Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tin 2001 leg free press your summer concert guide music writer Bartley Kives offers a Calendar of the seasons hottest events d1 a real survivor canadians Are being asked to Pray for a teen who spent 8 Days l trapped in a wrecked car b1 the increasing wind so 20 High 23 v garbage Day 1 school Day 5 inside Aspers ringing up jobs Call movement of key managers could bring positions Here its Iron chef the rematch the self proclaimed culinary showdown of the year takes place this weekend when japanese chef Masaharu Morimoto crosses spatulas again with new York chef Bobby Flay in the main course event known As Iron chef 21st Century Battle d1 answers on slaying the family of slaying victim Cory Lepp Hopes to find out in court today Why the Young woman was strangled and buried under a Winnipeg Beach cottage a3 dont Tell dad president George Bush twin daughters Are under investigation after a report that two underaged women attempted to buy alcohol at an restaurant b1 Kicki Nup his heels colourful bombers kicker Troy Westwood is hard at work perfecting his Hobby tap dancing c1 i business real estate Market thrives in City Winnipeg commercial real estate Market is one of the strongest in a study by Moodys investors service has concluded b7 the grass is getting pretty Green Leonard president and ceo of can West global communications by Aldo Santin the Asper family is bring ing Winnipeg the first big spinoff from last years multimillion Dollar Purchase of the Southam newspaper As first reported in yesterdays free can West global communications plans to create a Call Centre opening by sep tember and eventually employ ing 400 the company also announced yesterday it is looking to bring another 800 administrative and managerial jobs to town provincial and civic incentives to lure the Deal to Winnipeg could run As High As depending on the final num Ber of jobs Leonard president and ceo of can West global announced he is centralizing the circulation and telemarketing functions of four of the firms Western newspapers the Calgary Edmonton Regina Leader Post and Saskatoon Star at the former free press build ing on Carlton and As can West moves to integrate its television and newspaper Asper there is a real possibility that All or most of the company corporate services will be centralized in creating another 800 please see can West a4 company Waters grass b7 editorial Urban momentum a12 monster hit with 25year sentence horrific abuse of family disgusting Phil Hossack Winnipeg free press the lady in red students of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet schools professional division rehearse their production of Beauty and the beast yesterday afternoon at the can West global performing arts Centre at the the which opened last runs through fear and loathing on bikes City cyclists scared to death but Are motorists to blame by Paul Mckie Arthur Jurkowski regularly cycles Down main Street while buses and trucks Roar past Hes never quite sure any of them see Hes not the Only i feel entirely said Miriam As she took a break from cycling Howard a Community health avid cyclist and cycling said that a common com especially from those just getting into Urban cycling or commuting by there scared to death of it when they begin to give it a said were not a Bike Friendly City the deaths of two cyclists in the past one in Broad Daylight in Winnipeg and another near Portage la Prairie at have focused attention on the and there could be More problems ahead As inexperienced cyclists take to the roads next week As part of the Winnipeg commuter which asks workers to leave the car at Home and take the bus or Cycle to Jurkowski said when he began cycling in Earnest four Jeff of body Winnipeg free press Arthur Jurkowski wonders if motorists even see years ago he was nervous on the Busy streets and often Rode the even now Hes a Little edgy when the cycling season its Busy on main once 1 get used to it i feel fairly he but it seems cars and bikes Are never completely Comfort Able sharing the Manitoba Public insurance spokesman Brian Smiley said motor vehicles and bicycles collided 360 times last year in the please see cyclists a2 by Mike Mclntyre this is an extremely unbelievable sentence Crown attorney Ken Champagne a Winnipeg Man was sentenced yester Day to an extraordinary 25 years in prison for inflicting a decade of horrific physical and mental abuse on his Queens Bench Justice Brenda Keyser called the 47yearolds actions degrading and disgusting beyond description in handing Down a sentence which Legal experts believe is the longest in Manitoba for a Case not involving Keyser gave the Man a 41year but reduced it 16 years by giving credit for the three years he has spent in Cus Tody since his arrest and using the sentencing principle of which per mits a judge to scale Down a sentence that might other Wise be viewed As unduly this is an extremely unbelievable said Crown attorney Ken who had urged Keyser to give the Man 25 years behind under Federal parole the Man would be eligible for Early release after serving Only seven Howe lie will remain under the watch of the Legal system for the full 25 years at which time he will be 72 years defence lawyer Fred Sandhu had asked for a term of two years less a Day so the Man could remain in heading Ley those with longer sentences serve their time in Federal Champagne could find Only one other no murder Case in Canadian history involving a 25year it was Given to a sex a Manitoba Man received a 20year sentence for sexual abuse several years but Champagne said Keysers decisions Breaks new Legal Hes getting what he the mans former wife said in with her children by her she said her sex husband is a please see monster a2 ;