Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 28, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page b3 b y geographical necessity All Winni Eggers Are basically on the same level. Unlike new York Tokyo or Dubai vertical height the act of building upwards just does not seem to interest us. The prevalence of bungalows strip malls squat fire hydrants and Low lying curbs Here seems to suggest that flatness is part of our collective psyche. We have Only five buildings Over 100 meters tall. The question is what does our grounded existence say about us physiologically you can notice the Impact this trend has by comparing How developed Peoples calf Muscles Are in a City like Vancouver compared to those Here at Home. The vast number of inclines Hills and stairs to be traversed in that City Means leaves Many Peoples lower leg Muscles bulging. Experts suggest that our Flat landscape contributes to a kind of unfairly earned inferiority Complex when we compare our physical environment to other cities like Majestic Vancouver or even too tall Toronto. They laughed audibly when asked How our City being so Flat impacted on How we act As a group of people living in the same geographic area. We tend to think that where we live is dead Flat and therefore tends to be Boring said University of Winnipeg geography professor Jock Lehr. He moved to Canada 40 years ago and has lived in Many other Canadian cities. Lehr said while some people make the flatness dullness connection he does not believe its True. Even though we live Low to the ground the diversity of the landscape and cultures mixing Here make us far from Dull. There Are other qualities on the Prairies like boundless horizons you can watch your dog run away for two weeks Lehr said. Its a different kind of Beauty As the old joke says there Are no mountains to get in the Way of the View a he added. Jino Distasio of Winnipeg Gas Institute of Urban studies said he was part of a study a number of years ago that tried to determine the most liable City in Canada. While the Winner was Vancouver based largely on ready Access to the mountains nature and quiet spaces hers not ready to concede that were worse off. Distasio said the flatness of our physical reality is probably Felt More by people who move from other places in Canada. At the time Manitoba Hydro was discussing plans to build a new downtown office Distasio distinctly remembers thinking another tall building at the Corner of Portage and main would probably add a lot to How Winnipeg appears. Its not a substitute for mountains but the Skyline is always looked at As something thatus important for a lot of people he said. 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Some items May have been on Sale during the past week t free teenage boys have been sentenced to serve time in jail for the brutal slaying of 21 year old father Kyle Boss last year. The three had pleaded guilty to manslaughter on tuesday and were sentences on wednesday. Thomas Beardy who is 16 now was sentenced to a total of nine years in prison for the killing and the aggravated assault of another Man Stanley Monkman 41. Provincial court judge Carena roller agreed to a joint Crown and defence counsel request to bump Beardy to adult status for the crime meaning he can now be named despite being a minor. The violence and callous disregard for or. Moss and or. Monkman is chilling roller said. The judge said especially aggravating was the fact Beardy returned to both victims to assault again even though they were unconscious and unable to defend themselves. He Monkman has no memory of the attack Only questions roller said. He received a serious permanent brain injury. He had to re learn How to walk. Two other youths both 15, were also sentenced to the maximum sentence under the youth criminal Justice act of three years custody and supervision. But roller took into account How much time both had already served in custody. One youth will serve 30 months while the other will serve 18 months. Both cannot possess weapons for 10 years. Outside court Bossy wife Janice said she did not want to comment on the sentencing. Both the shirt and Black baseball Cap she was wearing were emblazoned with the words rip Kyle Bossy. Beside her the eldest of Bossy three daughters who is three years old wore a t shirt to court saying Kyle Boss # 1 dad. A Friend of Jan ices who did not want to be named expressed anger at the sentences. be walking the Street and those girls have no father she said. Kevin. Rollason free press. My. Ca v is for vertical height or Lack thereof there Are a million stories in the naked City. Free press As we Tell you of those stories from a z. 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