Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba December 2000 Winnipeg free pre Power land or 217 tree i free i is if Only in their dreams Manitoban living abroad via their newly adopted Holiday traditions and what they miss about Christmas on the Prairies c1 stars fall hard Minnesota new team hammered Minnesota old team last night in their first but Dallas stars Eddie Belfour int worried d1 the weather d8 morning Cloud then High 30 i garbage Day 4 schooldays Putin in Canada russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in Canada yesterday on a today Mission to secure and Trade for his nations troubled Economy b1 r saved by the bus the buildings easy May in the Battle Canada jobs passing of a legend i i the longtime voice of the Low died yesterday at age friends remember him As a philosopher and True northerner a4 a Bush diversifying carrying through on a Promise to bring diversity to his elec Gedrge yester Day named a second Black to his foreign policy team and selected a hispanic Texas supreme Coufa Justice to be me White House counsel b3 i business credit unions m m i set to merge a Najl Winnipeg credit police probe gang link seventh shooting in week puts in Hospital by Tracy Tjaden and Helen fall Dong police were sifting through the Snow in front of a Flora Avenue Home yesterday in search of clues in the cites seventh shooting in the past a 19yearold Man was in stable condition at health sciences Centre yesterday after he was shot Early yesterday morning As he walked along the sidewalk near the Corner of Flora Avenue and Anderson police we rent saying last night whether the latest incident in the recent rash of shoot Ings was but there not Rul ing it anytime a shooting occurs on a Street in a particular area and so close together you expect the said division 13 Jim were still looking into added Terry who is with the homicide unit called in first thing yesterday morning to investigate the Thiessen said the Man was shot with a Large calibre gun once in the shoulder and possibly a second but surgeons could not say exactly where the second shot the victims name was not Thiessen said the Man didst live in the area but he knew people who and was believed to be associating with them the night he was police have ruled out the possibility the Man was shot somewhere else and dumped on Flora officers cordoned off a Large portion of the Street in the 500 Block of Flora Avenue for most of the Day collecting Evi Dence and combing the scene for tire the Man who called the shooting in to police said he noticed a vehicle parked near his House at the Corner of Flora Avenue and Andrews Street shortly before shots were continued please see second shot a2 photos by Joe free press police officers above photograph evidence in front of a House in the 500 Block of Flora Avenue at officers use Spray paint to enhance tire a Man was found lying in a Snowbank bleeding at about 1 kids stuffed santas Mailbox so he had to Call in the elves letters sealed with a wish by Nick Martin the Christma morning version of Scrooge would like the Winnipeg lad didst ask Santa for anything for himself this but rather something for us All for Christmas i would like the poor to be traded the same As you or is make my wish come if among the letters to Santa from hordes of kids Basi Cally asking for the keys to toys r theres an occasional one like printed in that makes the volunteers pause in santas tucked away in a hidden Corner of the Canada Post building on Graham that where 220 volunteers have been spending the last few weeks before the big Day helping Santa answer More than letters mailed to Canada posts Winnipeg continued please see Santa a2 Ken i Quetti Winnipeg free press Martin from left and elves Cisca Henrickson and Roger Boulet answer Santa first native run Casino May open next summer by Helen fall Dong Manitoba first aboriginal Casino is expected to open in a refurbished Bingo Hall outside the Pas next its said Eric who chairs provinces aboriginal Casino implementation com three other proposals for casinos in Thompson the Brandon area and the broke head Reserve near Lake Winnipeg Are moving but a fifth plan for a heading Ley Casino was recently withdrawn after local residents voted against it for a second planning for a Casino on the Opas kayak Cree nation across the Saskatchewan River from the Pas has been a Model of Community cooperation and Cross cultural Harmony compared to the bit Ter divisions in continued please see Casino a4 looking for your garbage and recycling Calendar the along with answers to frequently asked questions about garbage and is in the White pages of your its phone Book at the end of the City of Winnipeg water and waste department str let 9865858 monday to am pm ;