Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 13, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba December 2000 free re the increasing high24low33 garbage Day 1 schooldays inside frightful a blizzard in Central Canada havoc with air travel As a cold snap in the Prairies has Caa Manitoba running hours behind in boosting Frozen cars Chretien Coy parliament resumes but the prune minister Down played tall of any sweeping initiatives Fandias Coy As to when Cabinet Garneaux final trip tmtf1 r ass Over a Canada is one of the lasting memories Marc Garneau brought Home with him from what he confirmed yesterday was his last trip to space b5 i ready for Takeoff Are court ing Albert Johnson known returner was named the Caus most outstanding Rookie last month c3 i business flourish with on daily interest savings 9256824 1877achieva party Tes urges we to quit after supreme court just reject Florida recount driving into the Sunset general motors is cutting jobs and phasing out its old Smo Jitter the oldest Brand pie Auto history 87 shoppers dive for cover As guard Exchange shots Bruets Fly at Polo Park by Leah Janzen panicked shoppers screamed and Dove for cover while a Rob Ber and an armoured car guard exchanged gunfire at Polo Park shop Ping Centre shortly after noon yes the who police link to Sev eral christmastime armoured car heists in Winnipeg since left a Trail of blood when he escaped with a bag of nobody else in the bustling mall was Steven said pandemonium broke out with the sound of the bang bang bang the shots were let off directly behind i went mocked behind the Glass behind me there were women they said the Guy ran through some women were Hes got a gun Hunter police said the combination of a Busy mall at christmastime and a frenzied gun toting robber could have spelled its very fortunate no bystanders or the guard involved were said Bob Johnson of the Winnipeg police according to shaken witnesses who watched the barrage of a Man wearing a Balaclava approached a Securi Cor Cash services guard As he was leaving the Cibic Branch at Polo he grabbed for the bag of Cash the guard was carrying and opened Securi Cor management would not disclose who the stolen Money belongs the suspect fired first and the Security officer returned said adding a second guard was on the scene but not involved in the roughly eight shots were fired in but were still investigating to determine How Many came from the guards gun and How Many from the suspects continued please see Polo Park a4 Polo Park shootout heres what happened guard exits mall with Deposit bags shots fired Between the robber and Securi Cor guards Ken Giuliotti Winnipeg free press inside i diners get a Birdseye View of shootout a4 i guard had right to pull say police a4 a chronology of other armoured car heists in Manitoba a4 Marc Gallant Winnipeg Frei police inspect Bullet Hole top in plate Glass window at Polo Park police officers walk with employee Centre of Gordon Preece Winnipeg free press armoured car firm which was Portage pumped Over Spud spread by Bud Robertson Portage la Prairie a lion potato processing facility announced Here yesterday will bring hundreds of needed jobs to the Community and Cement this cites reputation As Canadas French Fry officials from Idaho based Sim plot were on hand to announce the new which is to be constructed on a site just West of Portage la Prairies City limits in the new Poplar Bluff Industrial construction is to begin next after Public environmental hearings Are held and a licence is once it is completed in the Pota to processing facility will be the third such Plant in and will com Pete Headon with the Mccain foods potato processing facility in it will employ 230 people at Startup and produce 300 million pounds of French Fries and other Frozen potato products for the company Eastern mostly fast food restaurants such As Mcdonalds and the approximately metre Plant is designed to accommodate expansion of up to twice that depending on Market allowing Manitoba to finally surpass Prince Edward Island As the country leading potato processing the number of jobs could increase to As Many As during the construction the Plant is expected to generate direct and indirect continued please see French Fry a2 discover something special for Somerl ;