Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 12, 2009, Winnipeg, Manitoba m y k Page 9 Winnipeg repress. Com Canada Winnipeg free press monday january 12, 2009 a9 6 9 7 7 1 0 0 Call classified $ 87 78 As Low As real estate picture listings 2006 03 0937 january 12, 2009 if this matches your press card number Call 697 7580 to claim your $ 50 gift certificate to grapes prize must be claimed within 5 Days of publication. E Edmonton when a Scenic resource town in Western Alberta was gripped by fear last fall after a preachers daughter was slain on a popular walking Trail residents welcomed the Security of dozens of extra mounties. But after a suspect was arrested and Edson settled Back into its Normal routine a few months later local taxpayers were hit with a police overtime Bill of $ 100,000. Other communities across Canada have also been burdened with extraordinary policing costs for major crime investigations or to keep people under control during nil playoffs. Such costs often mean municipalities must Cut spending or increase taxes or both. One town in Northwestern Alberta nearly went broke under the weight of a $ 1 million Tab for a lengthy ramp probe after a doctor was accused of killing another doctor in 1999. Somewhere somehow this has to be fixed says Randy Goulden chairman of the policing committee with the federation of Canadian municipalities. Whats lacking is a standardized system or formula to share costs with the province or the Federal government. De songs 8,500 residents were paralysed for weeks after Emily stauffer 14, was found dead just metres from residential backyards. Parents vigilantly ferried their kids to and from school and playgrounds in the town were almost empty. Mayor Greg Pasichny says the towns policing Bill might have been higher than $ 100,000, but the province covered the major costs of the murder investigation. Tracking Down a suspect Cost the province another $ 500,000, says Gloria Ohrt Albertas director of contract policing. Edson residents were left to pay the overtime related to general policing of the town. Ohrt confirms it was the Fairview murder Case involving the doctors that prodded the province to try to help Alberta communities facing crippling policing costs in major investigations. So if you need a police dog if you need forensic id or major crime investigators All of those services Are provided by the province. Each request is assessed on a Case by Case basis Ohrt says. The Fairview example was especially Complex because the body involved was never found. Abraham Cooper was convicted of manslaughter for killing Doug Snider who vanished after heading out to a meeting at Coopers clinic. Police found sniders blood on Coopers running shoes in the trunk of his car and in his office. After the province stepped in fair views Bill for extra policing shrank to less than $ 50,000. But for Many smaller communities even a portion of the Cost is too much says Lloyd Bertschi president of the Alberta Urban municipalities association. The Canadian press photos by Andrew Vaughan / the Canadian press a year after a tragedy above a makeshift basketball court Marks the site of a Van crash that took the lives of seven High school basketball players and a teacher one year ago on the outskirts of Bathurst n. B., on sunday. The eight were minutes away from safely reaching Home after a game in Moncton when their school Van crossed the Centre line of a slush covered Highway and veered into the path of an oncoming transport truck last january. Right family and friends attend a memorial service in Bathurst on sunday. Communities find policing is costly by Jim Macdonald Enderby b. An Avalanche in British columbian a Interior buried three snowmobiles on sunday forcing two of the riders to leave their missing companion on the Mountain police said. The Avalanche happened on Mara Mountain near Enderby More than 450 Kilometres Northeast of Vancouver. Police were notified of an emergency Beacon shortly after 1 p. M., said Vernon ramp spokesman Gordon Molendyk. Shortly after two other snowmobiles who were out made Contact and said they had been involved in an Avalanche and they had to leave one of their companions behind said Molendyk. Search and Rescue teams were at the scene on sunday but called off the search As night fell Molendyk said. Two Avalanche technicians have been sent to the area and will help assess whether its Safe to resume the search this morning. Police did not release details about the missing Man or two survivors but ramp planned to offer More information today. There have been 11 people killed in avalanches in the b. Bac country in the past several weeks including one that buried eight snowmobiles late last month near Fernie. In that Case three others in the group had to leave their friends behind because of the risk of More avalanches. Last week an Avalanche near Terrace b. C., in the Northern part of the province killed an american snowboarder who was freed from the Snow but later died in Hospital. And a pair of separate avalanches at Whistler Blac comb the first on new years eve and then another on new years Day left two people dead. Both victims at the resort were in out of Bounds areas. The Canadian Avalanche Centre has had warnings in place for some time for most of Southern b. C., including in the area of sundays Avalanche. The latest incident comes As the Centre mounts a Public awareness Campaign about the dangers of avalanches and the importance of heeding its warnings. The Canadian press latest b. Avalanche traps 3 duo leaves companion towns walloped by Bills after crises somewhere somehow this has to be fixed Randy Goulden of the federation of Canadian municipalities Ottawa Canadas revamped Young offender Laws described by prime minister Stephen Harper As an unmitigated failure have in fact been a Clear Success in keeping adolescents out of court and custody without increasing youth crime concludes a new academic analysis. The authors warn against the Harper government pursuing a Promise to toughen the youth criminal Justice act arguing it wont enhance Public safety. Can West news service youth crime Laws working Well study finds a _ 09_ Jan 12 09. Ind a9 1 / 11/ 09 10 23 15 pm ;