Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 24, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Oelert my my helicopter contract would mean millions for Western firms Learned Jean Charest rebuilds the tory one voter at a time Tim want lift a mix of Sun and High Low mails on Page 018 m celebrating ml25 years saturday free press inside Lindros sinks rangers Eric Lindros again took advantage of the battered new York Lindros broke a 22 tie with seven seconds to play last night to give the Philadelphia flyers a 32 game 4 Victory and a com manding 31 Lead in the Nils Eastern conference d1 a High risk calling if youre a Pilot with the flying upside Down at 700 Kilometres an hour in a formation with other jets sometimes a metre you need concentration and freeze reported a to report in Jerusalem yesterday said Israel has offered a temporary freeze on construction of a disputed housing project in East Jerusalem in an attempt to revive stalled Middle East peace Salmon War intensifies the West coast Salmon War intensified yesterday when Premier Glen Clark declared the Navy unwelcome at a test Range off British Colum Bias a10 bomber drive falters season ticket sales for the Winnipeg Blue bombers have slowed to a about Short of their goal of by the end of the teams next move May be its most important this season As it seeks alternative ways of raising Revenue and boosting Atten dance at d1 today in your atty Winnipeg juggling festival College Louis 9 to 5 to Serenata Latina music of latin Mcnally Grant 8 Sokol polish Folk in Sembio pantages Index local Canada a 9 10 d24 numbers on diversions crossword net Reader and Ann in May 1997 a boost for downtown historic plan a catalyst9 to revitalize Portage by Nicholas Hirst free press editor the the City of and downtown business organizations Are on the verge of an historic plan to revitalize Portage Avenue and adjacent Jay a consultant hired by the Forks North Portage this week presented a detailed strategy to improve the often vacant Street level buildings and stores on and near Portage Avenue to various groups interested in revitalizing the cites the meetings that started thursday and concluded representatives of Portage property owners of Portage and Eaton the the the executive policy com Mittee of the Council and the Board of commission have created a surprising degree of agreement on what needs to be the said Kent president of the Forks North Portage is a catalyst for people to a consultant with the Vancouver based coriolis consulting has agreed to take his recommendations and detail who should be responsible for planning and executing that document is expected to be ready within two continued please see health inspectors wage War on drug Dens by Doug Narne police reporter the blacked out windows and blood spattered Walls at 402 Manitoba meant Only one thing and when the police officers and City health inspectors kicked in the Back door their suspicions about who was haunting the House were used insulin Needles were strewn on the along with alcohol piles of garbage and junk food con hundreds of Small pieces of paper known As flaps Lay in every the cocaine they once contained injected into the bodies of the junkies who have made the House a shooting it is the 17th shooting gallery or sniff House the Community police and City health department have shut Down in the lord Selkirk area this year in an Effort to Battle a growing tide of intravenous drug it is an Uphill Battle the junkies move from one vacant Home to another but for the people who Are trying to protect the its a in the Middle of the mess on Manitoba Avenue were 10 Blear eyed most of them half of them All of them prostitutes from the Low they Lay huddled sleeping on the Bare police found Cash tucked in one teens pocket and suspect he is the continued please see above and a police officer searches founding at Manitoba Avenue the same officers had turfed some of the junkies out of another shooting gallery earlier this the bust on Manitoba was the 17th in the lord Selkirk area this year As City police and health inspectors team up in the Battle against the growing problem of intravenous drug use in which cocaine is the drug of liberals enjoy almost Giddy atmosphere by Dan Lett election reporter Hamilton As prime minis Ter Jean Chretien strode into a packed ballroom in a Down town convention he displayed the unmistakable posture and tone of a Man who is on his weaving through the teeming crowd of More than 800 sweaty but delirious Liberal Chretien smiled and laughed heartily As he Shook the Thicket of hands that were thrust in front of when he reached the he began a speech that reporters have heard but which has taken on new tones in the last gone Are Reform ads assailed a8 Winnipeg Centre profile a14 the tired justifications of the Liberal deficit fighting the defensive stance when explaining unkept promises from the 1993 election Cam in their Chretien is now preaching a message of Prosperity and and most important Chretien has been focusing More and More of his attention on the one thing most prize by incumbent politicians on the election Trail the less than four years we were focused on the problems of the Chretien we Are plan Ning for the future and investing in the and in telling ladies and that we can look to the future with with Hope and with although the election Campaign started badly for the with the photo Opportunity Gaffe in Winnipeg and the premature release of their Campaign red Book by the Reform the liberals remain generally unopposed in the and although pundits predicted Liberal collapses in Ontario and Atlantic where the grits took All but two no challenger has stepped Chretien has another weapon at his controversial Reform television advertisements warning voters to refrain from sup porting parties led by Quebec politicians have Given Chretien new fodder and sparked new life in his Chretien said the advertisements were the hallmark of the most divisive Campaign i have seen in Canadian the Liberal party will always talk about what unites us and not what divides Chretien the lib eral party will always be the party welcomes everybody what Ever is the Colour of the the Reli Gion or the language that he As the election Campaign enters its final All of these factors have translated into a almost Giddy atmosphere for the whiplash can be a serious c if not treated correctly it can create lifelong o chiropractic care is a effective method of treating whiplash Why suffer see a chiropractor 5 first of acrid l it compensation medicare and private and group health ;