Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 30, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba b2 Winnipeg free press monday october 30, 2006 City Snow continued from Page b1 the heaviest amounts Are forecast for a band that extends Northeast from Pilot Mound through Winnipeg and on to Pinawa. The snowfall should taper off late monday with Little to no precipitation expected for the remainder of the week although temperatures will barely Peep above freezing during the Day. Its still fairly certain the Snow will be on the ground said Carlsen. Its quite nor Mal. We usually get it around while there is no such thing As Normal weather Winnipeg usually does not get Snow that lasts All Winter until november. In the Long term Environ ment Canada is predicting unspectacular weather Over the next three months for the City with temperatures and precipitation expected to be within Normal ranges. In the mean time break out the fleece and possibly rain gear for halloween. If you re going As Captain High liner you la have All the bases covered. Just Don to get annoyed if your loot bag gets filled with Fisherman a friends. . belting out their songs said Gunnarson. And i a up there trying to escape and thinking wow How Cool is this his achievements Are truly remarkable considering doctors gave him Only a 20 per cent Chance of surviving leukaemia when he was a child. I was the one in five who made it said Gunnarson. Interestingly the upright plexiglas Box from which hell try to escape was originally used by late Canadian illusionist Doug Henning in the late 1970s. The escape however will be attempted with no curtains or anything else to Block the View of the audience. While the parking lot where he a performing in to huge gun Narson is encouraging people to come out and witness the escape for free. He is however encouraging everyone to bring a tin for the bin for Winnipeg Harvest. escape continued from Page b1 and he a hoping the ghost of the grand master of magic will be on his Side As he tries to Wrig Gle from the Box before drown ing in Cement. Either Houdini a going to come Back and help me make it through or he does to help me because he does to want me to succeed he said with a chuckle. Gunnarson insists his attempted escape is the real Deal. There Are no tricks or illusions. I really Don to know the out come. There Sall these elements that you can to control and yet you have to find a Way to get out of it. Its going to be challenging he said. He a already faced a few hurdles like finding a company will ing to dump wet suffocating Cement All Over him. But Lafarge Canada inc., on Dawson Road stepped up just in the Nick of time. I guess its a Story they want to Tell their Gran kids said gun Narson. The Homegrown celebrity has performed All Over the world for the past three decades. During his career he a escaped while dangling 225 metres Over the Hoover dam near Las vegas wriggled free from a straitjacket and chains while hanging upside Down by his toes from a trapeze Over 130 snapping Alli gators in Florida and free fallen from a plane 13,000 feet above the ground wearing a Strait jacket and two pairs of Handcuffs before parachuting to safety with Only seconds to spare in Japan. Gunnarson holds two guinness world records for escaping and has made countless television appearances including an Abc special hosted by legendary comedian George Burns. He even played a private party once for Rock group Aero Smith. I a hanging from a burning rope Over a bed of spikes while Steven Tyler and Joe Perry Are ;