Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 13, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba As local Winnipeg free March 2001 flood Way caught in pay Battle provincial engineers vote to strike by Bud Robertson flood prevention Ini Bridge and Highway construction and monitoring of water qual Ity could come grinding to a halt this Spring if the provinces engineers decide to go on says a Union and if their salaries dont improve there could be an even bigger crisis Down the Road As underpaid engineers retire and few come in to take their said Joe Ahrens of the professional Institute of the Public service of theres going to nobody left to do the said wages Are a major Stum bling Block in the contract negotiations Between the province and the 130 Engi who have been without a contract since last contract talks broke Down 8 and the engineers voted in favour of strike action Fol lowing two weeks of voting in february and a conciliator has been appointed to bring the two sides Back to the table on March Ahrens said Manitoba engineers Are the poorest paid in while More than 75 per cent of All engineers in the province Are better paid than their government counter salaries for provincial Engi neers Range from to the Union is seeking a 15 per cent wage hike for All of its As Well As improvements to Severance pay and reimbursements for professional construction season is just around the said and while technicians can do the engineers must first approve the pro he noted flood Protection measures Are already under including expansion of the red River and engineers Are needed to Over see construction of diking sys provincial officials would not comment on the Neotia i Brief u of m Law students Stephen and Paul grower defended a fictitious politician charged with criminal u of m Law students win National trial Competition by Bud Robertson Church prays for sandwiches a City Church congregation is praying for Winni Eggers to make thousands of sandwiches not Only do they need help to feed Farmers rallying today in the City for More Federal and provincial help but there hoping to help agape table soup its a matter of trying to get enough people to make a loaf of sandwiches and bring ing them said Clark chairman of the outreach program at Andrews River Heights United we Hope there will be More sandwiches than they can eat so we can donate them to the agape table at the Church to feed the poor in Brownlee said rally organizers Are expecting up to Farmers to arrive on the Steps of the legislature All Brownlee Church gladly volunteered when the Melita area United Church that his congregation is twinned with phoned for help with organizing food for the then they found out How Many Farmers were expected to Brownlee said Sandwich makers Are asked to bring the food to the Colony Street Entrance of All saints anglican at Broadway and Osborne a pair of Manitoba Law students argued their Way to the top in a National trial Competition to find the Best of the third year University of Manitoba Law students Stephen Christie and Paul grower who defended a fictitious politician charged with Crim Inal negligence in the death of his administrative assistant after driving off a Bridge beat out Dalhousie University to take the Sopinka the cup is named after supreme court Justice John who died three years they went against some pretty Good said u of m Law pro Fessor Lee who oversees the litigation program at the univer there int any Cash involved in winning the said Steusser its the prestige of being Able to take it Home that eight of 22 Canadian Law schools took part in the this is the first time Manitoba has won the three Earold Sopinka said but it has taken Region Al honours 15 out of 36 Dalhousie won the Competition last while the University of Toron to by Many to have the Best Law school in the first the two u of m who were coached by Federal Crown prosecutor Rick went to Ottawa earlier this month after win Ning a Western regional Competition held in Winnipeg in presided Over by supreme court Justice Ian the jury consisted of judges and senior counsel from across while keen Legal prowess won the grower and Christie dont know if it was enough to keep their client out of jail a rendered by the jury in the moot 2001 m caravan be feature Van includes a v6 engine with 4 Speed automatic sunscreen Power locks and heated stereo with 6 speakers and plenty More 28c 5 powertrain coverage and Roadside of every 2001 Dodge and your big 7 Winnipeg Chrysler Dodge jeep retailers 1900 main Street 3392011 Chrysler Dodge jeep 8882343 Chrysler Jap 730 Porzse 774 podge Chrysler jeep 300 Pembina 2846650 w 1430 Ellice 7744444 Dodo Chr Subh Piip 1375 Regent 6618999 1700waverteyst 6615337 two Polk cuss w m1 h with Lor Otom Cru Tift m tog vewcx2000 a taxi two on no Wotton do Mem dead woman identified Winnipeg police have identified a 43yearold woman who was killed while crossing Portage Avenue last saturday Lilia Bernardo was walking across Portage Avenue from the South Corner of Carlton Street when a 1999 Plymouth Breeze heading West on Portage struck she suffered extensive injuries and was rushed to health sciences Cen tre but was pronounced dead a Short time police say they have not ruled out possibility that charges May be Laid in connection to the their investigation into the crash is still bizarre Accident kills one Beausejour ramp Are investigating a bizarre Accident that left one woman dead and six others injured sunday at about a 41yearold woman was stopped at Green Bay Road and Highway 44 when she was rear ended by another the Force of the collision sent the woman car into the intersection where she was hit by an oncoming pickup the woman was pronounced dead at the her name is not being released pending two men and one woman in the second car were taken to the Beausejour Hospital where they were treated and the jaws of life were needed to extricate two of the three men in the pickup two of the men from the truck were taken to health sciences Centre with no life threatening the third Man remains at the Beausejour an ramp traffic analyst is reviewing the Accident and police Are continuing their police unable to solve mystery police still dont know what happened to a 76yearold woman found lying unconscious at Leila Avenue and Mcphillips Street around on March she remains in Hospital in critical condition with serious head patrol Gordon Hudson said the woman purse and belongings were with her and there does not appear to be any signs she was were following the route of a possible car pedestrian he somebody must have seen traffic was heavy at the passing motorists had stopped to give first Aid to the but no one knew How she was injured or what happened to anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to Call the police traffic division at 9866268 or crime stoppers at 786tips postal worker charged again a Winnipeg postal worker faces another charge of stealing mail in connection with incidents that occurred Between 1998 and the worker was arrested and charged with two counts of stealing mail in september this past items believed to have been stolen by the suspect in the original incident surfaced when he allegedly tried to sell the 44yearold was charged again with one count of theft from about Worth of Stamps and War medallions have been laundry theft suspects caught two Winnipeg men have Given a new meaning to the term laundering Between 1 and March a number of coi operated laundry machines were broken into in apartment blocks on Assiniboine two locations were broken into prompting the buildings owner to set up surveillance can eras ii the Laun v the cameras caught two men breaking into the machines and stealing the coins the culprits made off with hundreds of dollars in Cash Over a two month police were shown the video tape and were Able to identify Larry David is charged with three counts of break and enter with intent and possessing goods obtained by Wayne Ryerson faces More than 20 both will appear in court at a later suspected arson forces evacuation More than 60 mentally and physically challenged tenants of a Brandon apartment building were evacuated Early sat urday after a suspected arson the the fire broke out in the Princess towers building at about and was contained to an Lith floor but smoke damage extended to the 10th police the 60 tenants were evacuated from the building while firefighters worked to douse the the fire appears to have started in a Couch in one of the police say it appears attempts to ignite other fires were made throughout the a 48yearold female resident of the building was taken into custody and transferred to the Brandon regional health Centre for food thrown out after Safeway fire More than Worth of bread and equipment had to be thrown away after a Winnipeg Safeway store was hit by fire sunday a fire broke out in the meat Section of the Safeway store at 3393 Portage about and smoke quickly Bil Lowed throughout the As a All the meat and bakery products in the store had to be said John spokesman for Safe we worked with the health inspectors and the provincial environment department when we made the he we didst want to risk after being restocked and cleaned the store was reopened just after noon six employees who were in the store at the time of the fire escaped without murder Case ruling Appeal mulled the Winnipeg police service is still deciding whether to Appeal a court ruling ordering them to turn Over an internal review of the Barbara Stoppel murder last retired supreme court of Canada Justice Peter who is overseeing the Thomas soph now wrongful conviction ordered police to give copies of the report to lawyers for the inquiry police argued the written by John Burchill who took a look at the 1981 murder investigation when it was reopened in was to remain an internal document and would not be helpful to the Cory disagreed and ordered the report be police chief Jack Swatski said the service has n whether Challenge Corys we re having ongoing he the report has not yet been released in accordance with Corys out we Haven made a decision for our next course of ;