Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 19, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Aid local Winn Pix 2000 something for the kids special parents plan social to help fight cancer in Young Teresa Turner and her friends Are planning an anniversary party with a the Winnipeg parents Are holding a social to celebrate the five years their children Jave been in Remis Sion from the with profits going to Candle a National child Hood cancer takes place 14 at be the Money raised will be earmarked for clinical the parents say its a Chance to celebrate their happiness and acknowledge the children who didst Well have a prayer and reflect on the says were Cele but were also remember the parents met under the most difficult of circumstances and have become tight theirs is a Bond that most people cant under forged in a time of sorrow and we All pretty much met As parents in the hallways of the cancer explains Marie attend ing a planning session in Turners comfortable champagnes son has battled Back from a tumor in his you spend two years knowing each other As justins mom or Alana dad and you become closer than fam you worry when someones child gets celebrate when theres a Vic As each of their children neared the important five year remission the parents wanted to move from the hell of surviving can cer to something More Doug whose son now suffered from the same sort of cancer that claimed Terry says he Hopes the social can raise up to for right that not looking we need More corporate sponsor he were knocking on All Wayne Lowacki Winnipeg free press Alana Mark Bosman and Kirk Champagne from social will be a Celebration and a the doors and asking for but its pretty in not sure people understand what All this you go to All these kids funerals and your kids sit there next to Justin used to look at me and not my dad that Why were doing our children have seen things and dealt with things that most adults Haven were a Small grassroots group and people Haven heard of says whose daughter Alana is now a vivacious we realize were competing with the breast cancer run and the Terry Fox but we just Felt this was we want to give some thing Lannie whose son Mark was first diagnosed with leukaemia at is says the kids Are the Cata Lyst for the there have been some really Hor Rible she eyes misting this is very were doing it for our but were also doing it As a memorial for the kids who didst make Alana Turner says Shes not Ever going to forget her Battle with can but she Doest dwell on i think the social is a Cool she its not just for people to say there Happy for its to show that theres that we survived and other kids can Mark Bosman my feeling now is in not scared of dying he says but i am afraid of having cancer i dont know when that goes Kirk Champagne is my friends but its no big he it happened a Long time from his Mouth to gods his Mother would d i Brief was donated generous Manitoban donated More than during the War child Benefit concert this a release from War child Canada said that includes the Money collected by More than 200 Many Palliser furniture who canvassed the audience during saturdays it also includes sponsors and government Dona by 6 saturday donations solely from individuals at the concert totalled More than people gathered at the Forks to hear the tragically Chantal my Maestro and Angelique Kiddo the concert was held in conjunction with the we Klong International con Ference on War affected which brought foreign ministers from around the world to Winnipeg to discuss the Impact of War on youth and How to Stop the conference concluded with foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy securing the release of 16 ugandan child soldiers being held in Sudan and the commitment from both Uganda and Sudan to repatriate the other group to be at mall today child find Manitoba Hopes to increase awareness among parents and their kids about exploitation of children via the internet today at Polo Park shopping to educate Winnipeg parents and their children about online child find Manitoba will be at the mall today at kids can take a quiz on internet safety and win a free computer mouse safety tips Are written on the mouse which will remind children of the dangers while surfing the the Winnipeg group has been work ing since last Spring with Justice minis Ter Gord Mackintosh to Amend the Canadian criminal code to Stop online sexual Mackintosh won support for a Resolution to get Tough with online predators last August at the National uniform Law the Resolution would make it illegal to communicate on the inter net for sexual purposes with someone believed to be a at a conference in Mackintosh met with and territorial Justice ministers and came out with an agreement to Amend the criminal making it easier to catch Caber we Are pushing for legislation that would make it illegal to entice children while said Lianna executive director of child find it was an Issue that came up because we were getting a lot of Calls from As Public awareness Mcdonald said even More parents will probably come Forward with concerns and the internet is a wonderful it should be educational and terms of what is parents need to be today special a Hearty helping of food for thought members of Isabel Street Council can tackle big but sometimes they just tuck into a big breakfast by Paul Mckie the Isabel Street breakfast Council Calls the meeting to order at 9 that not the members of the Isabel Street breakfast club place their orders at 9 first the food then the the meeting gets under Way As it does each week in the Back room at the aristocrat restaurant on Isabel there is no formal no one is in yet Over the past three this informal weekly gathering has become one of the most influential voices in Winnipeg filipino twelve people Are present when the meeting slowly gears up at the meetings last until 11 but people Drift in and out of the meeting and break on How much the current debate interests them or the segment of the filipino Community they Fred de a life insurance chairs the meeting sort de Villa walks away a few times to have private someone else slips into his chair to Monitor the debate when this happens though no one is Ever ruled out of the debate ranges from thoughtful deliberation stuff like some times your reasoning just pisses me off yet even those outbursts Are Given and taken with smiling everyone is Welcome at these meet the participants have but Busi Ness can be very invited guests Over the years include nip my Pat provincial Liberal Leader Jon City councillor Harvey Smith and Many guests can have a hard time Fol lowing the participants Converse in Tavalese a combination of the filipino language tagalog and the first item on the informal Agenda is the groups continued Call for the end to the Liberal governments Landing fee for the Council has signatures on a petition it has All groups should get together on says Edda a who urged More cooperation with different ethnic de Villa assures her that the Council will present the petition to Liberal my John Harvard along with representatives from other communities affected by the head someone suggests the liberals will act immediately on the another voice said immediately Means two years after the this Issue is important to the filipino Community where Many relatives cant rejoin their families and Are forced to stay in the Philippines because of the Landing de Villa notes the Federal budget surplus and the fact the fee is waived for Why not for All immigrants informal As their weekly meetings the Isabel Street breakfast Council is an influential voice in the filipino we need More immigrants says de Jess a health care says All political stripes Are represented in the labour unionists and communists share ideas and arguments All to help their Community in the big discussion this meeting is recruiting nurses from the some on the Council express concern about bogus there Are so Many unscrupulous consultants and says de con artists in the Philippines hang out signs that read Canada needs you and people pay to get info on How to come Here to that information is Avail Able free from the Canadian the Council decides to get the information Back to the Philippines that Only one legitimate Recruiter is working to bring nurses to that Recruiter Only charges the examination fee that nurses in Manitoba must pay to attain Rey Reyes argues that you can inform people Back Home but you cant Stop peo ple who will try anything and pay any thing to come to Ken i Gulotti Winnipeg free press others on the Council complain that filipino nurses already live in Manitoba Only they Haven been Able to practice Here and Are often stuck in menial the Council decides to invite representatives from the health ministers office and the Manitoba association of registered nurses to the next a few other issues reverberate around the but the debate splits into chit Chat Between interested people Start to Drift out at the meeting Doest it just fades breakfast is until next 1 8oo 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