Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 2, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press March 2001 local a3 City editor Steve Pona 6977292 features editor Margo Goodhand 6977292 by Paul sawn fight needed to protect water doer top a run Nair Tao Ottawa Canada must step up Diplo Matic efforts and prepare for Legal action in the United states to protect Manitoba from american water diversion Premier Gary doer warns in a letter to prime minister Jean doers pointed missive comes As alarm Bells Are going off in the province about no jail for fatal beating with Bat woman struck killed Neighbour at Barbecue North Dakotas plans to proceed with an outlet at devils which opponents say would introduce foreign contaminants into the red we believe that it is imperative that the North Dakota proposal is attempt ing to bypass Federal processes that Are critical to meeting obligations under the Boundary Waters doer said in a 27 i believe that it is imperative to take aggressive measures to respond to the unilateral action by North Dakota which has progressed As far As passing legis lation to fund their go Talone option and expropriate the necessary a spokeswoman for the prime minis ters office yesterday said it had just received doers letter and we will be looking at it very doers proposed Federal game plan Calls on Chretien to take action on three fronts i escalate diplomatic efforts to include president George Bush and Secre tary of state Colin i prepare Legal action to use the courts to Block any unilateral diversion action by North Dakota that would harm Manitoba i prepare for a possible reference to the International joint which oversees water issues Between by Mike Mclntyre a Winnipeg woman will not go to jail for clubbing her Neighbour to death with a baseball a Queens Bench judge ruled Cheryl began sobbing after learning she would be allowed to remain free in the Community under a two year conditional her Case is one of Only about a dozen in Canada and the third Ever in Manitoba where a manslaughter conviction Hast resulted in said defence lawyer Martin the family of Capistrano Carl Shook their Heads in disbelief As Justice Kenneth Hanssen gave reasons for his Janice Trotter and her son left the courthouse without speak ing to they Are very upset with the Deci said Crown attorney Matthew who was seeking a five year prison term for he said senior prosecutors will decide whether to Appeal the Capistrano was convicted by a jury last summer of the 1997 beating death of Trot which occurred during a Booz fuelled intercity neighbourhood she was originally charged with Sec on degree which would have carried a mandatory life sentence with no parole for at least 10 during the court heard How Trot Ter had made several sexual comments to Capistrano during the she flew into a having been a Vic Tim of childhood sexual assault at the hands of her she was also raped by a stranger As an court was an admitted struck Trotter at least twice with the baseball the jury despite the violent Hanssen said Capistrano Doest pose a risk to she has and continues to have the potential to a contributing Mem Ber of Hanssen said yesterday of since her arrest More than three years she has been on strict bail Condi including a with no Viola she has also sought out counselling for her alcohol and for dealing with the sexual abuse she Canada and the United doer is also urging Chretien to keep a closer Eye on the Dakota water resources which he believes rep resents a dangerous revival of the Gar Rison diversion it will be crucial that we accelerate work on All options and avenues to pre vent these two projects from proceed ing against Manitoba doer said in the three Page new look for nonesuch Wayne Lowacki Winnipeg free press Inga a Rescue specialist with the Canadian coast and Brad fros Gatt of the Manitoba museum of Man and natures conservation department unfurl the sails of the 17th Century nonesuch replica at the museum yesterday part of their ongoing restoration the flax Canvas sails had been furled to protect them from dust during construction of the museums new Hudson Bay company gallery Centra withdraws application for rate increase Centra Gas is giving its customers a minor its withdrawing an application for an Mil lion rate increase or per cent that had been planned for the rate increase was to have covered expenses beyond the Price of including a tax Bill now being reconsidered by the we think its the right thing to do at this partic ular time with Gas prices being where they said Manitoba Hydro president Bob Gas rates have jumped three times already in the past year because of the High worldwide Price of fuel itself 26 per cent in 16 per cent in August and 11 per cent in Brennan yesterday promised to hold rate increases based on operating costs at least until april but he said rates could again jump based on the Price of Gas while Market Price for Gas is dropping modest Centra has taken on about million in deferred Gas costs to soften the blow of earlier those costs will eventually be applied to future Centra will decide by the Middle of this month whether to apply for yet another rate the next hike would take effect in aboriginal Council restructuring by Carol Sanders the aboriginal Council of Winnipeg says its opening up paid positions to Competition and restructuring in an attempt to put a new face on the advocacy weve brought the Canoe to Shore for the moment and Are reorganizing the contents so till move More solidly and swiftly through the said Wayne who was elected president of the Council in its not a crisis but an enthusiastic desire to move to a different he said the nine member Volunteer Board voted unanimously wednesday to restructure operations and narrow its focus to More Urban aboriginal staff in four paid positions will be Laid off when their contracts expire at the end of the month and have to compete for their decision Helgason said has nothing to do with the Merit of the employees and every thing to do with transparency and until staff was handpicked by the presi Ive refused to do that and the Board unanimously supports Helgason and As there will no longer be a salary or per diem or expense account for his own he said the federally and provincially funded coun cil has a total annual budget of the Council wants to refocus its efforts to advocate for education for Young native peo ple and work More closely with Urban agencies that Deal with native housing and health there Are More aboriginal people in Winnipeg than anywhere else in Canada and their representation has to be loud and secure and Well connected to the Helgason one of the biggest challenges now is education 19 per cent of adult Winni Eggers dont have a Grade 12 diploma but for aboriginal adults in the that figure jumps to 52 per a restructuring committee is putting together a new organizational plan for the Council and the Community will be invited to offer its Helgason fire kills Soldier trying to save son tragedy devastates Shilo base As father and boy perish by Dean Pritchard a 35year old Shilo Soldier is being remembered As a hero after he died in an Early morning House fire yesterday trying to save his Twoy Earold master Scott Cassidy and his son Nathanial died of smoke inhalation in an upstairs bedroom of their fire had engulfed the main floor by the time the Shilo fire department arrived on the scene at said acting chief Richard Moorehead said Cassidy 13yearold son Tyler was awakened by a smoke alarm shortly after 3 and woke up his Cassidy helped Tyler out of the told him to go for and returned upstairs for his younger son where he was overcome by Cassidy Jamie also in the escaped without an attempt was made to go up and Rescue them but fire fighters get up the stairs because it was so Moorehead two firefighters were treated for smoke an investigator with the fire commissioners Murray said the Blaze was started by a Kitchen stove grease it was an incredibly intense heat he cooking grease builds up heat really fast which causes major problems for the fire Bedford said firefighters did a tremendous arriving on the scene within two minutes of being everything that should have gone right in that fire the smoke detectors they were close to the firewall everything should have been in place to Knock that fire Down but everything went to we Are All quite a bit Shook said Alan commanding officer of 1 Royal Canadian horse in our eyes master Cas Sidy is a he went Back and tried to save his Young son after saving his eldest son and in our eyes master Cassidy is a he went Back and tried to save his Young son after saving his eldest son and he succumbed to Alan Howard he succumbed to Harrison described a single As an colourful Well respected by his he was always whenever the situation looked a Little bit Bleak he was the one to keep morale a native of Cassidy joined the military in 1986 and served stints in Shilo and Trenton before returning to Shilo last he also served in several Over seas peacekeeping missions including Golan Heights and most recently East a Neighbour said she was awake at to give her Young daughter some medi Cine when she noticed the emergency lights of an ramp Cruiser outside her i heard some screaming and there was a cop there and the Neighbours were they were screaming for someone called she chief of staff Garry Leech said the tragedy has hit the close knit military Community the military Community is a Little More than a Small town because we have members who deploy for such Long times away from the base that weve bred a culture where we Start to look after ourselves when we have spouses Sun March 3 win one pair of free Man Topa Moose tickets 10p tickets March 10 win one of 100 free March 17 at join us for adventures of Rocky a twinkle Jat Cine Lex Odeon Grant Park the attendance will rules regulations of super saturdays Grant Park shopping Centre employees Are not eligible to claim prizes prizes accepted As awarded no cosh no no no 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