Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 30, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba May 2001 Winnipeg ree devils dig out of Avalanche proposed pay raises for maps too taxpayers group gripes buried in game new Jersey Battles Back to tie series c1 the exclusive 300 Cal Centre jobs could be Start of major move to City can West invests in Core mainly Cloudy wind s 30 High 22 Low 8 v garbage Day 5 school Day 4 inside Busload of bargains Winnipeg transit will bundle in coupons for 10 Well known City companies with every bus pass it Sells a3 probe helped career an ramp officer says his work on the Helen Betty Osborne murder investigation in the Pas helped him forge a career As a criminal profile a5 Long and Short of it As the grass grows tall at City Parks and win nip Eggers tempers Are grow ing politicians Are finding a8 fire destroys Hamlet a huge Forest fire continued its rampage through Northern Alberta wiping out a tiny Hamlet and forcing 250 residents of two other communities from their Homes b1 golfer gets to ride the supreme court ruled yesterday that disabled golfer Casey Martin could continue to use a Golf cart in Competition c1 i business rate trim criticized the Bank of Canada cautiously trimmed another Quarter Point off its trendsetting interest rates but critics said its moving too slowly to give the Economy a needed boost b3 can West global communications is expected to announce today a major investment in Winnipeg downtown that will create More than 300 Cal Centre jobs in the cites sources familiar with the Deal con firmed the Call Centre is the first phase of what could be several stages of can West investment in Home town of company founder Israel sources indicated the Aspers Are considering bringing other divisions from their Toronto based Media Empire to the Call which sources said will support the business operations of can wests recently expanded multimedia will be located in the former Winnipeg free press building on Carlton the Deal comes after exhaustive negotiations Between can West and both the City and both Levels of government will provide financial Assis Tance to guarantee can wests which sources said is consistent with past Call Centre the incentives were necessary in part because of a Strong Campaign by new Brunswick to secure the Call those efforts were bolstered by former new Brunswick Premier Frank Mcken who is now a member of the can West deaf grads make powerful statement Wayne Glowacki Winnipeg free press Kyra Zimmer left and Sarah Rabi say their graduation from the u of m is an example to deaf Sisters share disability and Success by Nick Martin when Sisters Sarah Rabi and Kyra Zimmer graduate from the University of Manitoba faculty of education tomorrow with perfect they want All deaf kids to know theres no limit to what they can we wanted to show the deaf Community they can get a straight a they can look Forward to being Zimmer said through an american sign Lan Guage Asl interpreter we we push up our and get Back to work in the deaf when was a student teacher at her former the Manitoba school for the earlier this she was queried by her sixth Grade they if youre going to can i go too i of course you she the Sisters will be among students receiving degrees today and tomorrow in u of is 122nd Spring coming at the Tail end of the mid90s enrol ment the class of 2001 is Well below record years that typically graduated or continued please see deaf a2 convocation coverage a11 Board of mayor Ilen Murray and the cites executive policy committee Are expected today to review details of the can West plan at a special i camera Premier Gary doer met with can West officials last week to confirm his governments continued please see can West a2 others butt out to bans Light up we Buck National trend As debate on ban looms judge hit for unneeded trial Appeal court says time wasted in counterfeit Money Case by Mike Mclntyre Manitoba highest court has rapped the Knuckles of a court of Queens Bench judge who wasted valuable court time by holding an unnecessary monthlong criminal in a written decision released this the Manitoba court of Appeal said the unusual actions of Justice Sid Schwartz were both costly to the Public and time consuming to the sys it is not in the Best interests of an nor the to go through unnecessary Justice Freda steel wrote for the unnecessary and their effects on the sys tem and the accused Are to be Schwartz was presiding Over a counterfeit Money trial last year involving three local men charged with running an inter National defence lawyers had argued before the trial began that Trio should be exonerated because of unreasonable delay in bringing the Case the men were arrested in november 1996 but waited 42 months before their Case was several factors were to blame including an unusually Long six month wait for provincial court judge Sam Minuk to Rule the men should stand trial following a preliminary hear continued please see delays a2 by Carol Sanders ti1k cites smouldering debate on whether to ban smoking in Public is about to flare just As statistics show More Manitoban Are bucking a National As Early As next the cites executive policy committee will Ponder an administration report that Calls for a ban on smoking in places where children May after hear ing from Dele 1 nations on All to sides of the Money is their god and they dont care if their people get sick Mark Lubosch has harsh words for some members cites hospitality Industry debate the City could pass the new bylaw this a few loud bullies in the hospitality How Are using their clout to make sure any restrictions the executive policy committee approves Are said City councillor Mark who chaired an and hoc committee on Banning smoking in Public places last Money is their god and they dont care if their people get he said of the business City policymakers will Bend to he this time go a slightly different route and ban smoking in Public places where children might be health Canada reported that fewer than one Quarter of canadians smoke 24 per cent the lowest level since 1965 when government began monitoring but in there was a three percentage poem increase in the num Ber of smokers in 2000 26 per cent compared with 23 per cent of the popu lation in according to the tobacco use monitoring Survey conducted by statistics Canada for health continued please see smoking a4 whats your dream 449 ;