Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 24, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a11 Edmonton a pair of stranded horses Are making a slow walk to safety after volunteers rallied to free them from the snowy mountains of b. The two horses will Start making their Way towards Mcbride b. On wednesday. Volunteers were digging through deep Snow in a Remote part of the b. Interior tuesday night fighting to free two abandoned and ailing horses which had been trapped in deep Snow for More than a week. Rescuers dug a Trail through Snow two metres deep and More than a Kilometre Long to get the horses to the groomed snowmobile Trail they will follow wednesday. Ism really amazed with the timeline says Ken Kokoska a special provincial Constable for the b. Spca. The residents and members of the snowmobile club of Mcbride have been amazing. The Trail has been shovelled right to the main Trail so on Christmas eve the horses will be on the Way to town said John Traquair of spin Drift Power sports in Mcbride. They estimate it will Only take them about five hours to walk them Down the Trail to where they can get them to the horse trailer and out. Some local people speculated earlier in the week that the abandoned horses belonged to a Hunter from Edmonton. The Spca is investigating and is thought to have identified the owner but has refused to give details. Depending on the outcome of the investigation charges May be recommended to the Crown. Local residents say the horses Are doing Well considering the circumstances. The horses have life in them said Lana Jeck a lifetime resident of Mcbride. They re Spunky they re thin but they re eating and drinking. Jecks family has been instrumental in the Rescue efforts. Her son Logan 21, discovered the horses last monday while recovering the snowmobiles of two albertan who got stuck the Day before. On tuesday Jecks daughter Toni 22, confirmed the horses were Skinny and infected with lice but healthy enough to survive. A veterinarian travelled to the site with Spca officials bringing Hay water and blankets to help keep the animals warm. By last wednesday Jecks husband Dave began spearheading the digging Effort to Rescue the animals. Some son of a Bitch screwed up and left some horses out there said Jeck and we have to get them out. The Spca is keeping an Eye on the Rescue efforts and planning the next step. The horses will be taken to an undisclosed Spca Foster facility and monitored by veterinarians. If unclaimed by the owner the horses will be placed in the care of an experienced owner. The Mcbride Community has rallied around the rescuers. 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We will ensure that spending that puts us into deficit is temporary is for finite purposes so that we will not be into a permanent deficit the finance minister said before before conferring with his new Blue Chip economic advisory panel. Prime minister Stephen Harper said in a television interview last week that Ottawa is looking at a deficit in the $ 20 billion to $ 30 billion Range next year suggesting that his government is preparing to introduce stimulus of Between $ 15 billion and $ 25 billion. That kind of red Ink evoking memories of the massive deficits of the 1980s and 90s reflects of Tawas plans to Crank up spending to stimulate the recessionary Economy and get Consumers and businesses buying and investing again. But Flaherty said the 2009 2010 budget he presents Jan. 27 will show How Well come out of deficit so that Itell be Clear to canadians that As the Economy recovers the deficit will disappear and Well be in surplus again. The Economy is weakening significantly Flaherty acknowledged speaking to reporters after presenting a new tax shelter for families of disabled individuals and before meeting with the economic advisory Council of business people headed by former b. Finance minister Carole Taylor. Deficit spending is no doubt something the panel will be looking at but ism not going to Tell them what advice to give me Flaherty said. We a vent made any decisions about what will be in the budget and what will not be in the budget other than obviously there will be some stimulus. Flaherty who expects to meet next month with the Heads of Canadas big Banks said that we Are hearing across Canada concerns about Access to credit. The Banks say their financing to individuals and businesses has remained Strong even As global financial markets deteriorated. Household borrowing from Banks Rose at close to a one per cent Pace in August september and october that lifted borrowing 13 to 14 per cent above year earlier Levels according to a to Bank analysis released tuesday based on Bank of Canada data. The to report suggests the Flat growth of borrowing by individuals last month Likely reflected weaker demand in response to a softening Economy. Meanwhile Bank Loans to businesses accelerated with growth of 3.9 per cent in october and 3.0 per cent in november. Later tuesday Flaherty sat Down with the advisory panel of 11 Dollar year volunteers he appointed last week including b. Billionaire Jim Pattison representatives of the Thomson Demarais and Irving family fortunes research in motion co ceo Mike Lazaridis and other business figures. The advisory Council is chaired by former b. Finance minister Carole Taylor who said last week the group is one of a number of voices Flaherty will be listening to As he prepares his budget. The session was enlivened by a Man wearing a Santa hat who briefly harangued a chuckling Flaherty at the conference room table he was identified As Chris Morren a Toronto Small businessman opposing government bailouts of Large corporations. Flaher Tyus conversion to deficit financing came after a coalition of the Liberal and new democratic parties supported by the bloc Qutb Cois came close to toppling the minority conservative government ostensibly Over a Lack of economic stimulus in the ministers fall fiscal update. Harper avoided losing a Confidence vote by having parliament prorogued until Jan. 26, with the budget to follow a Day later. In the meantime the liberals under new Leader Michael Ignatieff have been less intent on forming a coalition government. And the Federal conservatives and the Ontario Liberal government also agreed last weekend to provide the struggling Canadian Auto Industry with $ 4 billion in emergency Loans. The Canadian press Ancaster ont. The husband of an Ontario woman who went missing for three Days after a blizzard and was found alive outside in frigid temperatures is calling her survival a divine Miracle. Donna Molnar 55, disappeared Friday after going out to buy groceries. She was found monday in a Clearing near Ancaster ont., buried under 60 centimetres of Snow. She was in Hospital tuesday in critical condition and could lose some extremities but is expected to survive. Police say they believe the Snow saved Molnar because it insulated her from overnight lows of 15 c that would have Felt closer to 29 c with the wind chill. Her husband who is roman Catholic believes theress something More. Doctors and col weather experts told Molnar and his 20 year old son Matthew that the Odds were stacked against his wife. I mean she a snot dressed to climb mount Everest Molnar said noting his wife was wearing a Winter coat mitts and boots. Its a Miracle theress no doubt about that. Molnar said he became concerned when his wife a Secretary at a High school did not come Back from the store Friday afternoon. Her sport Utility vehicle was found saturday night and officers started searching the area sunday morning but could not find the missing woman. She was finally found monday at about 12 30 p. M. By a police dog and its handler buried under Snow in a windswept farm Field near Ancaster about 80 Kilometres West of Toronto. Only her face and neckline were exposed and there was Little Snow underneath her. The Snow might have saved Molnar is life said Geoff Coulson of environment Canada. A layer of Snow it can actually act As a layer of insulation helping to trap your body warmth said Coulson a warning preparedness meteorologist with the National weather forecaster. Rescuers later told the to mans husband she was conscious and asking questions the Date time where her purse ended up. She even reportedly apologized to paramedics for the situation. For us that know Donna. Thatus just like her Molnar said. His wife of 33 years is being treated for hypothermia with severe injuries to her hands and feet and is under heavy sedation so he a snot had the Chance to ask her about the ordeal. The Canadian press Flaherty promises to control deficit red Ink to last Only until Economy Strong by Gary Norris trapped horses freed from Snow volunteers dig escape route by Brent Wittmeier i fees survival Miracle husband David Molnar Donna Molnar supplied volunteers in b. Succeeded tuesday in their frantic efforts to dig out two starving horses left behind by an Edmonton Hunter. The horses were first spotted by snowmobiles about a week ago near Mcbride b. C., in the mountains of Renshaw. A 11_ dec 24 08. Ind a11 12/ 23/ 08 11 16 14 pm ;