Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Ohki Siitam huh 2000 local a3 Mackintosh wants better gang Law maintaining or promoting criminal organizations should be illegal he says by Span Auger was getting his computer Bee Public Security minister Serge Power to define any number of groups As by Sean Oconnor Justice minister Gord Mackin Tosh is calling for Federal cooperation in making it illegal to belong to a gang or criminal Mackintosh said Ottawa existing ant gang Law has proven largely ineffective in courts and has done nothing to Stop the spread of outlaw if a person helps maintain and promote an organization whose purpose is criminal there ought to be a Mackintosh said gangs Are becoming More organized and sophisticated and its High time that government becomes More organized and sophisticated in countering this Calls for changes to the criminal code of Canada to ban membership in gangs or other organized crime groups have increased since the shooting of Montre Al crime reporter Michel Auger last Auger was getting his computer out of his car trunk in the parking lot of be journal de Montreal when he was shot five times by an unknown the shooting occurred a Day after he wrote an article on several murders in Quebec tougher sanctions provincial Justice who met last week in had already voted to urge Ottawa to put the ant gang Issue High on its several maps and que Bec politicians Are also calling for tougher sanctions on organized criminal some maps want an emergency debate on the Issue proposals submitted by the provincial Justice ministers include confiscating the assets of such As personal another idea is to reduce the need of a unanimous jury verdict to a majority of 10 of 12 to secure a conviction against a gang another forwarded by que Bec Public Security minister Serge would make it illegal to belong to a named criminal such As the Hells Mackintosh said a new Law can be designed to avoid a constitutional Chal Lenge and Hes willing to lend the Feder Al government the support of Manitoba officials to get the Job there have been mostly from Quebec that Ottawa enact the notwithstanding clause to avoid constitutional challenges to such a Mackintosh said that May not be Nec though he has no immediate he said jurisdictions have enacted similar Laws within the Bounds of the Mark a Winnipeg said lawmakers Are treading on unstable a Law Banning gang membership May give governments or police too much Power to define any number of groups As and anyone who affiliates with those groups including lawyers As gang Are easy we can blame All our problems on we dont even know who them who pushed the Issue of an ant gang membership Law while in opposition in the Manitoba also raised it with fellow Justice minis ters in a year but he said the Federal government failed to follow tested once Ottawa current ant gang Law was brought in three years ago to combat biker gangs in that Law makes it illegal to participate in a criminal which is not easy to prove in the Law has been tested Only once against the Manitoba warriors in a highly controversial prosecution Joe 8byksa Winnipeg free press file photo Mackintosh sophistication needed in which Only two men out of 35 were convicted of participating in a criminal residents take Pride in areas Renaissance by Holli Moncrieff More than 300 people turned out to celebrate the rebirth of their neighbourhood on landside Street yesterday the official launch of the Spence housing rehabilitation initiative kicked off with a Community Barbecue and sunny weather that gave everyone something to smile along the houses that were once earmarked for demolition shined after their extensive so five houses have been completely renovated and three More Are in the beginning said Perry housing coordinator for the Winnipeg housing rehabilitation everybody really Happy they say the Best House on the Barcla Goddard said of the newly renovated 524 adding that there currently accepting applications from would be where else can you get a heritage Home like this for wed like to see this duplicated throughout the since the project started in two vacant lots were turned into a Community Garden and several housing renovation Grants of were Given to area one of those Grant recipients happily painted her Homes trim Turquoise a single Mother who refused to give her last has lived in the area for eight years with her the Grant allowed her to upgrade Leaky completely prime and repaint the exterior of her and replace seven broken the Money i got from the Community went right Back into she everyone walking by says the House looks really an that makes me feel if it want for this the House never would have gotten she says she was shocked by How Many contractors never returned her Calls once she gave them her landside people make this area out to be worse than it said we All look after each other around and everyone so Nice and this is a very close resident Joe who moved to the area in 1973 from Uganda with his wife and six says the housing pro Gram gives him Hope for the this is uplifting the Community to create a better image its excellent that everyone in the neighbourhood is heavily he were All making sure the area is Nice and weve been Here 28 years and have never had a prob Ken Gigli Riih Winnipeg free press dam destruction denounced about 75 natives from Cross Lake marched at pantages theatre yesterday during the opening of the International con Ference of War affected they were protesting the damage inflicted on their land from construction of Hydro tory defectors rally behind Pallister by Sean Oconnor a group of Board members with the Portage Lisgar pc association has announced its defection to support Canadian Alliance hopeful Brian members blame the defection on what they Call heavy handed tactics of the associations president against a former tory leadership candidate and provincial Cabinet minis Pallister signed on with the Alliance in August after an attempt to forge closer ties Between it and the conservative he suggested conservative Leader Joe Clark allow candidates to carry credentials for both parties into the next Clark shot Down the now Pallister is running for the Alliance nomination in a Battle within the local tory association executive erupted late this summer after pres ident Burnett demanded Pallister immediately repay a loan granted by the association for his tory leadership both sides eventually agreed that a Large por Tion of the loan was either forgiven or worked off by Pallister through events such As fund roughly was the Money has since been but some executive members took exception to burnetts Public at the last executive Burnett insisted All executive members take an i think that was the Straw that broke the camels Back with a lot of a lot of people were very said John one of five executive members who publicly announced they Are Burnett said there is no room for divided Loy members refusing to take the oath dont belong in the party even the dumbest kid at the hockey rink knows you cant play goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs and play Centre for the 69yearold a lifelong said the decision want but in the end he said he when youve been a member of a party for 50 it takes a hell of a lot to get you to Burnett said Hes just Happy the Issue is Shingle depot Corner of Regent re ties pm 2378955 open arthritis attacks individuals physically and emotionally the old world Market on i vegetable Andrea Market Coupon Coupon Coupon i Boss drinks 8 varieties 1 i Freezer pack 5 lean ground beef 5 rib end pork chops 5 hound roast 5 Chicken legs so 5 sirloin Steak 0 j8 2 litre limit eight per customer u Coupon expires Coupon Coupon i prices in effect until Casa Deneata Casa Deneata Cascade Fruta lean ground beef Corn on the cob 4 for i imported Chicken burgers 1 a a bad 99 hours monfri98 sat 88 Sun 53 available whats the Winnipeg convention Centre the Winnipeg convention Centre is Happy to be hosting the following upcoming events Trade conventions weddings september 2000 Sample of events to sep 23 oktoberfest sep cortex computer Centre Trade show sep Rockhurst continuing education University seminars sep 19 mood disorders association Art auction reception sep 20 association of Canadian travel agents travel show sep 2022 hospice palliative care association conference sep 21 Canadian club of Winnipeg luncheon sep 23 Canadian cancer Solty gala dinner sep 28 Winnipeg chamber of Commerce am luncheon sep 30 be Cercle Mollere banquet dance october 2000 Sample of events oct 13 Canadian parking association conference oct 35 2000 health care conference exhibition Dot 1118 tru serv Canada cooperative convention oct 19 Blue bomber gala dinner oct 1925 my hotel association co Fence Centre show oct 19 ans Naabe Way Shl youth awards dinner oct my music educators conference oct 30 Manitoba a place to a place to stay conference Home of the rotary club of Winnipeg weekly luncheon meetings 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there a More glorious flowering its Bell shaped Flowers gently suspended on drooping stems they actually do quite Well but have a penchant for bring in a horde of guests with mainly the dreaded whitefly this Little Critter can wipe out a greenhouse if you dont keep right on top of i have four More exotic two of which had dropped All their survive through the Winter and have become gorgeous be coming in Tor sure and so will the Inch Plant a wonderful Lusty Little Imp that grows almost a Birds nest Fern of some Vintage and an Orchid that needs coaxing will join it and Thall be alas i know the guilt of looking out the window and seeing the nasturtiums and ice geraniums and ibis cases As they too fill my soul with guilt and Force sort to take them condemning me to abide in an overcrowded Jungle that needs continuous and instead of being appreciated in Roomy splendor is Only glimpsed while dragging Pai Fuls of water through crowded aisles mind All things its a helluva Good hiding place 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