Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 20, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free press May 2000 la Vii ill a3 City editor Pona 6977292 disability Case sidetracked lawyer by Tracy Tjaden the supreme court got Side tracked in technicalities when it ruled thursday a Winnipeg Man denied Canada pension plan benefits was treated his lawyer if 1 had the sense that the courts grappled head on with the issues wed presented and then ruled against it would have been an easier said Bryan Allan refused to com court didst address pension Issue he says i Brief ment on his but Schwartz said he was his circumstances Are the Winnipeg Ger slipped and fell at a meatpacking Plant and injured his he collected benefits under the Manitoba workers compensation plan act because he was found to be temporarily totally his injuries prevented him from hold ing continuous which meant he want contributing regularly when he applied in 1993 for a disability pension on the grounds that he had a degenerative Back condition that pre vented him from he was found applicants must have contributed in five of the previous 10 years to qualify for Granovsky went to the supreme court after he lost two appeals of the decision to deny him he argued that his Equality rights under the charter of rights and free Doms were violated because cup requirements failed to consider that those with temporary disabilities cant work and contribute to the the High court the unanimous decision said while the rules did deprive Granovsky of they do not demean him As a human ramp Chase ends in crash a Minnedosa Man is in serious condition in Hospital after a second High Speed Chase this week by Manitoba ramp ended in a just after Midnight a 1989 tempest collided Headon with a Semi trailer on Highway 10 South of Minnedosa after a two minute Chase that reached speeds of 160 said ramp Steve the is suspected of leaving a Minnedosa Home before ramp arrived in response to a Call from a woman who said she had been assaulted and threat ened by her who is believed to have consumed alcohol and no charges have yet been Saunders said the ramp officer who noticed the car on his Way to the woman Home asked for the Chase to be monitored by but the car apparently drove into the opposite Lane and collided with the truck before Monitor ing could be set the Driver broke his Arm and leg and might have internal according to traffic was Light at the time and the Road was Saunders counterfeiter cocky a cocky counterfeiter with a sense of Humour is printing the phone number for crime a ser Ial number on some of his fake the poor Quality Bills have been turning up in Winnipeg in recent weeks at Busi along main and Mcphillips counterfeit Money is actually smaller by an eighth of an the paper is poor and the foil stamp Doest do but even though the Bills Arent the Best they can still fool you if youre not paying said Winnipeg police Bob but you certainly dont see the serial number prank every strike nears end the two Montgold City workers strike in Thompson is almost civic workers represented by the United steelworkers of America reached a tentative agreement with the City mid afternoon about 90 workers will on strike until the Deal is ratified on wednesday by the mayor Bill Comaskey was pleased with the settlement but offered no details on the its been a difficult period for Pur for our we need to make amends and get Back to no one from the Union was available for the strike began of March is when the City locked out its workers and then invited them Back 30 minutes later to work under an concessionary the workers declined and began the Ken Giglioni Winnipeg free press Gary Henry and Fiance Petra Waddell hold a picture of henrys late daughter this was a Joyride which turned into a Nightmare mourning father wants parents to watch their kids Mike Mclntyre Andrea Henry took a ride in a stolen car and paid for it with her now the grieving father of the 18 year old victim of wednesdays crash is warning other parents to watch their children closely to avoid similar Young people do stupid it just this was a Joyride which turned into a Nightmare for me and everyone else Gary Henry said its so theres lots peer pressure out and you cant watch your children 24 hours a a healthcare aide at seven Oaks has witnessed numer Ous tragedies Over his the 47yearold Parent said nothing could have prepared him for the Sud Den death of his Young Andrea was a front seat passenger in a stolen Chrysler Neon that flipped and crashed on the Tran Canada High Way on the Eastern Edge of ramp had been chasing the vehicle when the 19yearold male Driver sped by a radar trap and refused to the mounties say they called off the Chase several Kilometres before the car although the Cruiser continued to follow the car at close Range with the emergency lights Andrea was killed the Dri John who was a Friend she knew from in Hospital in critical two other teenage both were in stable this want the Way she she was very i dont think she knew this was a stolen Henry said of his it was probably just a Spur of the moment thing where he showed up and said lets go for a he said he believes the Driver had gone to visit a family member in the Steinbach area and brought his Daugh Ter and Young friends along for the Henry said the teen Likely panicked when police began giving How he Doest blame the mounties or the Young Driver for their most kids do what they but they make wrong decisions at they dont pay with their he Henry said his daughter had recently moved into her own intercity apart ment and was collecting social assistance after spending most of her teen years living with Foster parents in Rural Henry and his wife divorced when Andrea was and the woman was granted full she became seriously ill with Dia betes and died when Andrea was Henry said he was in a bad relationship at the tune and the decision was made to have Andrea live with Foster Henry said she hoped to one Day find a career where she could work with last she worked As a face Painter at the Forks and loved every second of he she was a very quiet and caring person and she really wanted to change the Way she was Liv ing and told me she wanted to have her own family with children by the time she was he she was a sensible but sometimes she got tangled up with the wrong she always seemed to learn the hard according to the court was sidetracked by a losing argument made by the Council of canadians with Dis which intervened in the he said the group argued the question of whether Granovsky can claim he was it treated As Well As people that Are permanently in retrospect it May have done us More harm than files from Canadian press editorial whats fair a16 residents Welcome concerts hubbub Crescent Wood shares the guess who fever by Mia Rabson Neighbours of the Crescent Wood Community Centre say they wont mind the noise and extra people converging on their neighbourhood today for the launch of the guess who Canadian in most of themare looking Forward to Margaret who lives directly across the Street from the says she Doest think there will be enough room for the thousands of fans expected to show up for today ticket but she thinks its All in Good the More the i suitters in very fond of music so it does it bother me at two Hundred fans will win the right to buy tickets through a but they to be at the Community Centre and bring a Foo Bank donation to one Hundred winners will be allowed to buy two tickets each at ticket lottery ticketmaster is printing up tick ets for the lottery and Are prepared to print even up to if they Are several Neighbours said they Are used to big events happening at the Community including socials almost every Brett Scott said he has More trouble with kids who live behind him partying than from the Community Cen tres you dont hear any noise from the socials and theres hardly Ever any Scott Denise Zuwala said she int a guess who fan but she has no problem with the concert being held across the its kind of a neat thing for our neigh she Zuwala said she would make sure to put her car in the but that the Only precaution Shes Rotha who lives up the Street from the was remarkably Wel coming of the saying guess who fans Are free to Park on her Lawn and parking spaces if they i dont care How loud it she in going to enjoy it 1 Neft tic Jet Jib w hip Lek l of 4vfp 4 automatic air traction Abs balance or where customers Send their friends Vickar when you think oses Chevrolet think Victir c u in u toll free 180036 m 368 ;