Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 3, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Win Pix Frknk Mui Mukh 2000 local a3 years stroll through one great country ends in by Bud Robertson David and Sandy Allison have seen the Sun set on two Treyve encountered Black bears in the got married in Dawson City and lost an appendix in Portage la and Friday night in the Ontario couple finally ended their walk across the 10 provinces and the Northwest Territo this is one great said who drove the couples camper Van while David hit the she would drive on then Stop and hike Back to meet her whats unique about this particular walk across Canada is that they we rent raising Money for we wanted to do it for the two of said taking a year off the Hamilton area real estate agents left newfound land 1 to begin an Odyssey of a they walked through Winnipeg june 27 then drove to Inuvik before heading out on foot once that where they encountered a group of Black bears along the that was pretty David from they walked to the Alaska Yukon Border and Down to Dawson where they finally tied the knot after 10 years after they headed into British arriving at Prince Rupert on the West As they headed through Manitoba ear Lier this Sandy became sick and had to Stop at Portage la Prairie to have her appendix although they had been thinking about travelling for the deaths of a Cou ple of agents younger than themselves finally got them they it really makes you Start to said they rested after completing the last leg of their journey in win tired yet Marc Gallant Winnipeg free press Neighbour Ralph Steinmann spent a Long sleepless night worrying whether the Simcoe Street fire would reach his kids play with Home Burns three Young children had lighter All escape Blaze in the inner City by Kevin Rollason kids playing with a lighter Are to blame for a fire at an intercity House Early yes firefighters the which extended to a third floor the attic and roof at 303 Simcoe started at about 4 Winnipeg police said three two aged eight and one aged were playing with the lighter in the attic when the Blaze fire battalion chief John Walker said yesterday there were no except for a firefighter who twisted his were just Happy there were no fatalities Walker but As to preventing fires like this from he said How do you keep an Eye on kids at that time in the morning when youre probably fast asleep continuing problem the Ideal would be to not make them lighters accessible to but its a continuing we try to educate and Edu Cate and sometimes it seems no one a Simcoe Street resident said she often saw the children playing with the i figured that would probably happen sooner or the woman looking at the damaged the children Are really a Ralph said he was awakened by the sound of his Neighbour out for someone to Call the fire he was just Steinmann i thought the flames were going to get to my my car was getting covered by water from the at one the fire department was going to leave when the flames started Santa Glaus is coming to town bring letters and non perishable food items dont forget to bring nonperishable food items and letters to Santa to today edition of the Winnipeg Jaycee Santa Claus the annual Parade begins at noon at Polo with at least 58 floats head ing East on Portage it is expected to disperse at memorial Boulevard at about letters addressed to Santa will be collected along the Parade route As will non perishable food items for the Christmas cheer Santa Claus Parade route leaves Polo Park at 12 noon december 3 disperses on memorial at Gordon fleece wih Nipes free press govt hosts open House on saturday Manitoba legislature will take a break from poli tics and Host its annual open House on As part of the yearly Peter Premier Gary minis ters and Las will play the role of festive while an array of perform ers provide holi Day entertainment on the grand members of the Public can bring ornaments to dec orate a multicultural tree in the buildings and All visitors Are asked to bring nonperishable food to donate to the Christmas cheer to the old world Market on Higgins vegetable t wit if feb meat Market be Irmma prices in effect is m m Casa de Meata Casa it Meata Casa cd Fruta Casa Fruta i i ii ill ing chickens pork butt Clio lettuce Tommy mangoes Steak or roast fresh avocados go Eidew poles ellies 0 i red grapes Ottawa taking aim at internet paedophiles liberals preparing Law we can move quickly the Federal govern ment is preparing a new Law aimed at paedophiles who use the inter net to prey on vulnerable Justice minister Anne Mclellan the criminal code Amend ment to protect children from Caber creeps will probably be one of the first pieces of legislation advanced by the re elected liberals when parliament resumes next feb Mclellan told the Edmonton weve got the Section drafted As it relates to inter net we can move on that fairly Mclellan said in an Manitoba Justice minister says the Federal governments action is due to Manitoban pushing the Issue onto the National in pleased its the first order of this is a Manitoba Success Gord Mackintosh said last but Mackintosh cautioned that the Manitoba government would not give the new Bill its Blessing unless it clearly protects teens older than the target group for Many Preda tors on the the age of con sensual sex in Canada is while pleased that the feds Are moving on an Issue he thought might get derailed by the recent Mackin Tosh said the Devil could be in the authorities have Little statistical evidence about the prevalence of but police Are increasingly concerned paedophiles Are using the anonymity of inter net Chat lines to strike up acquaintances with lonely and naive boys and what we want to do is put it beyond any doubt that there Are certain kinds of things done on the internet that constitute criminal offences when done in relation to Chil Mclellan in Justice ministers at a meeting in Nunavut passed a Resolution put for Ward by Mackintosh to make it illegal to communicate for sexual purposes with some one they believe to be a this position is also backed by victims the Cana Dian police association and the Canadian association of chiefs of Mackintosh Resolution Fol Lowed a series of stories by Winnipeg free press Colum nist Lindor Reynolds on the perils of and the Lack of Laws governing the Reynolds has since been nominated for a provincial crime prevention award for the sex crime investigators Are frustrated at being powerless to Stop predators from seducing kids online because there is no specific Law Banning Lur defence lawyers will prob ably argue their clients didst know they were dealing with or that they never planned to act on their fan said Edmonton police Dave Canadian staff sponsored by bricks Fine furniture and now for the fun part by Fred Brick when i attend the furniture show in the main focus is to buy you look at the current especially those that Are doing Well on your floor and see what additions or deletions have been made to the you also look at the new you usually Haven seen them before and probably never even got too much pre show this stuff is the factories big secret and they aint Gonna noise it around and have other factories copy some of their hot this is where your years of experience As a buyer and that gut feeling in the pit of your stomach takes Over and guides and know what it works Well at least most of the if you want to see when it didst work that Well the staff will drag out some of the rare bloopers and some of us Are not now while the main focus is to buy after that comes the fun accessory buying i love furniture and you really get to know what styles Are hot and which Are not and its but accessory buying is More of a sure you buy items that go with present furniture styles but then there Are pieces that will enhance any like furniture there Nice to have around for example this past week we got an Early shipment of brass items in a soft Matte finish that would enrich any traditional decor and would be exceptional with the wonderful new european styles one of these items is a Large cutglass vase sitting on a Matte brass base in the classical the base has four mini legs and the exposed portion surrounding the Glass vase is highlighted in the swelled upper portion is domed by an unusual double handled brass exquisite id love to Tell you More but its my Toronto Brothers birthday today and he really gets upset if i dont remember i but i forgot his name Fred Brick owns bricks Fine furniture k Fine furniture ill Lombard 9571211 nut Kei there b a Between bricks Fine furniture Tut Yuul us Brykk or the Brykk ;