Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local May 1997 John Douglas 6977292 features Jim Carr email a3 Steps taken to halt lethal meningitis by Leah Janzen for the free press two Winnipeg girls who died within Days of each other had been in Contact shortly before they both contracted it seems that these two cases Are said John Man Tobas chief medical the two girls were together at a music and that May have been How it was we Are still looking into were putting the pieces together girls who died May have caught it at music lesson to prevent a further said the bacteria is spread by respiratory tract coughing and we Are look ing for people who May have had very close Contact with the Guilfoyle said the girls were both infected with Type c Beningo Coucal a Strain that occasionally progresses so rapidly that patients die before treatment can be the older of the two victims became sick very quickly and died before seeing a she was employed at a downtown but Guilfoyle said customers have no reason to be con he said Normal physical Hygiene would have prevented her from spreading the bacteria to the staff at the restaurant and the families of children at the music Les son have All been contacted and offered antibiotics and information on the about 130 prescriptions for the Antibiotic which protects against contracting the have been filled Over the last few weeks for those who came in close Contact with the the two deaths Mark the third and fourth cases of meningitis in Manitoba this year and the Only two Fatali while person person transmission of meningitis is worrisome to Public health Guilfoyle said these cases do not constitute an out break and Are More Likely a statistical if we see another Case or death related to these then we would be More he at that we May look at implementing an immunization Guilfoyle noted that immunization Doest protect against All strains of meningitis and offers Only Short term province Caps municipalities9 flooding Bills Reeves Welcome budget Relief by Alice Krueger legislature reporter the Filmon government has decided to give flood ravaged municipalities in Southern Manitoba a break on their share of the repair confronted by the Prospect some local governments be Able to take the financial the provincial Cabinet yesterday decided to Amend its usual cos sharing formula so that no municipality will pay More than five per cent of its annual budget toward flood fighting and cleanup under the usual disaster financial assistance municipalities Are required to pay at least 10 per cent of total disaster government services minister Frank Pitura was unable to place a total Dollar value on the additional saying Only it will be borne by the province and the Federal govern As Pitura indicated the government has not ruled out More Assis Tance to and will look at the 20 per cent deductible once All the damage Bills from the flood Are once the numbers come Well probably look at it and review that whole area were not closing the he Premier Gary who last week had indicated his government was standing firm on the yesterday also hinted that could we continue to evaluate the circumstances that people Are facing we continue to evaluate the losses that peo ple Are bearing and we continue to Eval uate the various sources from which Relief can he told the because of the enormity of this years some municipalities like Morris and Macdonald were looking at costs under existing could consume their entire to ensure no municipality has its finances totally wiped out by costs incurred by protecting people and the government on a onetime Only change the for Mula to reduce the amount of Money for which municipalities will be Pitura this will help to ensure that municipalities and their taxpayers whose lives have been disrupted by the flood do not have the Burden of covering those flood costs through substantially higher municipal the pm of Ritchot has estimated flood expenses of Reeve Bob Stefaniuk so the provincial change adds up to significant under the existing cos sharing for the pm would have had to come up with or close to 25 per cent of its annual it now will be responsible for Only about its a lot of it makes it Man said who had been dreading the potential Impact on ratepayers of major borrowing to cover his municipality 10 per cent it would have been very but for Morris Herm who fears the total Bill in that municipality will exceed its not Morriss annual Bud get is about making its share about under the revised were sure grateful for but wed like to have 100 per cent of it Cov especially when we look at a lot of the damage that have been had we not had the dikes and the he were protecting so the water is not from our municipality and were asked to cover Canadian forces photo a big thanks from Bosnia commanding officer David and soldiers from Winnipeg second battalion Princess Patricia Canadian Light now serving in show their appreciation to civilians and members of the military who helped fight the flood in killers Lack remorse Crown beepers murder replayed at sentencing hearing by Melanie Verhaeghe for the free press sentencing of three teenagers for the shooting death of Joseph Beeper Spence began in court with the Crown depicting the night of the and decrying the Lack of remorse shown by the Trio convicted of the Conrad Kami and Fabian sat in the prisoners Box As the Crown outlined their roles on the night of july this was a tragic the criminal Justice system of cant prevent this senseless tragedy from repeating but the criminal Justice system does have a Pivotal role in ensuring that other friends and relatives dont have to suffer like Nancy beepers has had said Crown Sid Pozniak waved at her family and friends and whispered to her cohorts in the prisoners Lerner told court that was Riding his Bike Home at after a night of playing video games when he was shot in the the atmosphere in the Van after the shooting was the accused and the other occupants Are High iving and Johnson is literally being patted on the Lerner told the Crown said Johnson was Bent on revenge that night because he had found out his Friend had been badly beaten by rival gang in a Van driven by a Friend and with a sawed off Shotgun obtained from another the youths talked about the beating and getting the Crown said Pozniak and Torres also knew the beating near Flora Avenue and Robinson Johnson unwrapped the put on wiped Down the gun Sev eral times and then wiped Down a shot gun Johnson called Spence and three oth ers to the and then Spence told Johnson in Street Slang that he had tried to become a member of a Street but he was Lerner when Spence turned and ran Johnson on april Johnson pleaded guilty to second degree murder and Pozniak and Torres pleaded guilty to Johnson faces a mandatory life sen but because of his will be eligible for parole after serving five to seven the sentencing hearing continues with iff Toronto Vancouver one Way 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