Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 26, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba O diversity the weather sunny windchill near details on Page Cio 1119 wow o Winnipeg free press so Hus taxes 0 duty Yang Anas november boy loaded chased and shot Sitter police by Tony Davis staff reporter the eighty Arold boy who shot and killed Crystal Ducharme loaded the weapon himself and chased the 13yearold Babysitter into a bathroom before fir ing a blast through the police said police Are still piecing together Crys tals final hours saturday afternoon before her eighty fold Cousin shot but yesterday they revealed the boy who cannot be charged with the cites 26th homicide because he is under age 12 had easy Access to weapons that his Stepfather left lying around the including two sawed off he also had a working knowledge of How to Load a puffy action police spokesman Carl Shier said the boy had been loading and unloading the weapon All morning prior to killing after the pair had been ing about who was in Grade 6 at John King had been left to babysit the eight Vearold and four of his aged four to since Fri Day the childrens Stepfather and Mother had been out on the town visiting bars and later a said Keith executive director of Winnipeg child and family Crystal was cowering in the Bath room with an 11yearold boy she was also babysitting when the shooting Crystal was hit in the upper Chest area with the kind of heavy calibre Shotgun slug normally used to bring Down big game such As Deer or said it made an awfully big Hole in the said holding his Index Fin Ger and thumb together in the of sign to indicate a Hole perhaps centimetres in continued please see Utility to repair Fried appliances Hydro admits fault in surge by Nick Martin staff reporter Manitoba Hydro now admits it was to blame for a Power surge that destroyed appliances in hundreds of Winnipeg Homes during the 17 residents in four areas of the City Park West East Kildonan and Vermette May bring repair estimates to Hydro Over the next two weeks for spokesman Glenn Schneider said youre talking about hundreds of he the Way we designed our system contributed to the Schnei Der the potential for it Hap pening has always been we know that is a risk we the problem involved poles that carried both High voltage and Low voltage Schneider the High voltage lines carry Power from outside the City to while the Low voltage lines feed area con in heavy ice and the High voltage lines fell into the lower Volt age lines below Schneider Schneider said it was coincidence that More than one area were affect Darlene with and vital Neighbours Are Happy with Only a Small proportion of City streets have double line he although he could not be Spe its not that common that it said who could not recall similar incidents in recent Schneider said appliances will need to be examined on a Caseb Case system to ensure that Only those damaged during the blizzard Are being presented for Hydro will not replace the he were not an insurance com we want to repair the damage that was residents of Everingham Bay in River Park South had already consulted a lawyer after Manitoba Hydro initially refused Respo Sibili said resident Michele Everingham residents met at her Home last night expecting to plot a Legal they got the Good Hydro officials told her yesterday morning they had decided to accept said four Winnipeg areas affected Manitoba Hydro will consider repairing damaged appliances in four areas of the says spokesman not All properties within each area were affected by the 17 Power he the general areas Are River Park bounded by Ald Gate Road on the Annes Road on the Warde Avenue on the and Southfields drive on thew ast parts of West Kildonan West of main Street and around Templeton including Tern sly Murray Margaret Hanna Lien Cairn and Veronica Bay South of the perimeter Highway Between Annes Road and Highway 59 i East including Kiel Bay and Keenleyside if you live in areas and believe you were Call Manitoba Hydro at Flett offers to pay it All promoter gives councillors deadline to accept Deal by Aido Santon City Hall reporter bus tourism pro Moter Wayne Flett dropped a Bombshell on the City Declar ing Hes prepared to assume All costs of his music City North in Flett announced he would also pay the City million for the use of one of its a copy of the offer obtained by the free press reveals that Flett still plans to finance part of his renovation costs with a Grant from the City equal to most of the Busi Ness and amusement taxes generated every year from the be hard pressed to explain to anyone Why they said no to this said Flett spokesman Leroy who else in this City said they would pay for everything Flett announced the City has until tomorrow to accept the civic officials said they were elated with the if Hes prepared to proceed on his then he should go for said Amaro who abruptly resigned As co chairman from the steering commit tee overseeing the negotiations yesterday citing personal if Flett was prepared to assume the costs for the pro then we could have done this Deal eight months Silva the proposal Calls for fleets Cana Das touring to lease the pantages play House for 25 paying the City million during the time through in annual property taxes and assuming about in annual operating losses continued please see Jekyll Hyde Gene found Winnipeg team discovers Spur to deadly cancer by Alexandra Paul medical reporter a Gene that promotes human growth is a Jekyll and Hyde that also causes some cells to grow into malignant a team of Winnipeg researchers Jed by Jim Wright has the Gene is believed to trigger the deadly spread of malignancies which cause 90 per cent of All cancer deaths its a stunning find that May Lead scientists into uncharted zones in the rapidly evolving Field of genetics can cer what jims findings have done is identify a new class of genes that was never thought to produce cancer or make cells Arnold director of the Manitoba Institute of cell biology at the Mani Toba cancer research and treatment said Wrights team at the Institute identified the role of the known As rib Nucleotide Reductase the r2 Gene is p fundamental to the molecular process and cells As which carries the genetic code for the Gene primarily acts to help cells Divide and multiply in a process that is required to keep life but Wright and his team Huazhou fan and technician Cristy Vil Legas discovered in a study that the Gene can trigger the growth of malignant continued please see research keys on role of r2 Gene in Normal healthy r2 is controlled so just enough r2 protein is made and cells Divide at a Gic with Scotia 2year Stock indexed with a rate of return tied to the performance of the Toronto 35 it offers nyx the it entail for Stock greater drop in or Call us at Scotla Bonk f Toronto 35 negative return your stack indexed Pic will the Bank of Montreal Trust company and Montreal test wid eights we the Exchange u not associated with this of Canute the right to withdraw this 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