Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 16, 2005, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free press saturday april 16, 2005 teen continued from Page a1 As distraught students and school staff looked on an ambulance Crew tried to help him before Rushing him to children a Hospital. Late yesterday afternoon Johanna Abbott of the chief medical examiner a office said an autopsy had been completed and determined Luc died of a pre existing heart condition. He died of natural causes Abbott said. Paul Gosselin said the family never knew about their sons heart condition. He never once complained to us he said. The father said that when Luc phoned Home from school he said he want feeling Well and was concerned. We told him to relax and take it easy and we would be there shortly. The emergency Crews were already of with his intense love for the game will there when we got there. Klassen said Luc loved playing vol be missed by All. Our deepest Condo at least he knew we were Leeball adding he was a pleasure to Lences and support go out to Lucs fam the father said Luc was planning to coach. He always came to practice ily and friends in this difficult be a gym teacher some Day. With a smile on his face. He had an ath Paul Gosselin said his family a Strong even though he was Only 15 years letes Faith and their relatives and friends old he was already coaching a girls he said Many of Lucs teammates Are helping them get through this. Team ? what can you say will find it difficult to go on without i think he was chosen at this Young Paul Gosselin said his son always him. He said the team will dedicate age because someone has bigger plans cared about How his friends were feel the rest of the season and a National for him the father said. Ing even asking his parents for advice championship in May to his memory. Besides his father Mother and Sis on How to help them when they were Paul Gosselin said his sons team Ter Luc is survived by a Grandfather going through rough times. Participated in a tournament in Mil grandmother and numerous other Rel Gosselin said Luc loved sports Espe Waukee in february and is to play at natives. Scially volleyball but also hockey fish another tournament in Calgary later his funeral is being held on Mon Daying and canoeing. This month. At Glise Saint Norbert Church. The Luc was about to be appointed co a statement on the Bison volleyball family is asking for donations to Lecaptain of the 16-and-under universe website called Gosselin a death a made to a bursary set up at Cole col to of Manitoba bosons volleyball club major lege regional Gabrielle Roy Box 430, team. It is with great sadness that we Ile Des Chenes Man. R0a 0t0. Its not supposed to happen like announce the sudden passing of our. that said Lucs volleyball coach Josh setter and Friend. Lucs positive influx Klassen. Luc had his whole life ahead ence both on and off the court along ? with files from Aldo Santin Canada rejected inc review offer . Senator says devils Lake . ? the devils Lake the outlet will move Lake water into to the inc when North Dakota proposed outlet should be completed a Little ahead the Sheyenne River and then into the red it in 2002. Of schedule and slightly under budget River which flows North into Canada. . Senator Kent Conrad a North a North Dakota state official said. Manitoba which fears environmental Dakota Democrat said he met yester Bruce Engelhardt project manager harm to its Waters is pushing for a Day with Roger Noriega the . State for the state water commission said the review of the outlet by the International departments assistant Secretary of floodwater diversion project should be joint commission a .-Canadian Board Western hemisphere affairs to urge the done by mid june ? about two weeks created to Settle Cross Boundary water department to Block Canadas efforts. Before the planned july 1 Startup Date. Disputes. Canada had its Chance for a referral he said the project Likely will end up North Dakota officials say the outlet is and it was rejected Conrad said. Costing slightly less than the original scientifically sound and poses no threats a referral now is simply a recipe for $28-million estimate though he did not downstream. They also said Canada continued offer an exact figure. Rejected the idea of taking the project ? associated press . Court ruling called a Victory against diversion . Drinking water project halted by Mia Rabson a . Court yesterday halted construction of a drinking water diversion project in North Dakota a decision Manitoba said was a major Victory in its ongoing water disputes with its neighbouring state. A . District court judge in Washington . Granted Manitoba an injunction to Stop construction of the main components of the Northwest area water Supply new two months after she said the projects proponents had to done enough environmental assessment. The ruling comes just Days before the Manitoba government asks a North Dakota supreme court judge to put a Stop to the devils Lake outlet a project it opposes for similar reasons to news. . District court judge Rosemary Collyer a injunction halts construction of All elements of news related to water treatment until North Dakota officials satisfy her the water will not be environmentally harmful to Manitoba. However she is allowing construction of pipeline components and pumping stations to continue. Its All we wanted All along Manitoba water stewardship minister Steve Ashton said last night. This is a major Victory for Ashton said the judges ruling follows an earlier one she had made in Manitoba a favour adding it shows she continues to support Manitoba a position. Ashton said water can to flow through the pipelines until the water treatment components Are finished so this ruling essentially stops the project until More environmental protections Are taken. However . Officials did not View the ruling As a setback. Jim Lennington the projects manager said yesterday As Many As three years Worth of work could be done without choosing an option for water treatment. Its As Good As we could have hoped for at this Point Lennington said of col Lyer a decision. For example a Booster pump station near Max in Northern Mclean county and a pump station at the Minot water treatment Plant for pumping drinkable water will be needed for the project regardless of the method used for sanitizing the water Lennington said. And North Dakota gov. John Hoeven praised the ruling. The pipeline is an environmentally sound project that will bring High Quality water to the people of Northwestern North Dakota Hoeven said in a statement issued late yesterday. . Senator Kent Conrad a North Dakota Democrat called the decision a big it is unfortunate that Manitoba As a Neighbour has chosen to attack this Crit ical project in the courts Conrad said in a statement. The Northwest area water Supply is a $115-million us project to pump drink ing water from North Dakota a Lake Sakai area in the Missouri River Basin 73 Kilometres North to Minot . It will replace poor Quality water for 81,000 people in Minot and surrounding areas and also alleviate water shortages during droughts. The water from news will end up in the Souris River part of the Hudson Bay Basin and Manitoba argues it will Likely bring with it foreign fish and Plant life that could be harmful to the Hudson Bay Basin ecosystem. The foreign fish and Plant Transfer is the same argument Manitoba makes against the devils Lake outlet but thus far the courts Haven to bought the argument on that file. ? with files from Aldo Santin and wire services ;