Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 17, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba Fiji 2001 local a3 air scare injuries bring buckle up reminder fridays midair scare involving two air Canada planes Over Saskatchewan should serve As a reminder for air trav Ellers to Wear their Seatbelt at All an air Canada spokeswoman these incidents Are but when they do there Are certain safety measures in place to make sure Passen Gers Are Here its seat Renee Smit Valade said yesterday from the airlines Montreal a flight attendant and two passengers were injured Friday afternoon when the Jet tumult shows need to keep says airline Pilot of air Canada flight headed to Winnipeg from had to descend abruptly and veer sharply left to avoid air Canada flight bound for Van Couver from the injuries were Smit Valade the transport safety Board of Canada confirmed last night that the planes missed each other by the Stan Dard proximity is a minimum of five both aircraft were Boeing 737s and were at full capacity with 100 Passen Gers Smit Valade about an hour after Takeoff the Pilot of the Winnipeg bound plane received a proximity warning from the aircraft traffic collision avoid Ance system she when a Pilot receives that it tells him or her there is another aircraft within five Miles and tells him to take evasive ascend or in this the Pilot the incident occurred while flight attendants were serving meals and one passenger on flight 3696 described the scene inside the Cabin As quite a hysteria and said food carts were aisles littered with debris and some Pas Ken ciguot7i Winnipeg free press at gets some bus driving pointers from transit Driver Neil King during the career fair at the Osborne Street garage hoping to drive a bus 300fill out Job applications at transit career fair by Mia Rabson Darrell Bakstad got behind the steering wheel of a Winnipeg transit bus for the first time and if things go his hell be driving the big people movers for a Long time to was one of nearly 300 people who filled out applications yesterday to become a bus Driver during the Winnipeg transit career about 600 people showed up at the which offered interested applicants the Chance to test drive a bus around a Short course and talk to transit opera transit needs to hire 60 new Drivers by the end of the year and 70 More in 2002 to replace a raft of senior instructor and career fair organizer Dan Robert said the turnout was much bet ter than optimistic it far exceeded our Robert adding they expected Only about 100 were quite optimistic about finding enough new opera tors Winnipeg transit employs about 900 bus who earn Between and an who lives in came to the fair because health prob lems forced him to leave his Job As a funeral director and he knew Winnipeg transit was he said driving the 40foot Long bus want really scary it just took time to get used it was a new expert Bakstad proudly adding that he didst hit anything in his five minute stint at the i left in one the application process has several Steps and takes several applicants must score at least 65 per cent on a Public relations which 40 people took yesterday and other applicants will take it was anew i left in one piece Darrell Bakstad in the next few if they applicants take a policy and procedures test and a driving aptitude test in which instructors time the Drivers going through a course and count the number of pylons they if they pass they get an Bakstad took and passed the Public relations test on june 7 and is waiting to take the second test on july he int holding his but he will move into the City if he is i Hope my chances Are but there Are a number of hoops i have to jump through he if you Are interested in becoming a bus Contact the Winnipeg Tran sit employment line at d sengers were Smit Valade said the situation could have been much worse had there been More people out of their walking around inside the but the possibility of the two planes actually colliding was she and actions taken by the Pilot of flight 3696 were Standard the Standard proximity is five Smit Valade As you can even if the Pilot haunt the planes we rent in a position to transport Canada is protesters aim to hug Eaton for 40 hours by Mia Rabson it was the Best place to the Best place to shop Julia Van de Spiegle if you love come out tomorrow and give it a Julia Van de Spiegle is hoping at least 500 people hear that message and want to save the downtown building badly enough to spend nearly 40 hours in a human Chain around were inviting everyone to come Down to the Queen of the Prairie and give her a big Van de Spiegle the cites historical buildings com Mittee recommended the Eaton build ing be designated a Grade 2 heritage but last week the cites prop erty and develop ment committee voted against City Council will debate the Issue and vote on they could still kill the Arena Deal if they choose to Over turn the commit tees thus far Only two councillors have indicated they will vote to save the the Eaton love fest will Start Tomor Row at 6 and wrap up wednesday morning at when the Hugger will stage a protest rally at City Van de Spiegle said even if people can Only come for part of the they should show their support so City Council sees How Many people want to keep the build the 70yearold woman said she has a soft spot for the building because it was a meeting place for her and her it was the Best place to the Best place to she and the build ing has significant historical Van de Spiegle has a plan for the building if it is she said part of it could be used to expand the Centennial Library while several floors could be turned into condominiums and the Bot Tom level could House restaurants and boutiques similar to those found along Corydon people can live and play Van de Spiegle she said she thinks the hugest May be the Only thing that will prove How Many Winni Eggers want to save the i Brief trustees to hire consultant Winnipeg school division trustees plan to hire a consultant to help students and staff design a new division no budget has been set for the pro though any spending of More than must be approved by the entire school were actually doing it As an Opportunity for youth to share their said trustee Kristine whose pub Lic relations and communications com Mittee will oversee the logo earlier this the City of Winnipeg unveiled a new logo that Cost taxpayers Winnipeg ones current Crest a Bison rampant on a Field of leaves and a lamp of learning wont be replaced when the new logo is Brandon u Given Brandon University Success in mind Campaign has received from the Manitoba telecoms funds that will be matched by the provinces scholarships and bursaries the Campaign creates scholarships and bursaries for aboriginal students taking courses in business administration and computer the first its scholarships and Bur Saries for aboriginal students will be awarded in two scholar ships and three bursaries will be awarded More than million has been raised for the Campaign so Cash for childrens health More than million was raised for paediatric health care from May fund raising events by the childrens Hospi Tal the events included the Teddy bears childrens Miracle Wal Kathon and Wear your Bear As Well As one hour specials that ran on the four local television stations and a the childrens Hospital foundation said was raised from All the which funds paediatric medical research and As Well As Pur chasing strength in numbers 80 of Winnipeg adults in a lakefront cottage Wood burning fireplace Sauna Whirlpool tub bbl while Shell provincial Park 12043487544 email the old world Market on Wiggim meat vegetable Market prices in effect june pork Side spareribs Cwm h 58 71wg by the piece Ink Jin suced or shaved Canada Grade a roast beef 100 g sliced or shaved enc spices sirloin teak Canada Grade a lean Iun beef Sqq 1 of Romaine lettuce imported Vith v imported imported Kef Green peppers 68c imported peaches Corn on the cob Broccoli 0 imported cooking onions so bag hours 106 53 Higgins Ogilvie pm 9441148 item my now tin might i Juvva Roi Imir Avail Ari f sponsored by bricks Fine furniture weve got a few Bones to pick by Fred Brick for a number of years weve devoted our main floor to Thomasville its treated As a separate entity with a separate Entrance As per our agreement with in that area we can Only place aside from accessories and the supplied by while never a major our designers rankled at these limitations As they fell certain items would not interfere with our Thomasville presentations but would indeed enhance in fact a couple of Drexel furniture pieces did just that for a few Days a while Back wed sold two occasional tables from a Thomasville collection and let the customer take delivery of them off the a major Nono As our Back up Stock was depleted and this would create a Hole on our duplicates of the two sold items were to arrive that they so we went shopping at our store upstairs and brought Down two Lovely Drexel pieces until our Thomasville shipment arrived the next the floor looked gorgeous and we thought even Thomasville would Marvel at our that weekend we were visited by a Pushy entourage from a local to and the next week Thomasville called ordering us to remove the Drexel items from their space we explained about the Gap on our floor and How it would be solved no we had to remove the offending in another instance our Thomasville rep told us that this same retailer had mailed to her one of my articles about my dog Roxy visit to our this we didst like you can criticize our Layouts and the Lack of enough fresh baked cookies at our front but the most famous dog in a Doggone shame we had a hard time explaining this heavy handed action to Roxy Ana her fan club my dear the late Paddy would bring his dog Bonzo to work and when anyone asked he explained with a wry that Bonzo signed the cheques email fax 9421200 Fred Elrick owns Iricks Fine furniture Fine furniture in 9571211 Nulk i in arc u us umut Lulu Between i Lac i Uruu 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