Winnipeg Free Press

Winninpeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 25, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A12 province Winn Pic Hie junk 2004 1 a Fis Asb Sissy a h b 1 photo enforcement under attack by Bruce Owen Winnipeg venture into photo traffic enforcement fell under attack on a second front yesterday with a City lawyer asking for the right to sue City Hall to Force it to pay Back anyone caught by a wrongly placed intersection lawyer Dan Orlikov said yesterday he wants to ask a court of Queens judge for permission to launch a class action suit on behalf of Winni Eggers whole been fined after being photographed by intersection cameras that Arent near a school zone or Road construction lawyer wants to sue City for wrongly placed cameras More than tickets have been sent out and More than million in fines has been collected since january last Orlikov has a court Date set for july but that will Likely be put Over to Early Winter As another judge wrestles Over wording in the provinces Highway traffic the Section that regulates photo lawyer Donald Dacquisto and Len Easton of traffic ticket experts argued in traffic court yesterday that the word ing is such that the Law for the cameras is so ambiguous that it cant be the Crux of the Case has to do with Sec Tion 2 of the Highway traffic it outlines How the imaging capturing Speed enforcement devices can be used by it was enacted by the province in the Days leading up to the unveiling of photo enforcement in Winnipeg on specific areas it says the devices can Only be used a in construction playground zones and school zones and b inter sections that Are controlled by control Dacquisto and Easton said that the word and is meaning ele ments in both a and b must be pre sent in deciding where the cites 24 cameras Are twelve new cameras Are to be put up by this is legislation drafted by the gov Dacquisto they can say anything they when they use and there stuck with magistrate Norman Sundstrom is to Issue a written decision on the Case Crown attorney Lisa Cupples said the language in the Highway traffic act is Clear and to interpret it As far As Dacquisto and Easton would be Orlikov said the Case Law that sup ports both challenges is its a Legal not a factual Orlikov he also said other Case Law prevents the province from retroactively re writing the replacing and with he added whatever Sund Strom or what happens with his own push for a class action the Case will Likely go to the supreme court of Canada before any decision is made on whether Winnipeg Drivers deserve to get any Fine Money d Jeff de body free press Jackson was surprised schools Checkerboard design won contest its been too the Flowers Are still inside the school schools cultivate Flower Power colourful Checkerboard wins take Pride contest one of the winning school gardens from the annual take Pride Flower Power contest is Laid out like a colourful Twenty four raised wooden Flower plots Are the focus of the Garden at Ecol Robert Smith school at 315 Oak Street in River year after each class has its own said Robert Smith teacher Charlotte we were surprised we won this its been too we dont even have Flowers in some the Flowers Are still inside the school the school is a former Winner of the con it was one of three in a winners Circle declared yesterday by take Pride a private nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring civic the other two winning out of a total of 19 schools in the contest this Are Morrison at 25 Morrison in West Kildonan and Ecol la Verendrye at 290 Lilac in Morrison principal Ruth Strofel said her school Garden grows Rich with perennials in plots on either Side of the schools front its the first time weve entered and the first time weve the principal said last take Pride Winnipeg announced its school winners prior to the end of the school year so that students can be congratulated on their efforts before summer gardens were judged on their curb innovative property cleanliness and because of the unseasonably cold the gardens this Spring were judged on their potential each winning school will receive a planter for a Courtesy of Barkman in addition to the school category there Are seven including business and Resi apartment Parks and Church the entry deadline for the other categories is june 30 so the contest is on track with 300 be judged later this Southern chiefs pick Henderson for top posting by Paul Egan Chris Henderson was elected grand chief of the Southern chiefs organization yesterday after voting that stretched Over five of out polled seven other Candi dates and succeeds Margaret the Southern chiefs ousted Swan in May after she pleaded guilty to stealing about from the Lake Manitoba first the final which capped a today Summit meeting at Long Plain first came Down to Henderson and Bill traverse of Jack head first Henderson won with 19 compared to 14 for traverse had been the Southern chiefs first grand like he too was removed by a vote of in who until june 16 was the organizations communications director and official said the South Ern chiefs want to put past controversies behind we definitely want to turn the Page on he we want to move i believe that Why the chiefs elected Chris Henderson the grand an political essentially lobbies on behalf of the first nations chiefs of Southern a member of the Black River first nation through his holds a bachelors degree from the University of Winnipeg and has held several communications posts Over the last 10 he said he plans to spend the next couple of months visiting the organizations 36 member communities to get input from residents and leaders about what they want from the Southern chiefs i just want to get to Henderson weve got a lot of work to who had been seen As a rising Star among Manitoba first nations was last month Given a oneyear sus Pended sentence at a court hearing in she ordered to perform 50 hours of Community service and pay Back the Money she d visit the Dufresne i Brief mans body recovered Winnipeg police recovered the body of an adult Man from the red River in Point Douglas yesterday the which was stuck in was discovered by staff at the pump ing station at Rover Avenue and Syndi Cate Street at about police have tentatively identified the victim and do not suspect foul motorcyclists to gather thousands of motorcyclists will gather in Winnipeg tomorrow to kick off the annual ride for a three Day event that raises Money for research into vision the Parade begins at the legislative building at 11 before heading to Covert Beach in where three Days of celebrations and fundraising will be the ride for sight is the largest fundraiser for vision research in the funds raised Are Given to the foundation for fighting blindness new chemo Centre coming a new chemotherapy Centre will soon be established at the Neepawa health the province announced a new chemotherapy unit will replace Tempo Rary facilities currently in place at the the Ward will include five therapy an exam a palliative care office and support the new facility will help meet the increasing demands of cancer patients in the Assiniboine regional health last More than 320 outpatient treatments were provided to cancer patients in the temporary chemotherapy unit at the Hospital compared to 285 the year it is estimated the unit will take about eight months to Complete once the tender is the chemotherapy Centre is expected to open in fire Burns townhouse a 55yearold woman suffered smoke inhalation and minor Burns to her neck and Chest in a fire at a Don Wood drive townhouse yesterday the which occurred at about 4 in the suite at 62 Dogwood caused damage to the ceilings and it is under investigation by the fire the Winnipeg free press is read by 47 of Winnipeg adults every that in Canada among major Dufresne clearance outlet try us at Sears portrait studio and see the your Choice of backgrounds and poses its All up to you with our unique youll receive professional Quality portraits every 1h Colour portraits i with Cou and 8 wallets with 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