Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 6, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 province Winnipeg free press tuesday july 6, 2004 better policing demanded in Beausejour suspected arson causes $1.2m damage destroys store by Aldo Santin b Beausejour ? residents in this Rural Community say their policing services need to be improved after a suspected arson Early sunday morning destroyed the local video store causing upwards of $1.2 million in damages. The town is policed by the ramp. There a going to be a revolt at the next Council meeting Len Wilke owner of the building that was destroyed and a local real estate agent said yesterday As he surveyed the rub ble that had been the of Susanna Sun things Are Shine video. Getting out of things Are get Ting out of hand. Hand. We Don to we Don to have have any any policing at night. We be had policing at night. We be its the second had enough arson related fire in this com Len Wilke owner Phil Hossack / Winnipeg free press Unity of 2,000 of the building Mel Stefaniuk counts his losses yesterday afternoon while surveying the damage to his video store in Beausejour. Residents in the destroyed in the 18 months. Burned out and blackened mess. The Wilke said the replacement Cost of already completely engulfed Kines said officials told him it was most like Mildred Robbie roof was gone and part of the rear Wall the single Storey Wood Frame building said adding Crews arrived about 3 30 by arson. Who a lived across the Street for 40 had collapsed. Vinyl records had melt is about $200,000. Stefaniuk said the . Sunday. The Back door had someone threw something through years said it seems the Community had de into each other. Charred sport Trad value of the contents would have blown off and there were flames com the night Deposit Slot in the Back door changed for the worse in the past few ing cards and comic books Lay strewn reached $1 million but he had it insured ing out the that a what they told me Stefaniuk years. About inside the building and blowing for Only about a tenth of its value. Kines said it was Clear it would be said. Beausejour has always been a Safe around the rear of the property. There Wilke said residents and business impossible to save the building adding i thought someday i could sell Al place but its getting pretty scary now was Little evidence that the business operators he stalked to in the past two firefighters took measure to ensure the this stuff and retire Stefaniuk a for Robbie who grew up in Winnipeg a had once contained a video Library with Days want greater police presence at fire did to spread to the adjoining build Mer area Farmer said. I had trading North end said. Robbie said the town More than 20,000 titles and 70,000 night adding Street patrols Are need Ings. He said the heavy concentration cards stored in the Back up to the Ceil used to have citizen patrols at night videotapes. De to act As a deterrence. Of Vinyl records and videotape creat ing. I had thousands of video games. Adding it might be time to bring them i had the largest collection of movie Beausejour broke head fire chief de a soup of toxic gases that required if i sold it All individually on Ebay it Back. Titles in Canada ? Many of them out of Jamie Kines said 31 firefighters firefighters to take extra precautions in would have been Worth More than $1?they kept the kids off the Street and print said Mel Stefaniuk 50, owner including Crews from East Selkirk and putting out the fire. it seemed to work Robbie said. You of the shop. You work for 25 years to Lac Dubonnet spent six hours fight Kines said the cause of the fire was would to think something like this build something and then its All ing the fire. Still under investigation by the fire could happen to your neighbourhood.?. destroyed in an when we arrived the building was commissioners office. But Stefaniuk the 40-metre-Long building was left a 3 family members die in bizarre crash grieving family and friends were Mak family members held a memorial ser ing funeral plans yesterday for three fam vice sunday afternoon at the Side of the ily members from St. Laurent who were Highway near the Accident scene. Killed in a bizarre crash Early sunday. We erected three crosses with their the two vehicle crash on Highway 6, names on them and then we had the local one Kilometre South of St. Laurent killed priest come and bless them Mckay said. An 18-year-old Man in one vehicle and funeral arrangements were still Pend his Mother and Grandfather in the Sec ing yesterday. Ond vehicle. Tragedy also struck the family two the ramp were awaiting an autopsy years ago. Today before positively identifying one in 2002, Doreen Boudreaus 17-year?of the victims. But family members said old son Craig Boudreau and Mckay a 23?the dead Are Kevin Boudreau 18 his year old Cousin Paul Mckay were among Mother Doreen Boudreau 37 and her four people killed in a single vehicle father Sylvain Boudreau 60. Crash near St. Laurent. Ramp Cpl. Bob Chabot said Kevin it seems like it just happened said place your and in ads include for an Boudreau was returning from Winnipeg june Mckay. We re staying pretty close additional $28 in a Gumc Jimmy and had called ahead to together the whole family. That show 4 lines of copy reach Over Tell his Mother he was running out of Gas. We re going to get through Doreen Boudreau and her father Sylvain Sylvain Boudreau who worked in con?300,000 Boudreau were bringing gasoline in the Striction is survived by his wife plus on thursday a photo readers with family a Ford Taurus when the collision Dorothy of More than 40 years Mckay for Only in single the saturday occurred shortly before 3 ., he said. Said. The couple she said also has five its really tragic the almost Unbe surviving children Audrey Coutu and column pick up liveable circumstances Chabot said. Brenda Claude Elaine and Fern $2200 format. Option. Both vehicles were found in the West Boudreau. Ditch. The Sun was engulfed in flames Doreen Boudreau who weighed and for details Call when police were called to the scene packed fish at a local Plant is survive free press classifieds shortly before 3 ., he said. By her common Law spouse Darren Gui june Mckay of St. Laurent Doreen Boche. They have a daughter Janice 11, Boudreaus Cousin said the Circum and a son Lucas 9, Mckay said. Stances of the fatal crash Are difficult to she was a very Happy person bub fathom. Bly and a Loving mom Mckay said. What Are the Odds of that happen Kevin Boudreau was Doreen a son ing she asked. That a one thing we from a previous marriage and his father can to is from pegu is first nation Mckay said. Residents seek to Stop hog barn expansion where about 50 area residents aired their by Carol Sanders concerns said Hofer. We Don to like the bad smell any More citing concerns about smell and water than they do. We want to address it. We maybe its because they Haven to seen their Quality Grosse Isle area residents Are live Here too. We re just As concerned picture in the Winnipeg free pres hosting a meeting tonight at the town about water pet expressions. Hall to try and Stop a hog barn expansion some area residents Are afraid added if you re fond and proud of your pet let theat a nearby Hutt Erite Colony. Waste from the expanded operation world know the Rock Lake Colony about 35 kilo poses a risk to ground water supplies. Metres Northwest of Winnipeg wants to after tonight a meeting Massey said running the last sunday of every month expand its Interlake hog operation members of the Community plan to pet expressions gives you the Opportunity adding about 4,000 animals. Lobby the pm of Woodlands. We re to sing the praises of your pet at an affordable the Hope is we can Stop this before going to urge them not to give them a Price the rate is half the Cost of a regular classified it goes much further said area Hobby conditional use permit for this expand so turn your sad sack into a Happy Critter Farmer Bill Massey. The chairman of the Sion Massey said. You can place an and by phone at 697-7100, concerned citizens committee has set up a spokesman for the Colony said ear by fax at 697-7375 or by email at the meeting tonight at the Grosse Isle Lier the expansion was really More of a Hall at 7 . Provincial agriculture con consolidation with a 6,000-hog barn but the deadline is 5 00 . The Friday prior ser vation and health officials will speak animals kept on other Sites throughout to publication. At the meeting he said. Residents of the the province. Hutt Erite Colony plan to attend the meet Hofer said hogs Are a big part of the ing As Well. 110-member Colony a livelihood. Smell is one of concerns we re cover we be had hogs Here All our lives. We the Winnipeg free press is read by 63% ing said Colony spokesman Ben Hofer. Know How to contain our the strength in numbers the Colony literally is trying to cover it up Colony would to do anything to put their of Winnipeg adults every saturday. That a with a $130,000 Tarp for its sewage Lagoon. Members or their Neighbours health at the Rock Lake Colony hosted a Public risk he said. #1 in Canada among major newspapers. Meeting on the expansion last month. ;