Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 18, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba M local Yvo Imnira Jim 2001 gambling addict says Shes taking Steps to turn her life around larrys Story gives Kristy Hope the compulsive Gambler who Lucky to be contacted me again yes Shes the 37yearold North Kildonan woman who earlier this having drowned herself in gambling tried to take the metaphor to a different level by driving her husbands beater of a car into the red As i was Kristy that not her real name got Lucky in a Way compulsive gamblers never can at she was res cued by a psych Ward orderly named who just happened to see Kristy wrote me the Day looking for recognition for Donovan and she wrote again yesterday after Reading saturdays column about Hes a compulsive Gambler who failed in an attempt to commit suicide in Only to see his 29yearold son a compulsive Gambler himself kill himself three years who was 55 on is in having identified his Ive found my he and my Demon is this in part is Kristy reaction to larrys i i i dear i help crying Reading about so much of what he went through sounded like for example the unbearable darkness and Lack of self Worth self hate in my Case of becoming a compulsive Ive found my Demon and it was me that is exactly my i gambled to get away from myself a person i so deeply hate and it was a great Way to not think of problems i was having in my he Felt alone and helpless that How i feel As i cant even face my family knowing the pain and suffering i have caused Larry put into words things i didst know How to in so Happy he has found himself and in so proud and encouraged that he Hast gambled in two my heart goes out to him Over losing his he has come a Long Way and has a lot to Cele he fought and won probably one of the largest Battles of life beating and surviving a severe it gives me great Hope that i also can beat this addiction and Deal with the Demon inside of i have taken a few Steps to try so very hard to help the other i went to club Regent to have my picture taken and sign a voluntary form that states i will not Gamble in this form also gets sent to Mcphillips Street and includes volts in the province of it is mandatory for two years and is a crime if i try to enter one of these i have also been going to gamblers Anonymous meetings to try to get i have heard that i should be going to Home Wood three week residential program in probably sometime in my one major question about the article is if Manitoba has the highest per capita betting and the highest percentage of problem then Why is there no residential treatment Centre in the City Alberta has so Many different residential pro Gram centres where you can go for even Saskatchewan has a As do almost All of the except i wonder what it will take for this to happen 100 suicides in a year before they realize they should provide residential help to severe gambling addicts i want you to know that by bringing this prob Lem to the attention of others you Are doing a great i truly believe you Are helping just so you know in doing pretty and i will thanks to you covering stories Phil Hossack shh pre8i Archive i Donovan gives Kristy a hug on Riverbank where he saved her life earlier this about Larry and bringing this problem out in the one Day i will come through this and make something Good of my maybe even trying to help who knows i i i Kristy raises some troubling questions about How committed this province is to the treatment of gambling which ill explore another but theres something Kristy and others should its about that voluntary form she signed putting herself at risk of criminal prosecution if she sets foot in a just because you have your form and photo on dont expect the Casi nos to actually enforce but that a Story for another 3 Iceland envoy seeks closer ties Jeff de 800y Winnipeg free press Hannesson and wife Anna Birgis attend ceremony at legislature by Paul Mckee Iceland first Ever ambassador to Canada attended Manitoba annual Wreath laying ceremony to Mark ice lands birth As a Republic last night and spoke about strengthening the Bonds Between Canada and Hjalmar Hannesson spoke to a crowd of about 200 people on the legislative grounds last night in front of the statue of icelandic Patriot Jon Han Nesson called Sigurdsson a Freedom fighter who fought with text and Manitoba has the largest icelandic population outside of Iceland and Han Nesson noted the contributions icelandic canadians have made to yesterday not Only marked Sigurd sons Oil changes vehicle Purchase zoo 1 Dodge v6 air Power Power 7 Luggage tilt wheel Speed control 1 deep tint financing up to 60 months now available on All 2001 caravans 2001 Chrysler Brand new litre air conditioning 4 disc cd player cast aluminium wheel cloth seats rear defogger automatic 2001 Chrysler Sebring la 4 or air conditioning Power windows Power door locks Power mirrors Speed control tilt wheel player 2001 Chrysler intrepid air conditioning Power windows Power door locks Power mirrors Speed control 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ambassador in the embassy opened in Ottawa late last Canadas embassy in Reykjavik opens next Hannesson said Many canadians might be surprised to learn that the embassy is just opening considering How close the two countries have talk of reciprocal embassies goes Back to he the delay was caused by a Lack of funds from time to time for both the new embassies will allow Canada and Iceland to increase their political and cultural we Promise to do what we can to fur ther close relations Between our two said hell emphasize stronger Trade ties Between the two Iceland already trades with the maritime and an icelandic steamship company sails into the he noted that Mon Treal is Home to a subsidiary of an icelandic High tech Hannesson Hopes to build on those but he said Iceland can learn from Canada in other politically we have a lot to learn from said recently Iceland has placed More emphasis on its International peace keeping peacekeeping to us is quite new we dont have a he 3 Manitoban favour proportional vote Survey shows Senate Reform still a hot Issue by David Kuxhaus a majority of Manitoban would support a system in which parties would be awarded seats based on their share of the popular according to recent the same Survey also found that sen ate Reform is still a hot Button the Survey was commissioned by the Canada West foundation and the University of Calgary research unit for the study of civil Accord research questioned respondents in the four Western provinces Between january and March about two thirds of Manitoban said they would like to see seats distributed according to popular under the current electoral system known As a party could win a Large percentage of the popular vote but that May not translate into an equivalent number of seats depending on How its supporters Are support for a system based on percentage of the popular vote declines As one moves from West to with a High of 75 per cent in 70 per cent of Western canadians favour a proportional representation electoral there Are variations depend ing on political for Canadian Alliance voters were the strongest at Over 80 per Liberal and nip voters were the least supportive with Only about 60 per cent agreeing that reforms were respondents were also asked about Senate about 80 per cent of Western canadians agreed that Canada should replace the existing Senate with an elected one with equal representation from each about 79 per cent of Manitoban agreed with Calls for Senate according to the while Senate Reform has been championed by the Canadian its clearly not a partisan about 75 per cent of nip voters and 80 per cent of Liberal backers strongly supported sen ate tory voters were 90 per cent in favour and 94 per cent of Canadian Alliance strongly Paul a political science pro Fessor at the University of said its unlikely the current government would even consider re jigging the sen ate because it would require constitutional an area where prime minister Jean Chretien is always 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