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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 30, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page b2 b 2 Winnipeg free press thursday october 30, 2008 City Winnipeg repress. Com get a fresh Start on saturdays at Sals with the free press Sals Hearty breakfasts Home style breakfasts Pancake breakfasts French Toast Sals House omelettes Texas skillets breakfast meat Garden Veggie eggs Benedict where available for a More Complete & fresh saturday with the Purchase of any of the above breakfasts we will include the saturday edition of the All Day saturday at All participating Salisbury House restaurants while supplies last. Store hours vary by location. S be i n s Tore f or b breakfast p rices. T he s saturday e edition o f t he f ree p Ress i s s old s separately f or $ 1 t axes i included. L limited q quantities w Hile s supplies l ast. A quiet change to How sexual assaults Are reported in Winnipeg has criminal Justice experts charging a distorted and confusing picture of crime is being painted by City police. In january the Winnipeg police service altered the Way it reports sexual assaults in the City through its crime stat website Only revealing publicly the number of serious offences occurring Between strangers and not those involving intimate or family relationships. Crime stat indicates so far this year there has been 87 sexual assaults in the City a Small number compared to the total assaults reported province wide last year. In 2007, there were 1,248 sexual assaults in Manitoba according to statistics Canada. Criminal Justice experts however question whether the Public is getting an accurate portrayal of crime in City neighbourhoods. The category of assaults that Are non sexual in nature has not been altered to exclude those Between people in intimate relationships. If you want to paint an accurate picture of a neighbourhood you have to go behind closed doors the most dangerous place to be in terms of crime victimization is in the Home University of Winnipeg criminologist Steven Kohm said wednesday. Kohm said reporting everything on crime stat could contribute to the re victimization of people through a loss of privacy. But by not doing so police run the risk of lessening the severity of sex assaults Between intimates or family members. Ultimately what gets reported by police through crime stat Speaks to the heart of what the crime tracking websites real function is he said. What i find most upsetting about this is the whole Issue about what is crime stat a what is it supposed to mean to the average citizen of Winnipeg. How is it supposed to make me safer in the most recently available was annual report from 2006, the rate at which police solved sex assaults stood at 40 per cent. There were 664 sexual assaults reported in the City that year. On wednesday was chief Keith Mccaskill defended removing from the numbers those sexual assaults involving intimate or family relationships. He said the Public cos perceptions of safety crime awareness and police resource allocation promoted by crime stat Are not affected by the change. Theress robberies out there theress break and enters out there theress sexual assaults out there but is it really important for people to know crime stat Wise that theress a Domestic violence Case Mccaskill said. Reporting and mapping All sexual assaults on crime stat created a skewed perception of crime and safety on City streets Mccaskill said. He said the Force had not ruled out creating a separate category for familial sex assaults and gave assurances the total number of sexual assaults will still be reflected in year end reports to the Canadian Centre for Justice statistics. James. Turner free press. My. Ca reporting change reduces number of sex assaults by James Turner Winnipeg Gas largest daily has agreed to feature More than two pages of branded Content from the posts business Section the financial pos every Day in the free press business Section. Bob Cox publisher of the free pres said the agreement improves the papers Access to National Post stories and columns Only some of which were previously available through the news wire of its Parent company can West global communications. The Deal makes National Post columnists like Don Martin and John Ivison available for us to use on the same Day they re in the Post he said. Ism Happy about the financial Post and getting More Access to National Post material. I think it will strengthen the paper. Well end up with some really solid Content in the free press that a snot there before. Asper said the Post made similar cutbacks in Atlantic Canada a couple of years ago and Rule out further moves in the future As the paper retrenched in Canadas biggest markets. Its All part of a continuous review of operations that has the paper on a path towards profitability he said. Its part of a process of going Back and building the Post from a profitable base outward As opposed to doing too much too quickly he said. The Post is an incredibly important voice in the Canadian Media landscape. Its often a unique voice. It also has the possibility of being an outstanding business. Were going to go to the Wall to try to prove that thesis. Can West acquired the Post from Hollinger International in 2003. Geoff. Kirbyson free press. My. Ca National Post continued from b 1 Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg free press hey everybody. Ism graduating Xiaoxun i beams As she looks Back at her family and friends in the crowd before receiving her Bachelor of science degree wednesday during the University of Manitoba ass 41st annual convocation which runs Over three Days. This fall 1,344 graduates Are eligible to receive their diplomas in Many disciplines including arts education management dentistry and medical rehabilitation. Journalist Nahlah Ayed and business executive Gail Asper Are receiving honorary degrees for distinguished achievement during the convocation which started tuesday. A 02_ oct 30 08. Ind b2 1 0/ 29/ 08 8 26 11 pm ;