Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 3, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba T3i sombers May draw fewer than fans Tor their Home opener tonight against the gets full hunk treatment with wild America role 01 i refer Jimmy whose bashful characters endeared him to million died yesterday at 89 the weather 30 Chance of morning High Low details on Page 010 b celebrating my Juji 1s5 years Winnipeg free press garbage Day 4 july 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 danger 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 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 Hospital battling cholesterol lifestyle changes Are the Best strategy for combating High say some of Canadas top health who Are advocating More aggressive efforts to reduce cholesterol Levels in people technological chutzpah the technological chutzpah of pathfinders probe of Mars is overshadowing the missions purpose scientific inquiry ibs 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 and Ann sports to lotto Bonus military preset1 air report slammed flood victims defend military by Dan Lett National reporter 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 ahead a12 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 Uris list one defence minister Art Eggleton dishonoured Ollor Somalia Allier highlights of the report of the Somalia inquiry the peacekeeping Mission went awry from the largely because of failures of leadership by senior 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 an Headquarters in Ottawa at Best turned a Blind Eye to problems raised by the March 4 incident and at covered a government decision to Cut the inquiry Short left Many questions unan including the roles of highest offi parliament should set Clear guidelines for participation in future peacekeeping missions and exercise greater oversight of the military in military police and the office of the judge advocate general should be reformed to ensure their an office of inspector general should be created to evaluate systemic problems with the military Justice system and investigate 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 hold on who put wheels on our game Reg harder sports reporter americans Are no longer satisfied with pillaging our National now making it a summer Pursuit 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 p1 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 the game was introduced when a Minneapolis developed 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 ;