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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 31, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Homes gone to pot nearly 18,000 Homes in b. C. Use suspiciously High amounts of electricity often a telltale sign of a marijuana growing operation. / a8 City housing authority probed the government is hiring an external firm to probe the management practices of the provincial Agency tasked with managing Over 13,000 Public housing units across Manitoba the Manitoba housing authority. / a5 mom staying in jail a judge has denied bail to the Mother of five year old Phoenix Sinclair who was allegedly slain nine months before her death came to Light. / b4 Manitoba families to receive flags the provincial government is honouring Manitoba soldiers who die in the Afghanistan conflict by sending their families the Manitoba flags flown at half Mast in the soldiers memory at the provincial legislature. / a9 Canada senior games As nearly 1,400 athletes marched into the Portage exhibition grounds yesterday morning to open the 2006 Canada senior games two things were Clear. The spectrum of 21 sports games being contested Here is about As wide As the Pacific Ocean and they All have one common denominator. / a14 sports Blue season starts now the win hungry Blue bombers know that things really get exciting in the Cal during the labour Day weekend and Are ready to fight hard for a Victory in Reginaus sold out mosaic stadium is. The roughriders sunday. / Brandon University is joining the University of Manitoba and an eve growing list of Canadian schools pulling out of the annual a cleans mag Ainze University rankings Survey. A Winnipeg Man who has been in custody since his first degree murder arrest in August 2002 is seeking to be released after his trial Date was recently set for january 2008. Metis health issues in Manitoba Are not adequately addressed because most studies Lump them in with the first nations population Manitoba Metis federation president David Chartrand said yesterday. For full stories please go to wow. Winnipeg repress. My. 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Save an additional 20% off the last ticketed Price on selected fall Holt Renfrew private Brand contemporary fashions and selected jackets pants and tops August 31 september 13 september 14 october 4 the last ticketed Price on selected fall a omens Coats leather jackets and designer fashions a r carpet barn wow. Sarcar Detbarn. Com 3rd location opening soon 655 Pembina Hwy. I hate to cause widespread panic on such a Lovely Day but ism afraid ism going to have to declare a global epidemic. I am referring to the alarming worldwide increase in the number of dogs getting behind the wheel and causing mayhem on the Highway. Regular readers assuming they ave taken their prescription medication will recall i recently documented several horrific examples of dangerous Doggie driving specifically 1 an English dog named Harvey who mangled his owners $ 140,000 Maserati after getting his head wedged under the Glove compartment on a trip Back from the veterinarian 2 an unnamed German dog that caused a parking lot collision when he jumped into the Drivers seat and inadvertently released the Handbrake. At the time i wisely suggested we should All lobby our nearest parliament persons to immediately yank the Leash on this canine menace. Well and this will seem hard to believe my safety concerns have apparently fallen on deaf ears this tragic situation became Only too Clear this week when i spotted another terrifying Story on our news wires. According to the associated press which rarely makes these things up a woman in the capital of Chin ass inner Mongolia Region crashed her car while giving her dog a you guessed it driving lesson. The Story quotes the woman identified Only by the surname Lias saying her dog was fond of crouching on the steering wheel and often watched her drive. Heres an actual quote she thought she would let the dog have a try while she operated the accelerator and Brake. They did not make it far before crashing into an oncoming car. Ive said it before and ill say it again just because your dog has a licence does not mean you have to let it drive but that is not my Point. My Point is that dogs driving recklessly is merely the tip of a massive iceberg of alarming Mutt related madness. For example i howled with alarm when i spotted an a Story describing How a pet Groomer in Thailand has started an internet radio station for dogs. According to the Story Anuran Boon Chuen launched radio dog Thailand because the music puts the dogs in a Good mood and they re More willing to let the groomers handle them. Anuran told a if we play a slow song we May have the do howl because dogs howl too when they hear sad sounds. I was going to recommend we All go Barking mad Over this but we dont have time. We need to turn our attention to our next alarming item. It seems three police officers in Britain have been forced to learn dutch. Because their new police dogs dont understand English commands. According to Ana Nova. Com the dogs were graduates of the police Academy in Holland and refused to respond until their new masters mastered a new language. While that raised my hackles i was ready to Roll Over and play dead when i spotted the headline on our final bad dog item hound dog Savages Al visas Teddy Bear it seems Barney the guard dog ripped the head from an antique Teddy named Mabel once owned by Elvis Presley after going berserk and mauling 100 bears at an exhibition in the u. K. According to Bri taints daily Mirror the Doberman pins her was guarding the $ 1 million collection but went on a rampage after being let off the Leash. Barney left some of the bears with and i quote saliva damage but Mabels head was left hanging by a thread. The manager of the exhibition said he apologized to Mabels new owner sir Benjamin Slade but he just yelled at me. Let me just say and i mean this sincerely if a hound dog cant show respect for Elvis then he aint no Friend of mine. Thank you. Thank you very much. Doug. Speirs free press. My. 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