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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 17, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba top news Winnipeg free press monday december 17, 2007 a5 when it finally just blows away up there in Newfoundland and out in the North Atlantic it will have created a lot of misery ? environment Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips Jim Fox / the Canadian press archives via a Security problems run Gamut. Reports shed Light on via Security from death threats to Flasher drunks by Steve Rennie Ottawa ? a death threat by an angry Cook shards of broken Glass in the fruit salad and drunk or disorderly Passen Gers Are just a few of the notable Inci dents on via rail trains cited in this years internal Security reports. The reports obtained by the Canadian press under the Access to information act offer a glimpse of bizarre and occasionally dangerous happenings on the Crown corporations passenger trains. For instance via duty officers were notified on july 30 when a Cook became aggressive after a seemingly routine request by a supervisor. It was reported by the service coordinator that when asked to make club sandwiches the Cook refused threat ened to kill the service coordinator and then punched the Wall says one report. That alleged death threat followed a previous one in april when an employee working aboard a train was heard on a few occasions to say he would like to see someone come in the office at 895 de la Gauchet Ere with a Rifle and kill them ? the Street address refers to Mon Treal scentral station under the Queen Elizabeth hotel. Via spokes it was woman Catherine Kalotsky shed reported by the More Light last service week on the two coordinator alleged death threats. That when she said in the asked to Case of the Cook who punched the make club Wall the service sandwiches coordinator has the Cook since pressed criminal charges refused against the Cook. threatened to its not known if the Cook still kill the service works for via but coordinator Kalotsky said she does to have any information that indicates that he a no longer with the in the other Case involving Central Sta Tion the via employee was immediately called before his manager and the director of Security to explain his comments Kalotsky said. The employee assured via staff that he was misunderstood and was then cleared by management to return to work she said. The rail service screens All prospective hires to make sure they meet nearly a dozen Security and competency requirements Kalotsky added. The reports also cite three incidents in which passengers travelling in Busi Ness class found shards of Glass in their food including a woman who Cut her lip on a piece of Glass that was in her fruit bowl and a Man who May have swallowed some Glass that he thought was frosting on his dessert. Another passenger Cut the inside of his Mouth on a broken off piece of his casserole dish. None of the passengers have sued via Kalotsky said noting the rail company Rick Eglinton / the Canadian press a cyclist finds the going too Tough in the deep Snow in Toronto sunday. The storm left record or near record snowfalls in Ontario and Quebec. Storm buries s. Ont., Quebec near record snowfalls Lead to mayhem on streets and in airports connecting flights to cities such As provincial police reported. And Strong winds in Southern Ontario. By Jered stuff co and Russ Morgan Edmonton she said. Its a one Day wonder Here for with Over 31 pm on the ground by at least one West Jet flight to Toron Ontario that a the Good news about it sunday evening Ottawa already t Oronto ? Southern Ontario to and one air Canada flight to Ottawa said environment Canada senior Cli eclipsed its one Day snowfall record of and Quebec were slammed Sun had been cancelled As of late sunday mat Logist Dave Phillips. 30 pm set in 1977, a Roux said. Day by a massive Winter storm evening. There a no area from Windsor to Brianne Tucker a shopkeeper in that dumped near record amounts of Alongi said Given the amount of Snow Ottawa in Ontario that a going to Toronto spent most of the morning Snow leading to clogged streets and that has already fallen and is still fore escape this. Storm Phillips said. Shovelling and estimated about four hundreds of cancellations and delays cast to fall from Ontario to the mar in Montreal we re seeing anywhere pm of Snow per hour accumulated on at some of the country a busiest air times airlines Are asking their Between 15 and 25 pm of Snow today her Walkway. Ports. Passengers to Check with them before said Phillips adding the City could get personally i a Loving it because i a environment Canada warned sunday leaving their Homes for the Airport. A total of 40 pm. From the Arctic so this is like going that the hit and run storm could drop she said flight information is also some areas in Southern Quebec Home. But its definitely up about 30 centimetres of Snow in available on the Waas website particularly in the elevated areas ? the storm also struck the . Mid Ontario and As Many As 60 pm in some . This could translate into More like 60 West and Northeast and was blamed areas in Quebec. The storm was expect Ontario provincial police reported pm of Snow said Phillips. For three deaths hundreds of Road accied to give similar treatment to the mar More than 400 minor accidents and a Flash of lightning followed by a dents and left tens of thousands with times late sunday and monday. Police were advising motorists to stay window rattling clap of Thunder sent out Power. At Toronto a Pearson International off the roads. Sunday afternoon shoppers running Snow started to fall in the maritime Airport about 130 flights were can Opp const. Kevin Davidson said vis for cover through knee High Snow in late sunday. In new Brunswick about celled by sunday afternoon As Snow ability on Ontario a Hwy. 401 was Down downtown Montreal. 40 pm of Snow were expected to fall in fell on the area at a rapid rate of about to less than 15 metres in some spots. First i saw the sky Light up through total with Prince Edward Island and four pm per hour. The ditches and the medians Are my window and i was wondering what Nova Scotia also being battered by dozens of flights were also cancelled just screaming for cars to join them that was said Robert Carvalho who heavy Snow and 90 Kilometre an hour or delayed at Montreal a Pierre Elliott Davidson said. Was digging out the Walkway of a Mon winds. Trudeau International Airport and driving was treacherous As the vis Treal apartment building. Its going to have the maritime in Robert l. Stanfield International air ability was Low and the Drifting Snow then i just heard the big loud its grips for most of today and this port in Halifax As the weather Meterio clogged streets and sidewalks across Boom. That a crazy in wintertime. Evening into Newfoundland said rated sunday. Quebec and Ontario and closed sever maybe i saw that once in my Phillips. Christine Alongi director of com Al major highways. The storms reach environment Canada meteorologist when it finally just blows away up Mun cations for the Winnipeg airports touched As far North As Sudbury. Rne a Roux said the unusual mix of there in Newfoundland and out in the authority said there were delays All the bad weather was also being Snow and lightning is uncommon. North Atlantic it will have created a Day sunday out of Winnipeg a James blamed for the death of a Mother near the air is unstable its a big storm lot of misery he said. Richardson International Airport for London ont., whose vehicle was struck and within it there Are All kinds of things ? with files from staff flights in and out of Toronto and Mon by a Sno plow around 12 30 . While going on a smaller scale he said. Can West news service Treal. The delays out East also affected the woman stood outside the vehicle there were also reports of Thunder strength in numbers the Winnipeg free press is read by 43% of Winnipeg adults every weekday. 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The train was in motion the report said. Via staff called the authorities to remove her from the train and took Sim player 18? Alum. Wheels. Set 7330 was $27,425 boxing week Sale $21,700 $ 13,890 Ilar action against other disruptive Pas sengers. The Security reports also note 36 times Between january and november when via trains struck vehicles or people on 932 Grosvenor ave. At Stafford the tracks. The reports say 14 of those 166 Mead Wood St. Vita people died. Via was not at fault in any of 1900 main Street ? 1-866-387-0052 the collisions Canadas transportation open 24 hrs shop online safety Board said. All incentives to dealer. $1500 rebate included in lieu of 3 for free. Dlr. #0765 ? the Canadian press ;