Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 17, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba March 2001 saturday ree Duff Desive the o mainly sunny wind s 20 High Low 5 Pride on display As judge elevated aboriginal Pride was on Dis play at the Law courts yester Day during a ceremony to officially elevate Murray sin Clair Manitoba Only native judge to the court of Queens Bench a3 8th meningitis Case Manitoba eighth Case of meningitis has been con firmed in but health officials Are still unwilling to begin a vaccination program for the potentially deadly disease a3 hostages freed three people were killed yesterday As saudi commandos freed More than 100 hostages and ended a hijacking by chechen rebels a12 parents found liable the parents of teens who had a party in their Home will have to pay part of a million award to another teen injured in a drunk driving crash afterwards a16 n she shot a 59 Sweden Annika Morenstam became the first woman golfer to hit a round of 59 yesterday in an incredible Dis play of skill at arizonans Moon Valley country club d3 i business Down the Stock markets and the loonie wound up a really bad week of losses with More of the same yesterday and analysts say that although the graininess is bound to the end is not yet Here 812 boxing Champ a sex criminal Hilton sexually abused two Young court rules a12 puffy beats gun rap jury acquits rap Mogul Combs in nightclub shooting a13 a vision for Portage future commercial development proposed Marina parking garage Public space boutique commercial space Walkway to Bridge pedestrian Bridge ambitious blueprint for downtown unveiled Ybaldo Santon the Forks North Portage partnership unveiled a blueprint yesterday for development of every last bit of the Forks within the next 10 As Well As plans to dramatically improve downtown Portage total Cost of the which would see the partnership become the dominant Developer in downtown was estimated at More than million by Forks and Indus try weve been working on a plan for the completion of the Forks said chairman Bill who was Winnipeg mayor when work on the site began More than 10 years we knew this would be a continuous development Over the now we want to move ahead with the comple Norrie presented an ambitious plan to completely develop the either with boutique commercial ventures or fully landscaped open most of the free parking would be save for that directly in front of the Market building and about 100 spaces behind the Manitoba theatre for Young continued please see Forks a2 Forks to hold three open houses the Forks will hold three open houses to display and get feed Back on its 10year development plan to Complete the Forks site and enhance Portage Avenue i March at the 11 4 i March at the i March Portage place 11 super Crown saves the Day attorney runs stops runaway car by Mike Mclntyre he wears a Black not a red and there were no phone Booths in the immediate but that didst Stop Winnipeg Crown attorney Brian Sharpe from giving a Superman like Effort to put the brakes on an empty car rolling out of control Down a Busy downtown Sharpe sprang into action late thurs Day just moments after Leav ing his Day Job at the Law courts at first i thought this car was trying to and then i looked a Little closer and said wait a theres no Driver in Sharpe said in an interview yester i was where the hell did this car come from Sharpe would later learn the 1987 Honda civic had just slipped off the Back of a the car crashed into the Side of a parked causing slight then careened Back into traffic and approached the intersection of York Avenue about As several stunned witnesses looked on including another Crown attorney Sharpe put his head Down and ran after the it rolled uninterrupted through a Green Light at the intersection before Sharpe caught opened the Dri vers door and jumped i gave it my Best Ben said referring to the Canadian sprint the car obviously want being towed because of a Brake As Sharpe was Able to bring it to a Safe continued please see super Crown a2 i gave it my Best Ben Johnson Crown attorney Brian Sharpe had to sprint to Corral a runaway car its a there we rent fatalities Tanker truck rear ends school two kids break legs by Dean Pritchard Virden police and parents say its a Miracle Chil Dren we rent killed or More seriously injured yesterday when a Tanker truck rammed into the Back of their Small school two children broke their legs and had to be removed from the Hal size bus with the jaws of life after the vehicle was rear ended on Highway about 10 Kilometres West of the 10 other youngsters on the bus received minor cuts and All of the who were Between six and 11 years of were taken to Brandon general heavy fog is believed to have been a Factor in the Virden ramp say the bus had just picked up two children when it was slammed by the which was carrying a Salt water solution used in the Oil shortly after 8 both vehicles plunged into the its a Miracle that the injuries we rent More Exten Sive or that there we rent said Patrick who arrived on the scene at about both vehicles were incredibly Trevor was pinned Between seats in the Middle of the bus for about an hour before paramedics were Able to free continued please see bus crash a4 Colin Corneau Brandon Sun a Virden firefighter examines demolished saturday ;