Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 21, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba To wit Ivi m ongoing classified 61 the weather mainly sunny details on paged 3 Power Winnipeg free press 50 plus taxes in my nor m november zaps Hydro chills residents by bin Redekop staff reporter residents of a Winnipeg Street whose appliances were blown out by a Power surge cant get any satisfaction from Mani Toba about 20 Homes on Everingham Bay in River Park South had one or two items each burned out by a Power surge during sundays Bliz the list of damaged items includes microwave Range garage door a a circuit breaker and a you name its been said resident Linda but Manitoba Hydro is refusing to compensate calling the Power surge an act of when a line is knocked it will try and reset when it does you get a surge in the Hydro spokesman Glenn Schneider he said Hydro would be liable if an employee had made a switching error causing the the surge blew Paikens Carbon monoxide Detector and caused her self cleaning oven to lock itself up so she cant get it a few houses the surge blew the motor in Lianne Arnolds electric garage door repair Bill residents report the Power went off at about sometime around the Power came on with a big some Resi dents reported Light bulbs and one residents Brand new big screen Sony to and Var blew the whole neighbourhood smelled of burning said Michele sen lost her Range 1 have no oven now and Christmas is lamented the repairman said it will take six weeks to get the the Cost of the age is about sen is organizing Neighbours to demand Hydro change its 1 dont think a Power surge is an act of despite the company Schneider suggested residents file a claim with Hydro Marc free press Heather Kempara Antymniuk adjusts daughter sarahs jesters hat at giant City Craft seeking Fortune at Christmas Craft sales by Catherine Mitchell staff reporter a few years Thomas Pickert ditched a Job at the Manitoba museum of Man and nature and headed out to find a bet Ter now a 45yearold the University of Manitoba with a masters degree in figures Hes earning about As much design ing and Selling bold and Brash silk screened shirts As when he was helping to recreate the Hudson Bays nonesuch masted this he launched into the head spinning circuit of the Mother of All Hawk annual Christ Mas Craft three weeks ago was my first that was then there was this is the says smiling to passersby at the convention centres extra a which runs until from Here i go to then Toronto and Ottawa and then it Fin if i make enough i go to says the who figures Hes acted occasional roles in just about every Canadian series made for the last few his longest running Job was eight years As Host of polka Dot continued please see gaming flip Flop blasted casinos to get 496 new machines by Alice Krueger legislature reporter a most 500 gambling machines Are being put into the provinces casinos just Days after the government announced 650 were being pulled from privately owned hotels and that got opposition Las and the author of a report on gambling arguing the Filmon govern ment is saying one thing and doing this is its a Shell game to be taking out and adding Back said Steve the Dps lotteries the Manitoba hotel association is calling the move a slap in the the it is using sleight of hand to try to cover up its own addiction to gambling Larry Desjardins said that kind of addition and subtraction was not what his gaming commission had in mind when it called for a Cap on the crack cocaine of in surprised and very disappoint Desjardins said he said the corporation should at least have waited until the new Gam ing commission had a Chance to review the Manitoba lotteries spokes woman Susan Olynik confirmed yesterday that club Regent and me Phillips Street station casinos will each get 248 new video King betting starting next week continued please see Check the record the Filmon i govern ments strategy to reduce the number of Slot machines in Manitoba was called a Shell game a Quick look at the record reveals chairman of a task Force on Calls for meaningful reductions in Slot machines in june 27 lotteries Man Ester Eric Stefanson say the government will Shelve 10 per cent of Slot lotteries confirms that 883 of 660 slots had been Mothball when reductions in Only 267 plies i and the machines i this High flyer is going nowhere by Alexandra Paul staff reporter Palidwor craziest thing Garry Palidwor intends to take 48 travel about and go absolutely from saturday to Palidwor will rack up 44 of the 48 flights he needs to win two business class tickets anywhere in the world As part of an air Canada frequent flyer this is probably the craziest thing Ive Ever done and Iye done some crazy the hair Salon owner said in doing 15 or 16 flights per it took an Edmonton Man three weeks of travelling Back and Forth from Edmonton to Calgary recently to qualify for the air Canada promo the air Canada Deal is this Passen Gers flying 48 legs on the airline before 28 Are rewarded with two business class tickets to any where served by air Canada or its frequent flyer United and Lufthansa Palidwor wants to go to South when All is said and this will Cost me just under altogether for the 48 he in be estimates two Busi Ness class Winnipeg to Johannesburg Are Worth about Assiniboine travel pegged the same fare at exactly per person Palidwor is following some of Edmonton Ian Morley Wolf mans route made possible by hefty Price slashing in air Canada has Cut its Edmonton Calgary fares for two weeks Advance bookings to match a discount first to then whatever the air Canada is not objecting to the trips by Palidwor or we have one thing to say to someone who wants to Fly that much thank very spokesperson Kyra Robertson ;