Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 14, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Nick mum 14 floodwaters threaten Homes by Bud Robertson Stuart Burn ice jams Are causing rare december flooding along the Roseau threaten ing Homes As it rises higher and four Homes in this tiny Community 15 Kilometres North of the Bor Der Are in immediate danger and As Many As eight others along the River could be flooded if ice jams downstream dont break up people Here have never seen anything like this theres a bit of a bad situation said Rick Deputy Reeve of the of As chunks of ice floated Down the swiftly moving River we were hoping it would hold off until he this is really the River would normally be Frozen by provincial water resources officials ice jams on Roseau River creating unheard of flood conditions were in the area yesterday to assess the other than blasting the ice away an option that was being tossed about yesterday afternoon there was Little that anyone could do other than wait and Hope the River would freeze before it got any this could happen so quickly that i dont think theres going to be any help from said homeowners were warned they might have to evacuate if the water rises much How do you leave your House asked Mary brushing a tear from her Cheek As the frigid water edged closer and closer to her in hoping it wont come to the basement of Matichuk where she has lived for 40 is fully Phil Hossack Winnipeg free press kids at Sargent Park school got a Chance to meet their olympic a Christmas tree twinkles brightly next to the it would take just a matter of half an hour and id be flooded said her brother lives nearby in Shes ready to go if she has across the Ken and his Mother were also bracing for the it the water still bubbles up every every and it gets closer to the Bottom of the lie if it gets he the ice could lift their Home right off its the water level in the area yesterday was similar to Crest elevations for the 1996 and 1997 floods and at least 10 feet above Normal for this time of according to a statement from Manitoba River Levels in the Stuart Burn area could Rise a further two to three feet in the next few provincial flood forecaster Alf Varkentin said yesterday that ice jams could continue to develop at other locations along the Roseau River for the next two after it should be mostly Frozen it is unheard Warkentin said of the flooding along the its by this time of normally every thing is Frozen Over and there Are no said unusual weather conditions in the fall have created a situation Simi Lar to the red River a few weeks High River Levels from an unusual amount of fall moisture is causing the water to move quickly and preventing the usual surface ice cover from form at the same an onslaught of cold weather is Cooling the water below Freez creating slush called the red River has since Frozen Phil Hossack Winnipeg free press Bailey and Dubnikoff enjoy a moment yesterday at Sargent Park As school assemblies this one got a Gold medal Check these additional discounts our already Low everyday there was excitement in the air at Sar gent Park school gymnasium yesterday As four members of Canadas 2000 olympic team paid a visit to nearly 800 the loudest screams went to sprinter Donovan wow said beaming As a sea of camera flashes went its so cold but All of you Are so in very glad to be Here in win along with Winnipeg cyclist Tanya basketball player Sher Man Hamilton and Canadian swimmer Mike Are touring six cities across Canada with Batons As part of a marketing promotion for the recently reopened Batons is said Margie a promotions manager with the and currently on tour with the we Are doing this to make our Mark in the and As a Canadian com Pany we Are proud of our the Pursuit of excellence was stressed to the Grade 6 to 9 be ambassadors to your or said you have the Power to do whatever you want so go out and do who was clearly the crowd sees the tour As an Opportunity to give something Back to the and to help aspiring athletes real ize their olympic we have a slew of Young athletes that definitely have an Bailey and they need to know they can achieve whatever they want to Sargent Park school was selected As the Only Stop in Winnipeg to kick off the first leg of the Cross country and according to principal Orton it was a resounding who fell ill before his disappointing performance in was asked whether he will run in the olympics he in 2004 in i will be cheering on my olympic teammates hopefully one of you Guys will be up and coming so i can watch you do your pub notice to our valued guests East India company pub 6t 349 York would like to take this Opportunity to wish our past and present and a very Happy and prosperous new tile East India company pub eatery would be closed for our scheduled for the remainder of december we look Forward to your continuous patronage in the new we apologize for any inconvenience caused to our esteemed 349 York 9473097 the original Mandak Boot 100 Lambskin 100 Comfort for the entire family like mittens for your feet from the wonderful world of sheepskin 250 Dufferin 5868097 shootout continued from a1 he added investigators dont know whether the woman was an accomplice or just a Good hut he warned her to come Forward or face possible Fern a cashier at the said the woman Purchase was a Little it want your Normal fir staid kit she asked me about How to use the Ster Ile and people never ask me about them its not your everyday Radivojevic she smiled and was pleasant there want anything suspicious about her at Radivojevic describing the woman As 25 to 30 years with dirty shoulder length hair in spiral Fine features and a Small facts hazy the facts surrounding the shooting Melee were still hazy yesterday and wit Ness accounts the an employee of Securi Cor Cash was carrying a bag of Money out of the shopping Centre when he was approached by the Johnson said the Man ordered the guard to drop the then pulled out his gun and the guard fired wounding the who grabbed the Money and fled into the out another exit and into a car that had been stolen in River Heights earlier in the he the guard want Given a Chance to give up the the Guy just opened it All occurred in a matter of Johnson the guard fired five shots from his Smith and Wesson the gunman fired from three to 12 times based on witness statements with his Johnson the Securi Cor who has 10 years is married with two he is in his Bill Vander acting inspector of the crime said the two men actually struggled before gunshots were there was bodily Contact before the he a surveillance camera would have captured the but Vander Graaf said detectives haunt had time to View it because they were too Busy searching for the reinforcements he said 14 detectives were working on the Case full but reinforcements have been drawn from other were unquestionably dealing with an extremely probably unstable Vander Graaf the fact that he would shoot in an unprovoked manner suggests he was deter mined to make a clean getaway whether it involved killing a guard or anyone else who May have been the bandits blood was found in the shopping Centre and tin the stolen but it was hard to measure the serious Ness of the Vander Graaf i would think he needs medical Vander Graaf in a similar Holdup last a Man with a semiautomatic pistol robbed an armoured car at the Walmart at Kenaston and Mcgillivray he fired two hitting a guard in the leg and the guard returned fire the robber fled in a stolen a guard with brinks armoured car services said it was just a Fluke the Securi Cor guard want injured or he accused armoured car companies of sacrificing safety to boost reduced Mike Blundell said armoured cars used to be staffed by three or four but the number has been reduced to just two in most in tuesdays there were two but the Driver remained in the vehicle in compliance with company pol icy never to that Means youve got nobody to watch your Blundell that were just sitting ducks out spokesmen for brinks and 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