Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 28, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2000 ree press reside Hal mortgage rates Gold medal feisty canadians upset aussie legends in Tennis drama c1 3263495 or 18007286440 Takin care of business Randy Bachman Drew about 500 people yesterday to his birthday and boo launch Bash d4 the morning High 23 Low 6 garbage a 4 school Day 4 singing Prairie tunes the hardware will be handed out sunday when Canadas finest Flatland musicians gather for the second annual Prairie music awards 01 be on Osborne the owned forces to have digital camera installed t Osborne Street Avenue to improve to Hurt potent Donald Brashear when tie swung Hissick and clubbed tie Vancouver Canuck Jln the f 62 people b1 Quarter a k Troy f v after years of something exciting is happening the Exchange District is a key downtown Corner is Likely to be redeveloped and newcomers Are playing a vital role in our rebirth the changing face of Winnipeg new Hopes for City Exchange undergoing evolution Bald Santin without much fanfare but with a lot of hard Many of the empty buildings throughout the Exchange District have undergone a buildings that were the mainstay of Winnipeg Economy at the turn of the Century have languished for the better part of the last 10 to 20 they have found new travellers Kays Massey Bedford Dingwall criterion Treyve been wired for the inter made Over and stuffed with new businesses and peo ple and there generating theres definitely More activity in the said Gerald who three years ago bought the travellers building when it was completely theres just a hum going on that i did it detect the travellers building sat empty for several years before Butler bought the occupancy rate is 90 per Jim president of Boom software is taking Over the top three floors of the four Storey criterion a building gutted by fire in its been rebuilt new new roof and an elevator is on its a really Cool Perchaluk said when explaining Why Hes moving his staff of 18 from cramped offices on Lombard our lease is expiring and we thought the Crite Rion is in a great location and would give us better designer Richard Walls has a similar he bought the Kays building at 245 Mcdermot two years ago with the dream of converting the Square foot Structure into a residential two years our building was completely empty now everything is filled except for the ground floor will curtain finally drop on Capitol by Helen falling the City is expected to take the first step today toward tearing Down the decaying Capitol Clearing the Way for redevelopment of a key Down town demolition which would Cost about would allow the City to Market a potentially attractive pack age of land that includes storefront lots on Portage in pleased to hear that there is something being said Doug executive director of the downtown Winnipeg business improvement that probably about the land mass you need to Gen Erate anything of City councils property and develop ment committee will consider options for the Capitol today at a closed meet for More than a City workers have not been allowed to enter the deteriorating building because of the health risk posed by Mould and falling it would Cost about to stabilize the building so that staff could enter safely for routine Maine continued please see Capitol a2 editorial Capitol idea a16 Phil Hossack Winnipeg free press immigration called key to growth continued please see Exchange a2 by Carol Sanders Kaushal needs to hire Sanjiv Kaushal has a Bone to pick with Winni Eggers who oppose Immi for the past year and a the Gas station owner has had a help wanted sign in his Hes owned the Inkster Park Tempo station since there have been no takers and Kaushal believes increased immigration May be the i think its a big said who was born in India and moved to Winnipeg to join a Large extended fam everywhere you people Are local business and political leaders agree Winnipeg is at a Fork in the Road and immigration policy will determine if it ends up on easy Street or skid the provincial Economy is humming but without More people to take advantage of the we will be stopped in our said Jim Carr of the Manitoba business there has been some statistics Canada estimates Manito Bas population grew per cent Over last year to the peo ple added to the province include International continued please see people a2 dead teens misadventure want her first by Bud Robertson and Nick Martin police Are calling it death by Misad for 16yearold Becky it was a dangerous Road she had apparently travelled Down according to those who knew the Darker Side of the outgoing a member of a local Church theatre a dancer and a Goldmedal figure died in a seedy apartment on Wellington Avenue some time Between Friday night and Satur police Are investigating the possibility she overdosed on a toxicology report ordered by the chief medical examiners office wont be Back for at least two to three the Mother of a 15yearold girl who had been Ducharms Best Friend for years and who Lay beside her As she died in a bed said Ducharme was no stranger to this want just a Saint said the who asked that her name not be used to protect her daughters both of them were into the wrong continued please see Ducharme a4 police Are investigating whether Ducharme overdosed on act now before tins offer hits the Road on All l Chrysler in juicing available Pinhei of ;