Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 7, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnipeg free March 2001 foul play ruled out in trash Chute death suffocated after apparently becoming trapped by Bruce Owen a 22yearold woman died of asphyxia after she apparently became trapped while trying to Clear an apartment trash police Charlene Courchene suffocated after she got stuck in the narrow Chute at her Young Street apartment some time during the a caretaker found the body on monday when he attempted to unclog police originally said on monday that a woman body had been found later that Day they said the body was definitely that of a police agreed to the family request she be described As a foul play was ruled out after an autopsy but police say their investigation is continuing to find out How Courchene fell Down the garbage there also awaiting drug and alcohol toxicology which should be done Over the next two to three Courchene had begun the transformation from Man to woman about seven years an Uncle said she had planned to get surgery to Complete the change and her family was very she was a Beautiful Friendly and said the who asked not to be she touched everybody the sad thing is we May never know what she was an investigator the Uncle said who dreamed of being an Interior had recently found happiness when she began the lengthy process to change her gender from male to her identity crisis was resolved about seven years he it was like night and she want Happy at All but with the transformation every picture that was taken she was you could see in her eyes she was it was just meant to Courchene was born in the Sage eng area Fahily photo Courchene touched everybody heart near Pine Falls and had lived in Winnipeg most of her adult funeral arrangements Are still being the who fostered Courchene As a said the family has always regarded Courchene As a we were All very i Hope that what people take away from this is that were All the Uncle were All meant to love one special meeting called to Deal with self destructive behaviour teen alcohol abuse alarms town by Aldo Santin town social workers and police Are meeting today in Sioux Lookout to Deal with a crisis of self destructive drinking among native during the first two months of the police in the Northwestern Ontario town were forced to take 40 teens into custody following incidents of heavy Over the weekend another seven intoxicated teens were locked this int just a Case of underage said Bob Neelin of the Sioux Lookout detachment of the Ontario provincial this is alcohol abuse to the Point where its self destructive at the end of for police found three 13yearold girls who had drunk three 375millilitre bottles of Vodka Between we had to Send two of them to Hospital and Monitor the other one in our cells All night Neelin from our Point of its become a he were not social we dont have the expertise or time to get to the Bottom of social workers say its the result of problems that have plagued the North for years migrating South the Northwestern Ontario reserves that use Sioux Lookout As a Hub for health and education services have teens with serious social the 29 reserves have the highest teen Sui cide rate in North said Michael executive director of a native child and family services Agency that serves the North Ern native these kids have prob lems and no positive Way to Deal with drinking is one had officers not taken these youths into Cus police Are convinced they would have Frozen to death on the who has worked in Sioux Lookout since said Hes never seen a drinking situation among teens like that the statistics paint a startling picture of the Community teenagers of the 40 teens picked up during the first two months of All were under eight were sent to Hospital for treat ment of alcohol of those seven were under the age of As were 22 other kids the Opp picked Sioux a town of permanent res is about 100 Kilometres North of As Well As having a Large transient native population from Northern its considered a departure Point to Ontario far attracting sportsmen during the the Community has a reputation As a hard drinking and brawling Frontier in not very proud of the Community reputation and in not going to deny said mayor John he said he will be attending today meeting with police and representatives of the two child and family services agencies in town and other groups who Hope to identify programs to improve the Mcdonald said he is alarmed by the unlike others contacted by the free he said he believes there is a morally bankrupt Bootlegger preying on the vulnerable teens who is at fault for the latest someone is supplying them with the alcohol there not old enough to buy it for them Mcdonald three men and one woman were in fact charged Over the weekend with supplying liquor to Arnold a clinical supervisor with a Thunder Bay based native social said he spent six years working in Sioux Lookout during the 90s but added very Little in the Community has Devlin said native sometimes alone or with their will be flown to Sioux look out for health reasons or to continue their theres not a lot of programming for aboriginal youth Devlin adding for Many of the Young drinking helps them forget about their other every dinner 15 wist9ky in the making Welcome to Micheles my dining room spares no detail in capturing the essence of yesterday and my award winning chefs spare nothing in capturing the tantalizing flavours of chef Peter Ecker chef the Canadian Federal Ian of c1 Micheles at Mcphillips Street station Casino open daily at 1 484 Mcphillips rate Cut continued from Page a1 but while yesterdays Cut was larger than some analysts said the Central Hank will have to do More to achieve its stated aim of encouraging Domestic its a solid step in the right direction Given the stall in both Domestic and foreign much More will be needed to Engineer the forecast second half said Avery Cibic senior i think we can expect Many More rate i think in the next few months Well see another full per cent it was the first time the Bank of Canada had Cut the Bank rate by 50 basis Points since when it linked the Bank rate to overnight interest the Bank of Canada move will filter through the econ omy As Banks Cut lending rates on everything from corporate Loans to lines of it also Means savers will earn less with yesterdays Canadian Short term rates have Slid below the United states Federal funds at least for the Canadian Central Bank said it appears the economic slowdown is already More pronounced than expected and there is a risk that weakening Confidence could delay its in recent information suggests that the positive underlying momentum in the Economy at the end of 2000 was somewhat less Strong than had been previously and that pressures on productive capacity and inflation Are lower As a the Bank it predicted the Overall Pace of economic activity in Canada will rebound in the second Shenfeld predicted the rate cuts will help offset excess inventories in manufacturing sectors like Auto As Long As Central Banks in both Canada and the its going to take both Are aggressive in cutting interest they can keep sales up and eventually manufacturers will have to Start producing again to meet those said it was the second change in Canadas Bank rate since when it was lowered a Quarter in the Federal Reserve twice Cut its rate by 50 basis Points and is widely expected to slash the rate again March economists predict Canadas rate will come Down another Quarter Point or More when the third of eight Bank rate statements is delivered april the Royal Banks Alan Sychuk said some people May have been surprised by the size of yesterdays but the slowing Economy and the fact that Canada int operating As close to capacity As expected justified the Economy showed no growth in the first Quarter and is unlikely to show any in the entire first said Marc chief economist at to its unlikely Canada can escape he predicted Canadas rate will come Down 125 basis Points by years end and said the americans have no Choice but to make More the strength of the Dollar is arguably one of the factors that responsible for weakness in the manufacturing sector because its made imports very cheap and its created a lot of import Competition against there is growing evidence the downturn is trick Ling Over into february Gross Domestic product numbers were weaker than expected in Canada and analysts have said Domestic demand was spending on machinery and equipment was Down and residential construction was there have been major layoffs in the Auto and High tech the Central Bank has so far avoided the r1 noted Rob Palombi of Standard and poors recession for the Canadian Economy is definitely not one of the scenarios there considering right he i tend to i dont think that things Are that bad in the Canadian keeping inflation under tight control is a top priority for the which wants to hold it Between one per cent and three per the Core inflation rate which excludes 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