Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 24, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba November 2000 Winnipeg free press tire w Vav flyer in today paper Winnipeg subscribers Only rating the sums automotive editor Kelly Taylor takes a look at the Infinity qx4 f1 win guess who concert cd but youll have to answer Pur pop quiz on Winnipeg Rock icons d4 the morning fog then t garbage Day 3 school Day 2 inside Grey cup fever its Grey cup week in Calgary and free press reporters de Tait and Randy Turner have All the news from the Story of Lions kicker Lui Passaglia to an update on Alou ettes runner Mike pringles for All the news Standard Aero backs Down Standar Aero will no longer ask employees with dual Citi to renounce it As a Means of satisfying con Cerns about defence con the company said yesterday free press revealed the practice earlier this week a3 guilty in bar slaying a woman pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday for a barroom attack in which another slashed with a broken beef died a8 Gore to fight on Al Gores Camp says he will fight on in court if George Bush is declared the Winner in Florida presidential vote a court refused to order Miami Dade county to resume its recount ruling that was a blow to Gores Hopes b1 i business local credit Union gives Charity a lift Assiniboine credit Union is donating cars it repossessed from members who default on Loans to the local Branch of the kidney foundation of Canada 18 sandbagging in november Wayne Lowacki free press unusual ice could raise red River As much As eight feet by next Freak ice raises threat of flooding by Bud Robertson and Paul Mckee v a rare ice phenomenon has caused an even rarer sight in Winnipeg sandbagging in slush ice has caused jamming on the red River North of the moving River Levels in Winnipeg to unusually High Levels and prompt ing officials to prepare sandbags for three Low lying properties in the North end two on Scotia Street and a third just North of chief pegu is the ice situation is causing extremely Haz ardous conditions on All the cites Waterways drainage ditches and retention Ponds and officials Are urging peo Dejo stay off them throughout the for tobogganing and skating Are to the provinces predicted the phenomenon on the known As frazil could cause the River to Rise As much As eight feet above current lev Els by next wednesday in parts of the what is happening is unprecedented according to City and provincial the City has never before had to fill sandbags in continued please see sandbagging a2 the Federal election Chretien maybe facing minority tories relish Prospect of holding balance of Power Toronto prime minister Jean Chretien insists another majority is within his reach despite polling results which suggest his liberals Are sliding perilously close to a minority Chretien Effort to Shore up Liberal votes in Mississauga and downtown Toronto yesterday was greeted by two polls that show his party has fallen to 39 per cent just one Point higher than its 1997 election which delivered a razor thin a poll released late in the Day by end ironic research was a bit More flattering to giving the liberals the support of 42 per cent of but with the polls margin of Chretien was still forced to confront the possibility of a i am not planning a minor Ity i am planning a majority he told the end ironic poll of 769 people from across Canada was taken Between 16 and margin of error is per Chretien continued to Wear a confident face yesterday i am not planning a minority i am planning a majority government prime minister Jean Chretien despite often looking shaky during his the polls were enough to prompt tory Leader Joe Clark and nip Leader Alexa Mcdonough to promote themselves As the Best Leader to hold the balance of Power in a Liberal minority continued please see Chretien a2 for Complete election coverage and the latest poll see pages a11 parents scramble As bus Drivers hit bricks by Sean Oconnor thousands of Winnipeg parents were scrambling to arrange car pools or Jug gling work schedules to drive their Chil Dren to school today As a school divisions bus Drivers prepared to walk off the a Union representative estimated about students Are affected by the strike expected to begin today in Transcona Springfield school where some travel hours each Day to get to they join about students in River East school division who have been forced to find their Way to class without school bus service since Drivers there hit the picket lines in both the Issue is the divisions desire to be Able to contract out for bus students Are caught in the continued please see school buses a4 parents wait to pick up their children at River East collegiate pm nip ;