Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 30, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A3 local City transit offers deals on wheels bus pass buyers to get in coupons for 10 very Well known companies by Paul Mckie first pitch is a Lowe Ball Ken Winnipeg free press j Rob Lowe played the role of a Pitcher last for one throw the Hollywood who in Winnipeg with Sam Neill to film threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Winnipeg Gold eyes Gold eyes lost 154 to Schaumburg see stories on pages stolen truck used in bid to break Bank machine free from hotel atm Mashan grab fails by Kevin Rollason Petersfield a hotel and Beer Ven Dor suffered thousands of dollars Worth of damage when would be thieves tried using a stolen dump truck to withdraw an entire automated Teller machine Early two truck size holes remained where the Entrance to the Petersfield motor hotels Beer Vendor and bar used to a Large dump emblazoned with Gauthier soils on the sat abandoned a few metres in front of the build it had been stolen from the company South Winnipeg location some time in the hotel owner Mike Sarna believe his eyes when he arrived at his bar just hours after the vandalism what a Way to come Back from holi mused Sarna As he stepped Gin Gerly Over broken and crushed electrical wires and pay a newspaper Box Lay crushed on the ground while the smell of Beer from crushed bottles lingered in the i have no idea what it will Cost to we just redid this part and now i guess ill have to redo it the Bank machine the Crooks had been after stood upright just centimetres from the Sarna had moved it last they went through there first and when they saw it want there any More they smashed in Over they must have known where it who is said he had just sunk a lot of Money into the facility for several weeks of renovations that were Days away from in Sheryl Gauthier of Gau so r Sarna holds Chain that thieves Are believed to have used Early yesterday morning attempting to pull atm machine out of Petersfield motor Thier soils said the thieves drove the dump truck from their compound at Lagimodiere Boulevard near the South perimeter Highway some time during the night and took it All the Way to Ive never had something like this happen Gauthier Selkirk ramp John Joslin said the suspects fled when they spotted a police car in the Joslin said the investigation is Contin Selkirk ramp Graeme Sloane said the hotel was damaged by the which showed evidence of being hot around 4 Sloane said police Are checking to see if an attempted theft of a front Cost conscious Winnipeg trs who hop on a bus to get to another warehouse clearance or garage Sale will get an even greater bargain this fall for every Sno bus pass they get so Worth of discount Winnipeg transit will launch a on of a kind initiative in september in which monthly bus pass users will receive coupons for 10 major retailers or Orga the coupons expiring at the end of that month will be sold with every monthly bus including the s3h discounted passes for seniors and its probably the most aggressive pro Gram of its Type in said Nick transits marketing while other transit companies have teamed up with one or two companies and offered riders such things As a free Coffee with their pass the Winnipeg scheme commits 10 Compa Nies to a oneyear Cycle of said Lafolla said he yet reveal the names of the 10 companies but All of the inc very Well the Coupon Campaign is part of a promotional Effort to increase in the bus service gave to rides a depending on the Lafolla Hopes those numbers will increase anywhere from half a per cent to one per Over a that would mean up to and at an average Tare of that would be an extra said if the program succeeds Lafolla Hopes the increase is permanent and not just a on shot he said the companies Are committed to a year but the plan will be reviewed in to see How its working for transit and the if the Coupon scheme is Lafolla would like to Sec it but not so much that it dilutes the value of the the idea is for riders to use the discount coupons and not have so Many they lose track of he its difficult for us to slash he so were trying to provide value with the maternity leave officers wrestle runaway thief by Bruce Owen Joe 8rvksa Winnipeg free press end louder in Petersfield two Days before the latest incident is driving up to the damaged hotel on the Way to his nearby trailer vacation Vinni pegged John Wall leaned out of his truck to see if he could still buy i guess hell be closed for Wall Ive been coming Here for 16 but i guess ill have to go elsewhere for but Sarna said he expects to be Hack in business by the that what everyone wants in this Community that would be he 2 there moms but when the kids Arent with their cop instincts take two Winnipeg police service both on maternity helped Nab an unruly shoplifter sunday As they were coming Home from a friends baby people should know were not always in but were Tara White said its an inter Nal its extremely hard to stand by and you want to get White and pal Linda Kavitch were driving on Bishop Grandin past vital shopping mall when they noticed something suspicious going at the traffic lights on marys they noticed a car stopped in the turn ing suddenly a woman jumped in and the vehicle sped behind them in a Field was a Guy on a All Bent Kavitch it was a Security guard out of As White got the licence plate the pair asked the Security guard if he wanted a ride Back to the malls May he jumped in and As they were Dri ving they passed a eleven he pointed out the girl at the Kavitch we affected a White the guard grabbed one of the woman arms from behind and Kavitch grabbed the with Whites they wrestled her to the we told her who we were and that she was now under Kavitch she said they got involved because they saw it As their and we didst have the kids with White we just kicked into Kavitch and we hate to see people get the woman and an accomplice have been charged with shoplifting jeans and women both officers say they look Forward to going Back to who had a baby boy on april has been on mater nity leave for two White gave birth to a daughter on id like to go Back to work Kavitch we might be on maternity but we still do the that who were j nurses protest Security cuts health authority looking at but better trained staff by Leah Hendry the Manitoba nurses Union is protesting the Winnipeg regional health authority decision to Cut the number of Hospital Security guards As part of an overhaul of facility a Warha report details a regional Security pro Gram that will focus on but better trained about million of the Werhas billion budget is currently devoted to i dont see How reducing the number of Security guards is going to Maureen president of the Manitoba nurses nurses Are physically and verbally abused every real Vic president of the said the report was triggered by increased requests for Security staff safety issues and com plaints from although the Warha would like to maintain the existing number of Security guards there Are 130 43 per shift Cloutier said it would be difficult to make improvements without cutting there is no systematic approach to How Security services Are organized or some hospitals use inhouse Security guards and some use Renta staff turnover is higher at hospitals that pay no one wants to take a reduction in said but unless hospitals Are prepared to put More Money into its a catch we Are working with a fixed workplace violence is an unfortunate said Larry president of the cupe local that represents health care support workers at the health sciences workplace safety in Manitoba lags behind All the other said in they will shut Down a Hospital Ward if it is the political will int Here for while health minister Dave Chomiak acknowledged that Hospital Security is a longtime prob he said the province would wait to see what the experts 0 air Canada bus Europe air Toronto 258 Ottawa 299 Vancouver 299 Calgary 238 Moncton 198 Ottawa 198 Vancouver 278 Calgary 178 Moncton 198 Toronto 99 Ottawa 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