Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 9, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday july 9, 2004 province a9 teens charged with arson in seniors Complex Blaze they Are not related ? allegedly broke Toronto based owners Cpd develop by Bruce Owen into the unoccupied building at 10 Hal ments said the opening will Likely be Lonquist or. At about 3 . To find a spot delayed about two months. C Ity police have charged two where they could smoke out of the wind. Its very upsetting to everyone Wil teenage boys with setting a spec investigation has shown some Type of son said yesterday. We re in the Busi tabular fire that destroyed part of accelerant was Ness of looking after seniors and that a the soon to open Central Park lodges spread around the i a sure the where our focus should seniors apartments Early tuesday. Work site and then Wilson also said it is too soon to think parents of police spokesman const. Bob Johnson set on fire. About using Manitoba a parental respond said the 17-year-old and 13-year-old were the resulting those kids Sivility act legislation that holds Par charged wednesday with arson and Are Blaze spread Quick Are going ends financially responsible for the now in custody at the Manitoba youth by and destroyed actions of their children. Through a lot Centre. One third of the 126-he said that decision will be left up to they Are charged with arson with Dis unit St. James at this time the company Slegal counsel and insure regard for human life and break and seniors Complex ers. Enter to commit arson. Causing about $4 ? Rod Wilson i a sure the parents of those kids Are they were arrested by District 2 million in damage. Senior vice presi going through a lot at this time he detectives and investigators with the the other two Dent of Toronto added. City a arson strike Force det. Sgt. Der thirds protected by based owners Cpd Only a handful of such claims have Rick Todoruk said. A firewall that was developments been filed in Manitoba. A successful Law we were fortunate Todoruk said left standing was suit could result in garnishment of about the Quick arrests adding the damaged. The development was under wages or future wages for the parents charges will Speed up the process in construction just West of Grace general and children who can to be identified which reconstruction can begin. Hospital and was to open in november. Because of the youth criminal Justice he said police believe the youths ? Rod Wilson senior vice president of act. Wilson also praised the work of fire nearby apartment building. Venetian fighters containing the fire ? it was so blinds melted inside one suite across the hot a fire truck could to get near it and Street. Nearby parked cars partially melted ? he said if the fire had been More and the fast work of police making intense its possible those same blinds arrests. Could have caught fire. Todoruk said if the fire was a few degrees hotter it could have spread to a. its believed Tanner 22, and a Friend were involved in a fight with several men possibly involved in the drug Trade at the Forks sat urday evening. Police seek vehicle in shooting death by Bruce Owen ramp May have identified a suspect in last weekends execution style killing of Trevor Neil Tanner. Mountie spokesman sgt. Steve Colwell said yesterday investigators Are Appeal ing for the Public a help in locating a Gold 1993 Nissan Pathfinder with Manitoba License plate div 633. Colwell said investigators believe the Sun May have been involved in tanners death. However Colwell said he could not release the name of the registered owner of the Pathfinder or that persons relationship to Tanner. Colwell also said he could not com ment on How ramp got a description and plate number of the vehicle. However sources say witnesses to an altercation late saturday night at a bar at the Forks May have supplied that information to police. Colwell said he could not comment on the Forks incident or whether police have seized surveillance camera images of the altercation or vehicle. Tanner 22, of Winnipeg was found dead at the end of a gravel Road just out Side Lockport shortly after 2 . Sun Day. Colwell confirmed yesterday the Gle Lawn collegiate graduate had been shot to death. Sources said he was shot once in the Back of the head. His body was found by a person using the Lockport area Access Road. Relatives of Tanner believe he and a Young Friend were involved in a fight with several men ? possibly involved in the drug Trade ? at the Forks Satur Day evening. Police were called but Tan Ner and the men had disappeared when they arrived and no arrests were made. Tanner s Friend was treated for some minor injuries the source said. We think he might have been taken away by the people attacking him the source told the free press. Police have already questioned bar staff at the Forks in connection with the Tanner investigation. Friends have described Tanner As a quiet Young Man who had gotten mixed up with the wrong crowd in the City s drug Trade. Yesterday family and friends declined to comment on the ramps Progress in the Case out of respect for the Tanner family. A memorial service for Tanner will be held tomorrow at 11 . At Glen Lawn funeral Home 455 Lagimodiere blvd. The family has asked that in lieu of Flowers donations be made to the Manitoba organization of victim advocates or to cancer care Manitoba. Anyone with information is asked to Contact the ramp serious crimes ser vices at 984-6447 or Manitoba crime stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. ;