National Post from Toronto, Ontario, Canada • 33

TORONTO B13 NATIONAL POST, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1999 Police turn to new technology to help solve some of their oldest cases The Toronto Police homicide squad yesterday launched a Web site that detectives hope will help them close the book on "cold cases" murders that remain unsolved years after they are committed. Their timing couldn't have been better: "Cold case" was the word of the week. The Ontario Provincial Police made headlines in recent days for making an arrest in the 29-year-old sex slayings of two Cale-don nurses. And it turns out Ronald Glenn West, the former Toronto police officer charged in connection with the murders, is also being probed in connection with the shooting deaths of two tourists in Blind River THE REAL COLD SQUAD high-solvablility area, but we just feel that we need some more information to bring it together," he said. The homicide squad solved 61 of murders in the city in 1997, and 71 in 1998.

"That sounds pretty bad and we're certainly not happy," Staff Insp. Hoey said. "In fact, it's pretty frustrating to stand here and share those kinds of statistics." But Toronto's top sleuth maintained that conclusions to several of the unsolved slayings are close at hand. "There are some where we feel we know who's responsible or that it's a matter of getting those extra pieces of evidence that will allow us to get these to court." Chris Eby, National Post in 1991. Meanwhile in Toronto, 51 murders have gone unsolved since 1997.

"We've been concerned for some time that we do have a number of unsolved homicides in the past couple of years," said Staff Inspector Ed Hoey, who heads up the homicide squad. "We hope that with the addition of this site well get some quicker communication and some more assistance from the public." The Web site www.Toron-toPolice.on.cahom which was developed in-house by homicide detective Larry Linton, includes photographs of the victims and a brief description of the circumstances of their death. It also has information on the "cold squad" the team that investigates old murders and will eventually display a "most wanted" list Police are hoping the ghost-like images of the unsolved murder victims will trigger a response from people who hold a vital piece of the puzzle. "We know in many cases there is someone out there in the community who can help us," Staff Insp. Hoey said, using the example of the murder of Jim Bwa Bwa, stabbed to death by a group of individuals on Welles-ley Street on Nov.

7, 1998. "We Jruly feel it is in the Gerry and Heathers other side Thh Outlook mi sMrxTr -nana G.T, Schwartz Co. is now well positioned to build on success to date. 1hc outlook for Schwartz is continued development of assets, leisurely- summers in Nantucket, grandchildren and more time travelling with his most significant partner an alliance not subject to strategic change. In short, we believe that the next 50 years look very bright indeed.

'4 fh ife'' 1 II I 11 III I II IC I- I II ll NT Niitlmu 14, 191 presented to guests at Gerry Schwartz's 50th birthday eight years ago. The "Outlook" page from the Half Today, Turner, with Scotiabank's Peter Godsoe, is still on their A list, and he has been appointed to some of Schwartz's boards. This spirit of loyalty has been evident in recent days. Even as he prepared his blockbuster Onex bid to merge Canada's two airlines, and she opened new Indigo branches, prepared to take it public and to put it on to the Internet, they both found time to comfort, and in the process to strengthen, the parents of a child being treated for a very serious brain injury at Sick Kid's Hospital that's now rapidly healing. They share a sense of community.

Last fall, at a reception in their Rosedale home for Peter C. Newman, Schwartz and a friend discussed not deals, but the plight of Toronto's homeless. Schwartz was staggered to hear that quite the most dramatic increase was among young mothers and children. His friend pointed to the Rosedale ravine, saying: "There are girls and boys sleeping there tonight" Schwartz immediately pledged that, if his less-affluent friend could get a matching amount from his company, he would commit a million dollars to the homeless cause. Because the friend's company had other charitable commitments, he could not deliver.

As another winter descends, we Century Report of G.W. Schwartz can expect Schwartz and Reisman to be active on the community front again just as they were recently when theypledged $5-million to Mount Sinai hospital to establish the Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Centre. Their largesse also embraces a donation of $6-million to the United Jewish Appeal of Toronto. They are also, of course, political animals, especially policy-wonk Heather, a niece of crusty free-trade negotiator Simon Reisman. It's well known that Schwartz is a key Liberal fundraiser, especially for his close friend Paul Martin, the Finance Minister.

But how many know, incredible as it may now seem, that Heather Reisman not Mike Harris might have been premier of Ontario today, running a more compassionate but equally waste-conscious administration? Reisman very seriously considered contending the leadership of the Ontario Liberals when David Peterson stepped down. At one point she told friends she definitely was going to run. There was logic behind Reis-man's contemplated candidacy: In the post-Mulroney era, voters were sick and tired of politics and politicians, and would welcome an "outsider" who would defy conventional wisdom and, as a self-made millionaire, be beholden to ab At his 50th birthday bash eight years ago, hundreds of friends were invited to Centra Restaurant for a lavish dinner, speeches and a video starring Gerry, the tennis champ. All the guests were presented with a copy of the "Half Century Report of G. W.

Schwartz Co." The founding shareholder, honorary chair and senior gentleman of the board was Gerry's shrewd and inspiring father, Andrew Schwartz of Winnipeg, who turns 90 next year. The consolidated balance sheet listed Gerry's assets as "a lithe body and razor-sharp mind, a car and wine collection, assorted books, several tennis rackets, a wife who is with him for the duration, many cherished friends and advisors, and four children who have promised to take care of him well into old age." His liabilities included "a weakness for Lefty's fried clams, White Castle hamburgers and Kalekis hotdogs; a passion for politics, and a wife with a penchant for 18th-century antiques." The shareholders' equity was "brains, loyalty, determination, an unshakable sense of commitment to those he cares about, and a family who loves him." National Post Gillian Cosgrove is at solutely nobody. It was observed that many other relative outsiders of comfortable circumstance, including Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney, had reached high office after serving short apprenticeships. But Heather and her small band of supporters among them miracle-worker Anne Golden of the United Way, defender of the homeless did not know that other powerful Liberals, including Keith Davey, had already decreed that, yes, a woman would succeed Peterson, but her name would be Lynn McLeod. The rest is history: Reisman went on to run Cott Beverages, successfully launching its no-name brand soft drinks into the U.S., and Lynn McLeod, in a fiasco soon to be eclipsed by Kim Campbell for the federal Tories, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, ushering in the era of Mike Harris.

While Heather keeps in fine mettle in the gym (she looks closer to 30 than her actual 50), Gerry, when not suffering from tennis elbow, is on the court, where he's a compelling proponent of Churchill's philosophy: Never, never, never give up. He too often comes from behind to win. He never disputes a call. He doesn't sweat A master of the devious strategic lob, he seems to dawdle on the court, but gets to balls others would dismiss as unplayable. If he hates to lose, only he knows it Quixotically, even on the coldest February day, Schwartz will go to the courts clad only in his shorts and T-shirt, confounding Arctic-garbed pedestrians by dashing out of the car coatless to get coffee from Starbucks on the Danforth.

As the super-rich bulldoze Rosedale and Forest Hill properties into oblivion to put up totally new (and exceedingly gauche) mansions, Heather and Gerry carefully and very patiently restored a traditional house, acquiring the one next doorto give them more space. silt has exquisite niiiiimalist styling (reflecting uncluttered minds), with bleached birch floors, a winter fire blazing in their favourite room, the library, and an underground garage for his collection of sports cars. Their home is a salon where ideas about art, literature and public affairs are shared with guests from all over the world (such as Natan Scharansky, the Soviet dissident who became an Israeli politician), because neither of them has ever adhered to the view that the only business in life is Business. They share a sense of propriety, indeed gravitas, that excludes small talk and gossip. There's more to this power duo than you read Gillian Cosgrove A real power coupling.

In this post-Eaton era, Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman are Toronto's power couple par excellence. They have capped this status with Gerry's distinctly un-Canadian bid to create a world-class airline (real Canadian entrepreneurs don't take bold risks like that) and the imminent public offering of shares in Heather's reader-friendly Indigo bookstore chain. In recent days, they've attracted a flood of ink about their deals, their net worth, their executive jet, their other homes in Nantucket and Bel Air, and their Hollywood and Ottawa connections. But what sort of people are Gerry Schwartz, Winnipeg's gift to Toronto, and Heather Reisman, one of the multitude of former Montrealers? What makes them tick? What, beyond their material assets, are their human values? First and foremost, their family is the centre of their expanding universe. Between them they have four children by previous marriages Carey, Jifl, Andrea, and Anthony all of whom attended Harvard or Brown, and all of whom are doing well, to put it mildly, in their chosen callings.

No chance of a second generation burn-out here. Heather and Gerry are also passionately loyal to their friends. They stood by John Turner, as take-no-prisoners conspirators (agents of Jean Chretien) tried for six years to drive him out of office as leader of the federal Liberals. Acton is fX It's Worth if Drive to Mm! mmmr wr saf 15km North of Hwy 401 Hwys 25 7 Open Daily 10 -6, Fri 10-9 (519)853-1031 www.Leathertown.com.