Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 18, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press in warm it Novi Milf 1976 my my of up Kai Council restricts traffic on Salter Street Bridge a new million Reservoir on me Phillips Street will be officially opened by mayor Steve Juba the two 25mi1hongallon covered cells Are in the final stages of they will be covered with a Twofoot layer of Earth fill and landscaped to provide a 17acre recreation Park which is to include a to photo by Dave porn Gal Boggan soccer and football Fields and five Tennis the Reser voir replaced two open 18mhliongallon cells built in the by Ron Campbell restrictions on use of the deteriorating Salter Street Bridge were approved wednesday by Winnipeg City which also authorized a cos Benefit study of relocating the up bail mar shalling the built in Hie Early spans the rear s h a 11 i n g Yards Between Logan and Dufferin a Cit commissioned Engi Neering firm this summer discovered advanced deterioration in the superstructure Concrete and reinforcing the Council approved restrictions to prohibit Semi trailer trucks from the Bridge and confine City and other buses to the two Centre temporary shoring and strengthening of the Bridge spans at a Cost was As Well As a minimum level of subsequent re pair work necessary to ensure Public As for the cos Benefit study of relocating the up rail marshalling it is expected to Cost a total of As the Federal gov ambulance supervisor reinstated John a Winnipeg ambulance service super has had his dismissal notice Art chairman of United health services corporation which operates the ambulance declined to say Why the notice had been except that cooler Heads had prevailed in the dispute Between Wylie and Pat manager of the ambulance Wylie was Given two weeks notice last week but Coulter said Wylie haunt lost an hours work after the officials have said Only the notice resulted from a management Bellan urged to hold hearings in Public new transit workers pact in line with a in Rollback Winnipeg City Council has urged that the Manitoba governments Oneman commis Sion to probe All aspects of land development costs in Winnipeg bold hearings in councillor Joe Zuken labor election communist lord Selkirk said wednesday he was worried by newspaper reports that the commissioner named by the Ruben want sure if he would hold Public this would defeat the credibility of the commis s i o n i it passing he told City coun with Bill Norrie Independent citizens election committee fort proposed the City urge Bellan to con Sider holding hearings in Public whenever Norrie said this preclude the com missioner from using his own discretion and meeting privately if he Felt it was in the Best interests of the Council voted 30 to 3 in favor of the Bellan said last week he want sure about Public hearings because he haunt had sufficient time to think about the task confronting he was named As the pro v i n c i a 1 governments one Man commission last and he said he wanted to talk to a number of people before deciding How to conduct the proceed a University of Manitoba economist and a is to examine the Rea sons behind the High Cost of serviced land in the City and look at the factors influencing the Cost of by Paul Stanway Winnipeg transit workers have renegotiated the con tract rolled Back by the fed eral ant inflation Board and accepted the cites offer of a Basic per cent increase in the transit workers gained a per cent increase at unionist anticipates Appeal of Telephone pay Rollback the local Union executive representing Manitoba Telephone system clerical and technical employees met wednesday night and today to plan action in response to a per cent wage Rollback by the ant inflation Paul business agent for local 2363 of the International brotherhood of electrical said the meeting will in All probability make a recommendation to a full membership meet ing next he said he anticipated an Appeal because Treyve rolled us right there was some question about going to Aib adminis Trator Donald Tansley be cause with his decisions recently you stand to lose but now Treyve gone right Back to the arithmetic guidelines so we have absolutely nothing to the Aib decision rolled Back wage increases for the employees in a oneyear con tract from per cent to eight per asked How the employees had responded to the William son said there mad As province unlikely to ban Park Hunting the Manitoba government is not Likely to ban Hunting in provincial Parks in the foreseeable but it is developing a zoning plan for Walter assistant Deputy minister or Parks department said in an interview after a Public meeting organized by the Parks action which Hopes to encourage the government to ban Hunting in provincial Parks by next Danyluk said the government would Only ban Hunting when a majority of Man Tabans wants he that the government master plan for Park use would probably be the Best Way to Deal with the problem of what areas of provincial Parks should be used for what speaking As a member of a tour wan panel discussing the pros and cons of Banning Bunting in provincial Danyluk emphasized that Parks cannot be a things to All we have to approach this on i land use he Coul Longiv says there Are two main reasons for Banning Hunting in provincial the return to visa i Lity of larger so called game animals could be these animals constitute a compelling attraction i n Parks and enhance the excitement of a visit there he Hunting virtually guarantees that these Large animals remain invisible to virtually All Park the majority of whom Are theother reason is Many people who own Cabins in some Parks indicated they didst fee Safe when Hunters wandered about with loaded after the three other panel lists made their pleas for a ban of Hunting based on safety of no Hunters and a need for a Sanctuary for the Ani the meeting turned into a question period which in turn became a statement with members of the audience getting up to let everyone know whether they were for or against the one Man said he was awakened Early one morning by gun and was talked out of going outside to enquire Why the Hunters were shoot ing so close to his his wife was worried they might take a Potshot at be safety aspect expressed by others didst hold water with the one Man Dany Luk if there we rent accidents from boating or Snow explaining that Hunting was no More danger Ous than those Danyluk was unable to answer the Tommy member of the Manitoba wildlife federation replying to a statement made by an other speaker that Hunting in the Park was a privilege and not a said camping in a Campground was also a privilege and not a right and therefore should not be limited for their the end of a two month strike last that figure was to have been spread Over a 15month with in creases averaging per cent in the first 12 the new ratified wednesday by City provides for an per cent increase in rates effective 1976with a further eight per cent increase be coming effective next the new contract will Cost the City million in in creased wages this and just Over million in the transit workers will have to pay Back part of the increases in wages they have received since it will be deducted Over 10 pay periods starting the transit strike was win Nipges first since its settlement March 13 ended 47 Days of stuffed car Long of hitchhikers and traffic the settlement was rolled Back to per cent by the ant inflation Board in sep an increase in the transit workers night shift Premium brings their total wage increase to per City Council also agreed wednesday to a new contract with the cites senior police officers it pro Vides for an average in crease in pay of per with fringe benefits the City administration estimates the average increase will be nearer per the Cost to the City will in a full Ern ment is to share half that Cost and the province half the the City share is estimated at All these measures were recommended by civic works and operations committee and were the subject of a two hour Council deterioration the Issue was whether the City should press on with the proposed Bridge linking Sher Brook and Mcgregor streets across the up rail Yards a Bridge first proposed by the 1911 City Council or go ahead with the study on Relo Cating the Yards outside the the City works and opera t i o n s department has estimated it would Cost million to build the Sher Broo Mcgregor Bridge and a further million to re place the Salter councillor Alf Skowron new democratic party East Kildonan recalled that the winnipeg1 railway study done by the consulting firm of Damas and Smith in 1972 estimated rail relocation costs at Alan Wade nip said he had it on Good authority that the up marshalling Yards could be relocated to the North of the City in a and the adjacent Spur lines in three consulting engineers Underwood Mclellan and As s o c i a t e s began a design study for the Sherbrook Mcgregor proposal this sum under a item in the cites 1976 budget calling for an application to the rail transport committee of the Canadian transport commis Sion for approval of the Over preliminary meetings with the rail transport committee were held and this fall the consultants reported that the submission on the proposed overpass be made until Early next said Gerry Mercier in dependent citizens election he told Council the Cost Benefit study on relocating the marshalling Yards could Complete about the same provided it was done by Damas and chairman of works urged the study be done because not Only would it show the merits of relocation but the information it would contain on land use and transportation plans would Likely be required by the rail trans port committee As part of the Sherbrook Mcgregor sub a motion by Bill Norrie Rouge that the Sherbrook Mcgregor submission be made no later than next March 1 was referred to civic executive policy committee for consider so was a motion by John gee Boniface that the cites official political delegation meet with up rails Board of directors to discuss relocating the though gee fought for a Council a re commendation from finance committee last june 29 that the City endorse the concept of rail relocation if it Cost the City nothing was also referred to policy gee is finance commit tee several most from wards North of the opposed a rail relocation study and wanted to pro c e e d immediately on the Sherbrook Mcgregor Over they argued that because of the deteriorated condition of the Arlington and Salter Street a new connection Over the marshalling Yards and main line is need design study you cant make a ghetto out of the North declared Joe Zuken la Bor election the people of the North end Are just about fed up for the past 60 years on this ques he reminded Council that the City has already spent Money expropriating land for the proposed but despite the Council voted 24 to 15 in favor of the cos Benefit study of relocating the parlor licence petition queried be a petition backing an a peal against the cites Refus Al to Grant an amusement parlor licence included the names of at least two dead persons and several Winnipeg City Council was told councillor Dixon Independent citizens elec Tion told Council the parlor was in his Ward and he had been suspicious about the names on the petition submitted by the the according to Manitoban asked to assist Ontario indians Stew Chi Vraim of toe action group agreed not la Majoy of our founders Are Hunters tech bus interview after fee w fee gifts Mulh Tab we Mattel the i toting for can no be coast tiered appropriate in by Debbie a on i n d i a n s in Northwestern Ontario Are seeking the help of Manitoban in pressuring the Ontario government to hold a Public inquiry on re source development in the in not afraid to say we need this kind of sup Fred a treaty researcher Witte grand coun cil treaty told about 35 people at the University of Winnipeg pagans demand for Berge style inquiry has been spurred by the recent announcement of a due of a Wear the Ontario Reed paver which Coull Reed utilizing to Square mites of Timber to feed proposed pump and Sawmill operations in the red Lake ear Falls area Plain said the Indian people dont want this Type development to take place before there is a full Public n q u i r y into Northern re source development similar to the inquiry now being con acted into a Mackenzie Val y pipeline by Justice Thomas the Indian people Arent opposed to development As urn hut they want to make t very Clear they would like grow Tea hey want to Artici Paferi to he growth aa4 of he to were concerned this Faete area be be fog grabbed y those win Saiy Star a Ami Kes Raen have raised several concerns about the Reed these involve treaty suspicions of secret deals be tween the government and criticism that the government failed to consult with them about the memo Randum of agreement and a conviction that their Way of life will the proposed project would directly affect about Cree and of Way people eight in or of the Periphery of the met of pet wow re welfare they fear destruction of forests Koukl Ros Fuff the Simm mom to Eli their fish ing and Plain said the Council established an economic development operation in 1974 in an attempt to help communities form an economic base through various business 9ut he doubted these projects would be Well enough developed within the period the Ontario govern ment estimates Wib be seeded to conduct Enron Metal studies Aji if Public hearings before allowing Reed to Start the project Plain Wojec Hjad to com ment on current research by the Council into the spies Cov ering the he do main Tain thai traditional Afi owed those treaties were being he said documents in the councils Possession indicate the Reed project has been finalized and that govern ment requirements for hear Ings by its environmental assessment Board and for environmental studies Are the Council has vowed not to participate in the Public expected to be held next Plain declined to speculate on whether this position worm change if up we pressure fails to get Fuller inquiry aft aspects of resource the he told the meet one of three in Winnipeg on wednesday designed to Garner Public if Indian people were Al Lowed to participate in Deci Sions on the they would press for an Earnest reforestation Effort and alter natives to or taking Down to get toe desired he were fighting for the life of the itself this project is going to affect what happens to North Ern areas of All provinces the Council has also held out on the possibility of eng a court injunction to our interest is throughput the whole area the Cree and of Jibway kind of lifestyle is compatible to the land it sell Tew watery facet of nature in Tad the Sargent Novelty and 1326 por Tage contained the names of local residents who thought the parlor provided entertainment for local teen agers and kept them out of two weeks ago i 13 of the names out by Tele Only one of those peo ple had and that one now regrets signing it very Dixon two of the people he tried to Contact had been dead for some and relatives knew nothing of the he some of the other people i tried to Contact said their children might have signed the but they knew nothing about he added Bill Chorny Yiki new democratic lord Selkirk said he bad phoned seven other people on the petition none had signed civic environment commit tee had turned Down the application for an amusement parlor licence 4 on grounds that it want to the interests of local a representative of the company owning the Sargent Monarch Coin Elaum apr meat of 4k William a attended Council meeting to make the but he to vouch for the pet Tow Heck Jib members of Bis staff been responsible for court ing the Council decided to Environ meet committee Jajan against granting 1 i ;