Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Randon class today pc find Blae great a puppies tor Sale mar duress vile a the Best Hope for Canadas wrongly convicted prisoners is a Loose collection of outraged lawyers and investigators by i scientists sound alarm i planet being profoundly altered major environmental changes urged /b4 passion for music chm a former bran donates Darren Ricker and Jason Keating find Fame with flamenco /1brandon, july 27,1997 inside suicide note found a Florida newspaper said yesterday it has handed police a purported suicide note by Andrew Cunanan the alleged killer of italian fashion designer Gianni Versace and four other men/a3 Guadalajara Steps up Guadalajara Mexico made a Strong run at hosting the 2003 pan am games in a passionate presentation yesterday to delegates of the pan american sports organization. It put reputed front runner Santo Domingo dominican Republic in the shade/a4 window of Opportunity they started lining up outside Willmar windows at about 7 . Yesterday. By 11 ., 198 people had filled out applications for work at the East Kildonan firm. The company put out the Call for More workers Friday after falling behind on orders /a4 no Joy in bom Berville it was the morning after the night before and the Winnipeg Blue bombers weren to feeling any better about themselves. The mood was sombre after Friday nights embarrassing 36-21 loss to the Hamilton Tiger cats which dropped the clubs record to 1-4 /a8 today in your City amp province Roch Voisine Centennial concert Hall 8 . $32.50 to $49.50. Charlie major with the Foster Martin band red River exhibition Park 7 30 . $28. Mrs second division Rugby Brandon is. U of a at Brandon 3 . 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By Andrew Maxwell for the free press Highway deaths jump ramp blame government funding cuts for 57% Rise in Rural traffic fatalities by Doug Nairne police reporter ramp blame government funding cuts for a 57 per cent jump in fatal car accidents in Rural Manitoba this year. The startling number of Road deaths has prompted some mounties to question the Lack of resources being dedicated to Highway traffic patrols. In the first six months of 1997, there were 44 fatal accidents in Rural Mani Toba compared with Only 28 during the same period in 1996. In the past three weeks alone eight people have died in collisions. A these numbers Are getting very High Given the number of Drivers in Rural areas a said sgt. Brian Linklater the ramp traffic supervisor for Manitoba. A july in particular has not been a Good month at because of budget cuts there Are Only about half As Many mounties patrolling the provinces highways As there were five years ago. As Well ramp say they done to have enough Money to replace their anti drinking and driving Van which has been off the Road for eight months. Linklater said the number of fatal accidents in Rural areas had dropped to 67 in 1996, largely due to better driving habits brought on by years of increased enforcement and a highly successful anti drinking and driving Campaign that ran on weekends through the summer. Continued please see highways transportation review May Start in september Grain remedy on fast track a late night huddle Between three Federal Cabinet ministers and farm officials has taken big Steps toward ending transportation bottlenecks that have Cost Farmers millions of dollars a growers spokesman says. A everyone came away from the meeting with new Confidence that the 1997-98 Grain crop will move even though its the same system we be had in the past a said Kevin Archibald vice president of the Western Canadian wheat growers association. The meeting ended with the politicians agreeing to fast track a review of the Grain transportation system. The review could now begin As Early As this september rather than in 1999 As earlier planned Archibald said. The meeting at the Lombard hotel in Winnipeg was attended by Federal agriculture minister Lyle Vanclief transport minister David Collenette and Canadian wheat Board minister Ralph Goodale along with rail and Grain officials. A the Linchpin was the ministers will to make it happen a Archibald said of the decision to move the review up by almost two years. The 1999 review target was mandated in the Liberal governments National transportation act he said but the ministers recognized the Industry a sense of urgency and decided to Speed it up. The review will be struck after the completion of pending quasi judicial hearings before the Canadian transportation Agency. Those hearings will see the Canadian wheat Board allege inefficient practices of Canadas two National railways Are to blame for Farmers losses estimated at $115 million this year alone. The railways have stalled the hearings with a motion claiming wheat Board lawyers Are in a conflict of interest. A decision on the motion is expected aug. 7. In the meantime Archibald said a recent agreement Between up rail and in rail to share lines in British Columbia will provide interim Relief. In the past a sense of corporate sovereignty saw the railways refuse to share two vital lines on opposite sides of Fraser Canyon. This forced westbound rail cars to wait for eastbound traffic to Clear he explained. Molgaard finally at peace As Finger Points elsewhere up staff while Larry Fisher was sent Back to Saskatoon yesterday to face charges in the rape and murder of nursing aide Gail Miller in 1969, David Molgaard enjoyed his Sisters wedding with family. Ramp arrested Fisher in Calgary on Friday one Day after taking Over the Case. He was charged with the rape and first degree murder in Millers death a a crime for which Molgaard served 23 years in prison and was finally exonerated last week after Dan tests proved he Wasny to the killer. One of Mil Gaarde a lawyers Hersh Welch called the re Mph a investigation a a lightning compared to the Saskatoon police. A they put some fresh people on it a Wolch said of the mounties. Fisher appears in a Saskatoon courtroom tomorrow. Continued please see Fisher/a2 up photo ramp sent Larry Fisher above Back to Saskatoon yesterday. By her own hand Canadian author Margaret Laurence suffering from cancer committed suicide on Jan. 5, 1987 because she did no to want a prolonged painful death a biography due out in september says/a3f#ii12 noon to 5 free admission my. A in Peg ;