Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 30, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Frk muss. Saturday oct Ier 30, 1976 work Day loss through accidents dwarfs labor trouble toll by Bob Lowery fun flon Man., five times As Many working Days were lost to the Manitoba Economy in 1975 through in juries and accidents than through strikes and lockouts Victor Babl Novitch executive d i r e u t o r of the Manitoba labor depart neat s newly 1 Ormed workplace safety and health division said Here this week or. Rabinovitch address ing the Manitoba mining in dust or s second annual be mortgage funds available for acreage it residential properties City Rural areas competitive attn Fott courteous service Commerce capital Trust 349 Portage ave. Pm. 942-8211 ii Iuar on safety and health said during 1975 working Days were lost through injuries and fatal accidents in Manitoba work places. In mines time lost time injuries were reported nine of them fatal. The number of working Days lost does not measure the pain suffering anxiety Aud discomfort of the people with injuries or their surviving widows and discussing the hew Branch which combines All similar duties previously conducted b y different departments or. Rabinovitch said our correction Tom boy flyer delivered this past week item should Havi of Tad Tang Orange flavor crystals 4 of. Envelopes each Basic is not to lecture or preach at workers govern ment or management about their attitudes to safety but to increase the capacity of All people involved in the workplace to anticipate safety and health the new Branch formed to implement the workplace safety and health act passed by the. Manitoba legislature earlier this year. The new act also extends an earlier mines act Regula Tion whereby a person has the right to refuse to work in an unusually dangerous Situ Atbin once it has been brought to the attention of the company s supervisor or government inspector. Wilf Hudson United steel workers of America representative in Thompson said we need something a lot Tao termer win o Viegas e stronger than this. Every employee must have the right to refuse to perform an act he deems him self or his fellow workers and should not be penalized for refusing to the work. No one else should be allowed to do the work until it is declared or. Hudson said the min ing legislation in Saskatchewan provides for this protect Tion of the worker. A mining company official said the provision worked out Well in the mines his firm operates in that province. We want Rosput the Bur Den of proof As to whether an area is Safe or not on the company and the mines in Spector. The Manitoba legislation puts it up to the worker to prove that the place is m or. Hudson said. Mines minister Sidney Green of Manitoba said some change is needed to assure the employees that they Are not required to work in an unsafe Steven Harapiak vice president of the Manitoba mining association and Gen eral manager of Hudson Bay and Hudson Bay mining and smelting company said in the last few years some Radi Cal changes have taken place in the occupational health and safety Arena. They have come mainly because of the More Active role taken by governments and Jenpeo set for Early 77 Yuskiw announces water Aid the Manitoba government has approved a Grant for construction of six water loading facilities in the Al Masseppi Sand area of South Central Manitoba to ensure Farmers an adequate water Supply agriculture minister Samuel Yuskiw of Manitoba said Friday. Farmers in the area which received Only five inches of precipitation this year were being forced to consider reducing their live Stock herds or. Yuskiw said in a statement. The project Aims to ensure adequate water within 15 Miles of their farms. Half the provincial Grant will be recoverable from participating Rural municipalities under the province s Community Well program. Tank loading facilities will be at Stephenfield dam St. Claude Hood Bridge por Tage diversion. Golden Stream and Oakville or. Yuskiw said. The Pas Man. Staff the Jenpeo generating Sta Tion will come into service Early in 1977, Leonard a. Bateman chairman of Mani Toba Hydro told the Pas chamber of Commerce Here. Or. Bateman reviewed the development of Hydro s present generating capacity on the Winnipeg River the Nelson River and its Thermal plants at Selkirk and bran Don. Or. Bateman said the Nel son River produces 50 per cent of Manitoba s electrical Power. As the Long Spruce Generator 12 Miles Down Stream from Gillam comes on strength within five years this figure will exceed 65 per cent and within 10 years when the Limestone develop ment is Complete it will Rise to 75 per cent. With Manitoba s electrical Supply assured for the next 10 years we Are now faced with a decision As to where to go after 1985." there Are four alternatives continue Nelson River development a t Conaw Apa and Gillam Island which would take care of Mani Toba s needs until 1990. Develop Power Sites on the Burntwood River which i will funnel Churchill water to the Nelson River and could support several smaller generators. These would be costly Power stations. Construct interconnections with utilities both in Canada and the United states. Nuclear Power Genera Tion which is being studied. Or. Bateman said no Deci Sion has been made on nuclear generation. We have at least two years before we must make a Fossil fuel solar and wind Mill Power generation Are being considered he thought More Thermal plants would prove too costly. Each new generating Sta Tion is More the Kettle station Cost million Long Spruce 5 0 0 million and current estimate on the Limestone station is billion. It must be realized that Energy will not be cheap in Price again. The Public must always keep in my mind that the Energy Bill affects their pockets and must be More critical of inefficient equip ment and insist that develop ers builders manufacturers and tradesmen build install and service efficient econ Glass of water painful ruse a 26-year-old woman was hit Over the head with a Glass and robbed thursday by two boys. The boys about 15 or 16 years old who said they were Selling tickets went to the woman s Home on Linden Avenue East Kildonan about . Thursday a police spokesman said Fri Day. They returned to the House later and asked for a Glass of water. Then one of the boys hit the woman with the Glass causing cuts to her head and neck. The boys took her Wallet containing a Small amount of Money and fled. The woman was taken to Hospital where the cuts were treated. She was later re leased. Police have a description of Only one of the boys who is described about 15 years old five feet seven inches tall medium build dark medium length hair and wearing Blue pants and a Green jacket. Charges Laid in three break ins a 27-year-old Man has been charged in connection with three recent break ins at Star news 404 main Street. In All three incidents the door to the store was smashed. On oct. 7 about of cigarettes and Maga Zines were taken. On oct. 22 100 magazines and six pocket books valued at were taken. The third break in of the we can do what we want with you world does t care about soviet official soviet jews beaten and jailed oct. 26, 1976 show that you do care City wide protest rally 12 noon memorial Park Sun. Oct. 31 curved about 2 . Friday when a Man was arrested in the store. Gary Lynn Malick of the fort Rouge Motel room 27, appeared Friday in Provin Cial judges court charged with two counts of breaking and entering and theft and one charge of breaking and entering with intent. He was released on his own undertaking and remanded one week. Threat cited at theft trial on tuesday a witness at a robbery trial in the Law courts building testified he d been threatened that if he gave evidence he d have both arms broken a police spokesman said Friday. Lloyd Edward Folster 26, of 617 Manitoba Avenue appeared Friday in provincial judges court charged with obstructing Justice. Or. Folster who was arrested thursday afternoon was remanded one week. Bail was set at a Cash Bond of and a surety of see the convention Centre mall and Michael Edwards men s shop second floor convention Centre pm. 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