Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free press Friday april Stapon regrets Purchase of thunderbird Lodge by Mike Ward the new owner of Thunder Bird Lodge Winnipeg City councillor Norm Stapon says he s now wishing he had t bought the tourist Centre for Stapon said that had the Lodge been sold for to the South East resource develop ment Council comprising nine Indian bands they would t have heard a murmur from Stapon an Engineer with the Manitoba Telephone system and owner of a gasoline station in the City said thursday bad i known one month ago what i know now i would never have been involved i did t know that the indians showed so much of an interest in it. I thought they had lost it and were out of it and were maybe not interested in run Ning it thunderbird Lodge about 250 air Miles Northeast of Winnipeg was built by Indian businessman Dave Courchene with close to half a million dollars in Grants and Loans from Federal govern ment lending agencies. Courchene obtained the financing on the understanding that the Lodge would be operated by indians. Stapon said it is highly Likely that indians will still be involved in the operation of the Lodge and that he expects to be in touch with the South East re source development Council. Stapon said he was not in conflict with the indians adding you have to work in Coop ration with them not against thunderbird Lodge went into receivership last summer owing to the Manitoba economic communities development fund and More than to the Federal government. A Manitoba court of Queens Bench judge approved the Sale of the Lodge to Stapon wednes Day. If he had. 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For More Money saving details Call your travel agent or chair at chair 14 Toronto a pocket for Imbi Bers up drinking age to 19, la urges in House Manitoba s drinking age must be raised to keep the province from becoming a pocket where 18-year-Olds from nearby provinces and states can come to drink legally Emmerson la Albert Driedger told the legis lature thursday. Driedger sneaking on second Reading of a private member s Bill which would increase the drinking age to 19, said several hotels in his constituency get substantial Revenue from across the line where the drinking age is higher. He noted that one particular hotel makes an additional in Gross revenues from Young people coming from the United states to drink. The difference in Ages creates problems both when 18-year-Olds who come to Canada to go drinking return Home and when Manitoba 18-year-Olds go Down to the United states and find they can t drink he said. Saskatchewan and several states have raised the age at which Young people May drink to 19 Over the last few years. A private member s Bill to change Ontario s drinking age to 19 is currently before the legislature there. Despite his emphasis on the need to set a Legal drinking age similar to that in sur rounding jurisdictions Driedger said the main reason he presented the Bill is to get liquor out of the schools. Allowing 18-year Olds to drink he said makes liquor More available to younger students. Driedger told Las that 70 to 80 per cent of voters in Rural and some City Ridings believe the drinking age should be raised. Seventy per cent would like to see it raised As High As 21. In St. Matthews a Riding located in Central Winnipeg seventy per cent of residents who returned a mail in questionnaire said they were in favor of raising the drinking age he added. This Bill is not directed at responsible people and in t directed at responsible 18 Driedger said adding that Speed limits .08 drinking Levels and Hunting regulations would t be needed is All citizens were responsible. A similar private member s Bill introduced by now Industry minister Bob Banman last year was Defeated 27 to 23 on a free vote. Driedger said he decided to re introduce the Bill because he considers it important and because there Are 17 new members in the House who Haven t had a Chance to de Bate the Issue. He said he would also like to Sec school boards provide proper education on Alco hol abuse and the adoption of a system of identification cards to facilitate enforce ment of the drinking age Laws. Environment and Energy Seli Reyer s idea for jobless opposition Leader de Schreyer suggested thurs some of Canada s one million unemployed be put to work improving the environment and in research projects on. New sources of Energy. Schreyer told the Legisla Ture such projects have been used successfully to combat unemployment in the past adding that he wonders Why we seem to be resistant and pm harassed in terms of gearing up for a major Effort of that kind once there Are literally no end to the things that can be done to improvement local communities and better guard our he said. It will take extra manpower but i believe that is some thing we have extra of in this the unemployment Situa Tion also Means people Are available to begin applying technology to the production of renewable Energy other than Hydro electricity he said adding that Manitoba could begin research on a Small scale the possibility of producing Energy from Bio mass. W to would have thought i d Ever be on the Board of directors of a Canadian financial institution Well i am. I joined my credit Union seven years ago and i be been pretty Active in it Ever since. 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