Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free june Lye a9 murder trial witness Hopes to turn life around by Allison Bray staff reporter a former Manitoba warriors associate yesterday said he testified against three men facing murder charges to turn his life Brent took the stand for the second Day in the first degree murder trial of Robert Stewart Robert Blaine and Roger Kyle they have pleaded not guilty to three charges each of first degree murder in connection with a triple slaying at 319 Semple Avenue on the Jason Joseph Stefan Heinz and Thomas Russell had been shot and repeatedly the Crown contends the killings resulted from a turf War Between the Manitoba warriors and affiliates of the Hells Angels Over the Street prostitution under intense Cross examination by defence Stevenson acknowledged he was pressured by police to testify against the he the fact he was told he could be charged As an accessory after the did not motivate him to give evidence to he said he decided to give police a videotaped statement on 19 in a bid to turn his life once a member of the no defunct overlords Street said he was tired of living his life As a Petty criminal and would be Mem Ber of the Manitoba it was the he despite six outstanding criminal charges against Stevenson steadfastly denied he was testifying in Hopes of getting a Deal from the no one has promised me Noth he told the six woman he that police gave him Cash and paid his rent after assisting him and his Mother to relocate from Winnipeg to ensure his his criminal charges were put Over until after the trial to ensure his safety should he be sentenced to he Stevenson is out on ill Deal with them criminal charges when the time he Stevenson is one of the crowns key witnesses against the on he testified that he was with the men at a warriors booze can on the night of the murders and saw tews hide weapons under his jacket before they went but the most damning testimony came when Stevenson said Roger Sanderson confessed a Days later to him that he had Slabbed one victim in the hallway and that Robert Sanderson shot everyone in the the trial flood tainted dugouts get new water treatment by Bud Robertson staff reporter teams of workers from the Prairie farm rehabilitation administration Are using a unique water treat ment method to clean up flood tainted dugouts around Southern we realized we had a Spe Cial situation said Para environment officer Pat this Springs flood left numerous dugouts used to hold water for humans and Ani Mals contaminated with huge amounts of groundwater is not readily available in Many of the areas affected by and so Farmers depend on surface water for Spring Runoff is often treated with a granular aluminium sulfite that Farmers shovel into the the sediment in the water coagulated and Falls to the Bot Tom of the for a Normal that might work to a reasonable said but the flood is forcing officials to try a treatment method recently developed by researchers at the Saskatchewan research coun cil in cooperation with Para workers lower a boat equipped with an outboard motor into the dugout and Anchor it in they then pump barrels of liquid aluminium sulfite into the water As the props from the motor stir it into the if it want the which is heavier than would simply fall to the Bottom without taking any dirt with said he noted there Are no health since the aluminium settles to the Bottom along with the sed so treatment has been successful in about 80 per cent of the nearly 50 dugouts treated in the last three there Are about 30 More to go the proof will be in How Long the treatment said we really dont because nobody has really treated this kind of High turbidity water its an unusual Circum he were hop ing to learn a the treatment int depending on the size of the each Job requires any where from 800 to litres of costing from to More than not including fortunately for the Cost is being picked by Para and the emergency manage ment which is paying for the employers flood Aid tax deductible Ottawa Canadian press Ottawa employers providing flood assistance to their Manitoba workers will Benefit from a new Federal measure lift ing taxes on flood under measures announced yesterday by Revenue employees who get flood assistance with their pay packet wont have that Money taxed As and employers can deduct those payments As business the designed to help victims of last months red River mirrors measures adopted following flooding along the Saguenay River in Quebec last How much this will create in the Way of tax savings either in the Saguenay or in Manitoba depends on the generosity of the said Revenue Canada spokesman Michel Cler Cleroux said Only a few employers in the Saguenay took advantage of the initial the Federal government earlier provided million in an Advance payment to the Manitoba government for flood another million in Federal doled out in Cash advances of up to for Busi Nesses and is also being made Avail 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