Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba May 2000 Winnipeg free press marts gn2701 9892792 3 Days Only my old fat lot Washer of myth City who Remir service 9m2700 sounds of summer concert schedule Bartley Kives presents a Calendar of coming acts 01 the state of the game minor hockey players want to have be treated with dignity the o mainly sunny wind s 40 High 20 v garbage Day 2 school Day 6 inside Filmon Era ends the Gary Filmon Era in Mani Toba politics came to an emotional end yesterday As he resigned his Post As Leader of Manitoba tories a3 monster is coming the Saga of Ogo Pogo ended yesterday with local financing secured for the provinces biggest Ever film project a4 Coil turns deadly As Many As four people died yesterday in the southwestern Ontario town of Walkerton in the worst outbreak in Canadian history b1 school of Asper the Asper name now literally Means business on the Cam pus of the University of Mani the faculty of management will be known As the Asper school of Busi Ness after the to entrepreneurs family made a Large gift to the faculty b8 i business Nasa enlists City firm City architectural and ing firm Smith a leading designer of High containment will design a Nasa Laboratory in Texas that will be used to study Rock and soil samples from Mars 18 plan ruffles feathers at Park by Bill Redekop Oak Bank a development plan that would allow up to new Homes to be built along the Boundary of Birds Hill provincial Park would needlessly destroy Woodland and a coalition of residents most of the proposed intensive development is around the Park and on top of the aquifer recharge Hugh Andrew told a provincial municipal Board that reviewing the pm of Spring Fields development we have to weigh the risk were Tak said representing a group calling itself the coalition of concerned citizens in the pm should create a five Kilometre Buffer around the Park to protect wildlife and the aquifer that supplies the areas drinking he Springfield is the fastest growing Rural municipality in along with East both Are growing at a rate of about 120 houses a key to Springfields development plan is removal of restrictions on lot most land bordering the Park cannot be subdivided into lots smaller than 20 which ensures the land remains largely continued please see test Case a2 Manitoba million Dollar masterpiece Wayne Lowacki Winnipeg free press wag buys Canadas priciest painting the Winnipeg Art gallery has acquired Early by group of seven artist Tom for a reported million the most Ever paid for a Canadian paint the 1916 landscape is at the Centre of the wags new the View from Here selections from the Canadian historical which opens please see Story on Page lottery Bosses shown the door Board fires three Mac execs in Wake of damning probes by Dan Lett Sinclair Book nabs National literary prize the literary prizes just keep rolling in for Winnipeg free press columnist Gor Don Sinclair Sinclair cowboys and has won the Arthur Ellis award for Best nonfiction title from the crime writers of the National prize was Given out last night at a ceremony in the Book is about the shooting of aboriginal Leader Harper during a struggle with Winnipeg police officer Robert the nature of the Book is so but i am really Happy because i think now More people will read the Book and know the Story across Cana Sinclair said from Sinclair Book had aced out four other including a mothers As told to Peter Edwards by win Ruegger Joyce for the National last month cowboys and indians won two Manitoba literary the Mcnally Robinson Book of the year award and the inaugural Carol Shields Winnipeg Book published by Toronto based Mcclelland Stew cowboys and indians recounts the events sur rounding the 1988 shooting of Manitoba aboriginal Leader three senior executives at Manitoba lot teries have been fired in the Wake of damning investigations that confirmed corporate expense capita Cost overruns and internal the Ink was barely dry on a report this week detailing human resources mismanagement when Mac directors yesterday terminated Brian Vic president of and Ken vice president of human the Board also fired Charles executive general manager of club Devenney is a prominent Fig ure in Many of the junkets to gambling at least six other executives some of whom were involved in Cost overruns in Casino expansions and corp rat expense abuses were called into meetings with the Board on tuesday and yester Day to review their performance and set guidelines for their continued these other executives include Ken Lamoureux information systems nor Man Asselstine Vic president of Casino Peter Hak senior Vic president and chief operating Richard Cone Vic president of marketing and sales and Susan Olynik Vic president of corporate according to Mac reportedly offered each terminated employee a Severance agreement in Exchange for a Promise not to sue the Crown Agency for wrongful dismissal and not to discuss the firing or other internal Mac these firings follow the termination of former president Bill who was axed the same Day the nip govern ment tabled the report of provincial auditor Jon single which detailed financial irregularities and abuses of expense continued please see firings a2 from childbirth to Champion ten months after delivering Lisa Fraser reclaims handball title by Ashley Prest sports reporter youve just got to cheer for Lisa who nailed Down the Canadian handball championship just 10 months after delivering Fraser regained the National singles her last weekend in i feel in and in pumped she said yes having a goal is a great motivator and mine was not just to get Back into competitive handball but to at age 35 and in the game for is Fraser reclaimed the title by beating Regina Jessica who is her doubles in straight games Fraser 10month journey from childbirth to Champion is nothing Short of twins Hannah and Harrison were Bora eight weeks Early on july one month later who gained 55 pounds during her began the 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