Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Try the new rent line 958rent Apex realty 7368 Gordon Sinclair weve become a nation of acute whiners 1 was so excited i had to Tell which is How i came to relate the Story to a couple of strangers at Mcdonalds the other my egg Mcruffin i started telling the Nice woman behind the counter and her female customer about what id seen the night Sqq it was Crisp but Calm after Midnight and Huffy flakes were falling As the gregarious Golden and i made our Way around the Lake that Borders an open Field in Linden we were half Way around when i noticed what looked like fresh animal his nose to the was already up sniffing in the direction that the Paw prints seemed to be in the open Field up something else a White it looked like it was late for a very important it was i the two women looked at me As if they were waiting for the punch there want it was just a Beautiful to make my i pointed out the window to the Fluffy flakes that were still floating to like so Many tiny int it Beautiful i the woman customer but its and its said the woman behind the i just grinned like a Cheshire cat and told tweedledee and Tweedledum that they had taken my stepped in my proven my canadians Are the citizens of Grozny Are being and were whining about the the people of Rwanda Are in refugee if not mass and were whining about negative option Cable the inhabitants of the ones who Haven been have enough and were whining about not being Able to find a decent chinese the Vikings got it it want Vineland they it was Canada is wonderland its just that we Are too spoiled to an International Survey declares Canada the Best country in the world to live in and Quebec wants to Why because quebecois Are because Treyve got it so Good Treyve got time to make an Issue out of French Only signs and referendums on All of this is not to say As a we dont have legitimate what we need to do is concentrate on More of those really meaningful Sqq the next Day i was still so excited about seeing the White Rabbit i told my 17yearold that night Erin joined me and Krypton for a walk around the we found the tracks in the just past the Point where id seen the White Rabbit the night we saw something else this time it was another Man when he got closer i recognized it was Alexei the jets russian Erins eyes lit up like a couple of full watch for the White i told who looked at me As if he missed the punch once we were out of hearing Erin delivered Winnipeg free press local january Section Brian Cole 6977292 email b1 la closing idea lashed by Bruce Owen staff reporter the Manitoba medical association already under fire for cracking Down on Doc tors who make House Calls has drawn heat again for a proposal to close Small clinic the Manitoba medical association has worked this whole proposal by said Assiniboine clinic administrator Doug i object As anyone does to this leakage of one would really like to know what the Mma has de the Mas proposal would affect so called shortlist labs in cos cutting plan not fair to Mma told they Are labs that Only do a cer Tain number of routine blood and urine tests and Are usually attached to neighbourhood medical there Are 689 physicians approved to do shortlist lab tests in the approximately 400 medical clinics in the under its agreement with the the doctors Union must find ways to trim costs from the healthcare if approved by the work done by shortlist labs would be picked up by larger private labs and it is unknown How the decision would Impact clinic since Many workers also perform other tasks besides lab Birchwood medical group spokeswoman Laura Lefebvre said any closings would unfairly Burden the clinic has collected a petition in which about 400 patients protest the Lefebvre said especially senior would have to wait longer for test results or go else where to have tests is this fair to create undue hard ship on the people that need health care the she said in a letter to Mma president Neil Lefebvre said a better solution would be to Cut Back on the number of tests the province reimburses physicians for each test Donen declined to be interviewed on How much Money the idea could saying it had not yet gone to the Mas Board for the Board meets on Marc free press brushing up on her Mush Fivey Earold Jocelyn Nichole the youngest of the Ful wedding show this weekend at the convention panache Agency models walking the runway at the wonder studies Angela Zaltsman makeover technique Carbon monoxide scare strikes another City family grandmothers taken to Hospital Lack of ventilation Root of problem Bugle Mackenzie staff reporter seven members of a Winni Peg family Are thankful to be alive today after they were overcome by deadly Carbon monoxide fumes at their Northend Home Early my grandmother went to the bathroom about 1 As she re turned to my who was watching saw her fall Tammi said of his grandmother Shammah Phet Shammah who had come from Edmonton for a family visit at was treated for Carbon monoxide poisoning at seven Oaks general Hospital Early yester she was released in the after Tammi who was asleep downstairs at the said he awoke and called an ambulance after his grandmother was overcome by the invisible Gas invading their Mapleton drive Phet Lathy said his other grand who lives in Winnipeg and was also visiting Over the was treated and released earlier while he and four other family members were examined for symptoms of Carbon monoxide Poi Phet Lathy said he and other family members had headaches and Felt a burning sensation in the eyes Over the past two he said the symptoms appeared when the family started using its woo burning fireplace on a daily base or when the clothes rated in the same room As the fur Phet Lathy said family members Are rarely Home in the evening and we rent aware of Media reports about two James residents flown to Minneapolis three weeks ago after they fell victim to harmful Levels of Carbon monoxide due to an improperly ventilated Phet Lathy said family members didst know the source of the prob Lem when it became apparent a Cou ple of weeks and didst know what to do about he also said they had no idea the problem could be so were very Lucky to be Plet Lathy Rob Vic president of customer service with Centra said it appears the problem resulted from the fireplace and dryer suck ing too much fresh air out of the Fennell said Many houses have be come so tightly sealed for Energy conservation that its impossible for fresh air to enter the fennel advised anyone using a fireplace to open a window to make sure enough fresh air gets in while the fire is he said Centra Gas customers next Bills will be accompanied by a pamphlet on what they should know about Carbon and suggested residents have their heating systems checked by a heating com heating contractor Eggert called to the Phett Kathy Home said Jeff free press Thordarson right explains problem to Tammi a spokesman for the department of health said health minister Jim Mccrae is aware of the Issue and watching the situation the Mma was criticized in de Cember when it pledged to crack Down on doctors who make House its plan to remove the per visit fee from any doctor who devotes More than ten per cent of his work to House Calls has been put on hold pending wednesdays the Mas new proposal arrives just As the College of physicians and surgeons of Manitoba embarks on a Quality Assurance program for the list win Well Moffat death watch partner says by Alexandra Paul staff reporter some Home renovators finish their basements without leaving enough sources of fresh air in the Furnace this Means the Furnace draws extra air from inside the House to keep the flame Thordarson reports of the possible de Mise of the fledging women television network Are exam according to a senior net work a newspaper report from the Cal Gary Sun yesterday struck an alarm ing chord for the women following an interview with Linda its Winnipeg based presi but it was the wrong said Randy Moffat of Moffat communications rankins partner and chief the whole Story is badly out of Moffat said after speaking with Rankin worst Case scenario Moffat said in a Telephone interview with the was responding to the possibility of a worst Case scenario if consumer an Ger Over negative option marketing did not she was quoted As saying its a very precarious were getting no response from but whose company controls 68 per cent of the interest in the new allow omens network that de buted 1 with six other specially Cable said Hes satisfied advertising Revenue is not in Dan i dont share any of those con Cerns that were reflected in that Moffat referring to the Rankin could not be reached for comment she was quoted As saying con Sumer outrage Over Cable firms negative option marketing which forces subscribers to cancel new channels if they dont want them was leading advertisers to steer Clear of the country seven new rankins comments came after Winnipeg based Moffat communications painted a Rosy fiscal picture for the future of the Media co glom which includes in saturdays free consumer outrage in Moffat said he believes Ini tial consumer outrage Over Cable packaging has to placate the Rogers communications which controls 45 per cent of the Cable Market in dropped the negative of Tion marketing Rogers had taken the plan a step by Tak ing away some channels subscribers already had if they chose not to accept the new other Cable companies Arent us ing Rogers controversial marketing so the balance of the country subscribers 55 per cent Arent he in addition to the women Channel anticipates a Core Revenue of approximately Mil lion based on million potential subscribers across Esti mated operating expenses Are million a ;