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Restaurant and lounge Man arrested in shooting City police have arrested one of two men wanted in connection to the april 1 drive by shooting of a 32 year old Man who was wounded in the neck. A 23 year old Man was arrested wednesday afternoon after a Short foot Chase on Strelchuk Bay in Northwest Winnipeg police said yesterday. Michael Mann is being held in custody charged with intentionally discharging a firearm aggravated assault and Possession of a firearm while prohibited. Police Are still looking for the second suspect Kenneth Wood 22. He is described As aboriginal in appearance 6 0 tall and 205 lbs., with Short Brown hair and numerous tattoos. He is considered armed and dangerous. Call police at 986 2840 or crime stoppers at 786 8477 if you have any information. Cancer Campaign begins cancer care Manitoba launched a year Long cancer awareness and prevention Campaign yesterday amid celebrations to Mark its 75th anniversary. Cancer care ceo or. Dhali Dhaliwal said the anniversary Celebration is an important Point in history and an Opportunity to remind All Manitoban cancer treatment and prevention is not just the responsibility of health professionals. Daily we Are seduced slowly into a culture that generates sickness and we want to turn that tide he said. We can actually change the course of cancer in Manitoba and our dream is nothing less than that Dhaliwal said. Statistics show 5,700 Manitoban Are newly diagnosed with cancer each year and 2,600 people will die from it. It Means on average 110 Manitoban will be told they have cancer every week and 50 Manitoban will die of cancer every week. One Type of cancer will be targeted each month by the Campaign. Woman attacked Winnipeg police issued a Public warning yesterday after an attempted sexual assault on a 30 year old woman. Police said the woman was walking at about 5 a. M. In the area of King Edward Street and Lismore Avenue on her Way to work. She was grabbed from behind by an unknown male who attempted to sexually assault her. She struggled and called out for help and the suspect fled. The suspect is described As aboriginal in appearance 6 0 tall with a medium build. He was clean shaven with Short dark hair and was wearing a red Hoodie with White writing on the front and Black track pants with White stripes Down the Side. Anyone with information is asked to Call the sex crimes unit at 986 6091. Ottawa former National native Leader Ovide Mercredi May be in the Hunt for the Federal nip nomination in Bev Desjarlais Churchill Riding. Desjarlais and other nip sources say the two time National chief of the Assembly of first nations has returned to the Northern Riding and is interested in a move to Federal politics. Mercy edits sniffing around for a possible nomination run came As Desjarlais was making headlines As the Only member of the nip caucus opposing the Bill to legalize same sex marriages. I just know Ovide resurfaced As a credible and interested candidate in the Churchill Riding said one nip source. A spokesman for nip Leader Jack Layton who had threatened to discipline Desjarlais if she voted against same sex marriage said Layton has had no role in encouraging Mercredi to run. Desjarlais said if Mercredi or anyone else wants to Challenge her so be it. Any time a nomination comes up it is open for Challenge. During tuesdays same sex vote Desjarlais abstained from voting. Mercredi could not be reached for comment. T he provincial government injected a Little youth into the provincial Bench yesterday appointing three new judges who graduated from Law school in the 1990s. Attorney general Gord Mackintosh said the skills and life experiences of the new judges will strengthen the Justice system. Ken Champagne has been a lawyer since 1993 when he began Arti cling in the Crown attorneys office in Thompson. He was eventually promoted to supervising senior Crown in the Thompson office. In 2000, Champagne moved to Winnipeg where he joined the family violence unit. Christine Harapiak began practising at Hawkins and Sanderson in Dauphin after graduating from Law school at the University of Manitoba in 1994. She has also worked at both the Manitoba Justice family Law Branch and with Justice Canadas aboriginal Law services. Kelly Moar has been a Crown attorney in Winnipeg since being called to the bar in 1997. Prior to becoming a lawyer Moar was a social worker with Winnipeg child and family services and worked As a chemical dependency councillor at the native alcoholism Council of Manitoba. Defence lawyer Richard Wolson applauded the choices. He said he is most familiar with Moar adding that the two have been involved in a number of cases. Kelly is a Fine lawyer and a very decent person. I think its a wonderful appointment said Wolson. The three judges were selected from a list of candidates submitted to the minister by an Independent judicial nominating committee. That committee was chaired by chief judge Raymond Wyant and included members of the Community the Law society of Manitoba and the Manitoba Branch of the Canadian bar association. By Kevin Rollason one Day after issuing a Public plea for help and 12 Days since former nil Star Rick blight was last seen driving off in his Grey 2004 Dodge ram pickup truck by his wife police have no new leads. Portage la Prairie ramp const. Neil Bailey said yesterday nobody has contacted them with information about blights whereabouts. Weave got a few who said i saw a Grey truck a but nothing to say thatus the one. There Are thousands of Grey trucks Bailey said. Were still treating this As a missing person. Bailey said blights family is hoping for the Safe return of the 49 year old father of two. Bailey said anyone with any information on blight is asked to phone the Portage la Prairie ramp at 204 857 4445, but they can also phone any other ramp detachment in the province. Blight who is described As about 6 foot 2, 245 pounds with Short Light Brown hair and a full moustache disappeared on april 3. In an interview from Ottawa Portage Lisgar my Brian Pallister said blights disappearance has shocked the entire Community. I was in the Riding during the weekend and everybody is just on pins and Needles just hoping we can get this Guy Back in our midst Pallister said. He has a lot of friends in the Community. Hers a big personality and such a successful presence in his Community and in the sports world hers hard to miss Kevin. Rollason free press. My. Ca in Brief province gives the nod to three new judges Mercredi blight disappearance shocks Portage area Mercredi May want nip nod in Churchill Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg free press ism having fun really Tom Fenn holds Sayde a 10 week old English bulldog during Yappy hour the Paw Shest cocktail party in town for you and your Pooch. The event at the Fairmont yesterday was put on by the Winnipeg humane society to raise Money for an enlarged new facility for More animal care programs like spay and neuter services and obedience training courses for dogs ;