Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1999, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free september Jeff de free press a Harvest for the starving combines Harvest swaths of wheat destined for the Canadian food grains Bank yesterday at Shana an farms near the Manitoba Community food grains project brought together workers from six different religious groups to raise food for the needy around the Blanket of Clouds protects crops in Southwest from Frost by Bill Redekop staff reporter the first killer Frost of the year levelled and Zucchini crops across the but southwestern Manitoba was miraculously we had Cloud Roll in at the Lith hour and save our said Bob talking from a cell phone As he swathed Fields near Clouds moved in late sunday forming an insulating Blanket Over the where crops Are record late the temperature didst dip below 5 celsius in in temperatures hit c overnight tying a record for that Date in that two Days before win Nipges average first Frost Date of according to historical the narrow escape for the where heavy Spring Rains delayed seed ing until june has kept alive farm ers Hopes of getting a crop everyone is just holding their said Stephanie bran Donarea a another 10 Days Are needed to Ripen Many and Farmers Are living on borrowed time the average first Frost Date for the Brandon area is Frost touched Down almost every where East of Brandon and Riding Moun Fisher where temperatures reached 7 May have suffered the worst they were hit a lot of Grain crops up there were still not said Rick agricole research Man most crops East of Brandon have already Ripe crops have Little moisture in them to and therefore Are unharmed by Frost even when still standing in we were Lucky enough and our crops were already said Theresa who farms near Austin with husband temperatures fell As Low As 5 c in Pierre spelling the end for lyse rious my tomatoes Are said although she and husband phils Grain crops Are ripened and the Frost also Cut Short the lives of some Zucchini and said Larry president of Peak of the Mclntosh said the losses were not potatoes and carrots still in the ground can handle the Frost and we rent he its been another Good year for Mani Toba vegetable although wet and Cool temperatures have delayed ripening of most plants by 714 Mclntosh lettuce crops were Hurt by hot temperatures during the pan am and the Broccoli crop is Small because High winds blew out seeds during but red potatoes Are outstanding in and its looking like a record car rot Mclntosh borrowing can be this 3 cashback 3 that what we give you when you give us your mortgage and to the that be in Complete control of your message behind our 3 cashback get a residential mortgage with a competitive interest rate from Canada then Well give you an amount equal to 3 of your mortgage principal in up on a mortgage that to use however you and theres no upper simple helpful we think at Canada Trust we keep the mortgage process professional and you will receive thoughtful 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son chamber of Commerce there is no question Inco has a tremendous Impact on the Economy of Tim Johnston but right its wait and Mary owner of the local meat eater said she does a number of catering jobs for the com Pany and fears a Long strike could Hurt her but since the workers were locked out on the Impact to Date has been she we cant Tell anything added John manager of the local Canadian tire for the first week or we wont notice but after that there will definitely be an he on members of the United steelworkers of America voted 86 per cent in favour of a strike to Back up their demands for a two percent wage increase Over three workers were locked out the same night when they reported for work following the strike Bob president of local 6166 of the said workers Are now Manning picket lines 24 hours a Day at various Inco Sites around the morale on the picket lines is very he All we want to do is make sure theres no production going although workers Are committed to staying off the Job until a contract is Desjarlais said a Long strike is not in anyone Inco spokesman Dan Mcsweeney said there Are no new talks but he said bringing in replacement workers is not being Mcsweeney said the company has submitted its final which pro Yides for no wage and is standing firm to Cut while the Price of Nickel hafe rebounded in the past few Mcsweeney said to remain Inco must keep its production and labour costs Long Plains residents sue Ottawa residential schools by Mike Mclntyre staff reporter three residents of the Long Plains first nation have joined hundreds of other aboriginals in Canada whole filed lawsuits against churches Over abuse they suffered while attending residential in a statement of claim filed last the Trio allege they were taken from their families and placed in horrific conditions during the 1950s and the United Church of the presbyterian Church in Canada and the attorney general of Canada Are All named in the they have 20 Days to file a statement of at least lawsuits have been filed so far by former students against the United churches and the Federal Many involve allegations of sexual the residential schools were set up in the 1800s by the government to help aboriginals assimilate but were oper ated by the in the supreme court of Canada ruled that schools and treat ment centres could be found liable for attacks on children in their even if they did not behave Herman Bernice Wescoup and Faron Woods attended the Brandon residential Indian the Portage residential Indian school and the Birtle residential Indian school Between 1955 and they claim they were subjected to cruel and unusual such As repeated beatings and humiliations by staff they say they were alienated from their culture and fam Herman Wescoup said Hes had difficulty with anger management Ever Bernice Wescoup said the trauma has resulted in her suffering lifelong weight problems and while Woods claims he now suffers from a Lack of self esteem and personal Iden the group is being represented by Winnipeg lawyer Chad mountie charged with sex crime an of duty ramp officer in Thompson was charged with sexual assault Over the week end after a complaint from a ramp said the was released on a Promise to appear in court next month after fellow officers charged him with one count of sexual assault the charge stemmed from an alleged incident at his Home Early sat urday morning with a 19yearold female the who has been with the ramp for the past six was not on duty at the time of the alleged Bill Rit Chat of the Thompson detachment said the officer has been taken off Normal duties but will remain on the Job pending a hearing by the division the offi cer can be suspended with or without depending on the circumstances of the Vassar woman killed after collision with train a56yearold woman from Vassar was killed instantly after her car struck a train on Sprague ramp said Marion Cul Leton was driving on a Road alongside a train when she turned to Cross the railway tracks in 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