Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 7, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Winnipeg free press a q january Canada at a glance senior Canadian press Toronto an elderly Toronto woman died earlier this week after being scalded in a nursing Home Bath and her family is demanding some Yetta who had alzheimer received severe Burns to her lower body on 26 while being bathed in a special harness at the Baycrest Centre for Geri Atric Home she died tuesday a Par time nursing aide at tending to Gladman has been fired in the Wake of the Inci Man remanded Montrea nearly five years a 31yearold Mon Treal Man appeared in court yesterday to face charges arising from the 1990 slaying of two clerks in a trendy up town Agostino who has been in custody since his arrest was remanded behind bars until monday on the slayings and on charges from a double sexual assault this ban overturned judge has overturned a publication ban in the civil trial of a Man accused of stealing million in change from transit saying the municipal govern ment should not be insulated from Public Justice Berger stayed his judgment thursday for seven Days to Al Low for a possible Salim a former City of Edmonton transit has been sued by the City for Alleg edly taking Money from Tran sit fare boxes for More than 13 review ordered Victoria transportation minister Jackie Pement ordered a review yesterday of the Security of the motor vehicle Branch and insurance of she made the request Fol lowing allegations of misuse of police computers to Access personal information about tension on water russian Reg estered freighter in the North Atlantic caused some tense hours for Rescue officials yesterday morning after the ves Sel reported water coming in through a crack in its the 103metre vessel favor with 24 Crew was sailing with a cargo of steel Rolls when it ran into trouble about Kilometres South East of loads smugglers Are making dangerous modifications to their truck suspensions to disguise Large loads of Bootleg the ramp smugglers Are tampering with the suspension or eliminating it entirely so the trucks wont sink under their illegal said Bob Oka costs queried Ottawa the Quebec government will have to wait for up to two months before it learns if it will get any More Money to compensate for costs it incurred during the 1990 Oka land claims Federal auditor general Denis Desautels said yester Day it will take some time to discover whether Quebec claim from Ottawa is no fiscal blues Ottawa the muses stopped singing the financial blues in statistics Canada reported performing artists raised the curtain on a surplus after six straight years of collective red a Survey by the Federal Agency has escape route death trap for six by Deborah Mcdougall Canadian press firefighters restrain Keiran whose Mother Peggy lives on sixth floor of escape route became a death trap for six people trying desperately to flee a High Rise apartment fire the six bodies were found lying along stairwells smothered in smoke and blackness after fire spread through the fifth floor of a 30storey building in suburban North they were desperate to get out but were killed trying to save said fire chief Alan twelve including five were four residents were in critical condition in Hospital last those who escaped made their Way outside into subzero temperatures wearing pyjamas and draped in blankets after waking to fire alarms around 5 some raced out with cats and children tucked under their arms and tears streaming Down their my dad wanted to get his artificial leg but i kept screaming to gotta get out said David who escaped from the third floor with his 64yearold we get his wheelchair out so he had to Limp on one leg All the Way we were others stayed huddled inside their screaming for help from balconies As acrid smoke billowed through their others who tried to escape through stairwells were driven Back by i was running Down the stairs and i Felt like i was going to collapse i said Shanti who Only made it Down half a flight of stairs before being forced Back into her i thought i dont want to i please take my but not this Way i dont want to die in a Gokal finally escaped with her Orange Canary and a bundle of clothes about five hours once smoke was cleared by firefighters using huge the Ontario fire marshals office was examining the buildings fire alarm system after some residents complained they didst hear them go said third floor or lower for firefighter insists by Valerie Lawton Canadian press firefighter Jack Sharp and his wife leave Ontario for they insist on a hotel room on the third floor or theres no question a High Rise is probably one of the worst kind of fires you can possibly be involved said assistant Deputy chief of the Toronto fire a fire at a 30storey apartment building in suburban Toronto yesterday killed at least six raising the Issue of High Rise fire Sharp believes Ontario has among the most stringent fire regulations enforcement is he noting that skyscrapers in downtown Toronto Are inspected at least twice a pressurized stairwells that dont fill with smoke and Concrete encased firefighter elevators Are also he every reasonable precaution that we can take has been said were getting safer and a few factors make fires in High rises especially if youre in a two Storey House can just dive out the said you get five or six or eight or 10 floors where Are you going to go often the Only Way Down is a that can be a deadly victims of yesterdays fire died trying to escape Down the experts say that when stairwells Are filled with smoke its usually Best to stay place wet towels around go to a Balcony and take other precautions such As calling when a High Rise stairwells and elevator shafts can become chimneys filled with Ontario held an inquiry into High Rise fire safety after a series of fatal High Rise fires in Canada and the United states in the Early those blazes included one at a Toronto hotel Likely sparked by a cigarette sucked up by a vacuum six people in a fire at the Mem grand hotel in Las 85 people died and 700 were the headed by judge John made More than 100 recommendations to the province in More than 70 per cent have been or Are being the rest have been rejected or Are still being most of the key recommendations Are in said Bernie an Ontario fire marshals office manager who oversees provincial fire Anaesthesiologist left operating room to make phone Call patient still in coma neglect of teenager lands doctor in jail by Jay Branch Canadian press Regina Ryan Baumberg ers Mother burst into tears As the doctor responsible for putting her teenage son in a coma was sentenced to six months in jail yesterday after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing bodily Channa Girie an Anes was charged after Ryan of suffered severe brain dam age during an operation to repair a broken leg in the court heard Manjanath left the operating room for As Long As 15 minutes to make a personal phone his professional recklessness destroyed ryans Justice Gene Maurice of the court of Queens Bench said in handing Down the sen Ryan and his family will have to suffer the consequences for the rest of their both the Crown and the defence said it was the first time in Canada that a doctor had been convicted of criminal negligence causing bodily harm in the care of a before the Manjan Atha had been practising in the Southern Alberta communities of Coaldale and Balmoral Hall highly dedicated professionals the Manitoba historical society has honoured Nancy Grade 5 teacher in for Long term commitment and support of the Young historians this is the first time this award has been Given to a teacher recommended by the Young historians Nancy Balmoral Hall school 630 Westminster Manitoba r3c 3s1 Tel 7841600 fax 7745534 Neaman furs annual restyle remodel Sale save 25 bring your fur into our Salon and we will show you How easy it is to have your fur made bigger or you May want our master furrier to recreate a completely new style to have your coat made into 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