Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 7, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press june 2000 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Bruce Owen 6977292 face me when i speak judge Krindle tells lawyers they risk contempt by Mike Mclntyre dont turn your Back on the Madam Justice Ruth Krindle threat ened yesterday to Lay contempt of court charges against any lawyer who walks away from her while she is the strongly worded lecture was the latest twist in the controversial Manitoba warriors where tempers seem to get Shorter As the proceedings drag there is nothing nothing that feels More than to be on the receiving end of you stand there at the microphone and do not turn your Back on Krindle told lawyers inside the fort Garry which is Home to Canadas first test of new gang conspiracy it is not a Wise thing to it looks it feels and i will find it she too angry she singled out defence lawyer Evan Roitenberg for turning away after pos ing a question to her last Krindle said she stayed silent until yesterday because she was too angry at the my blood pressure was i think its better not to Deal with things when in that although As i think about it i get she but i decided to bite my Tongue and not to act in Roitenberg was not present in court yesterday morning to hear kindles he did appear when the trial resumed in the afternoon after the lunch i dont recall Ever doing such a he told the you have done it and you certainly did it quite dramatically on thurs Krindle i ended up responding to the Back of your Roitenberg said if he did walk it was Only to make room at the Micro phone for one of the other defence lawyers involved in the you do not vacate the area until we Are said speaking out of place i Krindle said she has never found a person in contempt of court during her 20year career As a judge and didst want Start with a she also criticized defence lawyers for standing up to Tell her about Legal motions they Are thinking about pre and for speaking out of place on of clients they dont this will Stop the floor of this court room from being used As a place for she last Krindle lashed out at All lawyers involved in the Case for trading shots at each other through the the Manitoba warriors which began last year with 35 has whittled Down to eight alleged Street gang members As lawyers continue to argue motions before a jury can fre Wayne Lowacki Winnipeg free press Martin Vanden Anker of the Boulevard club Iri Toronto finishes Lamb dish top chefs stand the vie for honour in Kitchen by Sean Deasy the tender morsels of Lamb offered less Resis Tance to sharpened knives than the tense Atmos phere at Canadas most prestigious chefs held in Winnipeg nine finalists from across the under the scrutiny of a panel of distinguished were vying for one medal and the Opportunity to represent Canada at France in the worlds Premier International cooking the Bouse Dor in the pressure is definitely said chef Michael chairman of the Bouse Dor committee of the Canadian federation of chefs and Cooks and previous Winner of the you cant fake with the time limit and the difficulty of the you must have every skill or you will be the Competition is one event in the we Klong National chefs convention which also includes workshops and sup plier Trade the chefs and their teams had five hours to create 12serving platters featuring ingredients such As Lamb and Yukon Gold Arctic the primary ingredients were chosen not Only with the French Competition in mind but also to display great Canadian products and in the relatively austere surroundings of the red River colleges Prairie lights Platter after Platter emerged from the frenzied judges marked half on originality and the other half on taste a unique scoring system for its emphasis on the it will be very said Fred a judge and the Captain of the world Champion culinary team Canada in it is an but medals Are for one when the votes were Andrew chef at diva at the met in Vancouver was the eventual chefs take Coo Stour 01 cancer treatment shutdown feared exodus of radiation therapists threatens patient care doctors by Kim Guttormson cancer treatment in the province could be shut Down if something int done to Stop the exodus of radiation Doc tors at cancer care Manitoba in a letter to their seven doctors say that patient care is being compromised because More experienced people Are it will take years to rebuild the treatment the letter was sent last just before who have been without a con tract for More than a began taking a strike vote unhappy with a mediators report on the results of the vote should be known within two a strike vote was also taken in but they Are prevented from walking off the Job by the essential ser vices As you Many therapists Nave left and several others Are planning to because of much better wages in other the letter Alberta and Newfoundland have both sent letters trying to recruit the therapists away from both Are offering generous meanwhile we do nothing to retain As it it will take years to rebuild to the Point we were at one year the contract has to be settled and with real Finan Cial incentives for them to or we May be forced to shut Down Brent ceo of cancer care called a Complete shutdown a Gross he planned to meet the doctors last he said 10 therapists have been added to the staff recently five recruited from South five graduates from the red River pro but they Are still operating with 10 fewer across the province than they have fund ing in the operating hours of the Cobalt machine at Boniface were Cut in half because of the staffing there is a shortage of radiation therapists across the country about 106 More jobs than trained people and other provinces Are aggressively trying to recruit therapists with higher hourly wages and signing Schacter said the problem was created when Ontario which produces about 60 radiation therapists a Down its two year program before its new fou year one was graduating weve been struggling with radiation therapy wait ing lists for Well Over a year Schacter adding the typical wait for linear accelerator treatment is 11 to 12 bus ridership continues to fall in Winnipeg by Bud Robertson More and More Winni Eggers would just As soon not ride above it there were 39 million riders on Winnipeg buses in a million fewer than the year and bus ridership continued to fall in the first Quarter of compared to the same period in its a lot faster to said Bill manager of planning and scheduling with Winnipeg from our the Competition cars has got a lot falling bus ridership is a trend plaguing transit authorities across the Over the last Urban transit ridership has fallen with 80 per cent of City dwellers preferring to take one million fewer transit passengers in 1999 their vehicles to statistics Canada reported according to the Federal Only 10 per cent of canadians ride the bus to seven per cent prefer to while the rest either take bicycles or rely on some other method of transportation to get to the reasons offered by Sta scan for the decline in bus ridership include increasing movement to the the perceived lower costs of maintaining an greater Busi Nesses moving to outlying Urban areas and the work Thome people like Howard Cohen would prob ably take the bus to work More often if transit didst take away services like Park and who says bus service is some times poor in his part of the drove to a Park and ride location at Jefferson and main Only to discover it was no longer ill probably end up taking a vehicle on the Days i have to connect with other buses he and then theres the eve increasing Cost of taking the average fares in 80 Canadian cities Rose to in 1998 from 93 cents in adult transit fares in Winnipeg Rose five cents in to and the City is planning to hike them again Over the next two and that is a major reason Why fewer people Are taking the especially those on fixed incomes who cant afford the higher said Community activist Nick every time Treyve increased the bus they have a significant decrease in said Sta scan also found that As cities reduced service hours and increased ridership Ternetti noted other cities which have instituted major downtown Reyita Liza Tion As Winnipeg is doing have also added Light rapid transit to the were one of the few cities that still Hast got editorial end of the line a12 1 prize Cliner Chai 2 prize 7 foot Palm tree ;