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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 12, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba Lindor Reynolds Winnipeg repress. Com c Ity & b business w wednesday december 12, 2007 City editor Paul Samyn 697 7292 City. Desk free press. My. Ca i Winnipeg repress. Com b 1 company grounded air ambulance operations suspended business b 5 tonight. On Csc news at 6. A Young child died while the government fought Over his care. Will a Bill ensure it never happens again. Is yours real or fake you might be surprised by which Christmas tree is Greener. And dont miss the free press minute with Gary Lawless on Winkers Junior hockey prospects game gift giving. As Good As it gets ten certificates make the perfect gift. Ten spa is Winnipeg s world class Holiday escape. Ten spa gift certificates Are available 7 Days a week 24 hours a Day on line or on site at the fort Garry hotel. Wow. Ten spa. Ca 204. 946. 6520 4 .89% mortgages from free mortgage transfers rates subject to change. Wow. Crosstown civic. My. Ca Crosstown civic credit Union by Meghan Hurley i impaired driving is the no. 1 Road safety concern for 90 per cent of canadians according to a report released tuesday by transport Canada and mothers against drunk driving Madd. It should be 100 per cent because it affects everyone said sgt. Rob Riffel with the Winnipeg police Central traffic unit. Its not a 3 a. M. Thing anymore and can happen at 8 p. M. When you re out Christmas shopping. The effects of what police say was another Case of drunk driving were on display monday night in front of Portage place which was the scene of a Messy three car collision that sent three passengers including a Small child to Hospital for minor injuries. Larry Alfred Mckay 21, has been charged with a number of offences including impaired driving in connection to the incident which police say started when a Man got into the cab on the main Street strip at about 10 p. M. He allegedly told the Driver that he had a knife and was going to Rob him. At that Point the cab Driver jumped out of the car and the Man got behind the wheel driving away South on main. A Short time later the cab crashed into two vehicles at Portage Avenue and Edmonton Street. Madd and transport Canadas Survey said canadians Are pretty Good about knowing what will push them Over the Legal limit. In fact Many underestimated How much booze they can handle before driving. Continued please see impaired b 2 a la Paul Schroeder wants for Christmas is a guarantee his oldest son Eric will be alive and Home next december. It does not seem like too much to ask. Eric Schroeder a former University of Winnipeg criminology student is in Edmonton today training and preparing to ship out to Afghanistan. The 20 year old reservist will Likely be sent overseas in february. Ism at an age where you dont really want anything for yourself says Paul Schroeder of his Christmas wish. You dont want anything material. This is what i want. He was one of Many free press readers who responded to sundays Christmas wish column. I asked you what Yourd like to see under your tree and what was important to you this Holiday season. My own list ranged from the sincere peace in my Home to the strictly delusional Johnny Depp. Heres what some of you had to say 1. My mom a hons now 83, alive and Well for Christmas 2008. 2. All my family extended real exes and their new families around the Christmas table regaling each other with the Good times. 3. Not hearing from Revenue Canada that i owe Money on or before dec. 31. 4. A dog preferably a Labra Doodle already trained but any mid sized dog who will love me unconditionally. 5. An afternoon playing crib and a night in the hot tub watching the Snow fall with my Best Friend. Elizabeth Rogers. First of All id like to state that not All teenagers or younger people need shiny things for Christmas. Keeping that in mind these Are the things i want for Christmas 1. High school boys to realize that axe body Spray is not a replacement for a Shower. Please. 2. Unique new glasses that can be exchanged every few months to prevent boredom. 3. An end to flood pants. Dont your Ankles get cold 4. No More Cross. If you re going to ruin the Ozone layer with hazardous products might As Well do it looking Good 5. Snowman weather. I want a snowman and i cant have one if its too cold All the time. 6. National Katie Day. It does not have to be a Celebration for everyone but i would like to be allowed one Day off school. 7. Of maybe one shiny thing. Id really like a new phone. But thatus it 8. Waking up with Good hair every morning. I dont care enough to get up at six every Day but it would be Nice to just not have to do anything. 9. Pms being a legitimate excuse for not getting your Homework done on time. 10. Tom Welling. Ism allowed to dream too Arentt i Katie Lavoie Oak Bank age 14 continued please see wishes b 2 tougher Laws prevention sought some key findings in the report released tuesday by transport Canada and Madd. Two thirds of canadians think police should be allowed to randomly breath test. Almost 60 per cent of canadians want alcohol ignition interlocks to be installed in All new cars. Seven in 10 know Canadas blood alcohol Content limit. Almost 60 per cent of canadians feel the number of people driving while impaired by illicit drugs has increased Over the past five years. Around 52 per cent of canadians have at least one Friend who has driven drunk in the last year. Support for licence suspension is highest in Manitoba at 52 per cent. The Winnipeg police service began targeting areas near bars and social Halls last year. Before that police would randomly pull Over vehicles across the City. 2004 cars stopped 2,197 arrests for impaired driving 65 2005 cars stopped 1,635 arrests for impaired driving 77 2006 cars stopped 1,248 arrests for impaired driving 51 2007 after week two of the Check Stop program cars stopped 464 total arrests 22 ramp Christmas Check Stop program statistics for the first week. 2347 vehicles checked during 80 Check stops. 18 people charged. Average blood alcohol Reading twice the Legal limit source Winnipeg police impaired driving Survey for transport Canada and Madd readers share their Christmas wishes drunk driving tops poll no. 1 safety Issue for canadians As list of impaired charges grows Boris Minkevich / Winnipeg free press Winnipeg police gather evidence at the scene of a collision in front of Portage place monday night. A Man has been charged with impaired driving. By Joe Paraskevas if doctors Are allowed to withdraw life support from an 84 year old Winnipeg Man it would be tantamount to committing assault the lawyer for the mans family said tuesday. In a rare Case before Manitoba court of Queens Bench that extended into the evening lawyers argued whether Grace Hospital physicians had the right to take Samuel Golubchyk off the life support system that has kept him alive for four weeks. Or. Justice Perry Schulman reserved his decision in the precedent setting civil Case. Golub Chukes family vehemently opposes having their father removed from life support saying ending his life would run contrary to their religious beliefs As orthodox jews. Neil Kravetsky the family is lawyer said the Issue goes beyond a Battle Over such beliefs. At the heart of the Case which Kravetsky said could set a precedent in Canada is the question of self determination and an individuals right to live As Long As he desires. Theress no evidence that he is brain dead Kravetsky said of Golubchyk speaking to reporters afterwards. His heart is functioning independently. He needs a Respirator to maintain his breathing. He should continue. Lawyers representing the Hospital and the head of its intensive care unit said Golub Chukes health has steadily declined and continuing life support would be in vain. There is no right to either demand or require treatment Bill Olson the lawyer representing the Hospital said after the Case was heard. Thatus a medical judgment he added saying accepted thinking states a patients treating physician makes the judgment on providing care. Golubchyk sustained serious injuries in a fall in 2003. In october he was transferred to Grace Hospital in St. James. On nov. 3, he was placed on life support. Kravetsky said doctors would have to take an Active role by removing Golub Chukes breathing apparatus to end the mans life. In my opinion the touching of a patient to interfere or to remove some object from their body is an assault he said. The threat to do it is actually the assault. The removal is Battery. So if you re using it technically its an assault and Battery. Olson countered that Grace Hospital physicians had followed All patient care rules and had made scientific decisions to remove Golubchyk from life support. Helga Vaniderstine a lawyer for or. Elizabeth Cowden one of the doctors involved in the Case said in the past the courts have absolutely refuted arguments that the removal of a ventilator by Hospital staff constitutes assault. Schulman who did not specify when Golub Chukes Case would return to court is not expected to make a decision this week. Joe. Paraskevas free press. My. Ca decision reserved in right to life Case jewish family fights to keep senior alive Reader feedback should the extent of life support be determined by doctors or by the families of patients please detail reasons for your opinion to. Feedback free press. My. Ca ;