Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 7, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday july 7, 2004 a3 fight at the Forks linked to slaying no indications the killing was gang relat by Mike Mcintyre and Paul Egan de. T there Are several unsolved murders he ramp Are investigating Friend was treated for some minor the end of a gravel Road just outside of a relative of tanners told the free in Manitoba where victims were shot whether the slaying of Trevor injuries the source said. Lockport. They were asking staff Mem press monday that police told the Fame and dumped on the outskirts of Winnipeg Tanner was connected with a sat we think he might have been taken Bers if they had seen a slender Young by Tanner had been shot. Keith Skiba in what police believe were acts of gang urday night altercation at the Forks away by the peo family members suspect gang involvement in death Man wearing a Blackt shirt a source at who lives on the River Access Road in retaliation. Sources said yesterday. Ple attacking the bar said. The Rural municipality of St. Clements Tanner has been described As a popu Tanner 22, of Winnipeg was found him the source since then members of the ramp near where tanners body was found Lar Young Man and Gle Lawn collegiate dead at the end of a gravel Road just out said. Serious crimes unit have returned to the said police questioned him sunday about graduate who lived with his parents and Side Lockport shortly after 2 . Sun police have bar twice More and questioned All the whether he heard gunshots saturday younger brother on a quiet Well kept Day. Been questioning staff who were working saturday night night. Street in St. Vital. Relatives of Tanner believe he and a bar staff at the the source said. Colwell an ramp spokesman said he anyone with information about Tan Young Friend were involved in a fight Forks in connect also yesterday the ramp said an is not aware of the details of the invest Ner or his recent movements is asked to with several men ? with possible gang Tion with the Tan autopsy monday showed Tanner died gation and could neither confirm nor Contact the ramp serious crime ser connections ? at the Forks saturday Ner investigation. From blood loss resulting from trauma. Deny whether a saturday night alter a vices at 984-6447 or Manitoba crime evening a source connected with the police showed sgt. Steve Colwell of ramp head Tion at the Forks was part of the invest stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, he said. Family said yesterday. Up at one bar in quarters in Winnipeg would not specify ligation. police were called but Tanner and the the Forks at what Type of trauma Tanner suffered tanners parents have declined to com men had disappeared when they arrived about 1 30 . Sunday less than an hour and would neither confirm nor deny that ment. and no arrests were made. Tanners before tanners body was discovered at Tanner had been shot. Colwell has said previously there were Pilot reprimanded fined for bombing canadians Back. I a satisfied he a not going to by Mary to Laforest Fly Maureen Decaire said she under a . Fighter Pilot who killed four stands that mistakes happen and that Canadian soldiers when he mistaken Schmidt did to intend to cause harm by bombed them in Afghanistan was but in addition to the penalty that reprimanded and fined yesterday a keeps him out of the cockpit she said move that relatives of the victims say shed like to see him show remorse. Brings some closure but Little Comfort. I would like to see him accept maj. Harry Schmidt 38, was found responsibility which i Don to think has guilty of dereliction of duty and will happened she said from Winnipeg. Lose More than $5,000 us in pay the Leger a widow Marley Leger said air Force said. The reprimand will give her some . Bruce Carlson who peace and allow her to move on. Presided Over Schmidt shearing at the biggest thing for me is that Barksdale air Force base in North Gen. Carlson acknowledged what i Western Louisiana said in a letter of have been feeling for a Long time ? reprimand yesterday that the Pilot that maj. Schmidt does to seem to acted shamefully in the bombing on have remorse Leger said As she stood april 17, 2002, and his arrogance. In front of a tree she planted in an undermined one of the most sophist Edmonton Park in tribute to her Hus rated weapons systems in the band. In your personal presentation Schmidt had blamed the bombing on before me on 1 july 2004, i was the fog of War saying he mistook the astounded that you portrayed yourself canadians gunfire for an attack from As a victim of the disciplinary process canadians were wounded including Taliban fighters. Without expressing Heartfelt remorse cps. Brett Perry and Brian Decaire. He asked for permission to open fire Over the deaths and injuries you Perry and Decaires Mother Mau on the fatal night but was told to hold caused to the members of the Canad Reen both said the financial part of fire. A .-Canadian military invest an forces Carlson wrote. The penalty is a slap on the wrist. Ligation found that Schmidt should in fact you were obviously angry but Schmidt has been grounded have flown out of the area instead of that the United states air Force had from flying military aircraft Ever releasing the bomb. Dared to question your again As part of the reprimand and Schmidt has until july 12 to decide the attack killed pet. Richard that is very satisfying they said. Whether he will Appeal. Green pet. Nathan Smith Cpl. Schmidt a arrogance got the Best Ainsworth Dyer and sgt. Marc Leger of him said Perry from Winnipeg. He ? Canadian press ? the first canadians to die in com carries a constant reminder of the with files from Alexandra Paul Bat since the korean War. Eight other attack in the form of shrapnel in his attack on testing unconscionable division superintendent blasts teachers Union by Nick Martin the chief superintendent of Winnipeg school division says the teachers Union planned an unconscionable and blatantly inaccurate attack on a student assessment program ? a tactic that would have done great harm to the reputation of the division its schools and teachers. Testifying before the Manitoba labour Board Jan Schubert said she ordered the Winnipeg teachers association on nov. 14 of last year not to publish a four Page insert in the free press after seeing a copy for the first time the night before and learning that publication was Immi nent. Schubert said she acted because of the harm it would do not Only to the Divi Sion but because of the harm it would do to individual teachers and administrators in schools. So i instructed them not to distribute neither Schubert nor the divisions lawyer Gerry Parkinson mentioned Dur ing yesterdays hearing that Schubert a letter also threatened the 16 teachers on the Sta executive with severe disciplinary the wed and Sta have charged each other with unfair labour practices. The dispute is Over the comprehensive assessment program Capa program in which classroom teachers individually assess Nursery to Grade 5 students Early in the school year on Reading and math social and emotional and motor skills. The Sta had earlier testified that Cap robs students of the teachers time for september and october and has accused the division of Union busting and muzzling teachers. But Schubert told the hearing that she and her four District superintendents have Long Union backgrounds in their decades As teachers and at least five of the wed a nine school trustees have the official or unofficial endorsement of organized labour. Schubert said that the Sta had never informed the division that it intended to go Public with its dissatisfaction Over the assessment program. Teachers and administration were meeting regularly to improve the pro Gram she said. Schubert repeatedly peppered her Tes Timony with words and phrases such As inflammatory absolutely appalled incredible unbelievable and Schubert said the Sta brochure would have led parents to believe that no elementary school teaching takes place until november and that teachers and their aides abandon special needs children for two months. Schubert said that Adverse publicity about programs demoralized schools and leads some parents to harass teachers and principals. Manitoba teachers association lawyer Garth Morang will Cross exam Ine Schubert today. ;