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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 31, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page b2 b 2 Winnipeg free press wednesday december 31, 2008 City Winnipeg repress. Com Mobile clinics january 2 Grace Hospital january 5 Altona january 5 Portage la Prairie january 6 Winkler january 7 8 u of m january 9 fort Richmond collegiate every wednesday the Winnipeg free press in co operation with Canadian blood services publishes the current blood Levels and blood donor clinic information. Winnipeg blood Supply As of monday december 29, 2008 a Days on hand donors needed 8.4 93 a Days on hand donors needed 5.7 527 a Days on hand donors needed 7.1 8 a Days on hand donors needed 13 54 b Days on hand donors needed 12 23 a Days on hand donors needed 12 132 o Days on hand donors needed 2.8 108 of Days on hand donors needed 5.7 558 Happy new year from Canadian blood services resolve to become a blood donor in 2009. For an appointment Call 1 888 2donate Why donate blood Cha Bacon \ chaw Bay Kun noun definition bumpkin Hick Larry has been living in the City for almost a year but he s still As much of a Cha Bacon As the Day he left the farm. Word of the Day from Merriam Webster online at wow. Merriam Webster. Com dec. 26 flyer prices effective dec. 26, 2008 Jan. 1, 2009 the following incorrectly stated that they were available at stores with audio video systems departments. They Are available at All stores. I tech 2 Toshiba 26" he cd to # 26av502u Samsung 32" he cd to # ln32a300 i tech 3 Klipsch outdoor speakers # aw400 Toshiba 7" portable did player # sdp70ss Toshiba 1080p did recorder # dr7 Grace us turntable # avpusb01s i tech 3 Samsung Blu Ray disc player due to limited quantities the Samsung Blu Ray disc player # bdp1500 will be substituted with a Sony player # bdps350. London drugs regrets any inconvenience this May have caused their customers. A driving tip especially for people going out for a few drinks during the Holiday season dont drive. There Are alternatives that will make the season safer for All Manitoban. One of the Best weekend options is operation red nose which operates each december in Brandon flin flon Gimli Portage la Prairie Selkirk the Pas Thompson and Winnipeg. Not Only will operation red nose get you Home safely but a Volunteer will follow in your vehicle so you dont have to fetch it the next Day. This is a concept that really works said Clif Eden manager of Road safety at Manitoba Public insurance. Thanks to the organizers and the volunteers who make it work this program has been responsible forsaking the season safer for All of us. Manitoba Public insurance is the founding provincial sponsor. Safety services Manitoba is the provincial Host of the program. Operation red nose is currently underway. In most communities it operates every Friday and saturday in december and in some it operates on thursday nights As Well. More information and detailed operation calendars for the communities Are available at wow. . Ca. Operation red nose numbers Brandon. 728 6673 flin flon. 687 7331 Gimli. 642 9000 Portage la Prairie. 239 5570 Selkirk. 482 6673 the Pas. 623 3300 Thompson. 778 8111 Winnipeg. 947 6673 driving tips offers Safe ride Home provincial Host organization provincial sponsor 1. Jayden is Winnipeg Gas new years baby. 2. Four 3. Sir Edmund Hillary 4. Don Wittman was a sports broadcaster for the Csc. 5. In 1983, an air Canada 767 made an emergency Landing on a Small strip near Gimli Man., after running out of fuel and gliding to safety. 6. Winnipeg Gas skate Way on the red and Assiniboine Rivers surpasses the Rideau canals length and becomes Canadas longest Public skating path. 7. Lisas Sun has gone Over a Bridge railing and landed upside Down due to an uncleared Snowbank on the Bridge. 8. Louis Riel Day 9. Cubans Fidel Castro 10. A total lunar eclipse 11. Jennifer has won the Scott tournament of hearts. 12. The Brier was held at the its Centre in Winnipeg. 13. Its moving to North main Street. 14. Kosovo 15. The Canadian tire catalogue 16. The salvation army 17. The Penny 18. The Royal Canadian air farce will go off the air in 2009. 19. Charlton Heston 20. They Are protesting Chin ass refusal to Grant tibetan Independence. 21. The k. U. B. Bakery 22. Rick Hillier was Canadas chief of defence staff. 23. The Queen 24. He was accused of leaving classified documents at his girlfriends House. He was foreign affairs minister. 25. Or. Sushchenko is the president of Ukraine. 26. Bingo Halls 27. The newspaper was printed on Pink coloured paper to support breast cancer research. 28. The Csc has failed to renew its Royalty rights for the hockey night in Canada theme song. The program will now have new opening music. 29. The pm is apologizing for the Federal policy that created residential schools for aboriginal children. 30. The 30th Manitoba Marathon 31. My Winnipeg 32. 400 years old 33. The pictures Are of former bomber cheerleaders in various stages of undress. 34. A Taser gun 35. A passenger is stabbed and beheaded by another passenger on a bus headed for Winnipeg. 36. Beijing 37. They Are married on the Field at Winnipeg Gas Canad inns stadium. 38. Maple Leaf meats 39. They Are fleeing Hurricane Gustav. 40. Charles Roberts has been traded to the b. C. Lions. 41. The Forks 42. Port a potties 43. Elizabeth May of the Green party 44. Paul Newman 45. Leslie Hughes 46. The u. S. Vice presidential debate 47. Reno is a retired police dog that was due to be euthanized because no one was willing to look after him. 48. Joe Biden 49. Afghanistan 50. Three years 51. Debby was a 42 year old Polar Bear in the Assiniboine Park zoo. 52. Talking on a cellphone while driving is banned. 53. Montreal 54. Mumbai 55. Wal Mart 56. The prime minister intends to ask the governor general to prologue parliament. This will allow the pm to avoid a non Confidence vote that he will surely lose. 57. The Edmonton eskimos 58. 100 59. Michael Ignatieff 60. Sweden 61. Henry Duckworth answers to news quiz 2008 h e came to Winnipeg from Northern Europe in Hopes of a face to face meeting with the love of his life. But instead he received a nearly two month Long Date with Manitoba ass Justice system. Martin Stenstad Volden 23, of Norway pleaded guilty tuesday in a Winnipeg courtroom to a criminal charge of importing child pornography. Hers been in custody since arriving in Winnipeg via Chicago on nov. 6. Border guards became suspicious when Stenstad Volden told them that he was in Winnipeg to rendezvous with a 17 year old Winnipeg Ger his Girlfriend that he had met Over the internet. After a cursory search of his computer Winnipeg police were called to investigate further. His lawyer Gail Macaulay indicated that a sexually explicit cartoon strip spurred her clients arrest. Further digging and forensic analysis by investigators Over the past few weeks revealed that Stenstad Voldenus Laptop contained cached thumbnails of illicit still images and an illegal pornographic video that he mistakenly believed he had erased. Stenstad Volden was Given double time credit for 45 of the 54 Days hers already served along with three years of probation by judge Michel chartier. Ninety Days in jail is the minimum sentence a summary conviction for importing child pornography imposes under Canadian Law. Its doubtful that Stenstad Volden will need much supervision by probation officers however As he says he wants Only to get Back on an air plane and head Home. He May not have much Choice. The Canada Border services Agency will now exercise its right to bring the Young Man before an immigration review Board to seek his immediate deportation. Hell be held in jail until the hearing takes place. Further charges of accessing and distributing illegal images of child sexual abuse were dropped by Crown attorney Terry Mccomb in Exchange for Stenstad Voldenus guilty plea. Mccomb also chose not to indict the Young Man on the kiddie porn charges. This Means Stenstad Volden dodged possibly serving at least a year in jail if convicted and the Prospect of being behind bars for Many More months awaiting his Day in court. While initially Stenstad Volden had been held at the Winnipeg remand Centre concerns about his safety after news of his arrest broke prompted corrections staff to move him to a jail cell in Brandon. The tall baby faced and slightly Beefy Man has no past criminal record. Chartier said he believed Stenstad Voldenus co operation with police and his Quick guilty plea combined with his jail time was punishment enough. Youve probably lived your own personal hell Over the last 54 Days chartier said. Justice sources said tuesday that As Many As eight people had their laptops searched at the Airport during the month of november. Stenstad Voldenus arrest was the latest Salvo in a War by customs officials to sniff out potential paedophiles. Hers at least the seventh foreigner to be charged in Manitoba since 2007 for importing child pornography. James. Turner free press. My. Ca newly arrived norwegian admits child porn guilt by James Turner 57% of Winnipeg women read the saturday edition of the Winnipeg free press. Ranger insurance co founder Warren Degelman 55, whose struggle to obtain a life saving liver transplant was chronicled in the free press has died. His daughter Jennifer Degelman was at his bedside in a London ont., Hospital when he passed. I was with him till the very end holding his hand so he be alone Jennifer reported in an email announcing that her fathers five year Battle with liver disease was Over. He beat death twice and fought so hard. Last Spring Jennifer then 21, started a Public Appeal for a liver donor when she wrote free press columnist Gordon Sinclair or. More than a dozen people responded to say they would donate part of their liver for a Man they did not know. It is so sad and shocking Jennifer wrote on tuesday because when he got to London and was Good to go for the transplant he was off of All medication and was sitting up and talking no tubes or anything. The transplant coordinator then told us that he was so Good that he was going to be bumped Down the list so he would have to go Back Home and wait for a liver again. We argued and were so upset and told her that this was a Fine window of Opportunity seeing As he almost died twice. She did not listen. She told us that they would reassess him on monday and that was too late because he died on sunday. Last april in letter appealing for a donor to help save her fathers life his daughter described her dad As my role Model. He founded Ranger insurance in 1983 with his partner. He loves fishing and golfing and i want him to be Able to do that again. Prayers Are at 7 p. M. Sunday at Chapel Lawn funeral Home 4000 Portage ave., and the funeral is monday at 11 a. M. At st. Paul of Padua Church Burnell Street off Portage Avenue. Staff forced to wait for new liver patient Dies Joe Bryksa Winnipeg free press Warren Degelman needed transplant. B _ 02_ dec 31 08. Ind b2 1 2/ 30/ 08 10 09 55 pm ;