Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 26, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday August 26, 2006 a5 Stony Mountain wins at emmy local inventors baby Sherpa in Tinseltown debut a group of television stars and non winners ? that a for losers ? will be walking away from tomorrow nights emmy awards with a terrific Consolation prize. They la get a gift bag stuffed with swag valued at More than $42,000 us. The goodies Given to everyone who does to get the coveted Statuette include a unique made in Manitoba item. Its a Long Way from the ski Hills of Stony Mountain to the Hollywood Hills and Heather Campbell Dewar inventor of the baby Sherpa is thrilled her Dia Lindor per bag Back Reynolds pack is heading to the big leagues. I got a Call on the 16th of August says the Manitoba mom. The company putting together the bags had heard about us and asked me to courier them the Campbell Dewar agreed packaged up 60 backpacks and drove them across the Border to Pembina. They were picked up there by ups. This in to glamorous she laughs. I had to get it All done ? include a Little note about myself and my com Pany a stamped return envelope because that makes it More Likely an actress will Send you Back a hand written note. It was a lot of work. Its a Small business. We Don to have an the baby Sherpa is essentially an ergonomically designed Backpack with room for diapers Teddy bears Joe Bryksa / Winnipeg free press entrepreneur Heather Campbell Dewar right and daughter Camryn Dewar 5, with baby Sherpa Day packs. Water bottles and clips for every thing from pacifiers to toys. There a also an insulated bottle Holder and a change pad. Campbell Dewar who runs the ski Hill in Stony with her husband Gary came up with the idea after their daughter Camryn was born five years ago. They wanted a bag that suited their Active lifestyle and still held All the stuff a baby needs to get through the Day. They be sold about 15,000 of the $99 backpacks so far. They Export to the u.s., Turkey Australia and the United kingdom. The company is not huge but that May be about to change. The Rush Job to Supply the gift bags for the non winners was a tremendous amount of work but Campbell Dewar knows it will have All been Worth the Effort if the right Yummy Hollywood Mommy hello Angelina is photographed with the product. The backpacks would immediately hit the must have lists of pregnant women around the world. Campbell Dewar Drew the Atten Tion of the company assembling the gift bags after she brought a baby Sherpa to Winnipeg a Fairmont hotel and left it for Brad Pitt when he was Here to film Jesse James. She issued a news release on the non encounter. So far though there a been no sighting of the Backpack Slung Over Pitts shoulders. Babies Are the new Hollywood accessories says Campbell Dewar. It seems everyone a got one. They re like the bling of today. I a really hop ing someone uses the and what else do the losers take Home a plethora of fabulous Consola Tion prizes. They la get $280 us stud Monkey jeans. They la get $46 Pimp facts velour track suits. A Silicon Val Ley doctor is donating $5,800 lasik Eye surgery. They will be offered a $5,500 Gibson amplifier concert package. Everyone a a Winner ? even the losers but the biggest Winner could be the woman who runs the ski Hill at Stony Mountain Manitoba. Never mind the emmy. Keep your eyes peeled for diaper bags in the weeks that follow. Someone a hoping a baby Sherpa makes an appearance in people mag Azine. Tuxedo carjacking incident a drug Deal gone wrong a violent carjacking wednesday night grand Cherokee and Possession of outside a Tuxedo Safeway store want a crack cocaine for the purpose of tray random crime but was linked to the City a drug Trade police and sources said yesterday. Evidence collected so far Points to it being a drug Deal that went horribly bad. 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Police declined to comment publicly on what happened outside the Safeway store at Tuxedo Park shopping Centre saying More charges Are Likely. It is quite Clear this was not a random attack and the victims were targeted spokesperson const. Dale Mcdonald said. Several males approached them and whether the two victims knew their one demanded the Driver get out of the attackers Mcdonald would to say. Jeep. The two men were assaulted and police also declined to Call the incident pulled from the jeep and the robbers a carjacking but referred to it Only As sped away in the jeep. The victims were a vehicle robbery. Treated in Hospital and released. It happened at about 10 . As a 21-the jeep was recovered about a hour year old Man and his 19-year-old Friend later in River Heights its rear stereo sat in the jeep Cherokee in the mall Speaks ripped out one of the victims parking lot. Aunt said in an interview. 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We have a Long Long Way to go but i would say we Are at a very encouraging beginning said Ian Cramer the am a senior business adviser. In addition to the fund the am and the province have been in discussions for several years Over the creation of a first nations gaming corp. That would act As the regulatory authority for Gam ing operations on reserves. This june the province issued a request for proposals for a Market study on the feasibility of additional first nations gaming facilities. The rep also Calls for proposals on creating a body that would take More regulatory control Over first nations gaming operations. A steering committee made of representatives from the am the province and the Manitoba gaming control com Mission will review the proposals. Dave Chomiak the minister responsible for the Manitoba gaming control commission said results of that rep Are expected by the end of the year. But Chomiak acknowledged that a proposal is on the table to create a fund that would receive $4 million per year for five years out of the profits from the Manitoba lotteries corp. For the year ending March 31, 2005, the Mac generated profits of $273 million. Chomiak said the fund is still in the conceptual stage and there have been no Dis Cussion As to How it would be managed. We have been talking about this for a Long time Chomiak said. Poverty and unemployment issues on first nations Are so bad. 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