Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba City Winnipeg free press thursday july 27, 2006 b7 urinating on military Monument City Man accused in Ontario incident Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg free press now that a a car racer Kenny Lang brought this pro modified Corvette to the Pony Corral on St. Mary Avenue yesterday to help kick off the 7th annual Cruz in downtown aug. 12. The event will have classic car lovers drool ing with displays and a Parade that snakes through downtown starting at noon. Pair file complaint Over vanishing Jackpot two men have filed a formal complaint with the Manitoba gaming control com Mission after a $209,000 Casino win was declared void due to a machine error. Lawyer Josh Weinstein said yesterday officials at the Mcphillips Street station Casino have not responded to his clients request to be financially compensated for the unusual incident. They will now turn to the governing body for a ruling. The executive director has the ability to mediate a settlement and that a what my clients Are looking for said Weinstein. The men who Don to want to be identified could also launch civil court action Down the Road but must first go through the formal administrative channels he said. They Are considering All options he said. The pair were playing a Slot machine earlier this month and thought they had hit the Jackpot. The game the men played was a computerized version of Keno a number Matching game similar to Bingo. Players place a Small Wager trying to win a larger payoff with Odds in the Casi no a favour. However in some rare instances the Slot machines internal software makes a serious error Accord ing to Casino officials. In this Case the snafu allowed a five cent bet that could to normally top out Over $3,000 to offer a More than $200,000 Jackpot said Manitoba lotteries corp. Spokeswoman Susan Olynik. Ing on the memorial. By Jason Bell a Only one of the men was charged with mischief and All three later apologized Winnipeg Man was arrested and for their actions. Detained yesterday morning the latest incident has caused a Simi accused of urinating on a military Lar uproar. Monument in Sudbury ont. Sudbury resident Francis Ross 78, a the Navy league of Canada Monu Veteran of the Canadian Navy who ment ? a Large Stone Block More than served on the hocs Uganda later two metres tall with a plaque embedded recommissioned As hocs Quebec in in it ? is in that City a memorial Park. The final stages of the second world War uniformed officers noticed a Man Uri said he was sickened by the news. Rating on the Monument about 12 30 . Ross stood next to the Monument ? he fled from police but he which lists the names of the was found hiding a Short Canadian ships that Sank time later. ? it was during the second world Shawn Morris 21, is in War ? when it was unveiled custody and faces charges a slap in in 2000. That include mischief ? it was a slap in my resisting arrest and carry my face. Face he said. This person ing a concealed weapon. This person has no respect for my he makes a second friends who Are appearance in bail court has no respect the Monument was built tomorrow. At a Cost of almost $50,000. Greater Sudbury police for my friends Bryan Chapelle president staff sgt. Dave Linney said of the Sudbury Branch of the officers witnessed a Man who Are dead naval league of Canada urinating on the Stone Mon was just As upset yesterday. Ament after he was spotted we went to great Effort walking through the Park ? Veteran Francis Ross to build this Monument to with a Beer bottle in his honour veterans he said. Hand. Someone is in a sense urinating on our no alcohol related charges were Laid. Veterans. Its disgusting. It makes me the Man was found to be in Possession wonder what people Are thinking. Of a collapsible Baton and had several Young people Are usually so Gener razor Blades tucked away in his Wallet Ous during the remembrance Day said Linney. Poppy drive and Are very supportive of the incident in Sudbury follows on the veterans and Are proud of them. But heels of a similar one at the National War unfortunate there Are groups in society memorial in Ottawa on Canada Day that do this Type of which sparked outrage from coast to coast. an Ottawa citizen newspaper photo graph showed three Young men urinal with files from Canadian press ;