Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, November 23, 1996

Issue date: Saturday, November 23, 1996
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Previous edition: Friday, November 22, 1996

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 23, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Section John Douglas 6977292 associate Gerald flood email Gordon Sinclair aaa annd in the Rii ight in the unlikely event that a Fly ing Saucer should land in Mani Toba and a Martian asks to be taken to our it would be Pru Dent to advise the distinguished visitor what to boxing gloves and a sugar Gary Filmon seems to be looking for a sparring after being taunted by the opposition he was accused of hiding behind the skirt of speaker Louise called a Coward and Given a nazi Salute from the opposition benches our Leader lost addressing the Dps Tim the Premier summoned up a tired old line customarily used by Young men on the prowl at come outside and say and i will kick your lights i thought Timmy was a Friendly i gather you can say anything in the legislature and get away with because As our Law and order Leader those words spoken outside the Legisla Tive Assembly could be construed As uttering which is a criminal otherwise la abiding citizens of Good character have wound up on Winnipeg ten most wanted list for Little we should All try and be a Little More the Premier has been getting his Bell rung daily Over the privatization of there was the ethical question of hiring the same brokers who recommended the Sale to conduct and profit from pow there was the ethical question of the Premier and other members of his government being Able to buy Stock after the Sale they voted Biff there was the embarrassment of the lawyer for its telling the crts that privatization would cause rate particularly in the tories Rural owie there was the Louise skirts Lacquay in effect invoking closure on the its Bill for the government and the oppositions calling the Premier thank you mad am speaker that last Dinger landed Well below the eve last no wonder our Leader wanted to Knock Sale Clear into boxing obviously the Premier had taken one too Many Hooks to the How else to explain what he said the same Day when reporters asked him to comment on the report of the Royal commission on aboriginal Peoples in disturbed when i hear com ments about it gathering dust on shelves in the ministers for believe that Given the fact that Manitoba has the highest percentage of aboriginal population of any province in we ought to be giving it serious review and whats strange about that com of is that the dust is so thick on the Manitoba aboriginal Justice inquiry report the government would have to Clear the legislative Library if it Ever decided to lust it As you can i have a lot of empathy for our Leader and his self confessed hair trigger tem i dont know How that he said during an interview in it came in politics and it came because of some personal that the kind of honesty coupled with can Lead to some real personal which is Why i think our Leader is a perfect candidate for an anger management i know that would be embarrassing if it Ever got out although i dont think it could get More embarrassing than come outside and say and i will kick your lights but in sure our Leader would get lots of support from other men who have taken the Soave of the Guys who started the saturday free press local november 1996 counterfeiter busted camera charges Laid in cites first print shop arrest by Kevin Rollason staff reporter Winnipeg police have smashed an International counterfeiting operation printing press and on officers with the prop erty crimes accompanied by a secret service agent and an cer from the ramp counterfeit Tion in seized four printing presses and camera equipment from a Winnipeg pm they also seized negatives for making print ing plates of counterfeit Bills from a lunar farm owned by the same Man who owns its the first time in Winnipeg there has been a print shop police John who headed the yearlong said yes weve stopped this Guy from hav ing the ability to make counterfeit its not often you get right to the you always get the people but not always the Ormondroyd said that since the counterfeit Bills started circulating in Wayne free press presses behind Ormondroyd shows october they have been seized As far away As san Miami and new York an estimated has been seized and police warn there is an unknown number of counterfeit Bills still unaccounted about Worth of the Bills have been found in the United since october Winnipeg police have charged 22 people with possess ing the bogus Bills or uttering there have been 250 reported incidents of people with counterfeit it took two flatbed trucks with cranes to transport the printing presses from 1494 notre Dame to a police compound in Joe free press Filmon sits in the Drivers seat of a Renaissance bus designed by motor coach new buses offer the luxury of a stately Ocean liner by Bud Robertson staff reporter Gary Filmon hauled himself up the spiral staircase and eased himself behind the wheel of the travelling entertainment it works first time starting declared the Manitoba Premier As he turned the ignition on the series motor coach industries new flagship line of designed and manufactured in even if it haunt the bus Load of politicians and assorted guests would have still been wowed by the min blowing array of luxury appointments and stat of theart As Filmon surrendered his seat behind the wheel and let a real bus bigger is better for Vansco b12 Driver take Rock and Roll tunes began to pump out of the 38speaker digital sound video monitors mounted under the Luggage compartments sprang to life and the movie top gun began to the 14metre Jong coach is loaded with numerous including 23 tiered theatre a six cd changer and cassette nonslip flooring and zoned tempera Ture controls to compensate when one Side of the bus is in the shadows while hot sunlight streams in the the Drivers Comfort is also taken care with a leather wrapped steering ergonomically designed swivel seating and a cup for those who crave luxury no mat Ter what the the Renais Sance features a stainless steel and then there Are the hidden Fea Tures motor coach firsts such As Allair disc six wheel anti lock system and lexus like projector Lens it is the most modern products in the Industry beamed Sci chief executive officer Jim Bernac Chi As the streamlined coach with the oversized smoked windows headed out onto Pembina Highway for a it gives us the latest technology on the Market but for even the Burgundy bucket seats were enough to get excited i like the he wow 7 males arrested for robbery after officer fires 2 shots at car by Kevin Rollason staff reporter a Carload of Street gang Mem Bers came within a foot of run Ning Down a Winnipeg police officer trying to arrest them for an armed robbery Early police the officer fired two hitting one of the cars wheels with one of he was standing right there trying to make an arrest and they tried to run police Carl Shier they missed him by a he had to leap out of the Shier said seven ranging in age from 15 to were arrested inside the vehicle after it backed into an unmarked Cruiser car and a sawed off Shotgun and a Rifle were seized in the Shier said the seven have a known Street gang affiliation and police Are investigating links to other armed Rob Shier confirmed one of the youths arrested was under a court ordered curfew to he at Home at police Are also conducting a formal investigation into the discharge of the besides the four there was a paper Cutter and camera equipment for making Scott of 323 Truro has been charged with making counterfeit Possession of instruments for making counterfeit Money and unsafe storage of a male family member who answered the phone at 323 two would not saying it would be better to speak with the family Jason Scotts who lives across the Street at 324 said he want aware of the allegations until his Uncle was lawyer Evan Roitenberg said Scott Howardson has no knowledge of any illicit he denies any knowledge of any Type of counterfeit if in fact the police have of which to Fol not linking the machines to the counterfeit then my client says there Are a lot of people with Access to those the arrest comes just Over two weeks after a 41yearold lunar Man was arrested with in counter Feit officers the which is expected to be completed next will be provided to police chief David police Are not releasing the name of the saying Only that he is a plainclothes police said two plainclothes officers were working in the area when they saw three males carrying firearms leaving the Shell Circle k food at 655 notre Dame just before 4 the robbers had taken Cash and cigarettes and fled to a waiting h was when the officers tried to by entry into tank fatal canola worker wins cancer Dies in mishap by Stevens wild staff reporter a Man who had recently won a Battle with cancer was one of two workers killed in an Accident at an Altona canola Rushing Plant thursday David of Horn died along with Jim of in a rail Way Tanker at Canamero a third Pete of Haubstadt Jim Fri Sens brother was in stable Condi Tion at the health sciences Cen tre schroeders Neighbours in Horndean said he had just returned to work after beating he had suffered from cancer but he was said pastor Art a Neighbour of he was off work for a Long the lord granted him his he was optimistic even when he was Altona police chief Glen Robertson said the cause of death had not been but he said the tragedy happened when the three employees of Canamero foods were preparing to Load the Tanker with canola a Hose fell into the truck and one of the men went in to retrieve Robertson said that when the first Man did not come a Sec Ond Man went and when he didst come out a third went in to Robertson said the time of the Accident had not been deter mined nor was it Clear if there were other workers in the it was a nitrogen atmosphere inside the Robertson they use nitrogen in the canola it keeps the canola Oil fresh by pushing the oxygen out of the Canamero foods refused to discuss the Robertson said autopsies were to be performed yesterday and inspectors from the Federal human resources department were investigating the Plett said Schroeder was a Friendly Man who often chatted with he said Schroeder leaves his wife Barbara and two adult he said Schroeder owned an eight hectare spread and often had cattle around the Plett said Popula Tion was ;