Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Paol gave each of its employees a Bonus Hui Teafile devastates resort at least 118 people have been killed tire Tam Teti ats numbers pay what Star quarterback David afe Het might want Thawn Thor morning Cloud and afternoon High Low g celebrating 125 years Winnipeg free press garbage Day 3 school Day 2 inside Gridiron Hopes thwarted High school athletic Star Tennessee Filipowiz May take Legal action in an attempt to Force Nipes school Divi Sion to let him play football at sister this Hes aiming for a scholarship at a think affordability if a 1 million Arena had been built to keep the jets in Winnipeg two years would they still be Here player salaries have risen much More in the past two seasons than the pro Arena spirit of Manitoba group was projecting a life sentence a Man convicted of having senselessly slaughtered a 73yearold Inwood Man was Given a life sentence yesterday and will not be eligible for parole for 15 years the right to Equality the supreme court of Canada has ruled that the governments refusal to Supply sign language interpreters for deaf people receiving medical care infringed on their right to be treated equally under the charter of rights invest Here and save a consultants study of 42 cities in seven countries finds Winnipeg is the ninth most affordable place for business to invest and that Canada is cheapest among the nations reviewed the Price of Success Florida marlins May be playing the High flying Atlanta braves in baseballs National league championship but the Price of Success has been Steep for team owner Wayne who faces operating losses of Mil lion us this year today in your City province sexology Canada with an even seven vocal West end Cul Tural 8 theatre projects play Reading series better looking by Den Nis Prairie theatre cinematheque lecture by Mark approach ing the new to Index Canada world in life net Reader sports to october 1997 credit Union ads stirring anger Bank on it by Keith Mcarthur staff reporter a n aggressive new and Campaign from Winnipeg largest Union is taking the chartered Banks to task Over their High profit and that has some Bankers seeing the television and billboard Cam which began this suggests the major Banks Arent involved in local that just annoys said Dennice the senior Vic president for the Royal Sank in do you see the credit unions sponsoring the pan am games do you see them giving Money to every capital Campaign that is going on in this City shot in a Corydon Street grocery the television commercial Fea Tures local actress Julia her character asks viewers what does your Bank do with its profits think about Randa Assiniboine credit unions Vic president for said the intention int to Bash the the ads just Point out the Dif Ference Between the two types of financial while the profits of a major Bank would go on to a head office Down we try to invest in Community devel but Alan a Vic president at the Bank of Montreal in said he takes tremendous Issue with the claim that the major Banks dont invest in that just continued please see clean up grime out goes crime he looked stunned that i recognized him and then he just shot me victim tag team of City officials takes on murders half acre by Doug Nairne police reporter if you clean up the neigh the neighbourhood will clean up its with that a team of City departments led by Community police officers went after one of the toughest parts of the City this summer with a Zero tolerance policy for their weapons were City bylaws that forced property owners in an area dubbed murders half acre to fix up their buildings and ants to clean up their Homes and abandoned houses were boarded up and the booze can operators and drug dealers were told to go the area certainly feels Ferent than it used said Rick a Community police officer who took part in the Initia people Are telling us that they really notice the during the police and City environmental health officers went to every House in the area bounded by Isabel and Sherbrook streets and Portage and notre Dame avenues and did an inspect using applicable City the team issued More than 130 warnings and notices for every thing from litter to unkempt a total of 22 vacant houses were found and boarded 17 derelict vehicles were removed and nine unsafe structures were four of which were torn in addition to the environmental health police enlisted the help of fire zoning building inspectors and any other kind of bylaw enforcement agents who could be found to Force troublemakers to clean up their Ruud said once the trouble areas were the team kept up the pressure until improvements were made or the troublemakers moved once we we found All kinds of abandoned property and gang houses that we had no idea were he it was Phe Ruud said that in almost every once a notice was the resident or landlord complied with the order and fixed the the initiative lows the window philosophy of Community build continued please see officials ppm in the Core Isabel Portage Avenue venue this sum found torn shooter to Stop by Leah Janzen Law courts reporter just seconds before a Bullet ripped into her que Yenn Raceles recognized her attacker As a a court heard i got out of the car and i in Quyen Raceles and youre Chris Why Are you doing this Stop this from she told a hushed he looked stunned that i recognized him and then he just shot Raceles took the stand yesterday in the trial of Robert Bruce Dmytruk and Kristopher Michael All three men Are charged with second degree murder and attempted murder in the shooting of race Les and the slaying of her Boyfriend Eric took place behind the Chalmers Community Centre in july throughout her Daylong the diminutive 20 year old University student described her close relationship with Vargas and painted a graphic Pic Ture of her con fusion and pain the night of the that Raceles and Vargas who had spent every Day together for six months had been arguing and had stopped at the Community Cen tre to talk it he pulled in to talk and get our feelings out and resolve she breaking into and without there was a gunshot through the window and i noticed my Eric slumped he i didst know what was after the initial Raceles said she looked up and saw a person walking around the car to her i instantly recognized Chris Ragot and i got she he shot me the first i turned to go Back into the car and i was shot somehow i drove out of there and i could hear gunshots behind there was a gunshot through the window and i noticed my Eric slumped he could it i didst know what was happening i i cant let us die like he meant everything to being without him is like a part of me died when he died continued please the Garden store Wywie a county Rew Multi we of tree a Btu imps food 4 a Day Long Fie face painting ;