Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 1, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba O tvs it o 72paqes 1 no 99 publications mail registration no 0286 Winnipeg free press Ost t Post 11 w n Post i m win Prtt t he to 2 ps1 01 october 1994 nil labor War ices profits by Randy Turner and Bruce Owen staff reporters a protracted labor Battle Between National hockey league players and owners threatens to Cost local businesses and employees millions of dollars in lost Revenue on everything from Hotdog sales to it brings Home very quickly what life in Winnipeg would be like without professional jets assistant Genera manager Mike out in Chr cold Arenas players balk no no More games a lockout Ohearn theres All these Marlene spokeswoman for the Western Canada lottery said its estimated a hockey strike would kill a month in sports select bets in Manitoba that Means a loss of in government nil owners said yesterday the 199495 which was to begin would not open before the owners said they want a collective bargaining agreement with the nil players association before any games Are but Many observers predict the season could be iced until at least january if a Deal is not reached in the next two a three month delay would Cost Winnipeg 20 Home Larry Winnipeg enter Prises general said a prolonged lockout could prove even worse than losing the jets because the team still holds dates at Winni Peg Arena that cannot be filled by other we have to sit waiting idly he according to the Mauro which dealt with the jets the nil club contributed More than million to the Manitoba econ omy in the report also noted the jets created Between 900 and based on figures from the Mauro the jets would generate just under million in Gross Revenue for enterprises from Beer and parking in 20 Home the figure does not represent to Tal Wec but even Wec costs such As food and beverage purchases would be considered Rev Enue lost to the City if games were in definitely going to lose Money during a said hot dog Vendor Darren who sets up outside the Arena during a Soldier arrests a haitian in Porta Prince yesterday after grenades and automatic weapons were found in his a haitian Man is shot to death by a member of a pro military party who chased the victim into a at least five people were believed killed and 14 injured in a clash Between paramilitary gunmen and demonstrators supporting exiled president Jea Bertrand please see Story on Page Barbie May be a bit but Shes a living doll to fans aimed toy takes Centre stage at Bay boutique by Tony Davit staf twitter she went from a Model to an and at 35 Shes still Busty and Perky with totally perfect yet most Guys cant stand maybe Shes too but plenty of even older Are nuts about a doll named so when a Barbie boutique just the second in opens at the downtown Bay at noon Mattel officials Are expecting the kind of crowds normally reserved for a Bona fide movie were planning for a said Mattel Canada production manager Alison As workers hidden behind Green drapes readied the Barbie on Portage boutique for today when Mattel opened its first Canadian Barite Barbie on in downtown Toronto last it was swarmed by hordes of Little the Success of that store spoke to opening another said Barbie first appeared in 1959 and since then More than 800 million Barbie dolls have been Mattel first tried the boutique approach when it opened one in a new York City fax Schwarz toy store in but this u the Firat time Mattel has opted to sell the Dolly in we chose the Bay because its Canadas leading fashion said if that seems an Odd she consider that some of barbies vast wardrobe has been designed by fashion moguls like Yves Laurent and Bob the same Man who lining the Blush Pink Walls of the Winnipeg Bays Mai floor boutique Are barbies of every theres a Black kenyan Barbie in traditional costume and a flexible gymnast an Evergreen Princess Barbie is one of several models exclusive to the and theres a Host of licensed Barbie from Barbie lip Balm to a child sized copy of barbies Pink Little girls wont be the Only ones clamouring for such trappings of Elizabeth Day is in her late sos and vowed to drive Down from Beausejour for today opening and a subsequent sixth floor which will include a live a Ailcie signing autographs and a Barbie retrospective fashion like some barbies can rapidly appreciate in the a Winter series Barbie that sold for in stores last year is now Worth to an original 1959 Barbie recently fetched Fitio us at an but in willing to take a bite if it Means i can have a Job in the at bows sports bar there was no sympathy for the play these Guys make More Money in a year than you or i will in a life said 35yearold Garry there not getting any sympathy from me because its peo ple like us that Are going to have to suffer through a Long Winter without you bet ill be said who is pleased that the new boutique caters to serious collectors like As Deuas to special report gang Banks illicit Cash for Legal muscle police reporter the cites largest youth gang has a Bank account containing More than in ill gotten weird he a gang with a Bank chuckled Richard an Indian posse posse he Are required by gang leaders to Tuin Over 30 per cent of the proceeds of any breaking or other Money making criminal police say there Are 132 known posse while Wolfe refused to say where the account is or whose name its he claimed that its hidden Well enough that police will never be Able to find it and seize the funds under proceeds of crime the he exists to pay off incidental gang most notably the rent on two clubhouses in the North end and the other in the West Broadway but mostly the fund goes toward hiring crack Legal advice for gang members facing criminal while most gang members would qualify for Legal Wolfe said members Learned Long ago that Money talks in the Justice we want them to know Well Back them up with a Good he said during an interview at heading Ley correctional said the remaining 70 per cent of members criminal takes can be kept by individuals but the Cash usually gets eaten up by celebrations following robberies and other moneymaking crime police bark worse than bite a10 two Gas station robberies in a night gang members frequently pull More than one will net be tween and he and it Doest take Long for the Money to get the armed robbers frequently treat up to 50 gang members to marijuana and Ltd during parties that follow the cocaine use among gang members is strictly Wolfe be cause of troubles in the Early 90s when some members experimented with while the youth gang rakes in illicit the Good Guys struggle to make do with skimpy the Winnipeg police youth gang created amid much Public fan fare last consists of five offi cers Only four of whom work the two at any Given and the time it takes to Book a sin Gle gang offender ties those two offi cers up for hours on the Cost of arresting a single gang member one time is estimated at its enough to make police feel there fighting a losing theres a lot More of them than there is of one officer quote of the Day nobody who setts hotdogs is wed ont rate Noth into Patar who operates a Hotdog cart naw Winnipeg hit wont to nil and a strike of diversions Fin better i Man Bank foreign Exchange rates guaranteed corporate Well ome i ;