Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 23, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba b2 Winnipeg free press wednesday August 23, 2006 City hogs die in Semi trailer crash 24 animals euthanized or crushed to death by Jason Bell t to dozen hogs were either crushed to death or so badly injured they had to be euthanized after a Semi trailer hauling the animals crashed on a Highway ramp in Southeast Winnipeg yesterday morning. Police said the truck Driver was Tak ing the Cloverleaf from Hwy. 59 to the South perimeter Highway when he lost control momentarily causing the heavy trailer to tip Over. The truck owned by Steve a live Stock transport was carrying 190 hogs owned by a producer in Southeastern Manitoba. The doors of the trailer stayed closed but animals were tossed around inside. The chilling sound of squealing pigs continued for almost two hours As the surviving hogs were loaded onto a waiting trailer and transported to Maple Leaf in Brandon. Rick Peters general manager of the hauling company said 24 pigs died in the rollover including a handful that had to be euthanized by a veterinarian from the Canadian food inspection Agency. The Driver of the truck was shaken up but escaped injury. The health of our Driver is first and Foremost said Peters. Then the Ani Mals need to get cared for in a humane Winnipeg fire paramedic service personnel were at the scene and sprayed water into the trailer to Cool Down the animals. The Accident happened about 8 15 . Westbound traffic on the perimeter was rerouted onto Hwy. 59 North for several hours. Kids reap benefits of what they sow crop to raise $10,000 for Beausejour school school students Laura Thomson and Kim Dudeck explained yesterday As they stood amidst a rapidly shrinking wheat crop ? keeping a wary Eye on the approach ing Combine. Its a lot of work to do All of this. There a so much More than watching wheat grow said Dudeck who a enter ing Grade 12. Youth in philanthropy is a National program in which local foundations provide High school students with Grants that they in turn distribute among applying charities. Thomson who just graduated said i Brief crash kills woman a 66-year-old woman from Stead died monday after she lost control of her car and rolled in a ditch on Hwy. 59 about three Kilometres North of Scanterbury ramp said. Ramp said Dallas Joan Pasaluka was driving North on the Highway when her car crossed Over the Highway and flipped onto its roof. Dry ice injures child an incident in which a 11-year-old boy was injured by exploding dry ice will Likely be classified As a childhood mis adventure police said yesterday. Const. Dale Mcdonald said on Mon Day a group of children found a piece of dry ice behind a building in the 200 Block of Selkirk and put it into a plastic const. Roger Lavallee of heading Ley ramp traffic services said no charges Are expected. It does to take much to cause some thing like this. There could have been some error on the Drivers part and maybe an Over correction Lavallee said. He said Cloverleaf ramps Are often a cause for concern for police. We find these ramps in general Are involved in crashes Lavallee said. The curve sort of closes and then opens again. We re dealing with a design from 30 or 40 years ago.?. planning and overseeing a Thomson. We did to crop of 32 hectares Worth of she said the students wheat. Have to pull expect the wheat will sell the Money raised will for at least $10,000, despite a create an endowment fund any Teeth or Long run of dry weather. Its that the Beausejour school All right ? its not yielding will use on its Library and twist any As High As some crops she other projects within the said. Arms Iris Bialek said her son Ryan who just graduated chaired the project. Her father Edward Bialek donated the 32 hectares from his farm and her Hus band Randy Bialek was involved in getting equipment and expertise donated from As far away As Steinbach. It was a really Good experience for these kids to do Bialek said. Though she added As the kids watched the Combine you should be behind horses and doing this and eat ing the dust.?. water bottle. Mcdonald said the bottle exploded when the boys Shook it. The boy was taken to Hospital for injuries to his face and later released. Mcdonald said although dry ice can be dangerous no Law was broken As there Are no City of provincial regulations for its use and disposal. Pluto at Centre stage Pluto is taking Centre stage this weekend at the planetarium. On sunday local astronomers Are set to discuss the International astronomical unions decision about whether Pluto is still considered a planet. The interactive forum kicks off at 3 . And features images of Pluto along with a live broadcast of the launch of Nasa a space shuttle Atlantis at 3 30 . Canadian Astro naut Steve Maclean will be among the Crew of Atlantis and is making his Sec pollster continued from Page b1 yesterday Katz dismissed the idea of a Low voter turnout this fall noting Pun dits predicted the same thing in the 2004 by election that brought him to office. The voter turnout that june was 58.8 per cent up 10 Points from the 2002 elec Tion that saw former mayor Glen Mur Ray win a second term. There Are no experts when it comes to elections. They have no grasp of this the mayor said in a Telephone interview from his Home where he a resting Fol lowing knee surgery last week. Katz also said he was successful in attracting Young voters in 2004 and expects that trend to continue this fall despite his incumbency. Hasselriis so far Katz a main Chal Lenger said its too Early to Call this years mayoral race lacklustre since the real campaigning does not begin until september and october. Both Katz and Hasselriis plan to unveil their platforms after labour Day when Winni Eggers Are out of summer Vaca Tion Mode and will begin to pay Atten Tion to the civic election. The Campaign has so not started yet and when it does my Campaign team and i Are going to give Sam Katz a run for his Money. It will be seven weeks of full on campaigning said Hasselriis. The left leaning mayoral candidate who announced his bid in july spent the summer campaigning at festivals and meeting with Community groups. He said he a already amassed a database of 10,000 committed voters and hundreds of volunteers. Katz who declared his candidacy ear Lier this month has yet to reveal details of his re election plan but is believed to have begun polling and holding focus groups. The mayor and Hasselriis agree with political scientist Adams on one Point however its up to both candidates and the Media to generate interest in the civic election. Up until now they maintain every body a been More concerned with sum Mer Sun than october politics. Tom and Jerry continued from Page b1 in the other a character is seen smoking a Cigar. We re All Clear that this is a cartoon right for those who somehow managed to pass through childhood without seeing a single Tom and Jerry cartoon Here a a Recap. Toms a cat. Jerry a a mouse. Most of the time they hate each other. Extreme violence and mayhem always ensues. The cartoon was in its heyday Between 1940 and 1958, when William Hanna and Joseph Barbera produced the animated shorts for Mem. The cartoons were so Good they won seven Academy awards. Tom and Jerry still scrapping have had several incarnations. Most recently a Kinder gentler cat and mouse starred in several straight to did movies. I called Murray Gibson executive director of the Manitoba tobacco reduction Alliance to see if he had any thoughts on this tempest in a mouse Hole. He said that while its easy to mock the decision to edit the car Toons its the right move. I think the dilemma for us is we Don to want to see smoking glamorized in any Way he said. Kids Deal in Black and White. Adults Deal in shades of Grey. Kids see that its fun and humorous and its of. I think that a the danger with All respect to Gibson i think this Issue is one of smoke and mirrors. Fifty year old cartoons Don to cause Chil Dren to Start smoking. Massive Adver Tising campaigns the ready availability of cigarettes in Corner stores and parents who still suck on the Demon Weed cause kids to Start smoking. Surely there Are More important ways to save the lives of children. Maybe we should just Stop Reading them that Christmas Story about a right Jolly old Elf who sucks the stump of a pipe. In the grand scheme of things i think this is a Mickey mouse Issue. Now kids please Don to Start smok ing. And please Don to go chasing your kid sister with a frying pan dropping an Anvil on the dog or applying int to a roadrunner of. Lindor Reynolds blogs at doer in London Premier Gary doer is in London this week where he will meet with Britain a Deputy prime minister John Prescott. In addition to meetings with govern ment officials there doer will also get together with key Canadian players of the British financial services Industry to discuss the provinces financial affairs. While in London doer is scheduled to meet Paul Walsh ceo of Biageo at the liquor makers corporate head office. Biageo produces the world famous Crown Royal Rye whiskey at its Plant in Gimli. The visit to the . Will conclude with a reception at Canada House where the Premier will meet representatives of the Canada-. Chamber of Commerce network Canada the Canada club and the Canadian tourism commission. Tomorrow doer will head to Iceland where he will meet the new prime min ister Geir Haarde and the icelandic Cabinet. By Nick Martin near Beausejour ? the enor Mous Combine roared the dust flew and the wheat being harvested made Edward Schreyer school at least $10,000 Richer. Students from the schools youth in philanthropy Canada program have spent the past eight months students in the program decided Back in january they a organize their own project to raise Money for the school. We thought of the idea and got All the sponsors she said. We helped them seed it. All our sponsors they provided the equipment and people to drive and stuff. We did to have to pull any Teeth or twist any arms. All the Money we make is going into the endowment fund said ;