Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 25, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg free october 1995 Soldier tried to save lives police seek info on beaten Man by Treena Khan staff reporter a Winnipeg formerly a member of the disbanded Canadian airborne regi has been commended by the head of Canadas armed forces for service above and beyond the Call of Roy Van Den received a commendation from chief of defence staff John de Chatelain last month As one of seven Canadian soldiers who res cued a rwandan Man and child in september 1994 after a Motorc Cle pedestrian Van Den Berg was with four other airborne members and two members of the 2 Field ambulance unit who were driving to their base Camp outside the rwandan town Maseru when a Man on a motorcycle drove past them in the opposite hitting an adolescent girl crossing the she was thrown about 20 metres in the ditch in All this tall and he went right Over the handlebars and hit the Road face first going about 80 Kilometres an right into the Van Den Berg the canadians sprung into dividing themselves into two one for the girl and one for the Van Den Berg was an infantry not a but they were All trained in administering Intra venous he grabbed his in bags and ran to the mans the other team found the girl in the with practically every Bone on her right Side he the men dressed the wounds As Best they could and Sta Treena free press de presents commendation to Van Den Berg for helping Accident know a local hero let us know at 6977292 and Well let everyone Bili Zed the improvising stretchers to carry them to their it All took about five Van Den Berg they drove 20 minutes to get Back to their we ran into a doctor with med icons sans frontiers on the but he help he very few Relief agencies wanted to Deal with the military at All unless they absolutely had Halfway the Man regained consciousness in the Back of the truck and began screaming and As the truck pulled into the he pulled out a which one of the soldiers managed to get away from it turned out the Man was a member of the Rwanda patriotic it turned out the Man had grenades As and an Engineer had to be called the girl was taken to another Hospital but died on the operating he the Man this was not part of their they could have left them but both of them would have died on the said Frank now with 17 Winnipeg med ical Kaye was at the same Camp and helped submit the mens names for the the other six men will receive their commendations at a later Dufresne furniture magic chef appliances we simply sell for less a window that actually gains More heat than it loses sir olas1 Dohs from accurate Dorwin 2 locations to serve 660 Nairn 6674640 3261 Portage 83263 settlement outrages by Glen Mackenzie staff reporter a Lac Dubonnet woman will try to change a system she says benefits the Man who murdered her Bonnie says she was outraged to learn Friday that John convicted of first degree murder in 1987 in the sex slaying of her 16yearold Nephew Bill got in an out of court settlement for pain and suffering after he was assaulted by some convicts during a hostage taking in Duprat said who posed As a police officer to lure Macleod into a car and sexually assault him before stabbing him to sued corrections Canada for pain and she said she will talk to the Media and members of parliament As Well As a lawyer about the possibility the Settle ment can be a Man found naked and severely beaten along a Riverbank Walkway Early saturday morning has been identified and police want to talk to anyone who saw Isaiah Mcpherson that the 49yearold Garden Hill res ident is in critical condition in the health sciences police know Mcpherson left the vendome hotel on fort Street about he was found about lying on the Footpath at the base of Spence and Balmoral naked and beaten past of the Point of Shier anyone with information is asked to Call kidnapping suspect a 23yearold Man has been charged with kidnapping and forcible confinement after a Man was taken from his Home at gun Point monday the 18yearold Man was sitting in his magus Avenue Home about when a Man burst he was taken in a car to the Cor Ner of Magnus Avenue and main Street and then let out by his kid he didst take he stated his Winnipeg police Carl Shier said of the police believe the younger Man owes the other the 23yearold has been charged with possess ing an unregistered restricted forcible use of a firearm and possessing goods obtained by girl chased police Are searching for a Man who tried to abduct a 16yearold girl on her Way to school in Elm Wood yesterday the girl was walking in the area of Brazier Street and midwinter Avenue about when a newer Model Maroon its licence plate covered by a pulled a Man demanded she get in the chasing her on foot for sever Al blocks when she around Manitoba the Man is Between 20 and 30 years with a muscular build and Short dark he was wearing a Black cloth Blue sweat pants and White beating charge one of a dozen people who beat a 19yearold Man with their fists and an axe handle has been charged with robbery and assault with a the also and the Vic Tim had a common Girlfriend and that appears to be what the violent disagreement was Winnipeg police Carl Shier police wages aired Brandon a dispute Between police and the City Over wages is going to a three member panel headed by Winnipeg lawyer John Scurfield is to hear submissions from both the police Union and City representatives next wednesday and thurs the panels decision will be bind ing on each the Brandon City police association is asking for a per cent wage increase in a oneyear Deal that would cover the City has offered two per a firs class Constable in bran Don currently earns a services demanded Brandon aboriginals who move from their reserves to Urban centres should be eligible for ser vices afforded All other says the executive director of the Dakota ojibway tribal they should have the right to live where they want to without being penalized for their said Kathy there have been incidents in the past where people were refused social assistance because they Are first nations people and were told to go Home to collect their welfare ;