Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Donations from across Canada for flood Relief keep flowing into Manitoba Taj Lii l off people a look at the men and women who made the free press what it is the weather 40 Chance of afternoon High Low details on Page d13 a celebrating my 25 years Mem saturday free press june inside mansion for Manning Reform party Leader Preston Manning has decided to move into the palatial 34room Home of the offi Cial opposition Leader paid for by tax payers 1 Markesteyn probed staff disputes have prompted the Fil Mon government to probe the conduct of the provinces chief medical exam Peter but sources said yesterday the investigation goes beyond labour relations biotech powerhouse Winnipeg genesys pharma is joining with Toronto based nov pharm biotech through a share transaction valued at More than the merger is expected to create a Bio pharmaceutical Power link in cancers the virus linked to an aids related cancer May also be blamed for a Bone marrow the discovery by two los Angeles researchers raises Hope the cancer might be prevented if effect fied or developed to counter the virus sprint Field Strong three former Manitoba Derby champions will go head to head tomorrow in the 17th running of the Winnipeg free press sprint at Assiniboia Downs today in your pm province the Nields with Spur of the West end cultural 8 and children who dont listen to their parents Gas station 10 and Bob Watts Trio Mcnally Grant 8 Index local Canada world numbers on paged 6 in life net Reader and Ann sports supreme court sets Jack free High court stays charge in Case of missing wife by David Kuxhaus and Allison Bray staff reporters Brian Jack won his Freedom yesterday after fighting a ghost and the courts for almost a the ghost was his who Dis appeared in Jack was accused of her Mur after three two convictions and three exhaustive the supreme court of Canada stayed manslaughter charges against the 49 year old he will not face trial the ruling brought to a close a Case that had All the ingredients of a made fort his life in shambles a9 Jack was the former Winnipeg Blue Christine was the popular and dedicated speech ther they looked like the couple who had it All a Nice House in the two Beautiful but on the night of after an argument with her husband in their vital no body was Ever her husband was arrested and charged with second degree murder a few weeks a Hulk of a Jack stands six footlight and once weighed 250 nicknamed he wore number 72 for the bombers and played As a receiver for two seasons in the shortly thereafter he met Chris and they were married in continued please see Jack has been going through the courts for close to a decade in the Case of his missing wife Christine years and years of trials and appeals a look at the Legal Odyssey of Brian Jack Christine Jack disappears from her and on Brian Jack is charged with Mur jacks second degree murder trial Jack is found guilty of second degree murder after a 10 week trial the provinces longest murder he receives a mandatory life sentence with no parole for 10 the defence appeals the ver Jack is denied january 1992 Manitoba court of Appeal Grants Jack a second he is granted bail after one year in jacks second trial Jack is found not guilty after a six week in a rare the Crown appeals jacks claim ing the jury was misdirected by the trial june Manitoba court of Appeal Grants a third trial for this time on the reduced charge of Jack appeals to the supreme court of May the supreme court sends Jack to a third March after three Days and More than 17 hours of during which the jurors twice return to the judge to say they Are Jack is convicted of he receives a fou year March Jack again the Manitoba court of Appeal dismisses jacks third jacks lawyer appeals to the supreme court of june the supreme court of Canada orders a stay of proceed Ings rather than a fourth Jack is firms to pay billion tobacco Battle reaches a truce pc staff Washington in a landmark antismoking forces and Tobac co companies agreed yesterday to restrictions on cigarettes in Exchange for Sharp limits on tobacco firms liability in Michael the state of missis sip Pis attorney general and a leading negotiator in the hard fought called it the most historic Public health achievement in we stand Here we Plant ing the to Victory against the tobacco he under the which still must be approved by smok ers would see dire new warnings on cig Arette receive free medical help to kick the habit and be inundated with National antismoking Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man would disappear under strict new tobacco and in tobacco companies and investors would be Given Relief from the uncertainty posed by hundreds of pending continued please see agreements networks May cover games in a major step Forward for the 1999 Panama games american to networks Abc and esp Are biting on the idea of broadcasting the games Here two Summers from but the biggest question is still up in the air How much will the net works pay they will get Back to us with a says society presi Dent Don please see Story on Page a winding Hazard its called the death and its one of the worst highways in this winding stretch of the Tran Canada from Kenora to Vermilion has claimed the lives of 19people since free press reporter Melanie Verhaeghe took a drive on Highway see Page District of Kenora too Many deaths since there have been 19 Between 1994 and there fire deaths from Kenora to Vermilion 319 accidents and 139 people seven since six Moose killed in the last the collision rate on this stretch of there Are 80 curves in 72 of Highway is 50 per cent higher than the provincial Highway 17 statistics there have been seven deaths since 1994 1 june metres West of the Junction of 17 and fatigued Driver drifted across the Centre line and hit a 2 july 1994 one pm East of Motorist fell asleep at the 3 May 1995 Driver fell asleep two West of the 4 August 1995 two people killed eight kilo metres East of Semi crossed the Centre 5 May West of 17 and Pas Senger killed when car hit a 6 november East of 17 and car lost control on Snow packed hours weekdays Midnight weekends noon Midnight a com exhibition a prices plus the elastic gymnastics try Stokes mania ;