Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 01, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A3 winnipegfreepress. com CITY WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2015 A 3 F OUR children have been orphaned - two of them for the second time - following a motor- vehicle collision that killed their parents near Moose Lake, east of The Pas. Parents Justina Rose, 51, and Dion Morgan Campbell, 41, were killed in a headon collision with a southbound sport utility vehicle at about 1: 30 p. m. Friday on Highway 384, about 40 kilometres west of Moose Lake. Another passenger in the vehicle, Arthur Lathlin, 37, of Opaskwayak Cree Nation, also died. Two more passengers, women aged 42 and 34, were taken to hospital with unknown injuries. The SUV's 47- year- old driver and two passengers, a four- year- old boy and a two- year- old girl, were transported to hospital with undetermined injuries. All involved, except Lathlin, were from Moose Lake. " Everyone is heartbroken here. Everybody is so in shock," one woman in Moose Lake said by telephone. Moose Lake is adjacent to Mosakahiken Cree Nation and about 100 kilometres east of The Pas. Mosakahiken has a registered population of about 2,000, with 1,500 living on the reserve. A candlelight vigil was held at the crash site Saturday afternoon. Campbell and the four passengers were heading to The Pas. He apparently tried to pass a pulp truck and slammed into the oncoming Ford Explorer SUV. The crash occurred in an open area, and blowing snow is believed to have been a factor. " The community is devastated. I can't put it into words," said Mosakahiken Chief Jim Tobacco, who spoke on behalf of the community and the families affected. " People understand the circumstance regarding the children. The children lost their parents." The Campbells had two sons of their own and two adopted daughters who belonged to Justina's sister and were taken in when the sister died. The children are all believed to be in their teenage years. " They were good people. They were good parents," said Tobacco. One community member who asked not to be identified said Justina " worked with the band, worked with the youth." " She had a bad hip and had it operated on, and that never stopped her." bill. redekop@ freepress. mb. ca DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Welcome to winter International College of Manitoba students new to Winnipeg experience winter for the first time at FortWhyte Alive by participating in a digital scavenger hunt and bonfire Saturday. CITY BEAUTIFUL HOW ARCHITECTURE SHAPED WINNIPEG'S DNA The Winnipeg Free Press series City Beautiful - an exploration of Winnipeg's rich history of brick, stone, pride and progress - IS NOW A BOOK A WARD- WINNING writer Randy Turner interviewed architects, historians and authors to tell the story of Winnipeg through its buildings - some still standing, some not - over the last century; from the wild expectations of the early 1900s, through the search for identity of the 1960s, to today, where many believe the city is going through an architectural renaissance. $ 29.95 plus GST and shipping where applicable C I T Y B E A U T I F U L .. C H A P T E R 3 HUTS, CUBES AND TOWERS OF HOPE 83 A NTOINE Predock kept craning his head skyward. " Look up," he implored. " Look up." Predock was perched on the white translucent alabaster ramps that criss- cross up the Hall of Hope, his signature artistic brush strokes of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. When lit, the ramps illuminate - a metaphor for the museum itself - and lead visitors up the spiral staircase to the observation deck overlooking the skyline in the historic heart of Winnipeg. It's a journey to the Tower of Hope that begins in an entranceway slightly beneath ground level; from earth to sky. Or, in the description of Predock, " a cloud wrapping a mountain." OUR RENAISSANCE ANTOINE PREDOCK The translucent alabaster ramps that criss- cross up the Hall of Hope are among the signature designs by CMHR architect Antoine Predock. COMING OF AGE FUNCTION, FACADES AND FADING FAIRY TALES 39 T HEY called it the Gingerbread City Hall. Actually, they called it a lot of things: ugly; amusing; majestic; a monstrosity; a " Victorian fantasy." Winnipeg's second city hall, a storybook structure erected in 1886, was the pride of a fledgling Prairie metropolis wannabe. Designed by brothers Charles A. and Earl W. Barber, the building design culminated with a central clock tower that rose above four surrounding turrets, with an outer coating of red brick with cream stone and terracotta trim. The eclectic nature of the building, according to descriptions, was Romanesque, slightly Islamic, with a flavour of Eastern European. " It was built at a time when artistic taste all over the world reached an unbelievable low." - British architectural historian Alec Clifton- Taylor Reviews were mixed - Winnipeg's Gingerbread City Hall was either a ' Victorian fantasy' or a monstrosity. By the 1950s, most agreed it was a tottering eyesore that needed to be demolished. GREAT EXPECTATIOONNSS W INNIPEG, April 1911: Michael Hrushka had $ 42 in his pocket when the train pulled into the Canadian Pacific Railroad Station on Higgins Avenue. He was 16 years old, with no waiting friends, no family and no concept of the English language. A 16,000- kilometre journey from his home in a Ukrainian village had left Hrushka at the dusty doorstep of a place called Winnipeg. Along with his teenage friend, Wasyl, they departed the station and stepped into a new world, near the corner of Higgins and Main Street, with full hearts and empty bellies. Confused. Scared. Wondering if he should have heeded his mother's pleas to postpone leaving home until he was older, Hrushka sat down on a street corner to get his bearings. Famished from a four- day train ride from northern Ontario, they shared their meagre fare: stale bread, kovbasa and the last hunk of " budz," a cheese made from sheep's milk. C I T Y B E A U T I F U L .. C H A P T E R 1 BRICK, STEEL, HEART AND SOUL AVAILABLE AT - MCNALLY ROBINSON BOOKSELLERS, CHAPTERS, COLES, INDIGO AND THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS To order your copy sent to you: winnipegfreepress. com/ order OR CALL LINDA AT 204- 697- 7510 MANITOBA ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS Celebrating 100 years 144- page hard cover coffee table book Frightening home invasion THREE men armed with swords and a machete forced their way into a Silver Heights home early Friday and confronted a 34- year- old woman who was at home with her two children. The men knocked on the door of the home in the 200 block of Whytewold Road and then forced their way in at about 5: 20 a. m. They demanded money, property, " and potentially even drugs," said Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Const. Jason Michalyshen. The children were in bed at the time. A large TV was stolen and placed in a waiting vehicle. The home invasion wasn't random, Michalyshen said. " The suspects appear to have had a bit of a plan," he said. The woman was not injured. Officers, including the canine unit, arrived at the scene and tracked down three suspects after a brief foot chase. As a result of the tracking, officers found a weapon believed to have been used in the home invasion, as well as the stolen property. Aymen Chioua, 21, Michael Mackenzie, 21, and Christopher Walker, 25, all of Winnipeg, face numerous charges, including possession of a weapon, break and entry to commit robbery and disguise with intent. All three were remanded into custody. Crash breaks natural gas line A stolen sport utility vehicle smashed into a Pembina Highway hotel Friday night, rupturing a natural gas line, but no one was injured. The Subaru Outback slammed into the vendor of the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel on 2935 Pembina Hwy. at about 8 p. m. " Thankfully, no one was injured," said police spokesman Const. Jason Michalyshen. He said the suspects were " driving at a high rate of speed with no regard for public safety." The three suspects fled the scene in another vehicle. While a natural gas line was ruptured, it did not disrupt service to the hotel. A few people in an adjacent strip mall had to be evacuated. Damage to the hotel is estimated at $ 40,000, the Winnipeg Police Service said. The Sheraton is open and operating as usual, an employee said Saturday. Police had not made any arrests Saturday morning. The investigation continues. Suspect sought in sexual assault A 29- year- old woman was pushed down from behind and groped by an unknown male while walking in the area of Portage Avenue and Furby Street on Friday night. The incident happened about at about 10 p. m. The suspect pinned the victim down and groped her upper body. She screamed, and a passerby yelled for the suspect to stop, prompting him to flee. Police are seeking a male with a dark complexion and a heavy build, 5- 10, wearing a dark, puffy jacket and a neck warmer covering his face. Anyone with information about the sexual assault is asked to call investigators at 204- 986- 6668 or Crime Stoppers at 204- 786- TIPS ( 8477). Charges after alleged cabbie assault BRANDON - A Brandon man is facing charges after he allegedly assaulted a cab driver. The Brandon Police Service said they were contacted by a taxi company Friday evening after a man punched a cab driver in the head through the open window of a parked vehicle. The cab was outside a store in the 900 block of Victoria Avenue at the time. The suspect then walked into the store and stole items worth approximately $ 72, police said. Officers were waiting for the man when he came out of the store and arrested him. He has been charged with assault, theft under $ 5,000 and breach of probation. The man, who was under the influence of alcohol, was taken to jail overnight and is set to appear in court in March. - staff / Brandon Sun POLICE Fatal crash brings Briefs terrible loss for kids By Bill Redekop ' The community is devastated' - Chief Jim Tobacco A_ 03_ Feb- 01- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A3 1/ 31/ 15 9: 13: 03 PM ;