now appreciate when i hear of a teacher accused of i know what there going Sigurd sons arrest generated Shock Waves through the Small Interlake Community Over which he presided As mayor for 14 years until his retirement last residents who spoke to the free press following his arrest were in a lot of them feel for the Don owner of the local store had Hes a big part of the Community and a lot of people feel Hes been found guilty before being proven in Bilinskis words turned out to be provincial court judge John Enns acquitted Sigurdson on Appeal of All three counts after a today trial in Arborg last on the grounds the allegations could not be proven beyond a reasonable but almost a year Sigurd sons wife collapsed outside the courtroom after protesting her Hus bands provincial court judge Ron Morlock had found him guilty and sentenced him to a one year conditional discharge and or governor generals expatriate Manitoban have won in the notably Margaret Laurence in 1966 and 1974 and gab Rielle Roy in French language fic Shields was one of two local carols nominated for the governor Gener als Canadas top literary Carol Matas was nominated for her childrens Daniels Sto she was beaten out for the prestigious award by Tim an Ontario for his Book some of the Kinder Winnipeg publishing House turn Stone press published the winning nonfiction touch the by Karen is a student in fre who grew up in her Book is a Memoir of her travels in Thailand when she was a former Douglas lost out in the poetry Cate gory for voices from a farther Smith currently teaches in Nova dered him to attend a counselling program for sex while his Jim Mclan said the ordeal has taken its toll on Sigurdson and his he said the Case illustrates hypersensitivity to child sex abuse Mclandress said what in reality was an unintentional brushing against the girls inner thighs As Sigurdson helped them manoeuvre the boat while they sat in front of was misconstrued As being intentionally Winnipeg psychologist Toby rut Ner said he fears there will be More cases like Sigurd sons because Chil Dren have become Over sensitized to the Point where doctors and teach ers Are afraid to touch them out of fear of abuse president gets Naftal lift with vow to fight Canadian wheat Trade policy Clinton surging to Victory by David Macdonald Washington editor Washington presi Dent Clinton surged toward a narrow Victory in to nights congressional Naftal vote when he reeled in 15 new support some by written promises to at tack Canadas wheat Trade a top White House official directly involved in the vote Hunting said yesterday the additions put us ahead of the Antin Afta team for the first time and within reach of the 218 votes we Clinton wheat letter lifts the immediate threat from Manitoba Clinton says he wants 60 Days of talks on Canadian wheat subsidy if these he will or Der an investigation by the International Trade Only if the commission says Cana Dian practices damage the wheat Industry can Clinton impose quotas or tariffs on Manitoba durum a 1990 commission probe of Canadas wheat practices found no such Congress a congressional said yesterday this Deal was acceptable to the president of the National pasta a major opponent of curbs on Canadian said her members Are glad the administration is going to address the Issue on its own separate letters from Clinton promised identical action against Canadian peanuts and Peanut prod inside Story firms divided on pact the threat to Canada has angered pea nut growers by importing peanuts and exporting them to the United states As Peanut butter and Canada buys peanuts at world a ton cheaper than the governments Price guarantee to Domestic the two letters were enough to swing House democrats Glenn English and Bill from okla homa and into Clinton column North Dakota senator Kent con a Naftal called Clinton plan Public relations and much less than it wheat which seeks foreign markets for praised Clinton action against Canadian predatory pric ing Montana senator Max a persistent critic of Canadian wheat Board pricing policies and Canadian wheat transportation welcomed Clinton he urged All senators to support the Naf Clinton wrote that he had or dered agriculture Secretary Mike Espy to talk with Ottawa about Bau cuss pet a Canadian embassy spokesman said Canadas 1992 exports to the United states of million Worth of Peanut butter and Peanut paste amount to less than one per cent of the t o d a quota of the Day he should have shot two or three More of an older resident of a rough area in applauds the action taken by his mugging victim Arthur who shot and killed his teenage assailants the weather today mix of Sun and clouding Over late in the 60 Chance of Snow in the Low i tomorrow Van 1 Able 30 Chance of Flur High Sun Arlitt Moon Ottillio on Page c11 inside Ann sports better 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