Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 13, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba December 2000 Gree party Boss urges Gore to quit after supreme court justices reject Florida recount b1 the increasing High 24 Low 33 t garbage Day 1 schooldays inside frightful a blizzard in Central Canada wreaks havoc with air travel As a cold snap in the Prairies has Caa Manitoba running hours behind in boosting Frozen cars b1 Chretien Coy parliament resumes but the prime minister Down played talk of any sweeping initiatives and was Coy As to when hell shuffle his Cabinet b3 Garneaux final trip a Moonlit shuttle pass Over a Snow swept 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 ready for Takeoff suitors Are court ing Albert Johnson known to Winnipeg Blue bombers fans As flight the Fleet footed receiver and Mck returner was named the1 cups most outstanding Rookie Minth c3 i business driving into the Sunset general motors is cutting jobs and phasing out its Oldsmobile the oldest Brand name in is Auto history b7 shoppers dive for covers guard Exchange shots bullets 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 i looked behind the Glass behind me there were women the said ran through 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 robber leaves mall through rear door of its phone Centre robber surveillance grabs 1 bag enters1 mall guard exits mall with Deposit bags robber 2 shots fired Between the robber and Loomis guards h of i Ken Alou Otti 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 cordon Preece Winnipeg free press police inspect Bullet Hole top in plate Glass window at Polo Park police officers walk with employee Centre of 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 someone special ;