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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 15, 2025, Winnipeg, Manitoba UNRESERVED ONLINE VEHICLE AUCTION SALE “UNDER THE GARAGE KEEPERS ACT” for Tartan Towing Bidding starts Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. and closes Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. Viewing: Monday, Jan. 20th from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Viewing location: 1425 Brookside Blvd. S. 2022 Dodge Ram 1500* 2016 Dodge Journey* 2014 Chevrolet Equinox*2014 Kia Rio* 2014 Chevrolet Cruze* 2013 Cadillac SRX* 2013 Kia Soul* 2012 Ford Focus* 2012 Buick Verona* 2010 Kia Forte* 2007 Jeep Cherokee* 2007 BMW 335I* 2006 Suzuki GSX bike* plus approx.40 other vehicles* GO TO: www.kayesauctions.com TO VIEW & BID ONLINE Notice is hereby given, that In order to Satisfy outstanding Towing & Storage charges under authority of “The Garage Keepers Act” of Manitoba, the following units & others will be sold by Unreserved Online Public Auction. All vehicles are sold “As Is, Where Is” with No Guarantee as to year or Condition. Serial Number & Year are only a guideline. “They’re not necessarily always correct.” ***NOTE*** It’s up to the purchaser to check out the status of the vehicle(s). Everything Sold “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Though all description and commentary are believed to be correct, neither Auctioneer nor Consignor makes any warranties or representations of any kind with respect to the property, and in no event shall be held responsible for having made or implied any warranty of description, genuineness, authorship, attribution, provenance, period, culture, source, origin, condition, etc. Terms: Cash, Visa, Mastercard, Debit & e-transfer Paid in Full Buyers Fee: $55.00 flat fee per vehicle “Subject to Additions & Deletions” Everything Sold As Is, Where Is With no warranties implied or expressed KAYE’S AUCTIONS 204-668-0183 (Wpg) www.kayesauctions.com ONTARIO Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he’s now convinced the fed- eral government has a “phenomenal” plan to secure the Canada-U. S. border in response to Donald Trump’s tariff threat — although he didn’t offer up any details of that plan. Trump has threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada. The U.S. president-elect in- itially said that the tariff would be in response to what he called Canada’s in- action on drugs and migrants crossing the shared border. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc in Toronto on Tuesday, Ford was full of praise for LeBlanc and for the “solid, solid plan.” He urged federal Public Safety Minister David McGuinty to “get out there and put the plan in front of the Canadian people.” LeBlanc, who previously announced a $1.3-billion, six-year plan to secure the border, said he told Ford the money will allow the RCMP and the Canada Bor- der Services Agency to use long-range drones and surveillance towers, create a joint air command, hire more officers and deploy 80 canine units to search for fentanyl. He did not unveil any new measures, timelines or specific costs. LeBlanc said he also presented those measures to key members of the Trump team when they met in Flor- ida — although that has not convinced Trump to back down. Premier Ford began the day by slam- ming the Liberal government on the border file. “I’m going to be blunt: they need to get their act together. Simple as that,” Ford said on Tuesday morning. Ford said Ontario officials have es- timated the proposed tariffs on Can- adian goods could cost his province up to half a million jobs. “This is serious,” he said. “It’s un- precedented.” LeBlanc said the federal government has done its own modelling on the na- tional impact of the tariffs but would not share those figures. “We’re not going to speculate on what exactly are different scenarios. Next week, we think we’ll know the precise details of what these tariffs will mean to the Canadian economy, and we’ll be ready, of course, to respond from a pos- ition of strength and, we hope, as a uni- fied country,” he said. LeBlanc said unity will be the mes- sage when he and Prime Minister Jus- tin Trudeau meet with the country’s premiers today. The federal cabinet is also set to gather for a two-day retreat starting Jan. 20, which is inauguration day and the day Trump said his tariffs will begin. In a social media post on Tuesday, Trump pledged to create an “external revenue service” to start collecting “tariffs, duties and all revenue that come from foreign sources.” “We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will start paying, FINALLY, their fair share. January 20, 2025, will be the birth date of the External Revenue Service. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump said in the post. It’s not clear how such a department would work. The U.S. Secretary of the Treasury establishes regulations and Customs and Border Protection collects applicable tariffs at U.S. ports of entry. The creation of such a department likely would require approval from Congress. LeBlanc said he and Ford discussed the possibility of heading to Washing- ton next week or visiting the border, once it’s clear what the Trump admin- istration plans to do. He stressed the need for premiers and the federal gov- ernment to make a common case for defending Canada’s economy. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who recently visited with Trump in Florida, has cautioned the federal government against blocking energy exports to the U.S. in response to tariffs, while Ford has said all options should be on the table. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, speaking at an event in Toronto on Tuesday, said Canada needs to organize itself to export its oil, gas and critical minerals to other markets. “By the way, we have other markets, because energy is economic security and economic security in this world is national security,” he said. He also said the “Team Canada” ap- proach has not been as successful this time as it was during the first Trump administration, adding he has tried to encourage a multi-partisan approach. Former Conservative prime minis- ter Stephen Harper said he has “a real problem” with the things Trump has been saying. In an interview with an American podcaster released on Monday, Harper swatted down Trump’s claim that the U.S. is subsidizing Canada, attributing the “modest trade surplus” to the fact that the U.S. buys so much Canadian oil and gas at a discount to world markets. “It’s actually Canada that subsidizes the United States in this regard,” he said. Harper said the shared defence of North America through Norad is also not a subsidy. “The United States does that because it’s in the vital interest of the United States,” he said. “Do you want Canada to be a neutral country?” He also said there’s no major flow of migrants into the U.S. from Canada, while calling the Biden administra- tion’s policy on the southern border “disgraceful.” “I’m gonna tell you right now: drugs, guns, crime — most of those things flow north, not south,” Harper said. — The Canadian Press C RISTIN Wise’s voice broke and she began to tear up Tuesday as she looked at photographs of a hat and other items that belonged to her boyfriend, who prosecutors allege was killed by their neighbour in June 2021. While searching for her missing boy- friend, the 44-year-old woman came across Clifford Joseph’s items — a headlamp, shoes and baseball cap — be- tween tire tracks in a field belonging to their neighbour on June 7, 2021, she told jurors during the second day of Eric Wildman’s first-degree murder trial. “I knew they were Clifford’s,” said Wise. Crown prosecutors allege Wildman, 38, caught 40-year-old Joseph stealing a winch from him early that morning, ran him down with his vehicle, then moved him elsewhere, where he shot him three times, including once in the back of the head, before hiding his body under brush. Wildman has pleaded not guilty. The trial, which began Monday, is Wildman’s second on the murder charge. Court of King’s Bench Justice Richard Saull, who is also overseeing the new trial, declared a mistrial in June 2023 after Wildman’s lead lawyer fell ill. Joseph and Wise shared a rental home on a property that neighboured Wildman’s, near Stead, about 90 kilo- metres northeast of Winnipeg. Wise, who was being questioned by Crown prosecutor Christian Van- derhooft, testified her boyfriend dis- appeared hours after he told her he planned to steal the winch from Wild- man’s property. She also said that he used drugs, including methamphetamine and co- caine, but testified repeatedly that she had no knowledge if he ever sold drugs. She admitted using alcohol, opioid pills and occasionally cocaine that year, but went to addictions treatment in Winni- peg in April and May of 2021. Wise told court she found out Joseph had been unfaithful during her time away and temporarily kicked him out, before he moved back in a few days be- fore his disappearance. Wise went to bed to read around 1:30 a.m. on June 7, while Joseph went to tinker in the garage. She told court she texted him about an hour later to see if he would come to bed, but she didn’t get a reply. Around 3:30 a.m., Wise told jurors she saw their Ford Ranger backing out of their driveway from a security camera monitor in the bedroom, and when she awoke at around 8 a.m., he still wasn’t home. Wise said she contacted Joseph’s sister to see if he had gone to her home, then set out to the neighbouring prop- erty where he had planned to steal to look for him. Wise testified she found the truck parked across the road from Wildman’s property and moved it back to their home because it “didn’t feel right” to leave it there. She then returned on foot. Wise grabbed the shoes, headlamp and cap from Wildman’s property and brought them back to the home she shared with Joseph, she told court. She said she did so because it didn’t feel right to leave the items there and repeatedly said on cross-examina- tion that she thought he had just gone missing, or maybe got hurt on the prop- erty. Next she found Joseph’s toolbag be- side a trailer next to an attached winch. Wise picked up the toolkit and took it home before returning with her room- mate to search the property further, she said. “I was yelling for Cliff … but I never got a response,” she said. RCMP, who were investigating the missing person’s report she filed, later told Wise to return the items to where she said she found them, scolding her for moving them, Wise testified. Of- ficers later photographed the items where she returned them, she said. Wise gave four statements to Moun- ties in the days after Joseph’s dis- appearance and admits she did not im- mediately tell officers about his plan to steal from Wildman or about his drug use. She said she didn’t want him to get in trouble and wanted police to take his disappearance seriously. During cross-examination, defence lawyer Martin Glazer used Wise’s in- consistencies in her police statements, the fact she said she moved items, her criminal record for theft and imperson- ation and inconsistencies between her testimony Tuesday and previous testi- mony in Wildman’s prior trial to sug- gest she wasn’t credible. Glazer suggested the killing could have been due to a drug debt Joseph owed, or that Wise or someone else on her behalf could have harmed him af- ter he cheated on her. She denied both suggestions. Joseph made money cutting and sell- ing wood, catching and selling fish and doing odd jobs, the prosecution said Monday. Wise said Joseph had a large out- standing electricity bill from another residence, but said she wasn’t aware of any drug debts. Wise said she didn’t know the identity of Joseph’s drug deal- er and said it wasn’t relevant who she bought drugs from. The trial is scheduled to last five weeks. erik.pindera@freepress.mb.ca TOP NEWS A3 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 15, 2025 ● ASSOCIATE EDITOR, NEWS: STACEY THIDRICKSON 204-697-7292 ● CITY.DESK@FREEPRESS.MB.CA ● WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COM COURT DOCUMENT Cristin Wise found items including a headlamp, shoes and a baseball cap which belonged to her boyfriend, Clifford Joseph, on June 7, 2021, as she searched for him on the day he disappeared. SUPPLIED Clifford Joseph, 40 Girlfriend of slaying victim testifies she found his personal items on accused’s property ‘I was yelling for Cliff … but I never got a response’ ERIK PINDERA COURT DOCUMENTCOURT DOCUMENT CHRIS YOUNG / THE CANADIAN PRESS Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters as federal Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc looks on following their meeting at the Ontario legislature in Toronto on Tuesday. Ont. premier praises federal border plan in response to Trump tariff threat SARAH RITCHIE AND ALLISON JONES Prime minister, premiers set to meet today ;