Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 1, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A10 regional Winnie re March 2001 Gordon Giesbrecht hauls a sled Over a Snowdrift during his teams journey across Lake what to do after a bitterly cold Day on skis paperwork Lake Winnipeg trekkers cant wait to end journey by Leah Hendry even after 18 Lake Winnipeg is still throwing curves at the one million Steps expedition the Lake is not giving up very was said Gordon the Leader of the nearly three week trek that set out to study the physiological effect of exercise in extreme envy its been a lot of hard he for the past two the team has battled Strong South winds and endured nights As Low As 29 chosen for its Arctic like the team includes Giesbrecht of the University of Winnipeg teacher Randy Jon an instructor at a survival school with the Canadian armed and Scott Williams and Stewart two Navy they left from grand rapids skiing up to 28 Kilometres a Day across hard packed Snow while they hauled 75 to 80kilogram sleds behind on top of the physically demanding part of the the team members have to Monitor their heart rates and body conduct col recovery tests and try out consumer and military clothing and Day 11 was the worst for the team so the temperature plunged to 34 c overnight and they struggled against a blistering South wind for 22 completely the team still had to set up boil water for get equipment ready for the next Day and Complete their we Are so close to the we just want to get off the Lake and see our Giesbrecht said by satellite phone from his they have trav Elled 354 Kilometres of the which is the seventh longest in the world at 428 they passed Hecla Island and should arrive in mat their final this after a four person research team from the universities of Manitoba and West Ern Ontario snowmobile out to meet the group last weekend for two hour walking one tent was set up to do All the blood work and two roving tents were used to leapfrog ahead of the group to meet them every hour to take blood and do breath a portable metabolism machine was also used to measure oxygen and Energy these tests will be com pared to tests each Man did in the lab before they their resistance to cold has Giesbrecht although both he and Williams have suffered minor frostbite to their we Are less uncomfortable than we were when we Giesbrecht he predicted they would lose about 20 to 25 per cent of their body fat Over the duration of the although they wont be weighed until tomorrow at the University of Mani Claudia one of the visit ing researchers said some of the men appeared despite the cold weather and near whiteout conditions on the second Day of Marrao said the teams spirits were they talked our ear Marrao said with a i Brief court hears a Man threatened to assassinate his entire family shortly before his teenage Stepson beat him to death with a baseball court heard the who died of massive head injuries during the july 1999 attack on the Little Saskatchewan first was attacked seconds after leaving his the couples three other Young Chil Dren testified yesterday How they heard him screaming at their sobbing shortly before their brother attacked him with the aluminium the couple had been fighting throughout the Day after the Man went away on a today trip with some his wife accused him of cheat ing on court was a 17yearold boy has been charged with second degree he is being tried As a youth before a jury in Queens Bench its the first time in Manitoba Legal history an alleged Young offender has been tried by a jury since changes were made in 1997 to the Young offenders the trial fire kills phone service arson on the Dakota tipi first nation has left 110 Homes and businesses without phone service for at least three Portage la Prairie ramp were called to the Community yesterday after a fire was spotted in the its Exchange building at about the which fire investigators have determined is an destroyed the Small building and knocked out phone service to the its spokeswoman Michelle Picard said cell phones were Given to the band office and health Centre yesterday and temporary hard lines went in for the agencies and businesses later that temporary pay phones have been set up at the Gas station for Picard with paid cards available for anyone who needs to Call Long Dis kids Welcome in schools a dozen children from Dakota tipi first nation wont be turned away from Portage la Prairie schools Over a fund ing Portage school Board chair Man John Harrison said the band owes the school division about for tuition for the Chil Dren As their families have opted to attend City schools rather than the band we Haven said we would do Harrison we May not accept them next but we turn them away in Harrison said the band has told the school Board that the Money has been held up because of an ongoing audit by the Federal bus ride declined the school bus arrived yesterday but most of the kids didst get on parents of the Anupa Waka Dakota first nation children who refused to Send their kids to school until the band provided say now that Treyve got bus service there keeping their children out of school until the band addresses other concerns they Only one family is using the bus ser we dont have lunch Money for the said Frank a spokesman for the parents of 16 Chil Dren who have been out of school since Brown said the band Southwest of Brandon is unfairly withholding social assistance Money from residents who have received food he said Hes afraid if the children return to the parents concerns will never be the food voucher is not a said chief Noella band members who receive food vouchers have that amount deducted from social assistance she said the band was waiting for funding from Indian and Northern affairs Canada to buy a new school she when Ottawa promised for a the band was Able to put one on the Road yesterday for the students whose parents prefer to Send them to school in nearby most of the Anupa Waka Dakota children attend school in where the band has an agreement with Indian affairs and the fort Lebosse school division to educate 100 Charity game raises Cash a hockey game raising Money for a three Earold Gillam boy stricken with a rare form of cancer raised for the family travel the played featured the Gillam Sharks against the ramp with a special appearance by former Nehler Wayne Cody Garrett Mclean was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer after a brain Tumour was removed last Cody and his Sam and Leanne have to travel Back and Forth from Winnipeg for the Northern Community of packed the Arena to watch the game and lend their support to Cody and his donations Are still being accepted through the Gillam Money for quake victims an Anola couple who have created a Maze of skating and walking trails in their Rural backyard Are using them to help earthquake victims this the Mono into glow skate and nature near will be waiving its Entrance fee on people Are being asked to donate to the mennonite Central committees fund for earthquake 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