Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 7, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ai local win Miti Fri jink 2001 witness links fibres to accused killer by Mike Mclntyre a lengthy first degree murder trial entered the final stretch yester Day with key testimony from an expert on clothing fibres who said he found significant evidence against the accused Ronald Hrynchuk said the exact Type of synthetic fibres taken from the cloth ing worn by Daniel younger the night Randy Grisdale died were found on the Little boys shirt and inside the Van he was abandoned is accused of kidnapping the Twoy Earold from his Home Street residence in november 1998 and Leav ing him to die of hypothermia in an abandoned a forensic scientist who works out of the chemical Section of the Manitoba said the 72 tiny Green and Blue fibres he found on Grisdale and in the Van were recent pieces of Evi he said they prove Contact either Between the boy and younger in the hours before the killing or someone else who would have had to been wearing the same coloured clothing with an identical Fibre pattern As that is significant said adding the fibres would have been transferred within 48 defence lawyer Martin Glazer questioned whether younger could have left his Mark on Grisdale if hed hugged him a few Days before he Hrynchuk said it was but noted he want Given any evidence of that he said there was also no evidence younger had prior Contact with the the Crown Hopes to conclude its Case by tomorrow following nearly six weeks of Diane Grisdale has testified How younger physically attacked forc ing her to flee to a Neighbours the night Randy she told jurors last month that younger threatened to kill her and broke free of her grip before head ing towards her Grisdale said she rushed into the residence moments later and found her son and younger both police began an intensive manhunt for the and arrested younger at a pay they followed footprints in the Snow and eventually came across the police found Randy bruised and not they attempted car on his lifeless but he was rushed to Hospital where he was pronounced dead an hour the trial 3 Ruth Bonnevie free press archives Oil leaked from a Seal on a vat at the virology lab on the 40litre spill was cleaned up without Winnipeg virology lab reports Hydraulic Oil spill about 40 litres of Hydraulic Oil spilled in the purifying room of the Arlington Street virology lab on tues Day Brian spokesman for the Canadian science Centre for human and animal said the Oil leaked from a Seal on one of three Large vats used to Cook waste from the the fluid is used in the mechanics of the vat and was not Koshul once the Oil was cleaned up it was also put through the treatment Koshul said All waste from the Facil Ity is put into one of three litre where it is heated to 121c for at least an 3n Allah to lure be no association be town to Ftp or the Brick warehouse bricks Al after it is chemically and heat treat to kill any the liquid waste is put into the cites sewer sys Koshul said while the Oil spill was contained within the cooker room and didst present a health or Environ mental the Centre reports All Inci dents to the residents fight porn video store plans for a controversial adult video store in vital will be Back at City Hall this the cites appeals committee is set to hear an Appeal of a decision to allow an adults Only video store in a Annes Road strip the committee had been scheduled to hear the Appeal on May but it was postponed to today when the Man backing the video store didst show More than 50 residents opposed to the store had showed up at that in the Board of adjustment approved the proposed store for the strip mall at 628 Annes even though it would contravene a 1993 bylaw prohibiting adult video shops from within 300 metres of a residential there Are also two elementary schools in the area and critics com Plain that children always congregate at the convenience store next More than 150 people signed a Peti Tion against the store it was also opposed by area Gord sleeves and City planners recommended against Library has books for babies the Selkirk and Andrews regional Library is bringing books to Newborn the Library launched a new program yesterday called Blooming babies the first of its kind in Canada which will help newborns get a head Start on the Road to literacy youre never too old or too Young to Start that said Linda the librarian who came up with the idea for the new moms who have had their babies at Selkirk general Hospital will receive Blooming babies gift which include a cloth Book baby Blanket and pamphlets from the the program designed by the Library focuses on lifelong Pleskach you look at someones life Span and the first Opportunity to introduce them to the Library is at the maternity said Pleskach after spending an afternoon with a new Mother at the Pleskach said she Hopes the program will increase awareness of the pro Grams and services offered at the Library and encourage other libraries to reach out to 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