Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 3, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A b City can to fog your Home private firms can buffers can to Stop Mosquito killers by Kevin Rollason swarmed with mosquitoes because your Neighbours put their House in the no fogging zone no problem. For a Price commercial insect control specialists can do what the City wont ? they la directly fog your property even though your Neighbours House is in the City a Buffer zone. If someone says they Don to want their House fogged everyone within 100 metres in to fogged noted George Camara a spokesman for matrix environmental solutions. But a person can fog their own private property. We be done private functions and weddings. We go in that Day or the night before and everyone is comfortable. In today a world chemicals Are used in Bug watch fogging area River Heights fort Rouge Riverview fort Garry Whyte Ridge fort Richmond St. Norbert South St. Vital everything. Some people Are More scared of getting West Nile virus than the Camara said his company uses the same chemical ? malathion ? As the City but in a slightly less potent mixture. The City announced earlier this week it would begin fogging for mosquitoes after the numbers found in the City straps shot up As temperatures Rose. The City counted an average of 273 female mosquitoes in its traps on tuesday night the highest number recorded so far this season. It was higher than the 206 found on monday night and the 79 on sunday night. The City can to fog residential areas until it counts 25 female mosquitoes three nights in a Row. City fogging Crews were expected to begin fogging in River Heights fort Rouge Riverview fort Garry Whyte Ridge fort Richmond St. Norbert and South St. Vital last night weather permitting. Continued please see fogging a2 new Law shocks unwed couples property rules target common Law unions by Carol Sanders c Ommon Law couples ? Gay and straight ? have been blindsided by a new Law that forces upon them the same division of property rules that apply to married couples lawyers say. On june 30, the common Law partners property and related amendments act took effect automatically giving each partner in a common Law relationship the right to half the wealth they acquired As a couple. In general the length of time the couple must have lived together before the legislation takes effect is three years unless they have a child in which Case the Law is effective after one year. For something so dramatically major affecting the rights of so Many citizens in this province i can to believe the government did to go to greater lengths or give More notice said Winnipeg family lawyer Gerald Posner. The act gives common Law inside . What the new rules mean to couples a4. Hirst the latest in Shotgun marriage a14 couples the same property rights As married couples. If they break up they split equally the wealth they built up during their relationship including marital property and pensions the family Home and each others estate. If a spouse Dies without a will the Law says that All or most of the deceased a property will go to the surviving spouse. Critics including Posner said couples living together should have been Able to opt into the arrangement rather than have it forced on them. And the province has to provided enough time or Public notice to explain the Impact of the Law or How couples can legally opt out they said. Continued please see common Law a4 High honours slated for Winnipeg a Jericho n Active son Chris Jericho will get a hero a Welcome monday when he and dozens of fellow sports entertainment superstars arrive in the City for Back to Back television shows that will transform Winnipeg Arena into a Hollywood studio. Mayor Sam Katz and Premier Gary doer will Roll out the Welcome mat As Winnipeg prepares for an unprecedented invasion of Vince Mcmahon a world wrestling entertainment. Jericho a we Star will join the likes of Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul ii in receiving the order of the Buffalo Hunt Manitoba a second highest honour from doer during a 10 30 . Ceremony at the legislative building. That will be followed by a 1 . City Hall reception at which Katz will give Jericho the key to the both events Are open to the Public. Katz said yesterday he is trying to shuffle his schedule to allow him to attend the monday night raw live wrestling broadcast at the Arena even if it Means risking getting pulled into the ring by an overzealous wrestler brandishing a Metal folding chair. When i was younger my father was in love with wrestling so when i was a kid we used to watch it All the time and a lot of my friends Call me up on a regular basis to go to matches Katz said in an interview. Its great he said Jericho is deserving of the City a highest honour. Chris has a very High profile right now. He is definitely a celebrity in North America said Katz. Continued please see Jericho a4 list of award winners a4 ;