Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 27, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Brief Fehik Phi fkr Huary 2001 local a9 Slid into oncoming car Driver Dies an 82yearold Vassar Man was killed saturday when his car Slid into traffic near Piney in Southeastern David Boileau was driving North on Highway 12 when he Slid into the path of a southbound Sprague ramp two Winnipeg residents from the truck and Boileau were taken to Hospital in the two Winnipeg Gers were treated and ramp say Snow and ice were factors in the snowmobile and car crash Headon a 22yearold Man is facing charges after a snowmobile was hit by a car Headon sending two teenagers from the Pas to a Winnipeg Hospital with severe leg the a male and a were snowmobiling Down a Back Lane on the East Side of town on sunday when the Accident ramp Dave Mancini the car was leaving a grocery store parking lot at an excessive police say when it hit the snowmobile Mancini said a Snowbank blocked the Drivers View of the a and both suffered massive leg injuries and were airlifted to health sciences Mancini said the Driver of the car has been charged with criminal negligence causing dangerous driving causing injury and driving while a 24yearold female passenger has been charged with Public mischief after she allegedly told police she was Dri ving the u of m physiologist gets research Grant one of Winnipeg magnificent seven has scored again with More research Money for heart University of Manitoba physiologist Larry Hryshko was among 81 Canadian heart scientists awarded million Over five years in a Federal announcement the funding was drawn from the Canadian institutes of health created last year to help keep canadians from moving their Talent and research to the Hryshko will receive Over five years for his work studying the role of Calcium and sodium in heart Dis the same work earned Hryshko a chair in cardiac electrophysiology in january As one of seven leading med ical researchers at the University of chiropractors patient sues Over sex a Rural Manitoba teacher is suing her former Chiro prac claiming he showed a callous disregard for her Best interests by initiating a sexual relationship Between in a statement of claim filed last the woman is seeking unspecified financial compensation from the who lives and works in she began seeing the Man As a patient in september 1996 and claims he began prying into her personal at the she was recovering from a recent breakup with her husband and was suffering from according to the the woman said she was in a vulnerable emotional state and gave into the mans pres sures to have an intimate the chiropractor has 20 Days to file a statement of City begins unique service for deaf the cites deaf Community has a new tool to Access civic making Winnipeg the Only City in the country with such a they can get american sign language interpretation assistance when seeking information about City services or Leisure Don a City employee who is said the new program for if a deaf person wants to enrol in a yoga a sign interpreter will be assigned to help this is a wonderful Opportunity for the deaf he said through interpreter Jan services for the deaf will be prioritized on three Levels of need emergency critical services like attend ing Public casual services such As communicating with City people who Are deaf there Are More than 600 in Winnipeg alone Are required to give the City one weeks notice to Book an for deaf people can phone 911 and their Call will be referred to fire or an inter Preter will be dispatched if required to help that person communicate with emergency City hiking Green fees at most courses the City is adjusting its Golf Green fees slightly this year As it prepares to alter the Way it manages its six till Cost adults an extra Buck to play on Kildonan Park and Windsor Park Golf courses instead of and 50 cents More to compete at Harbour views nine Hole course compared to last Green fees at Crescent drive Are Frozen at for nine rounds the fee for John Blumbergs nine Hole course is unchanged at while Green fees for Blumbergs 18hole course will go up 50 to the pricing to be approved by Council Tomor is slightly different than originally planned in the cites three year budget passed last the Golf courses Branch asked for the changes to reflect current Market conditions and the need to remain the Branch is preparing a business plan that will see the cites Golf courses converted to a special operating a bureaucratic title for govern ment departments that operate along business i a invested to begin conservation organization Friend of forests has City roots by Kim Guttormson the foots of Reese halters concern about conservation go Back to his child when he helped his brother and father Plant a Forest in the three acre Yard of their Wellington Crescent that love of nature has stayed with and was a Factor that led him to invest More than million of his Money to Start a nonprofit conservation organization called global for in very Halter said at Mcnally Robinson last shortly before he read he wrote for we can All but at the end of the Day if you dont have people stepping up to make a based in global Forest has funded More than 50 scientific projects on three continents Over the last three including studies exploring ant colonies in the relationship Between fog and redwoods in Northern California and the genetic extinction of fish in Southeastern British global Forest has also set up a network of 14 weather stations around the including one at Johns Raven court while its his Alma Halter said the important pre requisite for the gift was the reputation of the science teacher that the Stu dents would be motivated and that the data would be sent along to a climatologist at the University of there Are four of the stations in six in the two in one in England and one in the students must write a Short report each week on what the weather has been and upload the data to global forests web Jeff de boy Winnipeg free press Reese Halter signs his conservation Book at the Grant Park shopping Centre Halter believes its important to motivate Chil its Why he sat Down to write a childrens called the Forest adventures of Bruni the inspired by stories his Winnipeg businessman Aubrey used to Tell i thought it was a Good idea to resurrect to Tell How important Trees and forests Are to he global initially funded solely by Hal is beginning to look for outside which Halter believes will be More Likely to come now that the foundation is for More information Check out the project website at and upload the data to global forests web i thought it was a Good idea to resurrect website at target Gas tax savings to those in need seniors by Sean Oconnor resulting from centres once that tra of the government payments woul any savings found by reworking a special tax arrangement with Centra Gas should be targeted to those under most pressure from Mas Sive rate says the head of the Manitoba society of whether its this Money or we feel that there needs to be some help for those Consumers that Are really having said Gerri under an arrangement made during the 1999 Sale of Centra Gas to Crown corporation Mani Toba the Gas company would make Annu Al payments to the province equal to Federal and provincial income even though the com Pany is now tax the payments would originally be used to pay Down an existing million tax obligation resulting from centres once that obligation is met in seven to 11 years the Money would go straight into government cof Garry president of the provincial Crown corporations said it is the Only agreement of its kind among Manitoba Crown As reported in mondays free finance minister Greg Selinger said he plans to review the though the immediate savings seem paltry compared to recent massive rate Bob president of Hydro said any time you can take something off somebody account where there having difficulty it is Worth but he said targeting such savings int pos Brennan said in the Long freeing Cen tra of the government payments would save about million each More it could prevent an million general increase expected some time in the Spring a savings of about per year for the average according to Bren even if savings Arent Hewitt said her group is opposed in principle to the idea of Money from Crown corporations going into government coffers instead of being returned to Harold tory critic on issues regarding Manitoba favours revisiting the agreement if it Means savings for Centra even though the original arrange ment was made under a conservative govern Winnipeg the City of Winnipeg Public notice notice is hereby Given that in accordance with the provisions of subsection 3 of Section 3 of bylaw being the City of Winnipeg private approaches the standing policy committee on Public works will meet at on March in the North committee 2nd Council 510 main to hear objections to the following proposed addition to schedule 1 of the private approaches namely West Side of main 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