Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 29, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 sunday free press june 29, 1997 editor John Douglas / 697-7230 email Ca sunday free press local police head injury a mystery a 49-year-old Man is recovering in Hospital suffering from a life threatening head wound but police Arentt sure what happened. The Man was at the Osborne Village inn beverage room when bouncers escorted him out of the bar at to . Friday night Winnipeg police said. A few minutes later a 911 Call came in about a Man lying in the Lane behind the bar with a Cut to the Back of his head and blood coming out of his ear said Insp. Jack Tinsley. The Man has been identified but he Isnit Able to talk to police because of his injuries. Police said they Haven to been Able to find any family members to Contact. Thief settles for booze a robber settled for booze instead of Cash Friday night after kicking Down the door of a Maryland Street apartment. A Man armed with a meat Cleaver booted in a door at 426 Maryland St. And demanded Money from the 60-year-old resident. The resident had no Cash so the robber chopped up the phone and swiped a bottle of Vodka before running out the door police said. He was described As native in appearance approximately 20 years old topless with cloth wrapped around his head. Fire guts Home the owner of a Point Douglas Home has no idea yet that someone set fire to his House yesterday morning. Winnipeg police have been unable to Contact the owner to Tell him someone deliberately set fire to 60 Grove St., gutting the inside of the House and All the contents. Fire Crews from three different fire Halls battled the Blaze which caused $75,000 damage. Two alarm Blaze firefighters have their hands full fighting a two alarm fire at Transcona furniture yesterday. The Blaze caused an estimated $350,000 damage to the store at 105 Regent ave. West and neighbouring businesses. The fire was extinguished in just Over to minutes. Rottweiler rips apart boys face by Bruce Owen staff reporter Al Ken Gigliotti Winnipeg free press Terri Iwaniw comforts son Devin yesterday. Thanks Manitoban with these 16 the anniversary specials Hee tile amp Vinyl cleaner Plu free dispenser 1 limited supplies a i wholesale computer sales giving you More for your 965 w0lseley across from Laura Secord school 779-2898 fax 779-4271 four year old boy is recovering at a a a Home with about 140 stitches to his face after he was mauled by a family friends Rottweiler dog. A this face is just mangled a distraught mom Terri Iwaniw said yesterday describing the injuries to her son Devin. A a he a got bite Marks through his lips and a fractured nose and a punctured sinus. The dog just ripped off chunks of skin. A the dog just missed biting his Iwaniw said the attack occurred thursday night at the rear of a Home on Aberdeen Avenue where she was visiting friends. Thinking the dog was not at Home she left Devin alone for a moment. Unknown to her the dog returned from a walk and almost immediately pounced on her boy. Police were called and Devin was rushed to health sciences Centre where he had extensive plastic surgery to repair his wounds. He was discharged yesterday. Police Are continuing an investigation As is animal services. The dog has been quarantined at the Pound. Iwaniw said the dog was a bought off the Street for $40 and was not licensed nor was it up to Date on its rabies and distemper shots. A the Guy just bought it for the looks of the dog a she said. Tabs pucks or granulated Cash s carry must present Coupon. Expires August 31/97. Ugh one Coupon per Sale. Cannot be combined with any other offer. 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Refundable Security Deposit is equal to one month s lease payment. Zero Down payment plans Are available. Dealer May sell for less. See your Manitoba Honda dealer for More details. No charge spoiler available on All 1997 civic coupes delivered by june 30, 1997 Only. Paul Wiecek victims frustrated As Justice delayed \ at what Point is Justice so delayed its denied Over one Hundred Winnipeg a who got mixed up with a House Ftp Ping operation Are asking that question these Days a 19 months after the ramp launched a Crimi Jal investigation into whether try were the victims of fraud. No charges have been Laid yet Che investigation still Isnit Complete amp a the officer in charge can to say Wolf in it will be completed. A if i give a Date and then something came up it would just upset people a ramp Cpl. Boyd so a said this week. That a a Nice sentiment except Sot the fact the victims a people like Dwight and Anny Froese a Are already upset. That a because they have lost lots of Money in what they believe was a fraudulent real estate operation. They Are also upset because they feel the system that is supposed to right such wrongs has failed them. A fall those people Are sitting pretty a Anny Froese said Friday. A a it a like they be gotten away with it. A the whole thing has just been really the allegations being investigated by the ramp Are that a local businessman organized a Small group of lawyers real estate agents House appraisers and mortgage brokers in an elaborate conspiracy to buy houses in the City artificially inflate their values and then set up buyers with fraudulent mortgage applications. In the Froeser Scase the couple was furnished with a $3,500 Down payment to qualify them for Chc financing and then provided by the businessman with an agent a lawyer and a mortgage broker to close the Deal. Needless to say none of them bothered to Tell the Froess that the House they were buying for $78,000 had been purchased by the businessman for almost $30,000 less just 19 Days earlier. If you think All of this is someone else a problem think again. That a because one of the biggest losers in this was the government owned Canada mortgage and housing corporation who Are left holding huge mortgages on Homes where the owners have simply walked away. And those mortgages Arentt secured because Many of the houses involved Are Worth Only a Small fraction of what they had been purchased for. One House on Scotland Avenue for instance appears to have tripled in value in one Day. Records show the House was registered As being purchased by the businessman for $21,000 and then sold the very same Day for $65,000 a a 209 percent profit. By chm cd a own estimate their losses could exceed a half million dollars in the operation. So what Are the mounties doing about it Well Smith wont say How Many interviews he a conducted since the investigation began in december 1995, but conceded it has not exactly been full time. Among the things that put it on the Back Bumer was the flood. A and who could be predicted that a Smith said. And there have been other delays. In april for instance the mounties finally raided eight local lawyers offices seeking relevant documents to the cases. But two months later Smith says he still Hasni to seen a Sheet of paper from the raids because the lawyers have All claimed the documents Are protected by solicitor client privilege and they were ordered sealed. The files will eventually have to be released because the clients with the exception of a Small handful want the mounties to see them. Among other things they believe the documents will prove their lawyers deliberately withheld important information from them. All these delays have had a Cost. Nip consumer affairs critic Jim Maloway says several of the homeowners have lost their houses waiting for the ramp to Complete their investigation. And since Chc has guaranteed All those mortgages that Means we re All losing Money watching the wheels of Justice grind. Got a Story for our investigative reporter Call Paul Wiecek at 697-7411, fax at 697-7412 or write to 1355 Mountain ave., r2x3b6. 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Valuable tribal rugs with diamonds est value $1,800,000.00 created by Debeers International award winning designer Gold diamonds Robles sapphires emeralds pearls rings bracelets chains Etc exceptionally Fine or for masterpieces location near Winnipeg into Airport at International inn 1808 Wellington ave. Follow Airport signs to International inn. Date tuesday july 1, 1997 at 2 ., Public inspection from i . March targets hookers Johns by Andrew Maxwell for the free press about 45 members of Community United for change marched through the City a so called Low track last night hoping to convince prostitutes and Johns to take the sex Trade elsewhere. A a you la never get rid of prostitution a conceded organizer Lydia Murdock a but we re trying to get them out of our neighbourhood a away from our the presence of the skin Trade makes the area unfit to raise children said Murdock. Parents Are forced to warn children to avoid Contact with used syringes in the Street she added. Most hookers Are intravenous drug users Selling themselves on the Street for Cash to feed their drug habit she said. Part and parcel of the problem Are the sniff houses and shooting galleries where drugs Are bought sold and used. A the prostitutes Are moving farther away from our area but not that far Quot Murdock said of the area off main Street in the North end. Dominated by the lord Selkirk housing development the area is run by youth gangs who control the prostitution. Tanis Pullman said the March is aimed at raising awareness of the problem and showing a we care about our the problem comes from outside of their Community Pullman insisted As marchers carried signs Reading a your children done to Hook Quot and a no hooking a they have to be aware of things other kids done to even know exist a added Murdock As a pair of neighbourhood residents applauded the passing evening Parade. The two Kilometre March which began at the Turtle Island Community Centre was uneventful As the areas prostitutes and patrons seemed to stay away for the duration. A it May have been that word got out they were doing the March a said const. Rod Sudbury of Winnipeg police service traffic division. A a it a one of the things that May help a he added ;