Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, December 16, 2000

Issue date: Saturday, December 16, 2000
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Previous edition: Friday, December 15, 2000

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 16, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free press december 2000 local a3 City editor Pona 6977292 yuletide Bandit caught on video police study 32 surveillance tapes taken of armoured car by Bruce Owen City police Are reviewing 32 surveillance tapes in the Hope of identifying the yuletide who blasted his Way through a Day Light armoured car Holdup last tues weve got lots of Guys out there beating the Winnipeg police service spokesman Bob John son were using everything we can to find City police yesterday released a video tape of the Holdup that took place outside the Cibic Branch at Polo Park shopping the Blurry tape shows the Securi Cor Cash services guard walking out the mall carrying a bag of As he gets about 20 metres from the among some Small tree a masked Man wearing a Pink and Black jacket enters the Frame firing the Security guard is seen dropping the bag and going for his own weapon to return he shoots at the robber As he flees towards the mall the robber then picks up the Cash and dashes for the same doorway As about 10 bystanders dive for the entire incident lasts about 20 police believe the guard hit the Rob Ber with one of his five possibly striking him in the Johnson said the tape released yesterday is one of 32 seized by police from area surveillance cameras the Day of the robbery and several Days police Are hoping they catch a glimpse of the Bandit casing the area before the we would really like to know who this Guy he this Guy is obviously a very dangerous Johnson added police Are continuing to search a stolen car used As a getaway vehicle for evidence such As blood and blood splotches were found in the car and police believe the gunman May seek medical help for his an unidentified woman later purchased medical supplies from a West end phar Johnson said police do not have a video of the woman buying the ban Dages and alcohol he also said police Are attempting to put together a composite sketch of the Bandit believed to be responsible for several similar robberies of armoured cars Over the past two years which May be released next police have received about 50 tips from the Public on the robbery and Are following up on 20 of anyone with information on the robbery is asked to Call police at video images Courtesy Csc Securi Cor guard highlighted flees the scene while robber advances on the dropped Money guard highlighted carries Money bag before robber highlighted carries Money bag toward guard highlighted uses pillar for cover during report reintroduces garbage fees Mph hit by record number of claims by David Obrien mayor Glen Murray unveiled an environmental Agenda for the City yester including user fees for the collection of excess enhanced recycling and a series of other programs designed to make Winnipeg the Green est City in the environmentalists praised the mayors 15page but critics slammed it As a cynical attempt to restart a failed process to introduce user fees for garbage we will introduce an excess waste charge with no added Burden to the tax payer that will Reward recyclers and reduce waste volume and the mayors document it was Only one line in a dense but it Drew attention away from the other most of which Are not new and already enshrined in plan win the cites Long Range development this will be put in file Harry Lazarenko that a polite Way of calling it the Public has already told us where we can stick user fees for Murray said the City has hired an environmental coordinator to help implement his including expanded recycling for apartment blocks and con development of a transit corridor linking the University of Manitoba with reduction of pesticide use and increased use of nontoxic enhanced bicycle paths and Access to conservation of Energy and water within civic reduction of paper through govern ment and the development of Winnipeg As a clean fuels the towards a sustainable an environmental is the mayors personal statement and it was not shared with executive policy committee before it was Murray said he will Host a Public hear ing in followed by a final report to he said he Hopes to have his environmental Agenda adopted in Prin Ciple next he said he Hopes to have it implemented in five years at a Cost of Mil Lions and millions of another report on a Xayasy outgrow program for garbage pickup is expected sometime Early in the new the City announced earlier this year it was studying several alternatives for user but the idea of having to pay for garbage collection has not been Garth Steek said the Public has clearly stated it Doest want user fees and he accused the mayor of trying to relaunch a failed by Kristen Vernon after a few mild Manitoba Public insurance is under cold High winds and increased travel have resulted in icy roads and a record number of on claims were filed with Mph the most in a single Day yet this the payout is estimated at about the rest of the week saw twice the number of claims made on a Normal Winter about Calls each on an average Winter about 500 claims Are and on Busy Days when Winter driving conditions Are Between 800 and 900 claims Are said Carol Mph communications off Good investments and spinoffs from a Strong Economy which saw More people buy new vehicles with higher insurance contributed to apis sur this is a Normal Winter for the first time in a couple of Shandil after motorists adjust to the driving they will take More precautions and there will be fewer she in the Mph is receiving a High volume of record beat the years previous record of claims set mondays record also beat last years record of claims made on Mon the number of claims made on mondays tends to be a bit higher because the Jaim Centre is closed said i 2000 Olds Mobil auro 4 doors your Choice 2000 i 2ooo Olds intrigue 132 16995 Pontiac i loaded cd grand am se1 p or a 2ooo Chev Malibu wow 20oo Chev Cavalier cd 4 Speed wow or 1 11 by ton us v 25 Mac Sib 347 16 Fin Mac b open 6 Days a week where customers Send their 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