Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 3, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Bombers May draw fewer than fans r their Home opener tonight against the actor Jimmy whose bashful characters endeared him the Miles in died yesterday at Barstow pcs the full teen hunk with wild America the weather 30 Chance of morning High Low details on Page d10 m m n celebrating Waltl 125 years Winnipeg free press garbage Day 4 inside storm raises red the Southern Manitoba rainstorm yes added to last weeks heavy Rains in the will bring the red River to More than three metres above its nor Mal summer level and keep the River Walkway closed until july but the water Doest pose any survives Bear attack Winnipeg Ger Brent says he wont be hiking Solo anymore in water ton lakes National Park after a grizzly Bear took a bite out of his left leg tourist mugged a British Man on a world tour was attacked and robbed of All of his belong including the film of his while seeing the sights on a Brief Stopover in Winnipeg Tanker runs aground japans largest is bracing for environmental calamity after an Oil Tanker spilled 15 million litres of Light crude Oil into Tokyo fumes fuelled fears of an explosion and sent several children to new Mutual funds table the business Section introduces a More detailed Mutual funds table today to help readers better track and com pare the performance of hundreds of Canadian Mutual the new daily x listings provide More information on fund including Day today changes in and in response to Reader segregated and Money Market funds Are now its on today in your City province Cal football Winnipeg Blue bombers Montreal Winnipeg jazz on the rooftop Ron Winnipeg Art 7 and Shakespeare in the ruins twelfth Norbert arts and cultural 8 and Index Canada world numbers on in life net Reader Ana Ann sports to lotto Bonus july report slammed flood victims defend military by Dan Lett National reporter Ottawa the Federal govern ment dismissed the million Somalia report say ing the two year investigation unfairly tars the entire military for actions of a few defence minister Art Eggleton Dis counted the scathing accusing its three commissioners of levelling unsubstantiated allegations against senior he rejected suggestions there was a conspiracy within the senior ranks to cover up the 1993 deaths of two somali prisoners at the hands of Canadian in there heroes a9 no further its a Blanket condemnation of our an unfair and unjust Eggleton its an insult to the vast majority of men and women who served in Somalia and served Hon while opposition critics accused the newly appointed minister of burying his head in the several Manito bans said their opinion of the military wont be tainted by the commission ers stinging six weeks after nearly troops helped Manitoban Battle the flood of the people Here have not for the Guys Here were i dont care what anybody said John whose marys Road Home was saved when the military boated in continued please see its a Blanket condemnation of our an unfair and unjust one defence minister Art Eggleton Dusho Mokum a legacy in lessons Ollic Allair Obj won wept awry because of failures of leadership by senior the Canadian airborne because of discipline and organizational was unfit for deployment on the officers in Somalia tried to cover up events surrounding the March shooting of a suspected looter by Canad for participation in future peacekeeping an missions and exercise greater oversight of Headquarters in Ottawa at Best turned the military in a Blind Eye to problems raised by the military police and the office of the March 4 incident and at covered judge advocate general should be a government decision to Cut the reformed to ensure their inquiry Short left Many questions unan an office of inspector general should including the roles of highest offi be created to evaluate systemic problems with the military Justice system and invest parliament should set Clear guidelines Ligate officer red Ink quietly erased Hospital Reform prompts bailout by Alice Krueger legislature reporter the Filmon government has quietly relieved Manitoba hospitals of their financial woes by paying off nearly million in red Ink from last in what is one of the largest bailouts of the provinces Cash strapped health care the province last month notified hospitals with 199697 deficits that it would wipe the slate clean in preparation for regional of the nearly almost million will go to pay off deficits of Winnipeg the rest will help Many Rural hospitals that ran out of Money As of december five of Winnipeg six acute care hospitals Are getting financial with health sciences Centre getting the biggest chunk at Hsc had a deficit of More than million last leaving it to make up a shortfall of about million on its Hsc spokesman Jim Rodger said without the extra Money the Hospital would have been forced to implement extraordinary cuts cuts that were clearly unacceptable to even the to us it simply reflects that we Are chronically underfunded and Why not just realize up front that this is what it costs to run a teaching Hospital of this and lets work and plan to he Boniface general Hospital gets million in overspending while Grace general Hospital will see million written others include Victoria general Mil lion Concordia and Manitoba cancer treatment and research in addition to those already health minister Darren Praznik said his department is also negotiating with a number of other Rural hospitals in need of the province had Cut funding to Winnipeg hospitals by million in last years the health minister said the move to pay off deficits from last year is acknowledgement by the province that hospitals have been under Strain after two successive years of Cost Cut continued please see health hold on who put wheels on our game by Greg harder sports reporter americans Are no longer satisfied with pillaging our National game there now making it a summer played on roller on inline taken off South of the now Canadian hockey players Are starting to take it started out As just a but inline hockey at d1 now it is a legitimate said Rick executive director of roller sports the biggest reason Why the num Bers have gone up so fast is were a hockey country and we have made changes that make the game More Bochinski since roller hockey hit Winnipeg five years ago the number of teams has gone from 10 to More than people play the game and the new game has done away with Many of the old roller hockey is played with four skaters per team rather than and there Are no offsides and no meaning fewer whistles and a faster the sport is played mainly in hockey rinks after the ice has been players Wear protective equipment similar to that worn in ice hockey the game was introduced when a Minneapolis the first inline skate in the Early the sport has grown so much that twice As Many people play roller hockey than play ice hockey in the United Down there Treyve got huge parts of the country where there Are no ice hockey Bochinski ice hockey is chasing roller but its the other Way around Bochinski said about 20 of win Nipges 75 Community clubs Are currently running roller hockey weve Only scratched the sur he bbl salad or Fries Pepsi Chicken Caesar 1 i v ;