Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 22, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Winnipeg free press saturday december 22, 2007 Winnipeg repress. Com a9 200 Princess St. 667 0000 by Jorge Barrera o Ottawa the ramp is considering the use of armed special constables in some Remote detachments to support officers on High risk Calls. The Northwest territories Nunavut British Columbia and Manitoba have expressed interest in the proposal which is currently in its Early stages according to the ramp and a senior official in the n. W. Government. The ramp released a new backup policy this month following the shooting death of two officers working Remote detachments in Canadas North. A senior ramp official warned before the policy release that it could Cost tens of millions of dollars to implement and could Lead to a major overhaul of operations including the closing of some detachments. Sgt. Larry Obrien spokesman for the rom pcs g division in n. W. T., said special constables would bolster police presence in Remote detachments without the Cost of an extra full time officer. There Are housing issues right off the Bat and other issues to ensure that the new member can live in that Community said Obrien. If you look at the special Constable programs you dont have those issues. The new body on the Street is from that Community. N. W. Department of Justice assistant Deputy minister Bronwyn Watters said her government and Nunavut Are interested in reviving the program. Watters said the ramp has yet to draw up a formal plan but the idea has been roughed out in teleconferences and meetings Between officials Over the past couple of months. The constables would be trained by the ramp in the use of firearms and Given the Power of arrest. They would have to follow Normal ramp protocols before firing their weapon. The special constables however would not be trained to do investigations or undercover work said Watters. It would be a Way to be Able to respond to the mandatory backup policy she said. Can West news service slain Grandfather mourned Kitchener ont. Grieving relatives and friends filled a funeral Home on Friday to pay tribute to a Grandfather slain in an unprovoked attack just Steps from his Home As he delivered Christmas cards to Neighbours. Brown was attacked on dec. 15. His body was left in the driveway of the House next door the undelivered cards lying next to him. Trevor Lapierre 22, has been charged with first degree murder. Sex charges dismissed Halifax charges against an army Cadet accused of sexually assaulting two 14 year old girls in new Brunswick were dismissed amid a procedural mix up involving a military investigator and a Crown prosecutor the Canadian press has Learned. The girls also cadets allege they were at Canadian forces base Gagetown last summer when a 16 year old male Cadet forced them to touch his genitals on separate occasions. Car seats recalled Ottawa transport Canada has issued safety warnings and recalls for three models of childrens car seats. But while the recalls affect More than 12,000 units All of the problems can be fixed without having to return the seats the department said Friday. The warnings cover the Britan roundabout the Graco comforts port and the Graco snug ride seats. Rude doctor disciplined Montreal a neurologist was banned Friday from working for a year for calling one of his patients a fat balloon. The Quebec College of physicians discipline committee sanctioned or. Jean Gilles Blain 72, for his rude manner with a female patient. Blain is also accused of falling asleep on the Job. From the news service Ottawa four Federal by elections called for March 17 could give Stephane Dion a Chance to regain some momentum after a Rocky first year at the Helm of the Liberal party. All four Ridings two in Toronto one in Vancouver and one in Northern Saskatchewan were won by the liberals in the 2006 general election and the party has a Good Chance of hanging onto at least three of them. But the most vulnerable of the four Saskatchewan is de Snethe Missin Ippi Churchill River Riding could yet prove another blow to Dionys fledgling leadership which has still not entirely recovered from three humiliating by election losses in Quebec last september. The four Ridings have been vacant since Early last summer. And now prime minister Stephen Harper who announced the by election dates Friday has dragged out the process of filling the vacancies for another three months. Bob Rae the former Ontario nip Premier who will carry the Liberal Banner in the Toronto Centre by election said the timing suggests Harper knows his conservatives cant win in any of the four. I think he figures its not going to be Good news for him so he keeps postponing the Day of reality Rae said in an interview. Harper could be planning a Federal budget for february or Early March and if the opposition parties were to defeat the budget that would topple the minority tory government. That led Rae to speculated that Harper May have timed the by elections so they can be subsumed if need be into a general election. The Canadian press around can Ada Remote policing ramp consider High risk support by elections offer Dion a Chance for momentum Vincenzo d Alto / Canadian press Snow for Sale Michel Levesque in front of his Home just North of Montreal decided rather than shovel the Snow from his driveway he would sell it. By Friday afternoon bidding for the Snowbank reached More than $ 2,500 on the internet auction site Ebay. It was a joke that has snowballed he said. Any Money from the Sale will Benefit a Montreal youth group. Montreal was hit with 68.1 pm of Snow in a storm that started last sunday ;