Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, February 25, 1978

Issue date: Saturday, February 25, 1978
Pages available: 228
Previous edition: Friday, February 24, 1978

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 25, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Ruee 11 Square Miles near Churchill wildlife area planned for North Crews work on the roof of the terminal building at Winnipeg International staff photo a news analysis Airport drops on priority list by John Mcmanus despite recommendations from Vari Ous including the Winnipeg area airports system study Winnipeg International Airport appears not to be a priority project in government spending at Winnipeg International has been Cut and any major improvements to the terminal and Field now look like they will take place about 19ko or Only will be spent during the 197879 fiscal year at the budget for the last fiscal year was members of the airports system study personally presented expansion recommendations to Federal transport minister Otto Lang Here in at a time when passengers Are complaining about exhausting delays in such service areas As customs and immigration there is nothing in the Federal spending releases that offers any Hope for a Quick most of the projects listed As new this year Are really continuing projects that Are periodically announced at various stages by politicians and Are offered As new to an unknowing there is a item to be spent on the airports master plan Ottawa said was spent on this Mas Ter plan last killing sickens Irish Belfast a a Young Irish Republican army guerrilla walked into Michaels roman Cufo Lic Church in entered the confessional hand ing Over two loaded hand guns to the flabbergasted told him he was through being a the Young whose identity the priest vowed to keep explained he was sickened by the killing of 12 men and women in a Bel fast hotel turned into an in Ferno by a homemade Ira napalm the attack was one of the worst atrocities in a sectarian War Between the mainly Catholic Ira fighting to end British Rule in Northern ire Laud and pro British protes Tant extremists who oppose the Young Man handed Over his guns his action is believed to be unprecedented in the violence that began in August it showed the depth of revulsion and horror that has swept Ireland since the fire bombing last Ireland roman Catholic Bishops have condemned the attack As the horrifying Slaughter of 12 innocent peo ple and called on the terrorists to Stop the violence the standing committee of the Irish Catholic Bishops conference said Friday those who deliberately take human life Are guilty of the overwhelming majority of Irish people want this Campaign of violence to end we urge them to redouble their prayers and efforts for peace and reconciliation in this season of it adds this should Complete the project As the estimated total Cost is replacement and repair of the Tori Mal roof is slated for the same figure As the last fiscal with the Cost of the roof at completion to be workmen have been on the roof since november and Airport employees Are waiting anxiously to see How the cold weather tar application holds up when the Spring thaw the spending estimates this year Call for construction of inter site roads at compared with last total Cost of the roads most of it apparently to serve the new air Canada hangar on the West is estimated at except for the new main Road to skirt the South end of the much of the work seems to have been even though aircraft parking space is still a major spending estimates also mention out lays for lighting control Centre modifications and terminal automation systems that come to the Federal method of announcing its projects makes it difficult to know whether projects Are old or renovations and radio and electronic installations have been going on in the terminal administration Tower com plex for More than a including a linkup with the joint Enro Ute terminal system which Canada has adopted As its National Standard and which some controllers say is already obsolete by but adopted because it is Canadian made and most of the Field projects were mentioned last year at this time after an interview with a regional official of transport Canada when the same Dol Lars were evidently being but not yet officially announced from Winnipeg is classed As an International Portal for air yet has a make shift custom immigration or Clear Ance Centre for trans order travellers that Cost to Knock at Saskatoon 25 transport minister Otto Lang officially opened a new operations Centre that included a customs clearance facility for 250 people that Cost More than Winnipeg International is used by about two million passengers a year and handles aircraft move ments and ranks sixth in major Canad an Saskatoon Airport ranks 18th in Cana the provincial govern ment has designated Square Miles of Tundra South and East of the town of Chur chill As a wildlife manage ment area to protect Polar Canada Snow geese and other Robert a wild life biologist in the depart ment of renewable re said the designation will allow the government to exercise better management control Over a Large area with very unique wildlife this getting that anyone wanting Access to the area for tourism and other purposes would need permission from the a committee composed of Churchill area residents will be formed to advise the with tourism to the Chur chill area he the advisory committee will also be looking at prob lems such As where helicopters can go to allow tourists to see the whether permanent Camps should be established and the Legal aspects of people and at he the hundreds of tourists who get off trains or planes at Chur chill Arent handled in any organized he said the government wants tourists to use As Many local resources As including pro Matt charged in girls death Ontario provincial police have charged a 22yearold Man with the Shotgun slaying of seven Earold girl near last the shooting occurred about when a Man shot Rose of twice with a Shotgun in an area House owned by Gabriel Boyd has been charged with Viding employment for Chur chill the area is the largest Polar Bear Denning and Stag ing area in the the Best time to see the bears is staging time v in Early sep tember when about 300 gather on the Cape to wait for the ice to getting said a glimpse of the Polar Bear is one of the most sought after wildlife experiences because they Are an endangered one of the largest carnivores in North America and adapted to life on the Tundra and he there the biggest thing for Miles tourists also come to see water ducks and geese not found elsewhere in five species of Beluga whales and the Tundra vege the Cape Churchill wild life management area joins with the Cape Tasman wild life management area to its East to form a continuous zone of management author Ity along the Hudson Bay coast from the Manitoban Tario Border to designating the area As a management area int expected to affect projects such As the rocket launching and recovery Winter military exercises and University research projects now getting said some restrictions May be placed on Al terrain Lehi save at construction stage savings passed on to you see Beautiful new single family split 2 storeys from 1072 to 1284 it will definitely give you More Hoik for your Money featuring fenced and fully landscaped front and Back Yards including Trees and Shruti staved Concrete drives or parking sliding Glass Patio upgraded carpeting Cushion flooring in Kitchen and mahogany roughed in plumbing in a completely finished and integrated Community with no thru visit our furnished display Homes today limited number left attractively priced from less 1000 savings 10 Mort by and Utvik n 5 Down 2 furnished display Homes at 5557 Hershey Oft Kimberley in East Kildonan 0694322 show Homes open t kim0erlev i o i r z offer Only Telephone 1 the Best of two worlds Bestland Homes these free press carriers Are learning How save give a piece of the cloth Lii Brown bag a gift at Mitchell Copp 1 i i m ii s Leslie Korneisel 811 Home Street Manitoba fourteen year old Leslie Kornelsen has delivered the free press for three and a Ham years and during that Lime has won Many worthwhile including two Tennis St and in a Grade in student Al general Wolfe Leslie is sports minded and plays and the son of or Elm a Driver for the Swan rive the Pas he delivers papers on Home and Wellington streets Leslie paper route has enabled him to open his own private Bank account Steven Shinnie Stonewall Steven is 13 years of age and is a Grade 8 student at Stonewall Centennial he has been a Carrier Tor Over 1 having started his route delivering 25 papers he quickly built it up to Over 70 which was at his request divided into a second presently he is making Good Progress towards achieving a second mile a Winner of several major prizes which includes a and Cash his name will appear among this years major prize Steven is the son of first officer Robert Shinnie trans air himself a former free press Carrier in i i i in k t ill till Mil As a learning experience newspaper routes work Winnipeg free press ;