Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 11, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winniw free 2001 local a3 Carstairs gives grits sombre talk on dying by David Kuxhaus Gimli with the liberals holding Only one seat in the Manitoba the party former Leader stepped up to the podium at its annual convention yester Day and spoke about dying with Dignin instead of a Zahrah Calls arms senator Sharon Carstairs delivered a sombre address on the need for palliative we Are All going to declared palliative like child is an Issue Carstairs has championed in recent both Are both Merit Exten Sive Public Carstairs noted that Only 10 per cent of canadians have Access to palliative one could almost feel the wind sucked out of the ballroom at the Lakeview resort As the roughly 400 delegates appeared to Drift into a collective perhaps contemplating their own it was said one smiling member when asked about the irony of the for the last the provincial Wing of the party has been hovering at deaths to be the grits have had their share of bad for the Boniface Riding was always a Safe bet until the premature death of Veteran la Neil allowing the nip to win the seat in Many of the party wounds Over time have been erase blights two of its most effective Las in recent Gary Kowalski and Kevin were ostracized by the party brass when they criticized then Leader Ginny Hasselfield this weekends convention was sup posed to erase the blights of the past and grab much needed Media Atten which Leader Jon Gerrard desperately but in a the gathering seemed to encapsulate some of the problems that have plagued the two of the marquee Industry minister Brian Tobin and heritage min ister Sheila were Tobin was in town Friday for a Feder Al funding announcement but had to return to Ottawa on business before he could address youth who was also scheduled to pump up the youth was tied up with Toronto olympic games there were also some organizational snafus that hark Back to the 1999 Provin Cial election when the party failed to produce a full slate of Candi to begin there was no Advance Media release trumpeting the Gimli con some members of the Legisla Ture press gallery were even unaware that it was happening this policy sessions scheduled yesterday afternoon were closed to the Media at the request of delegates and in compliance with National convention one of the focal Points of discussion Over the weekend was to be but this places the provincial party in an awkward position because much of the farming Community Wrath is directed at the Federal Liberal government Over Lack of financial support for health care was not High on the although its a subject on which a doctor and award win Ning would seem to have a natural arson Force probes Blaze the arson strike Force is investigating a fire that destroyed a House on Pandora Avenue Early no one was in the the fire department but it was it Clear whether anyone is living by the time fire Crews were called to the scene at the Blaze had burned itself gut Ting the damage to the House at 513 Pandora is Esti mated at water bus system to turn cites Rivers into pleasant pathways Venice comes to the Prairies by David Obrien a new water bus system will turn Winnipeg into the Venice the Prairies this summer when the cites Rivers Are converted into bustling Public starting july five Pontoon boats with seating for 12 will make scheduled stops at eight docks along the red and Assiniboine the service will bring commuters downtown to work during the Day and shuttle part goers to and from entertainment spots at a one Way trip will Cost the transit and recreation corridor is designed around four existing two temporary docks and two new docks now under said Paul site supervisor at the Forks and chairman of a coalition of seven business districts behind the Ini eventually there will be 11 docks in linking fort Rouge and the Cory Don Avenue neighbourhood with Osborne the legislative build Donald the the Exchange District and three Sites in Jordan new docks the two new docks to open this year Are in Steve Juba Park at the end of Bannatyne Avenue on the and at the end of Hugo North of Wellington on the Assini they Are being built with Mil lion from the Winnipeg development some of the Money will pay for landscaping and extending the Forks pathway into the Exchange Dis Jordan people will be Able to use the Rivers in a Way they never he its truly going to open the Rivers for the the docks Are being built so that High and Low water Levels wont affect their use from Spring to he the existing docks will be upgraded in the in the docks will have warm up Sheds to allow people on skates and foot to move comfortably along the River he the water bus system will be oper ated by splash dash which is expanding its Fleet of 24foot Pontoon boats to five from the firm oper ates a tour service out of the owner Gordon Cartwright said he expected the bus service would run from 7 to 11 or if demand i want to capture the Early morn ing and afternoon rus hour Whittier Park festival do District Biz Voyageur Park r principal St Boom tuft Basilica West Broadway South Sherbrook Biz West Roadway development legislative grounds Spence Street uhf ii Osborne Bridge borne Biz Norwood Grove existing tick location proposed Doik location Hugo Street Scatliff Miller Murray landscape architects map shows current and new docks that will make up the cites extensive new water bus Cartwright that when Well have All boats Cartwright added he will Purchase More boats if the system takes splash dash will keep the but lease the facilities from the Jordan the City Hopes to blend the service with Winnipeg transit in the he a major festival built around the River bus system is planned for three Days in Jordan each neighbourhood with a Dock will feature with a final big concert at the he the idea is people can take in an event on Corydon get on the water bus and go to another event Down the Wayne free press workers prepare foundation for Steve Juba Park docks along the Marc Gallant free press they look so real judges at the 17th annual Prairie Canada carving association show at the International inn discuss replicas of a male Bufflehead left and a male hooded Merganser the Public can View carvings today and buy them at an auction this tried to Rescue car from pizza delivery teen assaulted a pizza delivery boy who leaped on his car roof to Stop a thief was beaten for his police say that at about Fri the 17yearold Driver was making a delivery to a Mcfarlane Street address when a Man jumped into his the teen chased the car and jumped on its the thief stopped the car around Minto Street and Sargent and assaulted the teen until he was Union police say the teen refused med ical the suspect is described As Between the Ages of 50 and about 5 foot5 with a Large build and wearing a Light coloured track the car is a red 1992 Toyota licence plate Bow strength in numbers the free press is read by 80 of Winnipeg adults at least once a week the old world Market 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