Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 25, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Classified is for Sale. Ww\v.netreader. Com world entertain Ivi ent Geof ses a hundreds of thousands of Florida residents were warned to evacuate their Homes As Hurricane Georges approaches /b1 boy a Winnipeg a Jeremy Kushnier gets top Billing in the Broadway production of footloose /d6 sports a league and players Are talking again but training Camps have been postponed and exhibition games cancelled /c1 the weather mainly Cloudy. 30% Chance of showers. High 14. Low 7. Details on Page b12 Winnie free press garbage Day 2 school Day 2 inside red sox end jays Hopes the Boston red sox clinched the american league wildcard berth with a 9-6 win Over the Baltimore orioles yesterday ending the Hopes of the Toronto Blue jays/c4 Hollywood of the Prairies Manitoba a film Inid Lusty is growing faster than anywhere else in Canada and Premier Gary Filmon says a Hollywood of the Prairies Isnit an unrealistic image for Winnipeg/a3 nato rattles Sabre nato told its generals yesterday to get ready for air strikes against Yugoslavia if president Slobodan Milosevic does t end his attacks on ethnic albanians in Kosovo province/b1 Bathe lines drawn while a congressional committee set the timetable for am inquiry vote yesterday feminists rallied to the defence of president Clinton saying they fear an Era of a sexual mccarthyism if the presidents foes win ,/b4 complacency shunned new Winnipeg chamber of Commerce chairman Joe Barnsley says with the Chiam Ber in its 12,5th year a the worst thing we can do is be Compla-cent�?�/b7 is t. J. Toast for Blue bombers Rookie quarterback Troy Kopp today dawns with another Chance to earn a starting Job in the Cal. But Only time will Tell if the suns setting on t. J. Rubley a hold on the no. 1 spot a and his tenure in Winnipeg cd today in your City province a so Dumaurier Beethoven festival the Beethoven symphonies Centennial concert Hall 8 . $12 to $35 at 949-3999. A Farewell Prairie theatre Exchange Portage place 8 . $18 and $26. A creative women a expo sew creative show �?T98 Winnipeg convention Centre 10 . To 9 . $5. Index local As 4, 6-9 Canada amp world /b1.2.4,6 business. .b7 classified. .c8 comics. .d2 deaths. .a2,c7 editorials. .a10 in . .c8 Jumble. Cio life Horoscope crossword. Net Reader and Ann Landers. .d3 movies. Dio sports record. .c5.6 to listings. .b12 Friday september 25,1998 heart transplant first in province London ont., cardiac surgeon leads Hsc team in seven hour operation 7 "76639 05026 5 by Kevin Roi Iason staff file Porter a Middle aged woman was in critical condition last night after a team of doctors at the health sciences Centre led by a London ont., cardiac surgeon performed Manitoba a first heart transplant. Or. Richard Novick a cardiac transplant surgeon from London a health sciences Centre arrived in Winnipeg at 11 . Yesterday. A donor heart was on the same flight. Novick was rushed to the Hsc where the 46-year-old woman had already been prepared for surgery by three local cardiac surgeons. Seven hours later the operation was Complete. A the new heart appears to be functioning adequately a or. Bill Lindsay head of the Manitoba cardiac sciences program said in a statement. A the patient remains critically ill and her prognosis should become More Clear in the next few the emergency transplant was performed after doctors operating on the woman the Day before discovered her heart was in worse condition than they had realized. She was so critically ill she be rushed to London or Toronto where the procedure is usually done. Little is known about the woman because her family does not wish her identity to be revealed. She is expected to remain in intensive care for up to a w Eek and will conv Alesce in Hospital for another t w o weeks after that. A it happened very quickly a said Hsc spokesman Jim Rodger. A they family members have a lot of concern about their mom. That a exactly what id e continued please see heart/a2 americans drive away deals limping loonie sends top notch used wheels South of Border you wonder Why we re up there buying them a by Geoff Kirby so in business file Porter american motor vehicle dealers Are scooping up the Best in late Model used cars and trucks from the Winnipeg auction Market driving up prices by 13 per cent in the last 90 Days Indus i y officials say. The americans taking advantage of the weak Canadian Dollar Are buying any As 30 cars each at a single auction and driving them across the Border in convoys to grand Forks Minneapolis and beyond. Yesterday a dozen . Dealers or brokers acting on their behalf outbid a Ore than 300 Canadian representatives for Many of the Best vehicles available at the Canadian auction group weekly auction. They took Home 60 of the 340 sold. Auctions Are the main Means for dealers to Purchase used cars m Manitoba. A a it a simple economics. You re talking 30 or 31 per cent on the Money that a quite a savings a said one North Dakota Auto dealer who requested anonymity. He recently bought a loaded 1997 Chevy extended cab truck at an auction in Montana for $22,560 us. This month in Winnipeg he bought the 1998 version with half the mileage for $20,464 Canadian. David Critchley is afraid the american invasion will Force him to change the focus of his business. A you wonder w by we re up there buying them a asked the dealer w to is on Pace to buy nearly 50 cars in Canada this year. Bert Dagnon president and chief executive officer of Canadian auction group the largest auction company in the country said american brokers who buy a vehicle then turn around and sell it normally make Between $200 and $400. Their pro fits have quadrupled lately. A a it a Market arbitrage. The car Market Isnit As efficient As the Stock Market. We done to have constant electronic updates so there a a big spread to be made a said Dagnon whose company has 10 auction Sites across Canada including Winnipeg. But the Good Fortune for american brokers and dealers is not looked upon favourably by their Canadian counterparts. Continued please see ./a2 maybe now City Hall will get the message talk about crumbling infrastructure. A big sinkhole in main Street right in front of City Hall will be snarling northbound traffic into next week. City Crews were digging through the pavement wednesday to repair a sewer when they broke into a nothing. Where there should have been Earth there was a this be metre by 3.7-metre void almost two metres deep. Planks now Shore up the Hole while traffic is com pressed into the remaining two lanes. Public works spokesman Bob Mcdonald said a Watermain leak caused the erosion of the Earth. A worker on the site said had Crew s not discovered the Hole the pavement a a definitely would have Given away at some Point. Main Street sinkhole will snarl traffic into next week. Ottawa counter attacks . Over farm truck fuss Canada fights Back against blockades by Paul Samyn Bill Redekop and David Kuxhaus National staff reporters Ottawa a fed up with . Delays in ending blockades of Canadian farm products the Federal government yesterday officially started fighting Back. F or the first time Canada has formally requested consultations under both Naftal and the world Trade organization to Stop the Border actions of states like South Dakota which have targeted Canadian trucks carrying cattle hogs and Grain. A your Hope w Ould be that this will signal that Canada is very serious about this situation and we Are not Happy about being used As pawns in the american political process and we will pursue every remedy that is at our disposal a said Ralph Good ale minister responsible for the Canadian wheat Board. Goodale said its Clear the . Has no defence for the blockades. A the americans Are plainly offside a he said. A Btl by can to Muster a shred of american Farmers frustrated by Low prices for Grain and Swine have been blocking Canadian truckers hauling w heat hogs and cattle South form Ore than a week. Continued please see nara/a2 ;