Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday june 227 1968 metro eyes Riverbank area for Parkland metro s downtown into a Park area with Public Access roads moved a step plan to transform Riverbank property nearer realization thursday. The planning committee unveiled plans to transform the North Bank of the Assiniboine great drought9 remembered Toronto up the sum Mer of 1958 is still remembered by Ontario Beer drinkers As the year of the great draught drought. On aug. 1 of that year brewery and Brewers Ware House workers went on strike in the Middle of 80 and 90-degree temperatures causing a Mas Sive shortage across the prov Ince within two weeks. That strike lasted six weeks and now the same workers to tailing this time Are on strike again. If sunny weather forms an Al Liance with them it could be a Long dry summer for Ontario and the results could be the same As 1958. By aug. 27 of that year Only one brewery in the province was still in business. But thai Plant in Formosa near Owen sound had to close aug. 28 when it could not meet de mands. Other breweries not affected directly by strike action close shortly after aug. 7 when their fermenting capacities could no Cope with the Rush. In Windsor police kept a wary Eye on smugglers who sent Small quantities of Ameri can brew by boat across the de troit River a reversal of the rum running Days of prohibition. Some people attempted to solve the Beer shortage by driving into Quebec and officials warned of fines and jail sentences for anyone caught smug gling Beer across a provincial Border. Others took matters into their own hands by investing in Home brew equipment. Many bought imported Beer but by aug. 26 imported brands were no longer available at liquor stores. The stores however reported a 25-per-cent increase in liquor sales. Almost All the licensed beverage rooms in Ontario hotels at that time ran out of draught Beer after two weeks. Bootleggers in Peterborough were reported asking for a 24-Bottie Case that sold on the legitimate Market for after 14 Days of drought in Toronto the bootleggers them selves were dry. On sept. 25, the strike was settled. Indian health care defended Edmonton Cdr. Herbert Meltzer an Edmonton medical consultant said state ments by the Canadian medical association about indians and eskimos receiving second rate care come from people who Don t or. Meltzer of the Charles Camsell Hospital which treats mostly Indian and Eskimo patients said Canada s native people receive medical care that is equal to or better than that Given most other canadians. The Cha maternal welfare committee was erroneous said or. Meltzer when they told the association meeting in Regina this week that the maternal death rate was far greater than that of other canadians. The infant mortality rate was higher he said but this was because of inadequate housing and nutritional problems not because of medical services. In certain regions medical services Are not As Good As those in the rest of the country but these Are Only isolated regions he said. Candidate Speaks eskimos language Montreal up Andre Lavigne Liberal candidate in the june 25 Federal general election has found a direct Way to deliver his Campaign message to the eskimos in the sprawl ing Abi Tibi Riding of North Western Quebec. Or. Lavigne instructs the eskimos on Normal voting procedures and appeals for their votes in their native language. Jaycees to East a delegation of 10 Transcona Jaycees and Jayc ettes will leave Winnipeg by train sunday evening for the annual convention of the Canadian Junior chamber of Commerce in Van Couver. Led by Manitoba presi Dent Dave Sawchuk the delegation will return Home july 3. First express shipment by air to Cross an International Border was in 1931 when ship parts As Well As 146 hatching eggs were shipped from Florida to South America. The workers accepted an in crease of about spread Over three years. By then the driest Days of a potentially great Beer drinking summer were gone. River Between Osborne Bridge and the Junction of the red and Assiniboine Rivers into an area of attractive Public Parks interspersed with High Rise apart ment part of a 25-year, plan it was discussed during a Public meet ing of metro s planning com Mittee. The committee recommended that an r4 Multi family dwelling District bordering the River be rezoned to or commercial and residential District. Metro Council Day gave second Reading to the proposed rezoning bylaw. Only third Reading is required to make it Law. The property is Between the Assiniboine River and the Lane South of Broadway and Between Kennedy Street and the Lane East of Hargrave. It ties in with metro s Park scheme in that any firm wishing to build an apartment Block on the property will be asked to consider granting or leasing the adjacent Riverbank property to metro for use As a Park. Wiltshire development co. Wants to build an apartment Block on the property. According to metro chairman Jack Willis and councillor Charles r. H u b a n a vice chairman an agreement could include a provision for Public Access across ithe property to the Riverbank in return for a building permit. Coun. Huband said later in an interview that metro owns most of the property from the Provencher Bridge to the mid town Bridge. He said Only four Sites in this area Are privately owned. He said the provincial govern ment owns the North Riverbank from the Osborne Bridge to Kennedy Street. Both the metro owned and the provincial owned properties he said could easily be converted in Public Parkland. As for the privately owned property Between Kennedy and Donald streets both coun. Willis and coun. Husband said metro has no intention of buying this land for at least 20 years. They said they hoped agree ments could be reached with Pri vate developers in the area under which metro could lease Riverbank land on a Long term basis. Coun. Willis said the venture would not be costly since assess ment rates would be unaffected. He said that by rezoning the area to or thereby allowing for commercial development the assessment rates could be increased. He said that if in 20 or 25 years the apartment Block own ers decide they wish to redevelop their property metro might consider purchasing it. But he said metro has no in Tention of buying this land for 20 to 25 years. Coun. John w. Mcgurran said metro s scheme could transform the area into a prime residential Arboite Sale Arboite and Formica in 4 Beautiful Wood Grain colors. 4 x84 Flo and 3 Flo sizes. Reg. Price 60c so. It. Special while stocks last so. It. Redekopp lumber Supply Ltd. 1126 Henderson Highway phone 334-4311 what we so i share with my family an appreciation for All the helpfulness and the kindness and the warmth of your reception. We share a new sense of wonder at the magnificence of Canada that we have been privileged to travel from sea to sea. We share from these experiences a conviction that those things that Divide canadians Are less than those things which would unite canadians. I share with you a desire to achieve a full and harmonious confederation of All our people none of whom Are to be put in their but All of whom we Hope can make and find their place. We share the need to be tolerant and respectful of each other in the achievement of this goal. Prejudice and confrontation have never solved differences. Let us together create the kind of society the world will recognize not merely for its affluence its Comfort or its Power but for its humanity its compassion and its decency. We share a responsibility to elect a government that will seek these things for our country. A a one Man the talents of our Best men and women. initiative and the will to manage our Economy. I am dedicated to this country. I am dedicated to preserving its Unity through a Strong Federal government in one United Canada. I want a nation that is self reliant. I want a nation of such excellence that people in the work will ask when they have problems of their own How did Canada solve i want a nation of such Opportunity that people in the rest of the world will ask How did Canada achieve i believe i can form a government to achieve these goals for Canada not for a year but Many years. Not merely for ourselves but for our children. For them we cannot fail. We will not fail. Robert Stanfield published by the progressive conservative party of Canad ;