Winnipeg Free Press

Thursday, February 22, 2001

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 22, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2 Winniw february 2001 digest Index local editorials a14 focus a15 letters to the editor a15 business stocks b9 family notices in a emporiums c10 classified c11 Jumble c13 diversions Ann Landers 83 comics b4 sports record Showtime d1 movies d10 prime time to c16 weather c16 deaths husband of Flo William of husband of Joyce Elizabeth widow of Harold close Donald Ernest husband of Joce Lyne of James Ralph husband of Dorothy Patricia Myron Thomas Mary Teresa Nee widow of Neil husband of Natalie Van William widow of Harry Whitting i classified death notices c10 lotteries pick 3 winning number yesterday was lotto winning numbers yesterday were 40 and Bonus number was the plus winning number yesterday for the main prize of was Western winning numbers yesterday were and Bonus number was encore winning number yesterday was How to reach us Winnipeg free press 1355 Mountain Avenue Manitoba r2x 3b6 switchboard 6977000 t circulation City delivery 6977001 t advertising classified 6977100 display 6977122 v editorial newsroom 6977230 newsroom fax 6977412 photo desk 6977304 sports desk 6977285 entertainment 6977234 business news 6977235 Reader feedback 6977293 City desk letters to the editor v photo reprints to order reprints 6977063 t All departments from Manitoba outside Winnipeg 18005428900 v directors publisher Rudy Redekop 6977362 editor Nicholas Hirst 6977295 director of circulation Harry Brown 6977359 director of advertising marketing Laurie Finley 6977164 director of finance Dan Koshowski 6977425 director of human resources Don Dufort 6977358 director of operations and technology Glenn Williams 6977045 Canada Post sales agreement 0563595 recycled newsprint is used in the production of this please grammy Page a1 so they paired him up with Elton one of the Cudd Liest pop icons on in an Effort to sell Eminem Stan to impressionable to audiences across North the which aired on global to at last was a prefabricated Sham a phony rebel performing a duet with a fading pop music icon desperate to reach out to music buyers born far too late to remember when Rock was As a Stan was merely dressed in a White shirt and Eminem handled the rapid fire Lead which detail the Story of an ill fated celebrity Elton John sat at a piano in a peach coloured suit and took Over the female vocal at the end of this significant musical event the two pop stars embraced each other and held each others hands in the signify ing a Union Between oppressor and this was supposed to have the same emotion Al Impact As Yitzhak rabins handshake with Yasser Arafat on the White House Lawn eight years but it came across As just another photo of especially since minutes the highly prize award would go to steely not in the the controversial rapper would be and even denied by steely a Bunch of greying baby Boomer icons whose big achievement was two against an album so irrelevant it didst even warrant a review in the free so much for the so much for the so much for an awards show that hoped to transcend 43 years of uninterrupted mediocrity by finally embracing an artist that actually matters to people under the age of the old boys network known As the National Academy of recording arts and sciences did it honouring familiar faces instead of musicians who it didst have to turn out this earlier in the it looked like the grammy were actually making strides toward hardware landed in the hands of a Small but significant number of innovative or at least no Sucky recording including Singer political Rock band rage against the experimental geniuses radio head and country legends Johnny Cash and Emmylou Singer songwriter Shelby who recorded six records Over the past 13 was rewarded for her lonely struggle against the Nashville establishment by earning the Best new artist and of bad Eminem picked up three Well deserved awards rap rap Solo performance and rap performance by a duo or Bright lights but those were the Only Bright lights on another dreary night at the i like u2 As much As the next but i almost puked when the Irish Rock quartet picked up three awards for one of the most generic singles of its Long career Beautiful a lightweight retread of a song that Des tined to fade into at least that made a minute amount of sense unlike steely the most important artist of the year in the Cataract covered eyes of Naras these geezers just resist a Good comeback even if it want really War the sickening emotion that earned Carlos Santana 10 undeserved awards last is the Only reason steely Dan won big last if i was id laugh out and if i was a id head for the nearest steely Dan i dont know Why i had such High Hopes for the grammy next in going to watch who wants to be a millionaire underpass continued from Page a1 the project would be funded equally by the the province and nearly vehicles go through the intersection during Peak hours every Day and a civic study showed heavy rail move ment can bring traffic to a halt 18 times a Day Between 7 and 7 its so bad we sometimes avoid going downtown on the said Brad who lives in Whyte often we should go Over to vital shopping Centre to avoid having to go up Chris who operates three subway restaurants around the said he gets trapped at the intersection once or twice a every each time he stops for the Karam he loses 10 to 15 minutes of multiply that thousands of times for every car stopped and its a lot of lost Karam its a hell of an the Kenaston underpass was one of seven projects the City submitted under a Federal Infra Structure the other projects Are the waterfront drive a pedestrian Bridge to the Forks a fit Ness Centre at James Centen Nial Pool improvements to Assiniboine Park zoo phase 1 of a rapid transit corridor million and million in Street and Bridge those projects have yet to be we Only have a set amount of doer the Kenas ton project was the largest amount of Money for a single project and we didst think it was the Best use of limited the Premier said the provinces priorities Are Down town renewal and improving the mayor Glen Murray said the Kenaston underpass want one of his priorities he added he has been working with in officials to find ways to reduce train traffic in the area during Peak doer said that uncertainty Over the future of up which could be was another Rea son to delay a decision on the Kenaston in addition to councillors John Angus and Garth Liberal my Reg Alcock and tory la John Loewen criticized the province for bypass ing the the politicians represent Citi Zens in South its irresponsible to ask residents to Bear this Alcock adding the people of South Winnipeg want the same consideration shown to residents in other parts of the City where rail Crossings have been a bottlenecks at the rail intersection have increased far beyond acceptable Levels and contribute significantly to the deterioration of the efficiency of this add to the level of vehicle emissions and the safety and increase the use of non renewable Fossil Accord ing to a report that accompanied the cites application for fund if an underpass was the document it would enhance economic development in the already bustling the Boulevard links several Industrial the Airport and the in inter modal terminal at Kenaston and an underpass would have an economic Impact of More than million a the report million of the alleged Benefit is related to lost productivity caused by workers sitting in their cars at the inter Section a statistic critics have Ken manager of the cites transportation said the Dollar figure was based on a Model related to the estimated value of travel the report says an underpass would save litres of fuel a based on vehicle hours of the saving is Worth Mil based on fuel sold at 65 cents a doer said if the Issue was so Clement should have used his influence to include it in the cites capital theres nothing stopping the City from doing this on its he Clement responded that the underpass be built for several More years if the City decided to go it because the Money just int patients from Virginia Fontaine will be going to Thompson the majority of patients at the controversial Virginia Fontaine addictions foundation will be moved to the whiskey Jack treatment Centre in health Canada the Thompson treatment Centre has 18 available Beds and would keep the patients in said health Canada spokesman Jeff a total of 21 patients Are still at the native run Virginia Fontaine based in Sage eng first nation about 145 Kilometres Northeast of the treatment Centre announced Mon Day it will close on of the remaining 14 Are youths being treated for solvent sniff and seven Are adults undergoing alcohol fender said a chartered bus will take patients to Thompson but could not say when that will health Canada has talked with the Virginia Fontaine who have agreed to fender said patients will be relocated based on available space and proximity to there is no shortage of he health Canada funds Over 60 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